Wellington [New Zealand], February 22 (ANI/Xinhua): New Zealand's second largest city of Christchurch on Tuesday marked the 11th anniversary of a violent and destructive earthquake that claimed 185 lives spanning more than 20 nationalities.
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], February 22 (ANI/Xinhua): Malaysia recorded 25,099 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Monday, bringing the total tally to 3,246,779, according to the health ministry.
Wellington [New Zealand], February 22 (ANI/Xinhua): New Zealand recorded 2,846 new community cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, the Ministry of Health said in a statement.
Berlin [Germany], February 21 (ANI/Xinhua): A huge fire destroyed 39 apartments at a residential complex in the western German city of Essen, leaving three residents injured and affecting 128 people in total, the city's press office said on Monday.
Moscow [Russia], February 21 (ANI/Xinhua): Russia has registered 152,337 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the lowest since February 2, taking the national tally to 15,522,756, the official monitoring and response centre said Monday.
Manila [Philippines], February 21 (ANI/Xinhua): A police officer was killed and two others were injured after a national police helicopter crashed in Quezon province, south of Manila, on Monday, a national police spokesperson said.
Manila [Philippines], February 21 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported 1,427 new COVID-19 infections on Monday, bringing the number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 3,653,526.
Ulaanbaatar [Mongolia], February 21 (ANI/Xinhua): Mongolia registered 309 new COVID-19 infections over the past 24 hours, the lowest since Jan. 3, bringing the national tally to 462,406, the country's health ministry said Monday.
Tokyo [Japan], February 21 (ANI/Xinhua): Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will take part in an online meeting of the Group of Seven (G7) countries this week, the Japanese government said Monday.
Singapore, February 21 (ANI/Xinhua): Top U.S. infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci said there is no perfect solution to the need of protecting U.S. citizens from COVID-19 infection amid growing fatigue with the pandemic.
Khartoum [Sudan], February 21 (ANI/Xinhua): The European Commission (EU) has allocated 40 million euros of humanitarian assistance to Sudan as part of humanitarian funding to East and Southern Africa in 2022, Sudan's official SUNA news agency reported on Sunday.