Tag: $6 million

Over six million people have died from Covid: AFP count

  PARIS, France (AFP) — Over six million people have died worldwide from Covid-19 since the pandemic began, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP on Tuesday. A total of 6,001,585 people have succumbed to the virus, AFP counted at 0900 GMT. The milestone comes as the number of infections and deaths continues to plummet in most regions of the world, except in Asia, where Hong Kong is suffering its worst-ever outbreak, […]

New York police hunt thieves in $6 million New Year’s jewelry heist

NEW YORK , United States (Reuters ) — Thieves in New York broke into a jewelry wholesaler and made off with $6 million in valuables on New Year’s Eve, just blocks from the nationally televised and highly secured Times Square street party celebrating the holiday, police said on Tuesday (January 3). Three men broke in to a building on Manhattan’s 36th Street at 10 p.m. (0300 GMT) on Saturday (December 31), police said. A surveillance […]