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Biden restricts travel from South Africa and seven other countries starting Monday  CNN EU, UK, Israel to halt air travel to southern Africa over new COVID-19 variant  Fox News COVID-19: Japan tightens border controls for arrivals from six countries  Reuters New Covid-19 variant

The policy will affect South Africa and seven other countries, senior administration officials said. The World Health Organization expressed concern about the new variant — called omicron. (Image credit: Jerome Delay/AP)

Russian authorities have released the names of 51 presumed victims of a devastating methane explosion in a coal mine in Siberia, a toll that makes the accident the deadliest since 2010.

Stocks are closing sharply lower on Wall Street Friday, after a coronavirus variant from South Africa appeared to be spreading across the globe and the European Union proposed suspending air travel from southern Africa.

Amos Yadlin blasts former Netanyahu gov’t for pushing Trump to leave JCPOA, without drawing up plan for what Israel would do if Tehran advanced enrichment in retaliation

Statement by President Joe Biden on the Omicron COVID-19 Variant  The White House

Biden administration proposes oil and gas drilling reform but stops short of ban  CNBC Interior Department releases long-awaited review of federal oil and gas leasing program  CNN Oil and gas companies should pay more to drill on public lands and waters, Interior

A coronavirus variant recently identified in South Africa is leading to a new round of travel restrictions just as many had finally begun to ease.

WHO designates strain as ‘a highly transmissible variant of concern,’ giving it Greek letter like previous major variants such as Delta, as scientists race to understand risks

Fauci says U.S. must study data before deciding on travel ban over new COVID-19 variant  Reuters Belgium confirms case of new COVID-19 variant  Al Jazeera English WHO meets to discuss new, ‘heavily mutated’ COVID-19 variant  Fox News A new Covid variant is no