(VOVWORLD) -Occupying US forces in Iraq have pulled out from a strategic air base in the northern oil-rich province of Kirkuk.

(VOVWORLD) - 722,646 people were infected with Covid-19 across the world and 33,983 died as of 12 AM Monday, according to worldometers. The pandemic has spread to 199 countries and territories.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s confirmed Covid-19 cases rose to 194 with 6 more new cases linked to Bach Mai Hospital in Hanoi, the Ministry of Health said early Monday. All the 6 new patients, who are being under treatment, work for Truong Sinh Co. Ltd., that has provided services for Bach Mai hospital.

(VOVWORLD) - Earth Hour 2020 signaled a global unity as 180 countries and territories participated in the event online on Saturday night amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

(VOVWORLD) - North Korea fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast on Sunday morning, the latest in a series of launches in recent weeks.

(VOVWORLD) - Phu Tho province on Sunday held a ceremony to commemorate the death anniversary of the Great Father Lac Long Quan and Great Mother Au Co.

(VOVWORLD) - 199 countries and territories around the world had reported more than 660,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus COVID-19 and a death toll of more than 30,000 as of 2p.m. (Vietnam time) on Saturday, according to Worldometers.info.

(VOVWORLD) - Localities nationwide have strengthened measures to curb the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.

(VOVWORLD) - Five more persons have tested positive for the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 raising the number of Covid-19 cases in Vietnam to 179 as of 6am on Sunday, said the Ministry of Health.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Sunday held an online meeting on ways to better cope with the Covid-19 epidemic with leaders of Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh city, Da Nang, Can Tho and Hai Phong.