Nicosia [Cyprus], November 8 (ANI): In a marathon session the Knesset (the Israeli Parliament) approved in the early hours on Thursday with a razor-thin majority of 61 in favor to 59 against Israel's budget for 2021, avoiding in this way a fifth election in three years.
Seoul [South Korea], November 8 (ANI/Xinhua): South Korea reported 1,760 more cases of COVID-19 as of midnight Sunday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 381,694.
Portblair (Andaman and Nicobar Island) [India], November 8 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 on the Richter scale jolted Southeast of Portblair in the early hours of Monday, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) informed.
Yangon [Myanmar], November 7 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of COVID-19 cases in Myanmar rose to 506,816 on Sunday after 818 new cases were reported in the past 24 hours, according to a release from the Ministry of Health.
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], November 7 (ANI): Kerala has logged 7,124 fresh COVID-19 cases and 21 deaths in the last 24 hours, a health bulletin from the state health department said on Sunday.
Taipei [Taiwan], November 7 (ANI): Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence (MND) has stated that 20 Chinese fighter jets intruded into Taiwan's air defence identification zone (ADIZ) within the past 24 hours, reported local media.
Hanoi [Vietnam], November 7 (ANI/Xinhua): Vietnam reported 7,646 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, including 7,631 locally transmitted and 15 imported, according to the country's Ministry of Health.
Hanoi [Vietnam], November 7 (ANI/VOVWORLD): The world had recorded 250.2 million COVID-19 infections as of 4 pm on Sunday, including more than 5 million deaths, according to worldometers.com.
Washington [US], November 7 (ANI): Singer-songwriter SZA mourned the demise of eight attendees at the Astroworld Festival. The 31-year-old star said that she was "speechless" after the deadly Travis Scott's Astroworld crowd crush that broke out hours after she had performed at the concert on
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 7 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 4.8 on the Richter scale jolted Swat and adjoining areas in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the wee hours of Sunday, local media reported.
Moscow [Russia], November 7 (ANI/Sputnik): A total of 39,165 of new COVID-19 cases were registered in Russia in past 24 hours raising the cumulative total up to 8,795,095, the federal response center said on Sunday.