Global life insurers are taking steps to curb payouts stemming from the coronavirus pandemic, including long-term health consequences that are not fully understood, industry sources told Reuters. Life insurers, including Prudential Financial Inc, and Aviva PLC, are now imposing waiting periods before COVID-19 patients, including

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Scale and pace of landmark National Healthcare Insurance in question for the first time

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Cyril Ramaphosa takes strain as depth of Covid-19 crisis sinks in

JOHANNESBURG - Severe winds and heavy rains wrecked thousands of buildings, ruined crops and displaced almost 7,000 people in Mozambique over the weekend, officials said in their first detailed report on the disaster. Tropical cyclone Eloise hit Mozambique's Sofala coastal province on Saturday morning before weakening and heading inland to dump rain on Zimbabwe, eSwatini - formerly

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Severe winds wreck homes, displace thousands in Mozambique: agency

Mozambique and Zimbabwe suffered most from extreme weather after being struck by Idai

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Poor hardest hits as storms batter economies harder, climate risk index shows

The criticism comes after what was initially described as positive discussions to restart the scheme

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HARARE, Zimbabwe — Four Zimbabwean Cabinet ministers have died of COVID-19, three within the past two weeks, highlighting a resurgence of the disease that is sweeping through this southern African country.President Emmerson Mnangagwa said the coronavirus is reaping a “grim harvest” in the country.“The pandemic has been indiscriminate. There are no spectators, adjudicators, no holier than thou. No supermen or superwomen. We are

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The late Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu's nurse, Sister Mavis Mahlakoane, has recounted her time with him before he died of Covid-19 complications.

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'I have lost a dear friend' - Cyril Ramaphosa says goodbye to Jackson Mthembu

The Scottish National Party published a "Roadmap to Referendum" on Saturday, laying out plans for another vote on Scottish independence just as the United Kingdom grapples with COVID-19 and the impact of Brexit.

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A steady drip-feed of public officials admitting to having been vaccinated ahead of priority groups has sparked uproar on social media in Spain at a time when several regions are tightening restrictions in an effort to curb a spike in infections.

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Spanish Officials Under Fire for Jumping Vaccine Queue as COVID-19 Cases Surge

The congresswoman on Tuesday recounted some of her experiences at the Capitol riots to her 8.3 million Instagram followers.

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