Nepal detects first two cases of Omicron variant - health ministry

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The cases are a 66-year-old foreigner who entered Nepal from a country with confirmed Omicron variant, and another 71-year-old person who was in close contact with him.

Solomon Islands leader Manasseh Sogavare survived a vote of no confidence Monday, the latest battle in a decades-long career marked by deadly riots, inter-island tensions, and increasingly close ties to Beijing.BENGALURU -Indian shares closed nearly 2% lower on Monday, hurt by a selloff in information technology stocks, as increasing cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant spooked investors ahead of the central bank's decision on interest rates.

Young anti-coup recruits line up at a secret camp in Myanmar, hands behind their heads and stomachs braced, waiting for a drill instructor to deliver a punch to toughen them up for their fight against the military. Since a military coup in February, dozens of "people's defence forces" have sprung up across the Southeast Asian country to fight back against the generals' putsch and subsequent crackdown.

 

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