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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa called for the lifting of air travel bans due to a new strain South African President Cyril Ramaphosa called on world leaders, restricted air traffic with South Africa due to the omicron strain, lift the bans. He stated this in his address to the nation, RIA Novosti reports. “We are very disappointed with the decision of some countries to ban travel from a number of southern African states after the omicron option was identified. This is a clear and completely unjustified departure from the commitments that many of these countries made at the G20 meeting in Rome, ”Ramaphosa said. He added that he calls on all countries to urgently lift these bans. According to the South African leader, there is no scientific evidence that the restrictions will help prevent the spread of the new strain, but they will definitely harm the economy and “undermine” all

Defense Blog: Croatia ordered Rafale fighters to replace Soviet MiG-21s Croatia signed a contract to buy 12 French-made Dassault Rafale fighters. The new aircraft will replace the Soviet MiG-21 of the Croatian Air Force (Air Force). This is reported by the Defense Blog with reference to the Dassault Aviation concern. The company reported that the relevant contracts were signed during the visit of French President Emmanuel Macron to Croatia. Two contracts were signed by French Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly and Croatian Defense Minister Mario Banozic. The agreement involves the transfer of 12 Rafale fighters from the French Aerospace Forces (VKS). Also, the French side will provide the supply of spare parts, personnel training and aircraft maintenance for three years. In 2017, the Croatian Defense Ministry sent out a request for proposals for the purchase of 12 aircraft. The new fighters are intended to replace 12 Soviet-made MiG-21bis and MiG-21UM

G7 Health Ministers announced an emergency meeting due to the new omicron strain G7 Health Ministers announced an emergency meeting due to a new strain of coronavirus. This was announced by the head of the British Ministry of Health Sajid Javid in an interview with Times Radio, his words are quoted by RIA Novosti. “I called an extraordinary meeting of the G7 health ministers, it will be held on Monday, November 29,” Javid said. The plans of the G7 to discuss the events related to the omicron strain were also announced in a release from the British government. Earlier, the Moroccan authorities decided to interrupt flights due to a new strain, before that the borders for foreigners were closed in Israel … A new strain of coronavirus B.1.1.529, or omicron, was found in Botswana, South Africa and Hong Kong. It is assumed that it can become the most dangerous variant

The Listvyazhnaya miner said that the gas sensors did not work for some unknown reason Workers of the Listvyazhnaya mine 51 people died, told about the methods of deceiving the gas security system in an interview with Lenta.ru. Miner Nikolai Alimov said that when the gas level rose, the electricity did not turn off. According to the worker, he was shocked when he saw the flashlights blink at a certain concentration of gas. “I heard about glued sensors, but I haven't seen anything like that myself. Otherwise, I simply would not have gone to the mine. I wouldn’t let someone else stick the sensor, and I wouldn’t, ”he added. According to miner Denis Davydov (name has been changed), the sensors did not work for some unknown reason. “We were told:“ Go to the prey ”. And people were driving, ”he said. At the same time, the authorities were aware of

Latvian Prime Minister: The EU and NATO must send a signal to Russia about the consequences of the escalation in Ukraine EU) and NATO to send a signal to Russia about the consequences of the escalation on the border with Ukraine. He stated this after a meeting with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Alliance Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, RIA Novosti reports. According to him, it is important that the European Union and NATO monitor the situation on the Ukrainian border escalations made it clear to Russia that “very clear consequences” of its actions are expected. Earlier, the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said that Russia was not going to attack anyone. Peskov, commenting on the statement of the head of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, that Russian leader Vladimir Putin should give guarantees of non-aggression against Ukraine, noted the absolute groundlessness of allegations of aggressive behavior

The Russian moved to the USA and told about getting a job at Facebook company Meta (formerly Facebook) in an interview with Gazeta.ru. At the moment, he is developing software for Facebook Messenger for the iOS operating system. According to the man, he had seven job interviews at the company in total before getting hired. Recruiters contacted him in mid-October 2018, and he returned to work four months later. “What I like about large companies is that they immediately tell you what stages the interview will consist of and what you need to be ready for,” he noted. After successfully completing the initial technical interview, Nazarov was called to the second stage, which was a cycle of interviews in the company's office during one day. “Usually after that a decision is made whether to hire a candidate or not. But I had another additional interview, and after that I received