The milestone, which was last seen during the winter surge, is yet another bleak reminder of how quickly the delta variant of the coronavirus has spread through the country.
Taliban fighters entered the capital of northern Afghanistan's Jawzjan province Saturday, a provincial lawmaker said, after sweeping through nine of 10 districts in the province.
Police have arrested a man they say stabbed 10 passengers on a commuter train in Tokyo, in what public broadcaster NHK reported to be a random burst of violence unrelated to the ongoing Olympic Games.
Wildfires rampaged through massive swaths of Greece's last remaining forests for yet another day Saturday, encroaching on more inhabited areas after burning scores of homes, businesses and farms.
