Austria partially lifts lockdown, reopens schools

Dec 8,2020
Austria has partially lifted a strict lockdown and reopened schools after the spread of the coronavirus appeared to slow down in the country.
Indonesia minister arrested over pandemic aid corruption
Dec 07
Indonesia's social affairs minister was arrested Sunday for allegedly taking $1.2 million in bribes linked to food aid for those hit by the coronavirus pandemic.
France's COVID-19 related death toll tops 55,000
Dec 07
More than 55,000 people have died from COVID-19 in France, the country's national public health agency, Sante Publique, said in a statement on Sunday.
Bird flu-hit Hiroshima culls over 130,000 chickens
Dec 07
Officials in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, are culling about 134,000 chickens after the H5 strain of bird flu was detected at a local farm.
U.S. police checks Russian airliner for explosive devices
Dec 07
New York police are checking a flight of Russian airline Aeroflot from Moscow at the John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) for explosive devices, the Sputnik reported on Monday.
New US cases top 1 million over 5 days
Dec 07
Figures by Johns Hopkins University show that the number of new coronavirus infection cases in the first five days of December is about 1.04 million in the US.
Algerian airline resumes domestic flights after shutdown for over 8 months
Dec 07
Algeria's flag carrier airline Air Algeria Sunday resumed domestic flights after more than eight months of shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the official APS news agency reported.