Asia Malaysia The Bishop of the Catholic Church in Penang officially announced the start of the process of beatification and canonisation of Sybil Kathigasu, a famous war nurse and Catholic lay figure, who could be Malaysia's first saint
Asia Vietnam The Binh Dinh Essence of Land and Sea 2024 Festival will promote tuna specialities until 15 July in Quy Nhon, presenting the image and brand of Binh Dinh oceanic tuna to domestic consumers and exporters
Asia Cyprus Landmarks remain the primary method of positioning for Cypriots, even the best-known street names tend to remain secondary locaters: a striking cultural surprise resulting in an amused confusion for newcomers and crowds of tourists getting lost in summer
Asia Bhutan The Bhutan Tourism India Roadshow concluded with 18 Bhutanese exhibitors meeting 700 Indian travel agents in four cities in India to celebrate 50 years of tourism in Bhutan and promote the summer travel period
Asia Philippines The Catholic Church in the Philippines passed important resolutions to strengthen campaigns for 'integral ecology', stating that it has consistently sounded the alarm on environmental abuses in the country
Asia Azerbaijan A 3500-year-old settlement, the first rest-stop with kitchen and tableware to sit and feed hundreds ever excavated to date, has emerged at Tava Tepe, along the river Kura, thanks to the GaRKAP archaeological mission
Asia China As public concern continues to grow after reports by The Beijing News revealed mixed use of tankers for edible and chemical oil, the office of the State Council's Food Safety Committee has set up a joint investigation team
Asia South Korea A 20 June petition demanding the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol for ‘the omnishambles that South Korea is facing’ has generated thousands of signatures, setting the conditions for a parliamentary committee to hold two hearings to deal with it
Asia East Timor President Jose Ramos Horta acknowledged Cuba's medical support to his country and the training of health professionals; out of all 1.300 doctors in East Timor, over a thousand were trained by Cuban professors
Asia Japan Bullet train services between Tokyo and Osaka were halted for hours on Saturday afternoon due to a power failure, as a sweltering heat wave hit the Pacific side of the Japanese archipelago; the stop affected around 97.000 travelers
Asia India A study conducted by the Centre for Science and Environment, a research organisation based in New Delhi, monitoring extreme weather events last year, found that the country experienced such events on 314 days out of 365
Asia Lebanon Acting Minister of Public Works Ali Hamieh will today announce the launch of bus services on designated routes in all Lebanese regions
Asia Kyrgyzstan To control the activities of mining companies, the Kyrgyz State Committee for National Security initiated the creation of the state enterprise Jalal-Abad ken Bailyktary