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China begins 7th national population census
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Beijing [China], November 1 (ANI/Xinhua): China on Sunday started its seventh national population count, with about seven million census takers going door to door to document demographic changes in the world's most populous country.
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Ruling party leads Georgian parliamentary election: early results
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Tbilisi [Georgia], November 1 (ANI/Xinhua): Early results from the Central Election Commission (CEC) showed Sunday that the ruling Georgian Dream party took the lead with 48.58 percent of votes in the Georgian parliamentary election.
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Argentina reports 9,745 new COVID-19 cases, 211 more deaths
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Buenos Aires [Argentina], November 1 (ANI/Xinhua): Argentina on Saturday reported 211 more deaths from COVID-19, pushing the national tally to 31,002, according to the Ministry of Health.
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New Zealand reports 2 COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Wellington [New Zealand], November 1 (ANI/Xinhua): New Zealand reported two new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, said the Ministry of Health in a statement.
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Venezuelan president slams attack on petrochemical plant
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Caracas [Venezuela], November 1 (ANI/Xinhua): Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Saturday denounced an attack on the El Tablazo petrochemical complex, the second on a state plant this week, and warned of a wave of attacks to create the image of chaos in the country.
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Portugal announces new measures to contain second wave of pandemic
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Lisbon [Portugal], November 1 (ANI/Xinhua): Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa, after a seven-hour meeting of the Council of Ministers, announced on Saturday new restrictive measures to contain the increase of COVID-19 cases in the country, where the "state of calamity" will remain unti
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England to enter month-long COVID-19 lockdown from Thursday
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], November 1 (ANI/Xinhua): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Saturday that England will enter a month-long lockdown from Thursday.
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2 killed in gas pipeline explosion in southern Iraq
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], October 31 (ANI/Xinhua): Two children were killed and 28 people injured in a gas pipeline explosion in southern Iraq, the Iraqi military and an oil official said on Saturday.
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Malaysia reports 659 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Kuala [Lumpur], October 31 (ANI/Xinhua): Malaysia reported 659 new COVID-19 infections, the Health Ministry said on Saturday, bringing the national total to 31,548.
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Bangladesh COVID-19 cases rise to 407,684, death toll reaches 5,923
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], October 31 (ANI/Xinhua): Bangladesh reported 1,320 new COVID-19 cases and 18 deaths on Saturday, making the tally at 407,684 and the death toll at 5,923, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.
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Indonesia reports 3,143 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], October 31 (ANI/Xinhua): Confirmed COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 3,143 within one day to 410,088, with the death toll adding by 87 to 13,869, the Health Ministry said on Saturday.
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Philippines reports 1,803 new COVID-19 infections
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], October 31 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) on Saturday reported 1,803 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 infection, bringing the total number in the country to 380,729.
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