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More dead marine life washes ashore in Sri Lanka after burning of containe
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 16 (ANI/Xinhua): The carcasses of five dolphins and 31 sea turtles had been found along the western coast of Sri Lanka after the burning of X-Press Pearl cargo ship in the seas off the Colombo Port, Sri Lanka's Department of Wildlife Conservation said.
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6.1-magnitude quake strikes off eastern Indonesia
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], June 16 (ANI/Xinhua): An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 jolted Indonesia's eastern province of Maluku on Wednesday, but did not potentially trigger a tsunami, the Indonesian meteorology and geophysics agency said.
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New York lifts COVID-19 restrictions, planning celebrations
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], June 16 (ANI/Xinhua): New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo Tuesday announced the immediate lifting of major COVID-19 restrictions across the state as 70 per cent of adults in the state have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
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UN official condemns killing of 5 health workers in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], June 16 (ANI/Xinhua): A senior UN official on Tuesday condemned the killing of five health workers and the wounding of four others carrying out a polio vaccination campaign in Afghanistan's Nangarhar Province.
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3 soldiers killed in roadside bombing in eastern Iraq
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], June 16 (ANI/Xinhua): Three Iraqi soldiers were killed Tuesday in a roadside bomb explosion in the eastern province of Diyala, a local source said.
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US COVID-19 deaths cross 600,000-mark
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 16 (ANI/Xinhua): The United States reached the grim milestone of 600,000 coronavirus deaths on Tuesday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.
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Thailand's COVID-19 cases surpass 200,000
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Bangkok [Thailand], June 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Thailand's COVID-19 caseload topped 200,000 with 3,000 new cases reported on Tuesday, as the country struggles to contain a new surge of infections.
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Japan's lower house votes down no-confidence motion against PM Suga's Cabi
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], June 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Japan's lower house of parliament on Tuesday voted down a no-confidence motion against Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's Cabinet jointly filed by the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDPJ) and three other opposition parties
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18 terrorists killed, 9 injured in Afghanistan's Helmand
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 15 (ANI/Xinhua): A total of 18 terrorists have been killed and nine others sustained injuries as security forces stormed Taliban hideouts in parts of the restive Helmand province Tuesday, said a statement of the provincial police.
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House fire kills 6 in central Vietnam
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hanoi [Vietnam], June 15 (ANI/Xinhua): A house fire in central Vietnam's Nghe An province killed six people, local media reported Tuesday.
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Chile sees 6,234 new COVID-19 cases in single day
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Santiago [Chile], June 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Chile on Monday registered 6,234 new daily cases of COVID-19 and 97 more deaths in a day, raising the country's confirmed caseload to 1,482,663 and the pandemic death toll to 30,804.
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Brazil reports 827 more COVID-19 deaths
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], June 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazil registered 827 more deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide tally to 488,228, the health ministry said Monday.
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