MOSCOW -- Russia confirmed 9,169 new coronavirus infections over the last 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 4,554,264, the official monitoring and response center said Thursday.

Over the past day, the COVID-19 death toll rose by 383 to 99,233, while recoveries grew by 10,247 to 4,176,419. (Russia-COVID-19)

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MANILA -- The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported on Thursday 8,920 new COVID-19 infections, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 756,199.

The death toll climbed to 13,303 after six more patients died from the viral disease, the DOH added. (Philippines-COVID-19)

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LOS ANGELES -- A shooting occurred Wednesday evening in the city of Orange, 55 km southeast of Los Angeles downtown, leaving at least four people dead and two others injured, local NBC news channel reported.

The Orange Police Department was quoted as saying that they responded to reports of a shooting around local time 5:30 p.m. (0030 GMT) and then found "multiple victims at the scene including fatalities" where shots were being fired. (US-Los Angeles-Shooting)

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HERAT, Afghanistan -- Two police officers were killed and two others wounded when an improvised bomb was detonated near a police checkpoint along a provincial road in Afghanistan's western Herat province on Thursday, a local official confirmed. (Afghanistan-Police-Killed) Enditem

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