ISTANBUL, Mar 8 (AA/APP): Turkish police detained Monday at least 66 suspects over their alleged links to a network believed to be behind a failed coup in 2016, the state-run Anadolu agency reported.
Police forces launched simultaneous operations to several addresses deemed to be used as cell houses by the members of the group in the western province of Izmir, it said.
During the raids, the teams detained 31 suspects and seized over 180,000 U.S. dollars in cash and many digital materials, it added.Anadolu said the police believed the cash would be distributed to the group’s members in jail and those who are fugitives.
Paris, March 8 (AFP/APP):The novel coronavirus has killed at least 2,593,872 people since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP at 1100 GMT on Monday.
At least 116,768,620 cases of coronavirus have been registered. The vast majority have recovered, though some have continued to experience symptoms weeks or even months later.
These figures are based on daily tolls provided by health authorities in each country and exclude later re-evaluations by statistical organisations, as has happened in Russia, Spain and Britain. On Sunday, 5,034 new deaths and 360,341 new cases were recorded worldwide. Based on latest reports, the countries with the most new deaths were Brazil with 1,086 new deaths, followed by the United States with 617 and Russia with 379.
The United States is the worst-affected country with 525,035 deaths from 28,999,266 cases. After the US, the hardest-hit countries are Brazil with 265,411 deaths from 11,019,344 cases, Mexico with 190,604 deaths from 2,128,600 cases, India with 157,853 deaths from 11,229,398 cases, and the United Kingdom with 124,419 deaths from 4,218,520 cases.
The country with the highest number of deaths compared to its population is Czech Republic with 204 fatalities per 100,000 inhabitants, followed by Belgium with 192, Slovenia 187, Britain 183 and Montenegro 170.
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