Melbourne [Australia], December 31 (ANI): The three-match ODI series between the Australian and Indian women's teams has been postponed until next season, Cricket Australia (CA) said on Thursday.
New York [US], December 31 (ANI/Xinhua): US COVID-19 deaths surpassed 340,000 on Wednesday afternoon, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.
Buenos Aires [Argentina], December 31 (ANI/Xinhua): Argentina's National Administration of Drugs, Foods and Medical Devices (ANMAT) on Wednesday approved the use of vaccine from AstraZeneca, a multinational pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical company, against Covid-19 in the country.
Tokyo [Japan], December 31 (ANI/Sputnik): A helicopter has crashed in the eastern Japanese prefecture of Shizuoka leaving the pilot dead, Japan's media reported on Thursday.
Quito [Ecuador], December 31 (ANI/Xinhua): Ecuador's Ministry of Public Health on Wednesday reported 1,186 new daily cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and 22 fatalities, raising the total number of cases to 211,512 and the death toll to 9,469, since the start of the pandemic
Madrid [Spain], December 31 (ANI): Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone on Wednesday achieved a new milestone as he took charge of his 500th game with the club. He touched the landmark figure during Atletico Madrid's 1-0 win over Getafe.
Riga [Latvia], December 31 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of people injured by the Thursday explosion at a residential house in the Latvian capital of Riga has risen to four, a spokesperson for the ambulance service told Sputnik.
Washington DC [US] December 31 (ANI/Sputnik): The Donald Trump administration is declassifying unconfirmed intelligence indicating that China has placed bounties on US troops in Afghanistan, the news website Axios reported citing two senior administration officials.
Surat (Gujarat) [India], December 31 (ANI): After a fall in diamond exports due to lockdown, the diamond polishing industry in Gujarat's Surat is back on track after seeing the rise in demand by the end of November.
Washington DC [US], December 31 (ANI): The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) on Wednesday expressed shock over the reports that China has ratified an extradition treaty with Turkey that could target Muslim minority Uyghurs fleeing persecution from Xinjiang province.
Berlin [Germany], December 31 (ANI): In her traditional New Year's address to the nation, German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday described 2020 the toughest year of her chancellorship.
Panchkula (Haryana) [India], December 31 (ANI): Ahead of New Year's celebration, Panchkula District Magistrate on Wednesday issued an order banning the sale of crackers till January 2, 2021.