Beijing [China], March 14 (ANI): Chinese Community Party's (CCP) political tool, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), which was earlier responsible to check against corruption, is now being used by Chinese President Xi Jinping to eliminate his political adversaries.
Lhasa [Tibet], March 14 (ANI): Students in Tibet have returned from their winter break and are settling in a totally new school where the students are taught only in the Chinese language.
Bishkek [Kyrgyzstan], March 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Kyrgyzstan has recorded seven deaths from COVID-19 over the past week, bringing the total fatalities to 2,973, the Republican Headquarters for Combating COVID-19 reported Monday.
Rome [Italy], March 14 (ANI/Xinhua): An accident involving a bus carrying Ukrainian evacuees in Italy left one woman dead on Sunday, according to multiple Italian media reports.
Manila [Philippines], March 13 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported 564 new COVID-19 infections on Sunday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 3,670,739.
Ouagadougou [Burkina Faso], March 13 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 10 people were killed on Saturday in an attack that targeted a gold mine in Burkina's Sahel region, local media reported on Sunday.
Paris [France], March 13 (ANI/Xinhua): France will start offering on Monday a fourth COVID-19 vaccination shot to people over 80 years old who have received their booster dose, French Prime Minister Jean Castex told daily Le Parisien in an interview published on Saturday.
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], March 13 (ANI/Xinhua): Malaysia reported 26,250 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Saturday, bringing the national total to 3,801,036, according to the health ministry.
Buenos Aires [Argentina], March 13 (ANI/Xinhua): The Argentine Ministry of Health on Saturday reported 2,986 new cases and 71 deaths from COVID-19, raising its total caseload to 8,970,196 and national death toll to 127,122.