Death Toll

Russia's recent record-breaking troop losses coincide with reports of a new offensive launched by Vladimir Putin.

Saturday's estimate brings Ukraine's tally of Russian personnel deaths to 142,270.

Ukraine reported its highest daily death toll of 1,140 Russian soldiers on Saturday.

Over 11,000 people have been killed in a 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Turkey and Northern Syria on Monday. Some past earthquakes have been even deadlier.

Ukraine's armed forces said on Tuesday that more than 1,000 Russian troops had been killed over the previous 24 hours.

More than 2,300 people have now been confirmed dead across Turkey and neighbouring Syria after a 7.8 magnitude tremor struck in the early hours of Monday.

Ukrainian, Russian and international estimates about losses in Ukraine often vary greatly and it is difficult to establish independent figures.

The death toll keeps escalating while fighting in the harsh winter continues.

The Ukrainian armed forces said that more than 110,000 Russian troops had been killed since the start of the war on February 24.

The "I Want to Live" project was launched to help Russian soldiers safely surrender to Ukrainian forces.

Russian state media seized on the high figure, which the European Commission has since explained refers to troops both killed and injured.

"[They] didn't try to save us as we are Uyghur people. They didn't care," a woman who lost five relatives in an apartment fire in Urumqi, told Newsweek.

The bridge had been closed in March for renovation before it reopened for public use last week.

The 7.6-magnitude earthquake took place Monday after a commemoration of previous earthquakes and victims in Mexico.

The figures are a grim indicator for Russia's military as a push is currently underway by Ukraine to reclaim parts of its occupied southern regions.

As Ukraine pursues a counteroffensive, Zelensky gave a higher figure for Russian troop losses than other sources.

Breaking from the rest of mainland China's stringent "zero COVID" policy, Hong Kong announced it would rollback restrictions to '"relaunch" its economy

Sergei Orlov, the deputy mayor of Mariupol—where a mass grave has been dug, estimates that the figure is three to four times the official count.

"This is one that rips at the very fabric of who we are," Gov. Andy Beshear said while announcing the latest death related to the tornadoes that hit the state.

Mayor London Breed released the proclamation declaring a local emergency for drug overdoses in the city's Tenderloin neighborhood.

Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration decided to exclude the deaths of patients transferred to hospitals from its overall death tolls for nursing homes.

A Nigerian Red Cross representative said "chances are very slim, very, very slim" that more survivors are in the rubble.

Rescue workers were able to rescue nine people by Tuesday, but no survivors were uncovered Wednesday.

The Spanish flu epidemic from 1918-19 killed an estimated 50 million people worldwide.

Florida's hospitals and doctors have pointed out that upward of 90 percent of their patients have been unvaccinated.

"Behavior is really going to determine if, when and how sustainably the current wave subsides," the director of the UT COVID-19 Modeling Consortium said.

"We're looking for anything we can do for the staff to find some joy in their everyday because there's very little in it right now," Chief Nursing Officer Denise Jones said.

Estimated daily COVID-19 case counts are projected to peak by late August, while the reported daily death toll could peak by mid-September.

The death toll continues to rise from the recent heat wave in the region, as many people died alone in their homes.

The collision involved a tightly packed SUV and a semitrailer full of gravel.