Seoul [South Korea], December 31 (ANI/Sputnik): South Koreans working at US military bases in the country have become the first citizens to be inoculated against the coronavirus, media reported on Thursday.
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.
Seoul [South Korea], December 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Hundreds of prisoners with COVID-19 at a Seoul Dongbu detention centre were moved to a Cheongsong prison in the southeastern region, prompting consternation among local residents wary of further spread of the virus, the media reported on Monday
Moscow [Russia], December 26 (ANI/Sputnik): Three people have died and four more have been hospitalized as the fire hit Russia's fishing vessel Sveaborg at the port of La Luz on the Canary Islands, Spanish media reported.
Paris [France], December 26 (ANI/Sputnik): France has registered the first case of the new strain of the coronavirus that had been firstly detected in the United Kingdom, French media reported.
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], December 26 (ANI): Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received the COVID-19 vaccine on Friday, state media reported.
Tokyo [Japan], December 25 (ANI/Sputnik): The National Institute of Infectious Diseases of Japan is conducting a genetic analysis of the COVID-19 on two Japanese citizens, who arrived from the United Kingdom, the media reported.
New Delhi [India], December 18 (ANI): A day after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi cited a US media report's claim that the social media giant Facebook had recommended a ban on the Bajrang Dal and asked if Facebook was lying to India and its Parliament, the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Friday
New Delhi [India], December 11 (ANI): Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Thursday said it has set up an inquiry taking suo-moto cognizance of media reports of an alleged mob attack on the family of Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia inside his official residence on Monday.
New Delhi [India], December 9 (ANI): The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Wednesday dismissed the media report about the rejection of Serum Institute India (SII) and Bharat Biotech's emergency use authorisation of COVID vaccine and called it "fake".
Tokyo [Japan], December 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Japan has confirmed 2,679 new cases of the coronavirus, the highest single-day increase since the pandemic started, amid an ongoing surge in infections, national media reported on Wednesday.
Paris [France], December 3 (ANI/Xinhua): Valery Giscard d'Estaing, president of France from 1974 to 1981 and a key actor in European integration, has died on Wednesday at the age of 94, French media reported.