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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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    Gunmen kill 18 at mosque in northern Nigeria's Niger state -residents

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