COVID-19 cases spike in South Korea and triple to above 70K
COVID-19 cases in South Korea nearly tripled Monday from the previous day amid a resurgence of infections and the rapid spread of a highly contagious...
Month : July 2022
Western Turkey is jolted by a quake of magnitude 4.3
A 4.3 magnitude earthquake hit Soma, a district of the western province of Manisa, on Sunday, according to the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD)....
Daily COVID-19 tally in Japan exceeds 100K for the first time since February
As the country enters a seventh wave of infections caused by the highly transmissible BA.5 Omicron sub-variant, the daily COVID-19 cases in Japan topped 100,000...
Insurgents kill six and wound several others near Malian capital
In a gunman attack outside Bamako on Friday, at least six people were killed and several others wounded, raising concerns as jihadist groups move closer...
Vietnam needs $368 billion to build a climate-resilient economy – World Bank
To build a climate resilient and low-carbon economy, Vietnam needs to invest approximately $368 billion between now and 2040, according to the World Bank’s Vietnam...
UN agencies call for immediate action to address the food security crisis
Leading UN agencies issued a joint statement calling for urgent action to address the global food security crisis. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Director General...
First monkeypox case has been reported in Saudi Arabia
An individual returning from outside the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, specifically Riyadh, has been diagnosed with monkeypox. Reports from Saudi Press Agency (SPA) state that...
Amber Heard is a gold digger, says Iron Man 2 actor Mickey Rourke
The actor Mickey Rourke, known for playing Ivan Vanko (Whiplash) in Iron Man 2, described Amber Heard as a gold digger in a new interview....
Johnny Depp donates $8 million to charity from the sale of NFTs
The Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles has received a donation from Johnny Depp over a month after he won a defamation trial against ex-wife Amber...
$58 million seized from Vivo India, company laundered nearly $8 billion to China
Vivo India’s 40 locations were searched by the Enforcement Directorate of India (ED), and the state agency revealed details about the investigation. China received nearly...