LOS ANGELES -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday lifted mandatory COVID-19 test requirements for travelers from China.

The decision takes effect for flights departing to the United States from the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong, Macau, and designated airports at or after 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time Friday, according to an announcement on the CDC website. (U.S.-COVID Test-China)

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UNITED NATIONS -- The United Nations and its humanitarian partners brace for the second landfall on Friday or Saturday of long-running Tropical Storm Freddy on Mozambique, a UN spokesman said.

"The UN is providing food, tents, kitchen sets, water purification and health supplies, and we are preparing for the second landfall," said Stephane Dujarric, the chief spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. The world body and its partners continue to support government-led relief efforts in Mozambique and on the isle of Madagascar. (UN-Freddy-Mozambique)

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LOS ANGELES -- U.S. President Joe Biden approved a state of emergency in California on Friday as the most populous state in the country continued to get slammed by another strong and menacing winter storm.

Biden ordered federal assistance "to supplement State, tribal, and local response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting from severe winter storms, flooding, landslides, and mudslides beginning on March 9, 2023, and continuing," according to a White House press release. (U.S.-Winter storm-Emergency)

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FRANKFURT -- The German Police have freed the hostages who were held for over four hours and arrested the perpetrator in the southwestern city of Karlsruhe, local police authorities said on Friday.

The suspected perpetrator had taken several people hostage in a pharmacy at around 4:30 p.m., according to German news agency dpa. (Hostage-Germany-Karlsruhe) Enditem

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