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Terry and Roger Hugo, both retirees in their 70s, couldn't wait to see their grandchildren come over to visit South Africa from Britain for the first time, after cancelling last year's Christmas plans because of COVID-19. Now they are mortified at having to call everything off again after a new coronavirus variant detected in South Africa prompted Britain to slap a travel ban on its former colony.
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Terry and Roger Hugo, both retirees in their 70s, couldn't wait to see their grandchildren come over to visit South Africa from Britain for the first time, after cancelling last year's Christmas plans because of COVID-19.
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South Africans voted in municipal elections on Monday, with the ruling African National Congress (ANC) hoping to avert its worst result since the end of white minority rule.
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The diverse interests among the 197 signatories to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) make for a tough challenge reaching consensus on the next steps to stem global warming. Here are some of the main stakeholders in the U.N. climate conference (COP26) starting in Glasgow on Oct. 31.
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