Ottawa [Canada], August 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Canada's seven-day moving average of 1,609 new COVID-19 cases reported daily (Aug. 6-12) is an increase of 70 percent over the previous week, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) on Friday.
Washington [US], August 14 (ANI): US' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has endorsed the use of an additional dose of COVID-19 vaccine for people with moderately to severely compromised immune systems after an initial two-dose vaccine series.
New Delhi [India], August 14 (ANI): Communist Party of India (Marxist) MP Elamaram Kareem on Friday wrote to Rajya Sabha Secretary-General seeking an immediate probe and necessary actions on the incidents of "physically assaulting and attacking the opposition MPs inside the Rajya Sabha chamb
Washington [US], August 14 (ANI): A Taliban's victory does not mean a "better future" for Afghanistan as there could be local outbreaks of civil war and insurgencies against the terror group, said political commentator Harlan Ullman.
Buenos Aires [Argentina], August 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Argentina confirmed on Friday 8,472 new COVID-19 infections in one day, bringing the total to 5,074,725 cases, the Ministry of Health reported, adding that there were also 246 more deaths, for a total of 108,815.
Kishtwar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], August 14 (ANI): In a joint operation with the Indian Army and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday arrested a Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist from Kishtwar district.
Kamchatka [Russia], August 14 (ANI/Sputnik): Several bodies of dead tourists have been found in the Kuril Lake, Russia's Kamchatka Territory, near the crashed Mi-8 helicopter, the Russian Emergencies Ministry said on Saturday.
Washington [US], August 14 (ANI): Afghanistan would never be in such a "dire situation" if Pakistan had not taken the decision to support, co-opt and control the Taliban, said a US-based scholar Michael Rubin, as the terror group races to take control of entire Afghanistan by force.
Pernem (Goa) [India], August 14 (ANI): Shiv Sena demanded that Mopa Airport in Goa should be named after the first Chief Minister of the state Bhausaheb Dayanand Bandodkar.
Tokyo [Japan], August 14 (ANI): A Japanese woman convicted for espionage in China has been released after serving six years in prison in Shanghai, Japanese media reported on Thursday.
Ottawa [Canada], August 14 (ANI): Canada on Friday (local time) announced it is expanding a program to resettle 20,000 Afghan refugees amid Taliban onslaught in Afghanistan.
Doda (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], August 14 (ANI): In a joint operation of the Indian Army and Jammu and Kashmir Police, a large cache of arms and ammunition was seized from a decade-old natural crevasse in the Sarola forest of Doda district on Friday.