Newsom will likely face a recall next fall in a race that is already shaping up to be chaotic, as three Republicans - including transgender celebrity Caitlyn Jenner - have already said they will run to replace him.

The 2021 edition of the Diplomatic Bluebook said China's expansion of military capabilities that lack transparency and growing unilateral actions to change the status quo in Asian waters pose "strong concerns" in the region and to the international community.

Foreign ministry spokesman Arindam Bagchi tweeted photos of the equipment being unloaded from a German Lufthansa aircraft in New Delhi, calling it "international cooperation at work".

Home Affairs Department Secretary Mike Pezzullo said the possibility of war was increasing.

Deaths from COVID-19 fell 4 percent to 4,972 in the week ended April 25, dropping below 5,000 for the first time since October.

The Daily Mail newspaper said Johnson said at an October meeting at Downing Street: "No more ****ing lockdowns – let the bodies pile high in their thousands."

While reiterating Indonesia's commitment to tackling climate change, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo failed to announce a net-zero emissions target for his own country during the recent climate summit.

Infections in the past 24 hours rose to 352,991, with overcrowded hospitals in Delhi and nationwide turning away patients after running out of supplies of medical oxygen and beds.

Suga's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lost all three seats in parliamentary by-elections on Sunday, polls widely seen as a verdict on his administration and a bellwether for a crucial Lower House election later this year.

Western nations including Britain, France, Canada and Germany have also pledged help as India's coronavirus crisis grows, driving an increase in the global case count in recent days even as the number of vaccines administered worldwide surpassed the one billion mark. 

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said in a Twitter post, "On behalf of the people of Pakistan, I extend our heartfelt sympathies to the affected families" in India and, as "a gesture of solidarity" with them, Pakistan offered to provide ventilators, digital X-ray machines and personal protective equipment.

The blaze at Baghdad's Ibn al-Khatib hospital started with an explosion caused by "a fault in the storage of oxygen cylinders", medical sources told AFP.

Prefectural governors the same day in a proposal asked the central government to provide financial support for businesses including not only the tourism sector, but also primary industries such as farming.

The accident occurred when Meoni was driving alone during a storm to Junin, his home city. Local radio station FM VALL posted footage of firefighters attending to the overturned vehicle.

"As set out in our Trans-Tasman bubble protocols, travel between New Zealand and Western Australia has been paused, pending further advice from the state government," a statement on the New Zealand government website said.

Indonesia will stop issuing visas for Indian nationals and foreigners who have visited India within the past 14 days starting Sunday after health authorities confirm COVID-19 cases among passengers from the South Asian country.

The ASEAN Special Summit is being closely watched around the world, with the regional bloc’s reputation on the line in its role to bring an end to violence and instability in Myanmar.

With more than 2,000 people dying daily, AFP looks at the reasons for the vicious new wave and why the health care system is overwhelmed.

The exercise, running from May 11 to 17, will be the first large-scale exercise in Japan involving ground troops from all three countries, the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) said in a statement.

The person is likely to have contracted the virus during his two-week quarantine in a Perth hotel, health officials said, adding genomic sequencing was underway to trace the source.

The measures will be stricter than Japan's last state of emergency, imposed in parts of the country from January, but still fall short of the harsh lockdowns seen in some parts of the world.

Palestinians have clashed with Israeli police amid a dispute over evening gatherings at Damascus Gate after iftar, the breaking of the daytime fast during the Muslim holy month.

China is aware that the epidemic in India has been severe recently, and there is a temporary shortage of necessary materials for epidemic prevention, said Wang Wenbin, a spokesman at the foreign ministry, quoted by Reuters. He was responding to a question at a regular media briefing about what action China is taking in view of the spreading epidemic in India.

Djabelkhir, 53, who has called for "reflection" on Islam's founding texts, was put on trial after seven lawyers and a fellow academic made complaints against him.

"In the EU, we have been describing China as a partner, competitor and systemic rival at the same time," German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said ahead of a virtual meeting with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi.

Canberra pulled the deal with Victoria state late Wednesday, in a move destined to provoke Beijing but justified by the Defence Minister as necessary to prevent Australia hosting a giant infrastructure scheme "used for propaganda". 

India's long-underfunded health system is being stretched to the limit by a devastating second wave blamed on a "double mutant" variant and "super-spreader" mass gatherings.

In July 2019, a fire onboard the nuclear-powered Russian deepwater research submarine Losharik killed 14 crewmembers. Five of those onboard survived, according to reports, and the submarine was recovered and repaired.

The birthday falls during a two-week period of royal mourning following the April 9 death of the 99-year-old Duke of Edinburgh, who was interred Saturday in the Royal Vault at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle.

Australia's appointment of its first female ambassador to Indonesia, Penny Williams, signals greater cooperation in women's empowerment on the horizon of the bilateral relationship.