Premier of New South Wales (NSW) Gladys Berejiklian declared a seven-day state of emergency on Monday due to ongoing, unprecedented bushfires which have killed at least three people so far and left a hundred wounded. Read more Australia declares state of emergency due to catastrophic bushfires
Egypt recovered from Germany a rare copy of the historic Cedid-Atlas, dating from the early nineteenth century, after it was smuggled out of the country, the Foreign Ministry reported in this capital. Read more Egypt Recovers One of the World's Rarest Atlases
As confirmed global deaths from COVID-19 near 2 million, the World Health Organization is warning the worst of the pandemic may still lie ahead. Dr. Mike Ryan told reporters in Geneva: “Going into a second year of this could even be tougher, given the transmission dynamics and some of the issues that we’re seeing.” Read more World Health Organization warns worst is yet to come