Islamabad [Pakistan], October 19 (ANI/Xinhua): Pakistan reported 603 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said on Tuesday.
Karpathos [Greece], October 19 (ANI/Xinhua): An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 jolted 149 km Southeast of Karpathos, Greece at 0532 GMT on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
Geneva [Switzerland], October 19 (ANI/Xinhua): The World Trade Organization (WTO) will start the eighth trade policy review of China on Wednesday, the Ministry of Commerce said Tuesday.
Canberra [Australia], October 19 (ANI/Xinhua): Coronavirus restrictions in the Australian capital will be eased further after it reached a major vaccine milestone.
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], October 19 (ANI/Xinhua): Malaysia reported 5,434 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Monday, bringing the national total to 2,396,121, according to the health ministry.
Seoul [South Korea], October 19 (ANI/Xinhua): South Korea reported 1,073 more cases of COVID-19 as of midnight Monday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 344,518.
Seoul [South Korea], October 19 (ANI/Global Economic): Samsung Electronics succeeded in maintaining first place in the global smartphone market in the third quarter. With the release of the iPhone 13, Apple has ranked second place.
Brussels [Belgium], October 19 (ANI/Xinhua): The European Union (EU) is ready to implement sanctions against the national airline of Belarus in a bid to partially curb the flow of migrants entering the European Union, an EU official said on Monday.
Paris [Farnce], October 19 (ANI/Xinhua): The French Foreign Ministry said on Monday that its Ambassador to Belarus Nicolas de Lacoste had returned to France on Sunday, following the unilateral decision of the Belarusian authorities demanding his departure.
Beijing [China], October 18 (ANI): Chinese Foreign Ministry's spokesperson Zhao Lijian said that Japan should be prudent about its words and actions on historical issues such as the Yasukuni Shrine and make a clean break with militarism, reported Xinhua.
Lagos [Nigeria] October 18 (ANI/Xinhua): Nigerian security forces have killed 10 armed bandits and rescued one civilian in a recent operation against the hideouts of bandits in the northwest state Kaduna, an official said on Monday.