Tbilisi [Georgia], November 2 (ANI/Xinhua): Georgia on Monday reported 2,141 new COVID-19 cases, taking its total to 721,388, according to the country's National Center for Disease Control and Public Health (NCDC).
Ankara [Turkey], November 2 (ANI/Xinhua): Turkey on Monday confirmed 28,678 new COVID-19 cases, raising its total tally of infections to 8,061,666, according to its health ministry.
London [UK], November 2 (ANI/Xinhua): Another 40,077 people in Britain have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 9,097,311, according to official figures released Monday.
Jakarta [Indonesia], November 2 (ANI/Xinhua): An earthquake with a magnitude 6.2 jolted Indonesia's western North Sumatra province early Tuesday, but it did not have the potential for a tsunami, the meteorology and geophysics agency said.
Singapore, November 1 (ANI/Xinhua): Singapore recorded 2,470 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Monday, bringing the total tally to 200,844, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in a press release.
Aden [Yemen] November 1 (ANI/Xinhua): A total of 25 people was killed in a missile attack by the Houthi militia against the strategic northeastern Yemeni province of Marib, a military official told Xinhua on Monday.
Tehran [Iran], November 1 (ANI/Xinhua): For any form of talks with the United States, Washington should first take "practical" steps, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said on Monday.
New York [US], November 1 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called for vaccine equity and continued vigilance against the coronavirus as global COVID-19 deaths exceeded 5 million.
Washington [US], November 1 (ANI/Xinhua): The US Supreme Court is set to hear two challenges on Monday to the highly controversial Texas state law banning near-all abortions.
Canberra [Australia], November 1 (ANI/Xinhua): Australia's international border will reopen to fully vaccinated travellers from Singapore later this month.
Beijing [China] November 1 (ANI): Chinese authorities are pushing some of the most popular satellite TV channels in the county to air more content that lauds the 'achievements' of the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) under President Xi Jinping.
Tokyo [Japan], November 1 (ANI/Xinhua): An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 on the Richter scale struck Japan's Ibaraki Prefecture on Monday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.