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Taiwan records first omicron case in traveler from Africa

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**DEC 11, 2021 @ 1400 GMT | FILE** – People wear face masks to help protect against the spread of the coronavirus in Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021. Taiwan has recorded its first case of the omicron variant in a passenger who returned from Eswatini, the southern African kingdom, on Dec. 8, according to the island’s health officials. **(AP File Photo )**

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan has recorded its first case of the omicron variant in a passenger who recently traveled to the southern African country of Eswatini, health officials said Saturday.

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Russia presses West for guarantees amid Ukraine tensions

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**DEC 10, 2021 @ 1800 GMT | FILE** – A Russian army soldier takes part in drills at the Kadamovskiy firing range in the Rostov region in southern Russia, Friday, Dec. 10, 2021. Russian troop concentration near Ukraine has raised Ukrainian and Western concerns of a possible invasion that Moscow has dismissed. (AP Photo)

MOSCOW, Russia (AP) — A senior Russian diplomat warned the United States and its NATO allies Friday that their own security would suffer if they “torpedo” providing Russia with certain military guarantees.

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Georgia’s Perdue sues over 2020 election, pushes fraud claim

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**DEC 10, 2021 @ 1630 GMT | FILE** – Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., speaks during a rally in Augusta, Ga., on Dec. 10, 2020. Perdue will challenge Gov. Kemp for governor, he announced Monday, Dec, 6, 2021 setting up a bitter 2022 Republican primary fight while Democrat Stacey Abrams is likely to await the winner. **(AP File Photo)**

GEORGIA, United States (AP) — Days after announcing his candidacy for governor, Republican David Perdue furthered embraced debunked claims of electoral fraud in Georgia’s 2020 presidential race by joining a lawsuit seeking to prove he and former President Donald Trump were cheated out of election victories.

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South Korea reports its worst virus surge since pandemic

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**DEC 10, 2021 @ 1845 GMT** | A medical worker wearing protective gear in a booth takes a sample from a woman at a temporary screening clinic for the coronavirus in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Dec. 10, 2021. New coronavirus infections in South Korea exceeded 7,000 for the third consecutive day on Friday in a record-breaking surge that has crushed hospitals and threatens the country’s goals to weather the pandemic without lockdowns. **(AP Photo)**

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — New coronavirus infections in South Korea exceeded 7,000 for the third consecutive day on Friday, as the worst surge since the start of the pandemic overwhelmed hospitals and depleted health care workforce.

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US expands Pfizer COVID boosters, opens extra dose to age 16

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**DEC 9, 2021 @ 1430 GMT** | Ariel Quero, 16, left, a student at Lehman High School, reacts after getting the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine from Katrina Taormina, right, July 27, 2021, in New York. The U.S. is expanding COVID-19 boosters, ruling that 16- and 17-year-olds can get a third dose of Pfizer’s vaccine. The U.S. and many other nations already were urging adults to get booster shots to pump up immunity that can wane months after vaccination, calls that intensified with the discovery of the worrisome new omicron variant. On Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021 the FDA gave emergency authorization for 16- and 17-year-olds to get a third dose of the vaccine made by Pfizer and its partner BioNTech — if it’s been six months since their last shot. **(AP File Photo)**

WASHINGTON, United States (AP) — U.S. health authorities again expanded the nation’s booster campaign Thursday, opening extra doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to several million 16- and 17-year-olds.

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India’s military chief, 12 others killed in helicopter crash

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**DEC 8, 2021 @ 1530 GMT | FILE** – Indian Army Chief Bipin Rawat speaks during a press conference in New Delhi, India, Jan.12, 2018. India’s military chief, Gen. Bipin Rawat, and 12 others were killed Wednesday in a helicopter crash in southern Tamil Nadu state, the air force said. **(AP File Photo)**

NEW DELHI, India (AP) — India’s military chief, Gen. Bipin Rawat, and 12 others were killed Wednesday in a helicopter crash in southern Tamil Nadu state, the air force said.

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Trump media venture eyed by regulators; names Nunes CEO

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**DEC 7, 2021 @ 1745 GMT | FILE** – In this July 24, 2021, file photo former President Donald Trump smiles as he pauses while speaking to supporters at a Turning Point Action gathering in Phoenix. Trump’s new social media company forecasts it may have 81 million users by 2026, or nearly 7 million more people than voted for him in the last U.S. presidential election. The projection was filed on Monday, Dec. 6, 2021 with securities regulators by the company trying to bring Trump Media & Technology Group to the stock market. **(AP File Photo)**

NEW YORK, United States (AP) — Regulators are looking into the deal that would bring Donald Trump’s new social media company to the stock market, one that has attracted both legions of fans of the former president and people looking to make a quick profit.

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Syria says Israeli warplanes hit Latakia port containers

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**DEC 7, 2021 @ 2200 GMT** | In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows flames rising from the scene of a missile attack, at the seaport of the coastal city of Latakia, Syria, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021. Syria’s military said Israeli warplanes fired the missiles causing fire without inflicting any human losses. Syria’s state media quoted an unnamed military official as saying that several missiles struck the containers area in the port early on Tuesday, setting some of them on fire. **(SANA via AP)**

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Israeli warplanes fired missiles that struck the port of Latakia early on Tuesday, hitting containers and igniting a huge fire, Syrian state media said.

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