Beijing [China], May 31 (ANI): Beijing on Monday condemned the joint statement made by Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his New Zealand counterpart Jacinda Ardern, on the issues pertaining to Hong Kong and Xinjiang.
Canberra [Australia], May 31 (ANI): Australia and New Zealand expressed "deep concern over developments that limit the rights and freedoms of the people of Hong Kong" and also criticised China's treatment of the Uyghur minority in Xinjiang.
Jakarta [Indonesia], May 31 (ANI/Xinhua): The COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 5,662 in the past 24 hours to 1,821,703, with the death toll adding by 174 to 50,578, the Health Ministry said on Monday.
Moscow [Russia], May 31 (ANI/Xinhua): Russia has reported 8,475 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 5,071,917, the country's monitoring and response center said on Monday.
Manila [Philippines], May 31 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported 6,684 new COVID-19 infections on Monday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 1,230,301.
Wellington [New Zealand], May 31 (ANI/Xinhua): Downpours and floods that forecasters said could be "one-in-a-hundred-year" continued to hit New Zealand's South Island on Monday after a whole day and night's persistent and heavy rain that started on Sunday.
Alaska [US], May 31 (ANI/Xinhua): An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 jolted 74 km north of Chickaloon, Alaska in the United States, the US Geological Survey said.
Manila [The Philippines], May 31 (ANI/Xinhua): Two people were killed and seven others injured when a small speeding truck hit a car on a highway in Quezon province early on Monday, Philippine police said.
New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): Supreme Court on Monday adjourned hearing of plea seeking directions to the Centre, Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examination (CISCE) to cancel the CBSE, ICSE Class XII examinations after Cent
Abuja [Nigeria], May 31 (ANI/Xinhua): Nigerian police on Sunday said a group of gunmen killed one resident and abducted some students following an attack in the country's north-central state of Niger.
Bogota [Colombia], May 31 (ANI/Xinhua): Five policemen died after the helicopter in which they were traveling crashed in a rural area of the Colombian department of Bolivar on Sunday, Colombian President Ivan Duque said.
Muscat [Oman], May 31 (ANI/Xinhua): The Omani health ministry on Sunday announced 2,399 new COVID-19 cases, raising the total confirmed number in the sultanate to 216,183, the official Oman News Agency (ONA) reported.