Japan on Friday reported 261,029 new coronavirus cases, a record high for the second day in a row.

Japan’s Rui Hachimura and France’s Killian Hayes will have the chance to play before their home-nation fans with the NBA Global Games resuming next month after a two-year layoff due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

For a long time, Greece hasn’t seen so much music, so much dancing, so much eating and drinking under bright summer skies: On August 14 and 15, residents on the Greek islands could again celebrate the traditional Assumption Day festival.

…that at-home consumption of lower-end wine would prove resilient. “That pandemic trend has really stuck,” he said, referring to how people started drinking…

Russia’s COVID-19 case tally rose by 35,809 over the past day to 19,000,055, the anti-coronavirus crisis center reported on Thursday.

…The tumble in profits is the latest sign of the impact of China’s persistent Covid – 19 lockdowns on its once high-flying companies….

Japan on Thursday reported a record daily high of 255,534 new coronavirus cases.

A total of 2,591 cases of coronavirus were confirmed in Slovenia on Tuesday, more than a third more than a week earlier.

The number of fatalities caused by coronavirus has increased by 35% over the past four weeks and with the onset of cold weather in the Northern Hemisphere the risk of the infection spreading will only increase, WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a briefing in Geneva on Wednesday.

Russia’s COVID-19 case tally rose by 33,106 over the past day to 18,964,246, the anti-coronavirus crisis center reported on Wednesday.