Seoul [South Korea], December 25 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in South Korea has risen by 1,241 to 54,770 over the past day marking the largest daily increase since the start of the outbreak, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said on Friday.
Addis Ababa [Ethopia], December 25 (ANI): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the African continent has reached 2,570,886 as of Thursday afternoon, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said on Thursday.
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 25 (ANI): Afghanistan rights activist Freshta Kohistani has been gunned down in Afghanistan's northeastern Kapisa province, confirmed the country's interior ministry.
Centurion [South Africa], December 24 (ANI): Cricket South Africa (CSA) on Thursday confirmed that the entire Proteas squad returned negative results from the COVID-19 tests that were conducted earlier today.
Maryland [US], December 24 (ANI/Sputnik): California has become the first US state where the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases exceeded 2 million, according to figures published by Johns Hopkins University.
Manila [The Philippines], December 24 (ANI/Xinhua): The Department of Health (DOH) of the Philippines on Thursday reported 1,776 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 infection, bringing the total number in the country to 465,724.
Seoul [South Korea], December 24 (ANI/Sputnik): South Korean President Moon Jae-in approved the appointment of a new minister of the interior and safety and a new health minister, as they successfully passed hearings to confirm their candidacies in parliament, the officials have already begu
Melbourne [Australia], December 24 (ANI): Australia coach Justin Langer has confirmed that the hosts will lock horns with India in the Boxing Day Test with an unchanged playing XI on Saturday.
Washington [US], December 23 (ANI): Social media giant Facebook said it will start allowing users to prepare physical safety keys as a way to confirm their identity before logging into the social network's mobile app, beginning next year.
Centurion [South Africa], December 23 (ANI): Cricket South Africa (CSA) on Wednesday confirmed that Marais Erasmus and Adrian Holdstock have been appointed as the on-field umpires by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for the upcoming two-match Test series between South Africa and Sri L
Manila [The Philippines], December 23 (ANI/Xinhua): The Department of Health (DOH) of the Philippines on Wednesday reported 1,196 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection, bringing the total number in the country to 464,004.