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US airlines cancel over 200 Christmas Eve flights amid Omicron surge
Dec 24, 2021 10:22America's United Airlines and Delta Air Lines have cancelled dozens of Christmas Eve flights, with COVID-19 Omicron variant taking a heavy toll on flight crews and other workers.
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Biden Omicron measures too little, too late for fast-moving virus: Experts
Dec 24, 2021 04:36The measures taken by US President Joe Biden to backstop hospitals and distribute coronavirus test kits, are too little, too late to curb a surge of Omicron-related coronavirus cases over Christmas and New Year's, health experts warned.
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Ayatollah Khamenei offers condolences over passing away of Iran's Yemen envoy
Dec 23, 2021 02:12Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has issued a message of condolence over the recent passing away of Hassan Irloo, Iran’s Ambassador to Sana’a, who died of COVID-19 complications amid Saudi obstruction.
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New COVID cases in Iran below 2,000
Dec 23, 2021 08:09The number of people tested positive for the coronavirus in Iran in the past 24 hours has been reduced to around 1,900.
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Nearly $100B stolen in US pandemic relief funds: Secret Service
Dec 23, 2021 06:18At least $100 billion has been stolen from coronavirus relief programs set up to help American businesses and people who lost their jobs due to the pandemic, the US Secret Service has revealed.
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France says Omicron to be dominant COVID-19 variant soon, resists new restrictions
Dec 22, 2021 11:05France could soon see 100,000 new COVID-19 cases a day due to the rapid spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant but the government does not plan to introduce new restrictions for the time being, Health Minister Olivier Veran said on Wednesday.
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Yemeni FM extends condolences to Iran over death of ambassador to Sana’a
Dec 22, 2021 08:44Yemen's foreign minister has offered condolences over the death of Iranian Ambassador to Sana’a Hassan Irloo, who died of COVID-19 complications after some Saudi officials delayed his return home for medical treatment.
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Coronavirus in Iran: Some 2,800 patients in ICUs
Dec 22, 2021 08:23Of the patients diagnosed with the coronavirus infection in Iran, more than 2,800 are in the intensive care units of hospitals.
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Elizabeth Warren blasts US supermarket chains for high food prices
Dec 22, 2021 03:30US Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has criticized major American retailers for increasing food prices amid the coronavirus pandemic in the country, causing further economic hardships for the people.
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Iran to file protest against Saudi foot-dragging that led to envoy’s martyrdom: FM
Dec 22, 2021 02:42Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says some executive bodies in Riyadh are to blame for a delay in allowing Iran’s late ambassador to Yemen, who was suffering from the COVID-19 infection, to exit the Saudi-besieged country, saying Tehran will lodge a formal protest over the procrastination in accordance with international law.