Russia reports 27,250 new coronavirus cases

People wearing face masks to protect against the coronavirus disease wait for a bus at a bus stop in the town of Chekhov, some 70 km outside Moscow, on December 21, 2020. (AFP)
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Updated 23 December 2020
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Russia reports 27,250 new coronavirus cases

  • Authorities said 549 people had died overnight, taking the official death toll to 52,461

MOSCOW: Russia on Wednesday reported 27,250 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, including 5,652 in Moscow, pushing the national tally to 2,933,753.
Authorities said 549 people had died overnight, taking the official death toll to 52,461.


Trump says US will intervene if Iran violently suppresses peaceful protests

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Trump says US will intervene if Iran violently suppresses peaceful protests

  • Trump says US will intervene if Iran violently suppresses peaceful protests
WASHINGTON: US President ​Donald Trump on Friday said that if Iran shoots and violently kills peaceful protesters, the United States of America will come to their rescue.
“We ‌are locked ‌and ‌loaded ⁠and ​ready ‌to go,” he said in a Truth Social post.
This follows the deaths of several people as Iran’s biggest protests in three ⁠years over economic hardship turned ‌violent across multiple provinces.
The ‍clashes ‍between protesters and security ‍forces mark a significant escalation in the unrest that has spread across the country since ​shopkeepers began protesting on Sunday over the government’s ⁠handling of a sharp currency slide and rapidly rising prices.
Iran’s economy has struggled for years since the US reimposed sanctions in 2018, after Trump withdrew from an international nuclear agreement during his ‌first term.