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COVID-19 global count tops 9.4 million, death toll surpasses 480,000
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 27 (Sputnik/ANI): The number of confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide has risen by over 177,000 in the past 24 hours to 9.4 million and the death toll has topped 480,000, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday (local time).
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Several including police officer injured in knife attack in downtown Glasg
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], June 26 (ANI): Police vehicles, armed officers, sniffer dogs and riot shields flooded the downtown area of the Scottish city of Glassgow after a 'serious incident' of multiple people being stabbed in a knife attack in broad daylight on Friday, Sputnik reported citing local media
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Russia coronavirus count surpasses 6.2 lakh, toll stands at 8,781
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], June 26 (Sputnik/ANI): Russia's COVID-19 total count has reached 620,794 after increasing by 6,800 over the past 24 hours, the country's coronavirus response centre said on Friday.
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US targets 4 each of major metal firms, sales agents in new Iran-related s
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 26 (Sputnik/ANI): The United States has imposed a new round of sanctions against four Iranian metal companies and four sales agents outside of Iran, the Treasury Department said on Thursday (local time).
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Paris's Eiffel Tower reopens as restrictions further lifted in France
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Paris [France], June 25 (Sputnik/ANI): The Eiffel Tower, one of the main symbols of France, reopened on Thursday after having been shut for three months due to COVID-19 restrictions introduced by the government in mid-March, the official site announced.
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Four family members killed in overnight bombing in northern Afghanistan
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 25 (Sputnik/ANI): Four members of one family were killed, including two children, in an overnight bombing of a residential house in northern Afghanistan, Sputnik has learned on Thursday.
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Germany confirms 630 new coronavirus cases, count crosses 1,92,000
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], June 25 (Sputnik/ANI): Germany has confirmed 630 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, with the total count reaching 192,079, the Robert Koch Institute said on Thursday.
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Toll from COVID-19 in Mexico rises by 945
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Mexico City [Mexico], June 25 (Sputnik/ANI): The number of people, who have died of COVID-19 in Mexico, has risen by 947 to 24,324 within the past 24 hours, Jose Luis Alomia, the director of epidemiology at the Health Ministry, said.
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Australia registers 1st coronavirus-related death in month, toll at 103
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Victoria [Australia], June 24 (Sputnik/ANI): The Australian state of Victoria has registered the first death from coronavirus since May, taking the country's toll to 103, the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper reported on Wednesday.
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Syria shoots down several targets in Hama's airspace
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], June 24 (Sputnik/ANI): Syria's air defences shot down several targets in the Syrian province of Hama, state news agency SANA reported.
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Over 133,000 new COVID-19 cases reported globally as total count nears 9 m
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 24 (Sputnik/ANI): The global cumulative count of confirmed coronavirus cases is approaching nine million, with 133,326 cases recorded over the past day, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said in its daily situation report on Tuesday.
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4 Afghan soldiers killed in car explosion in Kandahar
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 23 (Sputnik/ANI): Four Afghan soldiers were injured as a bomb explosion hit an Afghan national army vehicle in the country's southern city of Kandahar, a source told Sputnik on Tuesday.
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