Johannesburg [South Africa], January 12 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 17 people have been killed in a head-on collision between a minibus taxi and a Toyota SUV on the N1 highway near Mookgophong off-ramp, said Limpopo Transport and Community Safety Department on Wednesday.
London [UK], January 12 (ANI/Xinhua): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologized on Wednesday for attending a Downing Street garden party during the country's first lockdown in 2020.
Kathmandu [Nepal], January 12 (ANI/Khabarhub): As China continues to increase political, economic and cultural presence, including controversial approaches and pressure in Nepal, Nepalis have started hitting the streets holding anti-China demonstrations across the country.
Manila [Philippines] January 12 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippines reported 32,246 new COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, the second-highest single-day tally since the pandemic began in January 2020, pushing the number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 3,058,634.
Beijing [China], January 12 (ANI): Ever since the outbreak of the pandemic in 2019, China has been implementing a "zero-COVID" policy, which has resulted in growing public frustration and anger.
Ankara [Turkey], January 12 (ANI): Uyghurs in Turkey filed a criminal case with a Turkish prosecutor against Chinese officials for committing genocide in Xinjiang province.
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], January 12 (ANI/Xinhua): Malaysia reported 3,175 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of midnight Tuesday, bringing the total tally to 2,792,035.
Moscow [Russia], January 11 (ANI/Xinhua): Russia registered 17,525 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 10,684,204, the official monitoring and response center said Tuesday.
Jakarta [Indonesia], January 11 (ANI/Xinhua): Indonesia on Tuesday confirmed 802 new COVID-19 cases, raising the country's tally of infections to 4,267,451, according to the country's health ministry.
Bangkok [Thailand], January 11 (ANI/Xinhua): Thailand said on Tuesday that it has detected African swine fever infection in a surface swab sample collected from a slaughterhouse in the central Nakhon Pathom province, the first presence of the animal disease in the country.
Cairo [Egypt], January 11 (ANI/Xinhua): At least two people were killed and eight others are still missing in Egypt as a truck with 24 passengers plunged into the Nile River near the capital Cairo, the Egyptian public prosecution said in a statement on Tuesday.