Canberra [Australia], July 22 (ANI/Xinhua): The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has acknowledged its failure to deal with sexual misconduct within its ranks.
Canberra [Australia], July 22 (ANI/Xinhua): The Australian government has launched a campaign to encourage the uptake of antiviral treatments for coronavirus amid surging COVID-19 cases in winter.
Beijing [China], July 22 (ANI): Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday sent a message of sympathy to US President Joe Biden over the latter's COVID-19 infection, Xinhua news agency reported.
Beijing [China], July 22 (ANI/Xinhua): Luo Zhaohui, head of the China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA), has refuted recent misleading statements made by some U.S. officials to slander China's foreign aid policy.
Seoul [South Korea], July 22 (ANI/Xinhua): South Korea reported 68,632 new COVID-19 cases as of midnight Thursday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 19,077,659, the health authorities said Friday.
Madrid [Spain], June 22 (ANI/Xinhua): Spain's Ministry of Health said on Thursday that 1,047 people died in this year's second heatwave as temperatures topped 40 degrees Celsius in many parts of the country over the past 10 days.
Beirut [Lebanon], July 22 (ANI/Xinhua): Lebanese President Michel Aoun on Thursday urged the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to conclude the aid agreement with the crisis-ridden country, saying Lebanon has been adopting the needed structural reforms.
Ankara [Turkey], July 22 (ANI/Xinhua): An agreement for shipping grain from Ukrainian ports through the Black Sea will be signed on Friday with the participation of Russia, Ukraine, the United Nations and Turkiye, the Turkish presidency said on Thursday.
Beijing [China], July 22 (ANI): China's People's Liberation Army recently tested an advanced Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) at an altitude of more than 5,300 metres in the Xinjiang Region close to the Indian border that could hit critical Indian military bases.
Berlin [Germany], July 21 (ANI/Xinhua): Germany registered 136,624 new COVID-19 infections on Thursday, bringing the total count to over 30 million cases. Thursday's figure was around 16,000 less than a week ago, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) has said.
Mogadishu [Somalia], July 21 (ANI/Xinhua): The African Development Bank (AfDB) through its concessional arm, the African Development Fund, has approved a 5.4 million US dollar grant to support the building of urgently needed food security in Somalia.
New York [US], July 21 (ANI/Xinhua): An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 jolted 53 km south of Keng Tung, Myanmar at 17:07:26 GMT on Thursday, the US Geological Survey said.