SAN FRANCISCO -- Apple Inc. said Thursday that financial results for its fiscal 2020 third quarter ended June 27 with quarterly revenue of 59.7 billion U.S. dollars, up by 11 percent year on year, with quarterly earnings per diluted share of 2.58 dollars, up by 18 percent.

"Apple's record June quarter was driven by double-digit growth in both Products and Services and growth in each of our geographic segments," said Tim Cook, Apple's CEO.

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HANOI -- Between January and July, 7,996 traffic accidents occurred in Vietnam, killing 3,791 people, severely injuring 2,366 people and slightly injuring 3,484 others, according to the Traffic Police Department on Friday.

The numbers of traffic accidents, deaths, severe injuries and slight injuries dropped by 18.6 percent, 15.1 percent, 15 percent and 25.5 percent, respectively, against the same period last year.

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MEXICO CITY -- Mexico's Health Ministry said Thursday that 639 deaths related to COVID-19 were reported during the past 24 hours, taking the national toll from the pandemic to 46,000.

The country that shares northern border with the United States, the world's hardest-hit country, has so far reported a total of 416,179 cases, up 7,730 than the previous day.

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VIENTIANE -- Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith spoke highly of China-Laos railway construction achievements when inspecting the construction of the railway's Vientiane station on Thursday.

"This is the sixth time I have come to the Laos-China railway construction sites," Prime Minister Thongloun said at a symposium held during his inspection, saying that from the very beginning, the construction of the Laos-China railway has brought positive changes in the appearance of the cities and towns, promoted social and economic development and increased the employment of the people along the railway.

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SEOUL -- South Korea's industrial output grew last month, with both consumption and investment being on the rise, statistical office data showed Friday.

The seasonally adjusted production in all industries, which exclude the agriculture, forestry and fishery sector, gained 4.2 percent in June from a month earlier, according to Statistics Korea.