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    US halves Covid isolation time

    People will only have to isolate for 5 days - in a bid to keep the economy going

  2. Isolation time for asymptomatic Covid carriers in US cut by half

    The US halves isolation rules from ten days to five - but is this good health policy?

  3. Covid-19: US cuts isolation period by half

    The US authorities reduce the isolation period to 5 days to counter huge staff shortages

  4. Calculating the toll of climate change related disasters

    Christian Aid identifies 10 extreme events that caused more than $1.5bn of damage in 2021

  5. Israel's multi-million dollar plan for Golan Heights settlement

    The cabinet votes to approve a plan to build hundreds of new homes in the disputed area

  6. Israel expands into Golan Heights

    The Israeli cabinet votes in a $317 million plan to build 7,300 settler homes

  7. Former South Korean President to be released from jail

    The 69-year-old was convicted of abuse of power and coercion in 2018

  8. Former South Korean President's corruption sentence pardoned

    Former President Park Geun-hye was found guilty in 2017 in a massive corruption scandal.

  9. Former South Korean President released from jail

    Park Geun-Hye, who was serving a 22 year term, has been given a presidential pardon

  10. International community opens door to Afghan aid

    The UN security council passes resolution exempting aid from sanctions

  11. UN approves Afghanistan aid plan

    The United Nations has removed a substantial obstacle to providing aid to Afghanistan

  12. Tiananmen statue removed from University of Hong Kong

    The Pillar of Shame was one of the few public reminders of the 1989 massacre

  13. Myanmar: Rescue operations underway after landslide in jade mining site

    At least one person has died and 70 are missing after a landslide occurred at mine.

  14. Biden involves military doctors to help fight surge in Covid cases

    His administration is facing a barrage of lawsuits as it seeks employees are vaccinated.

  15. US: 500 million Covid rapid tests will be made available at no cost

    Biden announced expanded testing and military support for hospitals as well.

  16. Is there a link between HIV and Covid variants?

    Scientists are studying whether mutations are developing in immuno-compromised people

  17. South Africa scientists study link between Covid mutations and HIV

    Covid lingers in people with weak immune systems for months, possibly leading to variants

  18. Biden urges Americans to get vaccinated

    Omicron becomes dominant strain in US, weeks after the country registered its first case

  19. Leftist Gabriel Boric wins Chile's presidential election

    It was a calm end to a polarised and sometimes violent campaign

  20. Chile election: leftist candidate Gabriel Boric claims victory

    The most polarised poll in decades followed mass anti-government protests

  21. Leftist wins Chile presidential election

    Gabriel Boric becomes Chile's youngest-ever President - but can he unify the country?

  22. UK by-election: A bad night for Boris

    The ruling Conservative party lose a 'safe' seat they've held for nearly 200 years

  23. UK ruling party suffer shock by-election defeat

    "It's a mini political earthquake." Is it a one-off set back or a sign of things to come?

  24. UK Prime Minister's party defeated in by-election

    The Tories lose a 'safe seat' which the party has held for nearly 200 years

  25. Fears grow over the highly transmissible Omicron variant

    British officials say UK experience of the new Covid-19 strain is a warning to the world

  26. Highest daily Covid-19 cases recorded across the UK

    Official statistics show cases of the Omicron variant doubling every two days

  27. Covid-19: Omnicron variant surge in South Korea

    South Korea has become the latest country to re-impose coronavirus restrictions

  28. Number of people to die of Covid in US passes 800,000

    Members of the US Congress held a moment's silence at the Capitol to mourn the dead

  29. Australia opens up to (some) international travellers

    Covid-19: Australia has reopened its borders to visa-holding students and skilled workers

  30. Grim coronavirus milestone reached in the US

    US Covid-19 death toll now 800,000 as the country prepares for the Omicron variant

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