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    United States · 12:15 AM UTC

    U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday signed an order imposing new vaccine requirements for most foreign national air travelers and lifting severe travel restrictions on China, India and much of Europe effective Nov. 8, the White House said.

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    Business · October 25, 2021 · 11:27 PM UTC

    Facebook invests billions in metaverse efforts as ad business slows

    Facebook Inc said on Monday it will start publishing the financial results of its augmented and virtual reality labs as a separate unit, where it is investing billions in its ambitions to build the "metaverse" and as it reported that its main advertising business faces "significant uncertainty."

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    New York City police union files lawsuit to block vaccine mandate

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    Seven killed, 140 hurt in protests against Sudan military coup
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    Gunmen kill 18 at mosque in northern Nigeria's Niger state -residents

    Armed men on motorbikes killed at least 18 people at a mosque in Niger state in northern Nigeria, two residents told Reuters on Monday.

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    Peru's Congress postpones Cabinet confirmation vote to next week
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    Arrest of Colombian crime lord unlikely to turn tide in drug war
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    Thousands of Nicaraguans go to Honduras border for vaccines

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    Recognizing Myanmar junta won't stop violence: outgoing U.N. envoy
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    South Korea plots course to scrapping COVID curbs by early 2022
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    New Zealand reports second-highest daily COVID-19 cases in pandemic

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    China studying mechanism to stabilise coal prices over long-run - planning body

    China's top economic planner, the National Development & Reform Commission, said on Tuesday it is studying a mechanism to stabilise coal prices over the long run.

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