Beijing [China], December 9 (ANI): At least 127 journalists are currently under detention in China for reporting on 'sensitive' topics, said Reporters Without Borders while adding that the country is the world's biggest captor of journalists.
Prakasam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], December 8 (ANI): At least three people were killed in an accident at Chevuru village in Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday.
Tokyo [Japan] December 8 (ANI/Sputnik): More than 100 million Japanese have had at least one shot of a COVID-19 vaccine, with vaccination thus reaching 79% of approximately 126 million Japanese, the Kyodo news agency reported, citing Wednesday's data from the government website.
New York [US], December 8 (ANI): At least seven peacekeepers from the United Nations mission in Mali (MINUSMA) were killed and three more seriously injured on Wednesday when their convoy struck an improvised explosive device, MINUSMA said in a statement.
Abuja [Nigeria] December 8 (ANI/Xinhua): At least two persons were killed and 12 others injured when a truck rammed into a bus stop in Lagos, Nigeria's economic hub, Tuesday afternoon, local police said.
New Delhi [India], December 8 (ANI): Rajya Sabha MP and Naga People's Front's leader K G Kenye moved suspension of business notice in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday to discuss the death of civilians in the Nagaland firing incident in which at least 13 civilians have lost their lives.
Baltimore [US], December 8 (ANI): According to the physicians at Kennedy Krieger Institute, children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) should be screened for abnormally high or low cholesterol levels at least once during their childhood.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], December 8 (ANI): One person was killed while at least six others were injured after an allegedly recklessly driven Mercedes Benz crashed into a number of vehicles at Bengaluru's Indiranagar market area on Tuesday, the traffic police informed.
[Cameroon], December 7 (ANI/Xinhua): Death toll in clashes between herders and fishers in Cameroon's Far North region has increased to 19, many hacked to death with machetes, the region's governor Midjiyawa Bakari said on Tuesday.
Taipei [Taiwan], December 7 (ANI): Amid the growing military incursions from Beijing, at least nine Chinese military planes on Tuesday entered Taiwan's southwest air defence identification zone (ADIZ).
Dhaka [Bangladesh], December 7 (ANI): At least 20 people were missing after a boat carrying 21 fishermen capsized in the Bay of Bengal, media reported on Tuesday.
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], December 7 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday lauded the development works in Uttar Pradesh and said that the government's goal is that every district of the country must have at least one medical college soon.