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627,110,498
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Global Statistics

All countries
695,781,740
Confirmed
Updated on September 26, 2023 9:06 pm
All countries
627,110,498
Recovered
Updated on September 26, 2023 9:06 pm
All countries
6,919,573
Deaths
Updated on September 26, 2023 9:06 pm
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Shinzo Abe, Japan’s Longest-Serving Leader, to Resign Because of Illness

Asia Pacific|Shinzo Abe, Japan’s Longest-Serving Leader, to Resign Because of IllnessMr. Abe has been prime minister for nearly eight consecutive years, a significant feat in a country accustomed to high turnover in the top job.Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had been dogged in recent weeks by questions over his health.Credit...Rick Rycroft/Associated PressAug. 28, 2020Updated 1:57 a.m.…

Japan has long accepted COVID’s airborne spread, and scientists say ventilation is key

WHO acknowledges coronavirus can be airborne WHO acknowledges coronavirus can be airborne 07:50 Tokyo — Under pressure from the scientific community, the World Health Organization acknowledged last week the airborne transmission of "micro-droplets" as a possible third cause of COVID-19 infections. To many researchers in Japan, the admission felt anti-climactic.  This densely populated country has operated…

Japan faces uptick in coronavirus cases but no political will for new shutdowns

TOKYO — Japan is facing a sudden spike in coronavirus cases, but this time with no political will for another round of economically punishing shutdowns.At the end of last month, the national government abruptly dismantled a panel of medical experts that had been guiding the response to the virus, and replaced it with a group…

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Grand Jury Deliberations in Breonna Taylor Case Will Be Released

U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…

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A Once-in-a-Century Climate ‘Anomaly’ Might Have Made World War I Even Deadlier

(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…