Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], December 26 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of people who died in the massive floods in Malaysia has risen to 47 as of Sunday, authorities said.
Xi'an [China], December 26 (ANI): China's Xi'an reported 155 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases on Saturday, bringing the total number of locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases to 485 in the latest resurgence since December 9, local media citing authorities reported on Sunday.
Beijing [China], December 26 (ANI): China's imperial past contributes significantly in it's approach it's policy towards Xinjiang through the cultural genocide prism.
Gaza [Palestine], December 26 (ANI/Xinhua): The Hamas-run health ministry announced on Sunday that it has recorded the first Omicron variant of COVID-19 in the besieged Gaza Strip.
Beijing [China], December 26 (ANI): China has replaced Chen Quanguo, who served as the Communist Party chief in the Xinjiang region, local media reported.
Manila [Philippines], December 26 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported 433 new COVID-19 infections on Sunday, pushing the number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 2,838,640.
Wellington [New Zealand], December 26 (ANI/Xinhua): New Zealand detected seven new cases of COVID-19 Omicron variant in international arrivals over two days, taking the country's total Omicron cases to 45, the Ministry of Health said in a statement on Sunday.
Beijing [China], December 26 (ANI): China's Xinjiang government on Saturday called the US signing of the so-called Uyghur forced labour prevention act as open interference in China's internal affairs with a purpose to contain China.
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], December 26 (ANI/Xinhua): Malaysia reported 3,160 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Saturday, bringing the national total to 2,738,401, according to the health ministry.
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 26 (ANI/Xinhua): Israel on Saturday reported 591 new cases of the COVID-19 Omicron variant, according to the country's health ministry.
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], December 26 (ANI/Xinhua): Myanmar reported 176 new COVID-19 cases with a daily test positive rate of 1.61 percent in the past 24 hours, according to a release from the Ministry of Health on Saturday.
Kinshasa [DR Congo], December 26 (ANI/Xinhua): At least six people were killed in a suicide bomb explosion late Saturday, in the middle of Christmas celebration, in the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to the Kivu Security Tracker (KST), a respected monitor on e