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Japan logs highest single-day Covid deaths amid 8th wave
The previous high of 347 Covid-19 deaths was reported on September 2 during the seventh wave, Xinhua news agency quoted the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as saying. The new figure has pushed op the overall death toll to 54,680 as of Saturday morning. Among prefectures, Kanagawa on Friday reported the highest number of deaths with 28, followed by Hokkaido with 25, Tokyo with 24, and Osaka with 19.
Two-time coup leader Sitiveni Rabuka elected Fiji's new PM
According to the Fiji Broadcasting Corporation, the 74-year-old Rabuka, alsoleader of the People's Alliance (PA) party, received 28 votes during the first sitting of Parliament earlier in the day while the FijiFirst party (FFP) leader and incumbent Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama gained 27 votes, reports Xinhua news agency.
US House panel investigating Capitol riot releases final report
The 845-page report, released late Thursday night, listed a series of specific findings after 18 months of investigation, a process interpreted sharply along party and ideological lines in the US, Xinhua news agency reported.The committee said Donald Trump, then US president, refused to accept the results of the 2020 election, in which he lost to Democrat Joe Biden.
Indian-American Richard Verma comes home to US State Department
The position is equivalent to minister of state in India and marks a new milestone for Indian-Americans as he is the first member of the community to serve at this level of seniority in the State Department
Over 74% of Russians approve of Putin: Poll
The survey conducted by the government-owned research centre VTSIOM found that 78.1 per cent of the respondents trusted Putin.According to the results, 59.6 per cent of the polled trusted Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, while 37.3 per cent supported the country's ruling United Russia party.
Hundreds of flights cancelled in US due to snowstorms
By 8 a.m. Friday local time, Seattle, the largest city in the northwestern US state of Washington, had cancelled 449 flights with 39 per cent of flights leaving the city and 40 per cent of flights coming in, Xinhua news agency reported.
US records over 12,000 deaths from flu this season
Seasonal influenza activity remains high but is declining in most areas, Xinhua news agency reported, citing the CDC.Over 20,700 people were hospitalised due to flu in the US in the latest week ending December 17, CDC data showed.Seventeen influenza-associated pediatric deaths were reported this week, for a total of 47 pediatric flu deaths reported so far this season.
China's uneasiness on India's G-20 Presidency
For Beijing, it is difficult to swallow that India is rising in global stature and influence whereas, China is being looked as an autocratic country with an aspiration to be a global power through economic development bereft of elements of sustainable development and with a military expansionist approach, both regionally and globally.
China estimates Covid surge infecting 37 million people a day
As many as 248 million people, or nearly 18 per cent of the population, likely contracted the virus in the first 20 days of December, according to minutes from an internal meeting of China's National Health Commission held on Wednesday, confirmed with people involved in the discussions.
Senate passes $1.7 trillion spending bill, a step towards avoiding govt shutdown
The Senate on Thursday reached a quick fix last-minute deal on the sprawling package to keep the government funded through the next fiscal year -- and send more aid to Ukraine -- while getting one step closer to averting a shutdown just before Christmas, CNN reported. It also avoided a repeat of history that happened in the Trumpian era.
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