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Israeli finance minister tests positive for COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], January 16 (ANI/Xinhua): Israel's Minister of Finance Avigdor Lieberman was tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday, according to a statement issued by the finance ministry.
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Iran FM, Chinese counterpart announce implementation of comprehensive coop
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Wuxi [China] January 15 (ANI): Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian held talks with Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Wuxi, east China's Jiangsu Province on Friday and the two sides announced the launch of the implementation of a comprehensive cooperatio
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Cambodia's Omicron cases rise to 332 with 45 new infections
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Phnom Penh [Cambodia], January 15 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of confirmed Omicron cases of the COVID-19 variant in Cambodia has increased to 332 after 45 new cases were reported, the health ministry said on Saturday.
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Indonesia's strong quake causes massive damage, 2 injured
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], January 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Over 900 houses and buildings were destroyed, and two people were wounded after a 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia's capital Jakarta and its surrounding provinces on Friday, disaster agency officials said on Saturday.
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Canada's COVID-19 cases surpass 2.7 million
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], January 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Canada reported 20,036 new COVID-19 cases Friday noon, raising its national total to 2,706,977 cases with 31,306 deaths, according to local media CTV.
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Portugal logs highest daily COVID-19 deaths in 10 months
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Lisbon [Portugal], January 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Portugal reported 34 new deaths related to COVID-19 on Friday, the highest daily toll since March 3, 2021. The country has had 19,237 fatalities since the start of the pandemic, Portugal's Directorate-General for Health (DGS) said.
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Bus accident claims 8 lives in east Nigeria
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], January 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Eight people were killed and another severely injured after a bus lost one of its tyres in motion and somersaulted several times on a highway in Nigeria's eastern state of Taraba, said the police on Friday.
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Myanmar reports 3 more Omicron cases of COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], January 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Myanmar reported three more cases of Omicron variant of COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the tally to 66, according to a release from the Ministry of Health.
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Indonesia reports 850 new COVID-19 cases, 8 more deaths
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], January 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Indonesia on Friday confirmed 850 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the country's tally of infections to nearly 4.27 million, according to the Indonesian Health Ministry.
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Philippines logs 37,207 new COVID-19 cases, highest since outbreak
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines] January 14 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippines reported 37,207 new COVID-19 infections on Friday, the highest one-day case count since the outbreak, pushing the number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 3,129,512.
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Chinese mainland reports 143 locally transmitted coronavirus cases
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], January 14 (ANI): The Chinese mainland on Thursday reported 143 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Friday, reported Xinhua.
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Former Japanese PM Toshiki Kaifu passes away
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], January 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Former Japanese Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu passed away this month, Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported Friday.
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