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Championship boxing belt given to Nelson Mandela was stolen
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A World Boxing Council championship belt belonging to former South African President Nelson Mandela has been stolen…
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Nelson Mandela freed from prison
This Day in History: Nelson Mandela freed from prison Updated: 11:26 PM EST Feb 10, 2023 On this day in…
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Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace winner, dies at 90
JOHANNESBURG — Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning icon, an uncompromising foe of the country’s past racist policy of…
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World on high alert as UK reports cases of omicron COVID variant
Britain became the latest country Saturday to report cases of the new potentially more contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus…
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WHO classifies omicron variant as a ‘variant of concern’
On Friday, the World Health Organization categorized a new strain of COVID-19 that was recently detected in southern Africa as…
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New COVID variant could show immune evasion
South Africa's health minister announced Thursday the discovery of a new coronavirus variant that appears to be spreading rapidly in…
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South African COVID-19 variant case identified in Maryland
Health officials identified a case of the South African COVID-19 B.1.351 variant in Maryland.The case announced Saturday involves an adult…
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What you need to know
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Scientists detected the first cases of the South Africa variant in California this week, a version…
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Experimental HIV vaccine is ineffective
An interim review of a clinical trial in South Africa showed the vaccine had virtually no impact on infection rates.…
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