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(Reuters) – Canada is expected to toughen restrictions on international travel with new measures to be announced on Wednesday as it looks to limit the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant, CBC News reported. Possible measures, including a ban on all non-essential foreign travellers coming to Canada, including from the United States, were discussed in …

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By Elizabeth Piper and Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) – Almost 100 Conservative lawmakers voted on Tuesday against new coronavirus restrictions, dealing a major blow to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s authority and raising questions about his leadership. After a day of frenzied failed lobbying, Johnson was handed the biggest rebellion against his government so far …

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By Alexander Winning and Wendell Roelf JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine has been less effective in South Africa at keeping people infected with the virus out of hospital since the Omicron variant emerged last month, a real-world study published on Tuesday showed. Between Nov. 15 and Dec. 7, people who had received two doses …

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By Duncan Miriri NAIROBI (Reuters) -Veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga launched his fifth bid for Kenya’s presidency on Friday, this time with the support of his former foe President Uhuru Kenyatta. Voters are due to go to the polls next August but Kenyatta will not be on the ballot due to a constitutional term limit …

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By Michael Erman and Deena Beasley NEW YORK (Reuters) -Pfizer Inc on Tuesday said its antiviral COVID-19 pill showed near 90% efficacy in preventing hospitalizations and deaths in high-risk patients, and recent lab data suggests the drug retains its effectiveness against the fast spreading Omicron variant of the coronavirus. The U.S. drugmaker last month said …

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By Karen Sloan (Reuters) – Kim Kardashian has cleared a key hurdle in her unconventional quest to become an attorney. The reality television star and entrepreneur said Monday on Twitter that she passed California’s First-Year Law Students’ Examination—a daylong test required of aspiring lawyers in the state who are not taking the traditional path of …

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