266: Daily Dose @ 5: Malaysia records 22,642 daily COVID-19 cases, Russia begins Afghan evacuations

<div>AMONG the headlines for Wednesday, August 25th, 2021, Malaysia recorded another 22,642 daily COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of positive cases to 1,616,244 cases.</div><br /> <div>Also, Russia’s armed forces said they began evacuating more than 500 Russians and citizens of several ex-Soviet states from Afghanistan today. The evacuations were the first made public by Russia, which has taken a cautiously optimistic outlook of the new Taliban leadership in Kabul. </div> <br /> <div>Listen to the top stories of the day, reporting from Astro AWANI newsroom — all in 3 minutes.</div> <br /> <div>We bring you the headlines, weekdays at 5 pm.</div> <br /> <div>Stay informed on <a href="http://astroawani.com">astroawani.com</a> for these news and more.</div> <div><br /> </div>