Covid: death record in Moscow, restrictions in Asia-Pacific

The Russian capital fails to curb the coronavirus despite tightened restrictions in recent weeks - with the arrival of a health pass on Monday -, listing successive death records while the Delta variant continues its planetary boom to the chagrin of countries eager to return to normal life. Moscow once again reached a peak in the number of deaths from Covid-19 on Sunday with 144 deaths recorded in 24 hours, an unprecedented level since the start of the pandemic. On Friday, the record fell with 98 dead. First identified in India, the more contagious Delta variant is now present in at least 85 countries, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), raising fears, despite vaccination campaigns, of new waves of the virus. pandemic which has already caused nearly four million deaths. Portugal, which has tightened its restrictions in the most affected cities including Lisbon, was the first state in the European Union to announce that it was now dominant on its territory. It is also in the United Kingdom, where it represented 96% of new cases as of June 14, and in South Africa. It currently represents 9 to 10% of new contaminations in France and 16% in Belgium.

Airstrikes against 'Iran-backed militias' on Iraq-Syria border

The United States on Sunday struck "facilities used by Iran-backed militias" on the Iraqi-Syrian border, in response to drone attacks against American interests in Iraq. The strikes left at least five people dead, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based NGO that monitors the conflict in Syria.

Euro: The Belgians and the Czechs in the quarter-finals, Portugal and the Netherlands eliminated

Belgium dominated Portugal 1-0 on Sunday in Seville and snatched their ticket to the quarter-finals of the Euro, where they will meet Italy, while Cristiano Ronaldo, extinct, leaves the tournament in the 8th finals. For its part, the Czech Republic created a surprise by dominating the Netherlands on Sunday in Budapest (2-0) in the round of 16 of the Euro and obtained its ticket for the quarter-finals against Denmark.

IN SHORT

Covid in France: Less than 9,000 Covid-19 patients were hospitalized on Sunday, a figure at its lowest for eight months.

The Tunisian navy has rescued 178 migrants of different nationalities who were trying to cross the Mediterranean to reach Europe from Libya, the Ministry of Defense announced on Sunday.

The French basketball players lost in the final of Euro-2021 against Serbia 63 to 54, in Valencia (Spain) and failed for the fifth consecutive time in the quest for a third European title.