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France faces new records in daily COVID-19 infections
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Paris [France], December 9 (ANI/Xinhua): France on Wednesday saw a new daily record of infections since November 2020 with 61,340 new COVID-19 cases confirmed in the past 24 hours.
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Burkina Faso's prime minister dismissed
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Ouagadougou [Burkina Faso], December 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Burkina Faso's President Roch Marc Christian Kabore on Wednesday dismissed Prime Minister Christophe Joseph Marie Dabire, said a presidential decree published Wednesday evening.
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Israel extends quarantine length for Omicron patients
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Israel's health ministry on Wednesday announced the extension of the quarantine period for those who tested positive for the Omicron COVID-19 variant.
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UK records more than 51,000 new coronavirus cases
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], December 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Britain registered 51,342 new COVID-19 infections bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 10,610,958, according to official figures released Wednesday.
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Indonesia reports 264 new COVID-19 cases, 16 more deaths
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], December 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Indonesia on Wednesday confirmed 264 new COVID-19 cases, raising its tally of infections to 4,258,340, according to the country's Health Ministry.
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Tension grips Yemen's oil-rich Shabwa amid large demonstrations
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Aden [Yemen], December 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Tension continued to escalate on Wednesday as large Yemeni demonstrations were staged across the oil-rich southern province of Shabwa in the war-ravaged Arab country, a security official told Xinhua.
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UN chief asks for generous donations to global emergency response fund
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], December 8 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called for generous donations to the world body's global emergency response fund.
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In Finland, new Swedish PM discusses forestry, security policy
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Helsinki [Finland], December 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Getting more understanding in the European Union (EU) for the Nordic environmental forestry policy was a top agenda item during new Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson's visit to Finland on Wednesday.
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Death toll from Indonesia's Semeru volcano eruption rises to 39
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], December 8 (ANI/Xinhua): The death toll from the eruption of Semeru volcano in Indonesia's island of Java has risen to 39 and 105 others were injured, the Lumajang District Disaster Management Agency said on Wednesday.
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Myanmar reports 398 new COVID-19 infections, 5 more deaths
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Yangon [Myanmar], December 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Myanmar reported 398 new COVID-19 infections with daily positivity rate of 2.1 percent in the past 24 hours, according to a release from the Ministry of Health on Wednesday.
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Philippines to ban travel from France starting Dec 13
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], December 8 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippines will ban travel from France starting Dec. 13 to stem the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant, a government official said Wednesday.
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US report reaffirms China's expansionist attitude
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 8 (ANI): A recent report submitted by the US Defence Department on military and security developments made by China in the year 2020 has reaffirmed Beijing's expansionist attitude, a media report said.
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