


COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.Russia reports a record for the second consecutive day of 1,123 deaths from COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 233,898.Bulgaria reports a record for the second consecutive day of 6,816 new cases of COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 582,122.Singapore reports a record 5,324 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 184,419.Vietnam surpasses 900,000 cases of COVID-19.Vietnam begins to vaccinate children in Ho Chi Minh City where 1,500 teenagers between the ages of 16 and 17 are eligible to receive the vaccine as part of an effort to reopen schools after a six-month closure.The African Union suspends Sudan in response to Monday's military coup.In one of the areas, the sole police commander, Terry Dap, has asked the central government in Port Moresby to help reduce the influx of asylum seekers into Papua New Guinea.


Ukraine carried out its first strikes against separatist forces using the Bayraktar drone yesterday. Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov warns that the delivery and Ukraine's first operational deployment of the Turkish Bayraktar TB2 in Donbas may "destabilize the situation" in the region.War in Donbas, Russia–Ukraine relations.
