China locks down another three million after travelling salesman spreads virus
A surge in coronavirus cases linked to a travelling salesman in the country’s northeast.
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Thailand logged 369 new COVID-19 cases yesterday
The Thai government recorded 369 new COVID-19 cases.
Indonesia overwhelmed by quake casualties
Medics battled exhaustion and the risk of COVID-19 as they raced yesterday to treat scores of people injured by a devastating earthquake on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island.
Global vaccine campaign gains pace as Brazil approves jabs
The global COVID-19 vaccination drive gained pace Sunday as Brazil gave its first injections and India pushed on with its massive campaign, while European authorities sought to allay concerns about delays in supplies.
FBI screens troops ahead of US inauguration
US law enforcement agencies are screening National Guard members to make sure they do not pose a security risk during President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, a four-star general said in comments broadcast yesterday.
At least 83 killed in fighting in Sudan’s Darfur
More than 80 people have been killed in two days of ongoing clashes in Sudan’s restive Darfur, doctors said Sunday, just over two weeks since a long-running peacekeeping mission ended operations.
US-bound migrant caravan in Guatemala swells to 9,000 people
At least 9,000 Honduran migrants have entered Guatemala after a first group pushed past border police late Friday and others soon followed on the first step of a journey north they hope will take them to the United States, officials said Saturday.
Indian response to COVID-19 has been acknowledged globally
Modi launches the pan India rollout of the COVID-19 vaccination drive.
Merkel’s party picks her ally as next leader
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative CDU party picked her ally Armin Laschet as its next leader on Saturday, in a vote for “continuity” as Europe’s biggest economy heads into a key election year with the deadly coronavirus pandemic still raging.
Iran warns Washington to stop ‘illegal actions’ against diplomats on U.S. soil
Iran has warned the United States to stop “illegal actions” taken against its diplomats on U.S. soil, the spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Affairs Ministry Saeed Khatibzadeh declared on Saturday.
UK asks all arrivals to quarantine as virus deaths rise
All arrivals to the UK will have to quarantine and show negative virus tests from today, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Friday, as hospitalisations and deaths continued to soar but new cases fell.
Trump impeached for second time
The US House of Representatives voted to charge Trump with inciting last week’s mob attack on Congress.
Japan suspends entry of all non- resident foreign nationals to curb
Suga: Entry of all non-resident foreign nationals into the country will be suspended.
Washington DC under heavy security, armed forces
Downtown Washington was fenced off and boarded up Wednesday, with concrete barriers blocking avenues, police at street corners, and armed National Guard soldiers patrolling Capitol Hill as Congress impeached President Donald Trump for a second time.
13 dead, hundreds injured as record snowfall blankets Japan
JMA has urged people to refrain from making non-essential outings.
VP Pence rejects invoking 25th Amendment to oust Trump
Pence says he does not support invoking the 25th Amendment process to remove Trump.
Estonian PM says resigning over corruption probe
Estonian Prime Minister Juri Ratas said yesterday he was stepping down after his Centre Party came under investigation for corruption linked to a property development company.
Supreme Court suspends India’s contentious farming laws
India’s top court suspended on Tuesday the implementation of new agriculture laws that have sparked weeks of demonstrations by tens of thousands of farmers outside New Delhi.
Greece urges EU to adopt vaccine certificate for travel
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Tuesday urged the EU to adopt a “standardised” vaccination certificate to boost travel this year, his office said.
Malaysia declares state of emergency over C-19 spread
Malaysia’s king declares a nationwide state of emergency to fight a covid surge.
Japan working to isolate, analyse new virus variant
Japan is working to isolate and analyse a new variant of the c-19 arrived from Brazil.
Thai woman arrested after ‘k-powdered milk’ drug deaths
A young woman has been arrested in Bangkok’s Sai Mai area and a quantity of a new illegal drug cocktail known as “k-powdered milk” seized in the wake of the death of six people who used it.
22 trapped after explosion in Chinese gold mine
Twenty-two gold miners have been trapped underground for nearly two days after an explosion in a mine under construction in eastern China.
Indonesia says located black box recorders from crashed plane
Authorities have yet to say why the Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500 went into a steep dive.
One year on since the first recorded COVID-19 death, the world continues the battle
Yesterday marks one year since China confirmed its first death from COVID-19.
Fresh calls for Trump to resign after violence
Donald Trump faced fresh calls Sunday from some members of his own party to resign over the violent incursion into the US Capitol, as the threat builds for a historic second impeachment effort in his final 10 days in the White House.
North Korea’s Kim assumes late father’s mantle
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has had his official party title changed, state media reported yesterday, assuming a position previously held by his late father in what analysts said was a move to bolster his authority.
300 migrants discharged after Thai market COVID-19 outbreak
Almost 300 Myanmar migrants left the field hospital in Samut Sakhon, Thailand, yesterday, becoming the first large group of migrants to have recovered from COVID-19.
India readies colossal coronavirus vaccine rollout
India aims to begin vaccinating its 1.3 billion people against coronavirus from Saturday, a colossal and complex task compounded by safety worries, shaky infrastructure and public scepticism.
Victims’ remains found at Indonesian plane crash site
Divers pulled body parts, wreckage and clothing from waters off Jakarta.
