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San Francisco Mayor London Breed talks about the first confirmed case of the omicron variant. Credit: Keystone.
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The US has its first case of the Omicron variant.
The case was identified on Wednesday in a vaccinated traveler who had just returned to California on November 22nd, after a trip to South Africa. The person said to be between the ages of 18 and 49 had had the full two doses of the Moderna vaccine and was not yet due for a booster shot.
CNBC (EN)
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Nigeria denies report of ‘massacre’ of #EndSARS protesters.
The judicial inquiry report was put together by a panel the state set up and concluded a massacre took place during a clampdown on anti-police brutality protesters in the city last October. The Lagos State government said only one person was killed in the Lekki incident whereas the panel revealed at least 11 deaths occurred when security forces opened fire on peaceful protesters.
Africa News (EN)
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Italy accuses Egyptian security of Giulio Regeni’s murder.
Regeni who was a postgraduate student at Britain’s Cambridge University disappeared in Cairo in January 2016 with his body found nearly a week later and postmortem revealing he was tortured before he was murdered. Egyptian police has on several occasions denied involvement in Regeni’s killing but four suspects face trial in absentia in an Italian court.
Aljazeera (EN)
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Angela Merkel bids farewell to her office.
The German chancellor for 16 years is officially saying goodbye to the position today in an elaborate and the highest military ceremony in Germany. Merkel will nonetheless even after today’s ceremony remain in office in the interim until a new chancellor is confirmed.
DW (EN)
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Pope Francis’ Cyprus visit begins.
The visit which includes an ecumenical prayer with migrants at Holy Cross will see the Pope lending his support to the Island that is now a new migratory route for people fleeing their countries to Europe. He is expected to be in Cyprus till December 4th.
Reuters (EN)
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These Kenyan women used to cut trees. Now they save them.
In Kirisia Forest where trees were often chopped down for charcoal, climate change has forced members of the community to be more aware of the usefulness of the forest in supplying water as drought worsens, forcing men to leave for months on end in search of water. 550 women have now teamed up to help protect the forest which provides water to more than 150,000 people.
CS Monitor (EN)
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Keystone
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A Single-dose HPV vaccination is highly as effective.
This is according to results from a trial in Kenya which surveyed around 2275 sexually active women in Kenya revealing that a single dose of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine matched the effectiveness of multiple doses, a discovery that could potentially reduce the prevalence of cervical cancers associated with HPV.
Medscape (EN)
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OfferZen gets $5.2M to enhance European expansion.
The South African tech talent marketplace has raised $5.07 million in Series A funding from a South African investment company Base Capital. OfferZen already has around 100,000 users and focuses on connecting software developers and engineers to companies requiring their services.
Tech Crunch (EN)
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Keystone
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The Madagascar famine is not a result of climate change.
In southern Madagascar, drought has been causing unprecedented famine for several months. This summer, the United Nations said the country was on its way to becoming the first to suffer from famines linked to climate change. But a study published this Thursday proves the opposite. The famine could be a result of a range of varied vulnerabilities, such as poverty, failing infrastructure, and agriculture heavily dependent on rainfall.
Heidi.news (FR)
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What science knows - and still doesn’t - about the Omicron variant.
The Omicron variant is caused by numerous mutations in the Spike protein which is involved in the infection and which allows the antibodies developed after the disease or the vaccine to recognize the virus. Should we be worried? Will it cause a wave of epidemics in Europe like the Alpha or Delta variants? Will the vaccines remain effective? And is it going to ruin the end-of-the-year holidays?
Heidi.news (FR)
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Keystone
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The dinosaurs in Chile were quite different.
Fossils found in Chile revealed a strange-looking dog-sized dinosaur species with slashing tails they could use as a stabbing weapon and others had tails with clubs. The fossil which is around 72 to 75 million years old also showed the species had seven pairs of «blades» laid out sideways.
AP News (EN)
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Can you match homeless dogs to owners using star signs?
This shelter in Los Angeles is doing just that and deploying astrology to match pets and people based on zodiac signs. The shelter assigns zodiac profiles derived from the personality traits and interaction style of the dogs and uses a website to pair these dogs with new owners.
Reuters (EN)
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