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Japanese voters head to the polls Sunday for an upper house election, just two days after the assassination of the country’s former prime minister, Shinzo Abe.

Malaysia reported 2,799 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Saturday, bringing the national total to 4,592,710, according to the health ministry.

BOGOTA -- Colombia has entered the fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, so citizens should reinforce self-care measures and get vaccinated against the virus, Minister of Health and Social Protection Fernando Ruiz said Friday, July 8.

WELLINGTON -- New Zealand reported its first monkeypox case on Saturday, the Ministry of Health said in a statement.

President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Friday expressed “shock and deep sadness” over the fatal shooting of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

The Philippine government on Friday mourned the death of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.