A magnetic bomb attached to a
minivan explodes in Dasht-e-Barachi, a predominantly
Hazara district of
Kabul, killing six people and injuring seven others.
(Reuters)
Greece tightens its guidelines by requiring that no more than one person per nine
square meters of floor space be allowed to enter into supermarkets. This new policy was implemented after a proposed policy that would require unvaccinated people to provide a mandatory rapid COVID-19 test in order to enter supermarkets was deemed too difficult to implement.
(Ekathimerini)
Russia reports a record 1,241 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 254,167. The country also surpasses nine million cases of COVID-19.
(Azeri Press Agency)
New Zealand sends doctors to
Papua New Guinea, after Papua New Guinea formally requested international help to combat the worsening COVID-19 situation in the country.
(RNZ)
At COP26, diplomats from countries around the world reach a major agreement aimed at intensifying global efforts to fight
climate change by calling on governments to return next year with stronger plans to curb planet-warming emissions and urging wealthy nations to "at least double" their funding in order to protect poorer nations from the hazards of a warming planet. Some activists are critical of the agreement, as it leaves unresolved the question of how much and how quickly each nation should cut its carbon dioxide and other
greenhouse gas emissions over the next decade, and it still leaves many developing countries short of the funds that they would need in order to cope with increasing weather disasters. However, the agreement makes reference to
fossil fuels and their role in the
climate crisis for the first time in the conference's history.
(CNN)(The New York Times)