Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Monday that he would be among the first to receive a Russian coronavirus vaccine if it is shown to be effective.
Southwest China's Sichuan Province on Tuesday activated its highest-level flood-control response for the first time on record, as rain-induced floods ravaged parts of the province.
Officials in Tokyo say 26 people died of heatstroke in the metropolitan area over nine days through Monday, as a severe heat wave continues to grip Japan.
Thousands of Protestant church members in Seoul have been asked to quarantine, South Korean authorities said Monday, as the country battles virus clusters linked to religious groups.
Bangladesh reported more than 2,000 new COVID-19 cases and 32 new deaths on Sunday, making the total tally at over 276,000 and total deaths at 3,657, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.