JAKARTA: Indonesia reported 2,037 new coronavirus cases today, bringing its total tally to 153,535, data from the country’s Covid-19 taskforce showed. The Southeast Asian country also added 86 new deaths today, taking the total number to 6,680, the highest Covid-19 death toll in Southeast Asia.
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LONDON: The United Kingdom recorded 853 new cases of Covid-19 in the latest daily statistics published today, down from 1,041 yesterday, government figures showed. Four people died after testing positive for the coronavirus within the previous 28 days, compared with six deaths announced yesterday.
JOLO: At least 14 people were killed and 75 wounded—including members of the security forces and civilians—in twin bombings today involving a suicide attacker on a southern Philippine island that is a stronghold of Islamist militants, officials said. The apparently coordinated attacks happened in Jolo in Muslim-majority Sulu, where government-backed […]
SAN FRANCISCO: More dry-lightning storms hit California yesterday after sparking 625 fires last week as authorities warned the state was trapped in a “megafire era” triggered by climate change. The worst of the wildfires, including the second and third largest in California history, burned in the San Francisco Bay Area […]
SYDNEY: The Australian state at the centre of the country’s coronavirus second wave today reported 148 new Covid-19 cases, more than the previous day but well down from peak levels, and eight deaths. The majority of new cases reported in recent weeks were in the city of Melbourne, Australia’s second […]
TOKYO: Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, Shinzo Abe, visited a Tokyo hospital today, as concerns grew over his ability to continue in his post, because of health issues and fatigue from handling the coronavirus crisis. If Abe is incapacitated, Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso, who doubles as finance minister, would take […]
MANILA: Twin blasts that killed 15 people in the volatile southern Philippines could both have been suicide bombings, the military said today, representing an escalation of violence that the army chief said may require martial law to be re-imposed. Yesterday’s explosions on the southwest island of Jolo killed a mix […]
The attack happened in Jolo in Muslim-majority Sulu, where government-backed security forces have long been fighting the Abu Sayyaf group. Jolo, Philippines: At least 10 people were killed and dozens wounded — including soldiers and police — in a twin bombing Monday involving a suicide attacker on a southern Philippine […]
MANILA: China’s “nine-dash line” used to claim most of the South China Sea is a fabrication, the Philippine defence minister said, as he accused Beijing of illegally occupying Filipino maritime territory. The remarks late yesterday come amid a fresh row between Manila and Beijing over the disputed Scarborough shoal, which […]
KENOSHA: A Black man was hospitalised in a serious condition yesterday evening after police in the US state of Wisconsin shot him multiple times causing crowds to gather and demonstrate at the scene. The shooting happened at around 5pm local time in the town of Kenosha as officers were responding […]