The current seven-day daily average of COVID-19 cases in the United States is 491,700 per day — marking a 98% increase over the previous week, according to the top federal health agency.

Over 4,000 migrants died or disappeared trying to reach Spain by sea in 2021, twice as many as in the previous year, a migrant rights group says.

A surge in new coronavirus infections in the northwestern Chinese city of Xian has prompted local authorities to announce stringent measures to contain further spread of the disease.

The United Nations documents “serious” human rights violations committed by Colombian security forces during a crackdown on widespread protests in the South American country earlier this year.

The World Health Organization warns some half a million more people could die in Europe from COVID-19 by March.

Using data from death certificates, the top US public health agency estimates that 100,306 people died between April 2020 and April 2021, compared to 78,056 deaths reported the year prior.

A Brazilian congressional panel concludes that President Jair Bolsonaro should face 13 criminal charges, including homicide, for errors that led to the deaths of thousands.

The Taliban condemn the recent US drone which killed 10 Afghan civilians, including seven children.

Vietnam deploys troops to its largest city to help the police enforce a strict coronavirus lockdown, following a sharp rise in the number of COVID infections.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez holds the United States responsible for stirring up violence in Cuba, saying Washington is using high-tech digital systems to incite protests in the Caribbean island nation.