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South African pilot finds deadly cobra under his …

A picture taken on Oct. 5, 2018, at the Palais de la Decouverte in Paris shows a Cape cobra during the installation of an exhibition called "Poison" gathering 30 poisonous species. (Joel Saget/AFP via Getty Images)

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Oscar Pistorius denied parole; not enough time served

U.S. will lift travel ban on 8 southern African countries

President Joe Biden is seen in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Scientists await data to determine if omicron will outcompete …

A woman is vaccinated against COVID-19 at the Hillbrow Clinic in Johannesburg, South Africa, Monday Dec. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/ Shiraaz Mohamed)

Could Omicron variant cause less severe COVID-19 infections?

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Omicron may be causing more reinfections among COVID survivors, …

An Orange Farm, South Africa, resident receives her jab against COVID-19 Friday Dec. 3, 2021 at the Orange Farm multipurpose center. South Africa has accelerated its vaccination campaign a week after the discovery of the omicron variant of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Explainer: What’s the new COVID variant in South Africa?

People with masks walk at a shopping mall in Johannesburg, South Africa on Nov. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)

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Stocks fall sharply as new variant detected in South …

The New York Stock Exchange operates during normal business hours in the Financial District, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Here’s how U.S. international travel rules are changing …

Travelers wait in line verify COVID-19 vaccination status as they check-in for a flight to Sydney, Australia on Qantas Airways Ltd. inside the Tom Bradley International Terminal at LAX on Nov. 1, 2021. (PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

2 South African soccer players test positive for …

People gather for a rally in Tokyo's Shinjuku shopping district Sunday, July 18, 2021, to protest against the Olympics starting from July 23. (AP Photo/Yuri Kageyama)

South Africa to end captive lion industry, marking …

South Africa says it will end its captive lion industry

South Africa joins U.S. in blocking J&J vaccine as …

Boxes of Janssen vaccines sit at a warehouse of Hungaropharma, a Hungarian pharmaceutical wholesale company, in Budapest, Hungary, after the arrival of the first batch of the Johnson & Johnson, US, made one-dose vaccine against the new coronavirus in the country Tuesday, April 13, 2021. The first shopment contains 28 thousand doses of Janssen. (Szilard Koszticsak/MTI via AP)

Speedy variants powering coronavirus surge sweeping …

In this Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021 file photo, a man wearing a face mask walks across the medieval Charles Bridge in Prague, Czech Republic. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File)

Authorities in central Europe tighten restrictions …

In this Friday, Feb. 12, 2021, file photo, medical workers move a COVID-19 patient into an ambulance at a hospital overrun by the COVID pandemic in Cheb, Czech Republic. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek/File)