China's Foreign Ministry has disclosed that arrangements are underway for Russian President Vladimir Putin to attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics in February.
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 8,582,983 as of Monday afternoon, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.
India's COVID-19 tally rose to 34,526,480 on Tuesday with 7,579 new cases during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry's latest data.
