Havana [Cuba], December 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Cuba detected its first case of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, Cuban state news agency ACN reported on Wednesday night.
Wellington [New Zealand], December 9 (ANI/Xinhua): New Zealand on Thursday launched a smokefree action plan that aims to reduce daily smoking prevalence to less than five per cent for all population groups by 2025.
Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], December 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazilian football legend Pele has returned to the hospital to continue his treatment for a colon tumour.
Paris [France], December 9 (ANI/Xinhua): France on Wednesday saw a new daily record of infections since November 2020 with 61,340 new COVID-19 cases confirmed in the past 24 hours.
Ouagadougou [Burkina Faso], December 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Burkina Faso's President Roch Marc Christian Kabore on Wednesday dismissed Prime Minister Christophe Joseph Marie Dabire, said a presidential decree published Wednesday evening.
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Israel's health ministry on Wednesday announced the extension of the quarantine period for those who tested positive for the Omicron COVID-19 variant.
London [UK], December 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Britain registered 51,342 new COVID-19 infections bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 10,610,958, according to official figures released Wednesday.
Jakarta [Indonesia], December 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Indonesia on Wednesday confirmed 264 new COVID-19 cases, raising its tally of infections to 4,258,340, according to the country's Health Ministry.
Aden [Yemen], December 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Tension continued to escalate on Wednesday as large Yemeni demonstrations were staged across the oil-rich southern province of Shabwa in the war-ravaged Arab country, a security official told Xinhua.
New York [US], December 8 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called for generous donations to the world body's global emergency response fund.
Helsinki [Finland], December 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Getting more understanding in the European Union (EU) for the Nordic environmental forestry policy was a top agenda item during new Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson's visit to Finland on Wednesday.
Jakarta [Indonesia], December 8 (ANI/Xinhua): The death toll from the eruption of Semeru volcano in Indonesia's island of Java has risen to 39 and 105 others were injured, the Lumajang District Disaster Management Agency said on Wednesday.