A forest fire Tuesday ravaged 800 hectares of vegetation near the southern French city of Marseille, forcing the evacuation of over 200 people, officials said.
NEW DELHI, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- India's health ministry on Wednesday announced that the country has surpassed 1.9 million COVID-19 cases, reaching 1,908,254.
With six more deaths reported, the death toll in the flood in india's eastern Bihar state rose to 19 on Tuesday, as 6.36 million people were affected in 16 districts, according to a bulletin of the state disaster management authority.
Australia's worst-hit state of Victoria reported 15 coronavirus deaths on Wednesday, including a man in his 30s, making it the country's deadliest day of the pandemic to date.
Lebanese media quote the country's public health minister as saying that 73 people are dead and 3,700 injured following a massive explosion that ripped through Beirut on Tuesday.
BP plunged into a net loss of almost $16.85 billion in the second quarter, the British oil giant announced Tuesday, as the coronavirus pandemic ravaged demand for oil, sending prices tumbling.
