Washington [US], December 8 (ANI): The Kardashian clan, which is known for throwing large bash on Christmas eve has decided to not throw any party this year in view of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Moscow [Russia], December 8 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia has registered 26,097 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, down from 28,142 the day before, bringing the total to 2,515,009, the federal response center said on Tuesday.
Moscow [Russia], December 8 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia stands ready to produce a vaccine against the novel coronavirus on the territory of Algeria and has already discussed the matter with the country's authorities, Russian Ambassador to Algeria Igor Belyaev told Sputnik in an interview.
Rome [Italy], December 8 (ANI) Pope Francis is set to travel to Iraq in March 2021, which would be his first outside Italy ever since the coronavirus pandemic, said the Vatican press office.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], December 8 (ANI): A total of 682 new COVID-19 cases, 761 discharges and three deaths were reported in Telangana on Monday.
Tokyo [Japan], December 8 (ANI/Sputnik): Japan's AnGes biopharmaceutical company said on Tuesday that it had started phase 2 clinical trials of its DNA vaccine against the coronavirus.
London [UK], December 8 (ANI): Fitch Ratings has revised India's GDP forecast to minus 9.4 per cent in the current fiscal year from a previously projected contraction of 10.5 per cent after the economy staged a sharper rebound in the second quarter.
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 8 (ANI): Pakistan reported its highest single-day death toll due to COVID-19 of 89 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per the data issued by the National Command and Operations Centres on Monday.
Washington [US], December 8 (ANI): Over 110,000 restaurants across the United States have been closed due to the massive spike in Coronavirus cases across the country, according to the National Restaurant Association, as of Monday.
Seoul [South Korea], December 8 (ANI/Xinhua): South Korea planned to secure COVID-19 vaccines from foreign drugmakers for 44 million people, or 88 per cent of the country's total population, the health ministry said Tuesday.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 8 (ANI): Equity benchmark indices were in the green during early hours on Tuesday on the back of mixed global cues amid rising coronavirus cases and US-China tensions.
Dublin [Ireland], December 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Ireland reported 242 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours as of midnight Sunday, bringing the national tally to 74,468, the country's health authorities said in a statement.