Wellington [New Zealand], November 12 (ANI/Xinhua): The 28th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting, under New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's chairmanship, kicked off virtually on Friday night.
Dhaka [Bangladesh], November 12 (ANI): A series of events held across Bangladesh to mark East Turkistan Independence Day where activists highlighted Chinese atrocities on minorities, predominantly Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang province.
Istambul [Turkey], November 12 (ANI/Xinhua): The heads of member states of the Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States (Turkic Council) met on Friday in Istanbul, focusing on green technologies and smart cities.
Tokyo [Japan], November 12 (ANI/Xinhua): Japan's Toshiba Corp. on Friday said that it would split into three listed companies, focusing on infrastructure, devices, and semiconductors respectively, as the firm was facing intense pressure from foreign activist shareholders.
Manila [Philippines], Nov. 12 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported 1,894 new COVID-19 infections on Friday, pushing the number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 2,813,115.
Ulaanbaatar [Mangolia], November 12 (ANI/Xinhua): Mongolia registered 875 new COVID-19 infections over the past 24 hours, bringing the national tally to 372,387, the country's health ministry said on Friday.
Seoul [South Korea], November 12 (ANI/Xinhua): South Korea reported 2,368 more cases of COVID-19 as of midnight Thursday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 390,719.
Bangkok [Thailand], November 12 (ANI/Xinhua): The cumulative COVID-19 cases in Thailand surpassed 2 million on Friday, as the country recently lifted travel curbs to vaccinated international visitors in an effort to reboot its tourism-reliant economy.
London [UK], November 12 (ANI/Xinhua): Britain on Thursday registered 42,408 new COVID-19 infections and 195 coronavirus related deaths, bringing the total loss of lives to 142,533 in the country, according to the latest official figures.
Abuja [Nigeria], November 12 (ANI/Xinhua): The Nigerian government said on Thursday that over 3,000 inmates are yet to be recaptured following recent jailbreaks in the most populous African country.
Ankara [Turkey], November 12 (ANI/Xinhua): Turkey on Thursday confirmed 24,898 new COVID-19 cases, raising its tally of infections to 8,340,322, according to its Health Ministry.
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], November 12 (ANI/Xinhua) Malaysia reported another 6,323 new COVID-19 infections, as of midnight Thursday, bringing the national total to 2,528,821, according to the health ministry.