SANTIAGO — Chilean President Sebastian Pinera warned on Saturday that the coming days and weeks will be difficult and painful due to the critical health situation facing the country, with more than 7,000 daily COVID-19 cases registered in recent days.

“We know that it has been a difficult and painful year, and I want to be very honest: the days and weeks that come will be too,” said the president.

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JAKARTA — Two suicide bombers, one man and a woman, in the blast outside a cathedral church in Indonesia were killed on Sunday, Spokesman of Provincial Police Office Senior Commissioner E. Zulpan told local media.

“Two suspected attackers tried to enter the church grounds, and then security officers tried to arrest them, and an explosion occurred,” Pastor Wilhelminus Tulak said.

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UNITED NATIONS — United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday, when the world began to ripple to darkness as countries globally dimmed their lights at 8:30 p.m. local time for Earth Hour, called on human beings to make peace with nature.

In his message to mark the event, which, according to the United Nations, encourages individuals, communities, and businesses to turn off non-essential electric lights, for one hour, the UN chief said that “we must all do our part to safeguard the planet.”

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CANBERRA — Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison has admitted to his government’s failings on tackling sexism, local media reported on Sunday, after allegations of rape, sexual harassment, bullying and misogyny since late February rocked the government.

In his speech to staffers, audio of which was published by Nine Entertainment newspapers on Sunday, Morrison flagged significant changes to the Parliament’s workplace culture.

“This has been a traumatic month, that is true, but for many here it has been a traumatic lifetime,” he said. “So we will get on and address this. We will get on and make these changes. I ask you to work with us as we do that.”

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KHOST — Fourteen civilians and two personnel of national intelligence agency were wounded in a bomb attack in Khost city, capital of Afghanistan’s eastern Khost province, on Sunday, the provincial police chief said.

The blast occurred at mid-day when people were leaving a sport facility following a meeting in which local politicians and residents announced their support to the government-initiated peace and reconciliation process, police chief General Mohammad Dawood told Xinhua.

“The blast came when an improvised bomb attached to a motorcycle was detonated. A team of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Khost police launched an investigation into the case,” he said.