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Having forced the military to install the prime minister it had ousted, pro-democracy activists in Sudan are pressing to insure civilian control.

Golf, cricket and rugby became the first major sports to be affected by the new COVID-19 variant on Friday, prompting fears of renewed travel restrictions and disrupted events just as they were returning to normal nearly two years into the

Scientists don’t know how effective vaccines will be against the new variant flagged by a team in South Africa, which displays mutations that might resist neutralization.

Firm that developed vaccine with Pfizer says it will have more data available next month, but has plans in motion to be able to mass-manufacture adapted inoculation

Jewish virologist Barry Schoub, who advises the government, says data so far indicates vaccines protect against severe illness from new COVID variant

The White House is set to announce travel restrictions to eight countries in Southern Africa on Monday due to the discovery of a new coronavirus variant, according to senior administration officials. The World Health Organization classified the COVID-19 variant as

Russian authorities released the names of 51 people presumed dead after a devastating methane explosion in a coal mine in Siberia, believed to be the country’s deadliest mining incident since 2010. (Image credit: Sergei Gavrilenko/AP)

Starting Monday, America will limit travel from South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique and Malawi; Fauci says more info on variant still needed

A rare Roman mosaic is the latest discovery from a crack team of British archaeologists. (Image credit: University of Leicester Archaeological Services)

Anxious-looking travellers stood in long queues at Johannesburg’s international airport on Friday, desperate to squeeze onto the last flights to countries that had just shut their doors to South Africa. Many cut short their holidays, rushing back from safaris and