Seoul [South Korea], August 6 (ANI/Xinhua): South Korea reported 1,704 more cases of COVID-19 as of midnight Thursday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 207,406.
Jerusalem [Israel] August 6 (ANI/Xinhua): Israel's Ministry of Health reported 3,345 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, bringing the tally of infections in the country to 889,111.
Ankara [Turkey] August 6 (ANI/Xinhua): Turkey on Thursday registered 24,297 new COVID-19 cases, raising the tally of infections in the country to 5,846,784.
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], August 6 (ANI/Xinhua): Myanmar reported 4,132 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the tally in the country to 319,250 on Thursday, according to a release from the Ministry of Health.
Changsha (Hunan) [China], August 5 (ANI/Xinhua): Four people were killed in a slope collapse on Thursday in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in central China's Hunan Province, local authorities said.
Beijing [China], August 5 (ANI): China has expressed strong opposition to United States arms sales to Taiwan and lodged solemn representations with the US side, Xinhua reported on Thursday.
Jakarta [Indonesia], August 5 (ANI/Xinhua): An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 jolted East Nusa Tenggara province in central parts of Indonesia on Thursday, the meteorology and geophysics agency said here.
Seoul [South Korea], August 5 (ANI/Xinhua): South Korea reported 1,776 more cases of COVID-19 as of midnight Wednesday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 205,702.
Buenos Aires [Argentina], August 5 (ANI/Xinhua): Argentina reported 13,736 new cases and 300 more deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing its total caseload up to 4,975,616 with 106,747 related deaths, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday.
Taipei [Taiwan], August 5 (ANI/Xinhua): A 5.8-magnitude earthquake jolted the waters near Yilan County of China's Taiwan at 5:50 a.m. Thursday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).
Jerusalem [Israel] August 5 (ANI/Xinhua): The death toll from the coronavirus in Israel rose by eight to 6,503 on Wednesday, the state's Ministry of Health said.
Beirut [Lebanon], August 5 (ANI/Xinhua): The Lebanese Red Cross announced on Wednesday that 84 people were injured in clashes between the riot police and protesters during demonstrations in commemoration of the first anniversary of the Beirut port blasts, Elnashra news website reported.