A powerful earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter scale hit the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, killing four people and injuring four others, the National Civil Protection Coordination (CNPC) said on Wednesday. ....

The global number of COVID-19 cases has increased to over 9.2 million, while the toll surged across 476,900, according to the Johns Hopkins University. ....

Another 171 Covid-19 patients have died in Britain, bringing the total coronavirus-related death toll in the country to 42,927, the British Department of Health and Social Care said on Tuesday. ....

A powerful earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter scale rocked Mexico City and many southern and central parts of Mexico on Tuesday, officials said. ....

Brazil has become the second country, after the US, to register more than 50,000 COVID-19 deaths, which came amid growing political unrest and just days after the country confirmed more than 1 million coronavirus cases. ....

A week after Chinese troops initiated a violent attack on Indian soldiers over the disputed Line of Actual Control in Ladakh, Japan began the legal process of complete integration of an island chain that Beijing has for long set its eyes on. ....

Known for government control and censorship, Chinese social media has now removed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech and India's official statements on the border row. ....

Spain's state of alarm, the emergency mechanism propping up the nationwide lockdown to contain COVID-19, will expire midnight on Saturday, 98 days after it first came into effect. ....

Beijing on Saturday reported 22 new domestically-transmitted COVID-19 cases, while maintaining a state of alert and continued testing of its residents after a fresh coronavirus outbreak was detected last week in the Chinese capital's wholesale food market. ....

New Zealand on Saturday reported two new COVID-19 cases, after the country registered three infections earlier this week for the first time in 24 days, director-general of health Ashley Bloomfield said. ....