London [UK], January 3 (ANI/Sputnik): Several conservation groups in the UK have urged Prime Minister Boris Johnson to make new commitments this year to tackle climate change and maintain the momentum gained at the November Climate Summit in Glasgow, one such group confirmed on Monday.
Augsburg [Germany], January 3 (ANI): The Bundesliga club FC Augsburg on Monday confirmed the signing of United States national team (USMNT) star forward Ricardo Pepi from FC Dallas.
Jakarta [Indonesia], January 3 (ANI/Xinhua): Indonesia on Monday confirmed 265 new COVID-19 cases, raising its tally of infections to 4,263,433, according to the country's Health Ministry.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 3 (ANI): The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President Sourav Ganguly on Monday confirmed that the upcoming edition of the Ranji Trophy will be staged as planned.
Shenzhen [China], January 3 (ANI): OnePlus had launched its 9RT smartphone in China back in October, and now there is finally a confirmation that the gadget would soon be going global.
Seoul [South Korea] January 2 (ANI/ Xinhua): South Korea on Monday confirmed its first two deaths linked to the Omicron COVID-19 variant amid rising worry about the highly transmissible variant.
Moscow [Russia], January 3 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia confirmed 16,343 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, which brings the cumulative total to 10,554,309 cases, the federal response centre said Monday.
Samba (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], January 3 (ANI): Deputy Commissioner of Samba, Anuradha Gupta on Sunday evening confirmed that no one is stuck inside the under-construction bridge that collapsed in Samba and added that all the labourers have been traced.
Nairobi [Kenya], January 3 (ANI): World-renowned paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey, who unearthed evidence that helped prove humankind evolved in Africa, died on Sunday at the age of 77, Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta confirmed in a statement.
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 2 (ANI): Pakistan on Saturday confirmed 594 new COVID-19 cases amid the spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said on Sunday, according to Xinhua News.
Ankara [Turkey], January 2 (ANI/Xinhua): Turkey on Saturday reported 36,731 new COVID-19 cases, raising its tally of infections to 9,519,281, according to the country's health ministry.
Hong Kong, January 1 (ANI): Hong Kong reported 17 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, taking the total tally of confirmed cases to 12,667, data from the Center for Health Protection showed, according to Xinhua News Agency.