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Brazil's Vice President discharged from hospital after recovering from COV
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], January 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazil's Vice President Hamilton Mourao was discharged from hospital on Friday after recovering from Covid-19 and will return to work on Monday, his press office said.
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France sees nearly 20,000 new Covid-19 cases, 281 deaths in one day
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Paris [France], January 9 (ANI/Xinhua): France's health authorities on Friday registered another 19,814 COVID-19 cases, down from Thursday's 21,703 but well above the government's target of 5,000 daily cases to ease restrictions.
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Flooding in Malaysia worsens, 46,000 displaced
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], January 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Worsening floods in several Malaysian states have displaced some 46,000 people, with 12,487 families being sheltered in 426 flood relief centers, the Malaysian Department of Social Welfare said on Friday.
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Philippines logs 1,776 new COVID-19 cases, total nears 484,000
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], January 8 (ANI/Xinhua): The Department of Health (DOH) of the Philippines on Friday reported 1,776 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the country's total tally to 483,852.
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S Korean court orders Japan to pay damages to WWII sex slavery victims
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], January 8 (ANI/Xinhua): A South Korean court on Friday ordered Japan's government to pay damages to the South Korean victims who were forced into sex slavery for Imperial Japan's military brothels during World War II.
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Gas explosion kills 1 in Uzbekistan
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Tashkent [Uzbekistan], January 8 (ANI/Xinhua): A gas explosion killed a girl in Khiva, a town in the north-western Khorezm region in Uzbekistan, the Emergency Situations Ministry said Friday.
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S Korea reports 674 more COVID-19 cases, 67,358 in total
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], January 8 (ANI/Xinhua): South Korea reported 674 more cases of COVID-19 as of midnight Friday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 67,358.
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6.1 magnitude earthquake hits Isangel, Vanuatu
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Port Vila [Vanuatu Island], January 8 (ANI/ Xinhua): An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 jolted 146 km SSE of Isangel, Vanuatu at 05:01:04 GMT on Friday, the US Geological Survey said.
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UN chief appoints Perthes of Germany as top envoy for Sudan
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], January 8 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday appointed Volker Perthes of Germany as his new special representative for Sudan and head of the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in the North African country.
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Australia's third-largest city enters 3-day lockdown following local mutan
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Sydney [Australia], January 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Australia's third-largest city of Brisbane will enter a three-day lockdown from Friday afternoon after a local resident was found to be infected with the mutant strain of COVID-19.
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Morocco's COVID-19 tally rises to 448,678 with 1,597 new cases
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Rabat [Morocco], January 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Morocco's COVID-19 tally rose to 448,678 on Thursday as 1,597 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours.
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Israel tightens Covid-19 lockdown
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], January 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Israel imposed new COVID-19 restrictions on Thursday night, tightening an ongoing nationwide lockdown.
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