Ireland will ratchet up nationwide coronavirus restrictions, Prime Minister Micheal Martin said Monday, as the Republic is gripped in a second surge of infections.
China, Russia and two dozen other countries called on the United States and Western countries to end the use of unilateral sanctions, which they said make it harder to deal with Covid-19.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered a nationwide drive to boost the ailing economy ahead of a key party congress in January, state media reported Tuesday.
A protest against the results of the parliamentary elections on Monday in Kyrgyzstan's capital brought to clashes between security officials and protesters, with at least 16 injured.
