Asia Taiwan Production studio Pili International Multimedia, which has been producing content featuring traditional Taiwanese glove puppets for five generations, is now exploring the idea of expanding its exposure globally through NFT
Asia Pakistan In recognition of his valour and the sacrifice he made to protect others, the Vatican has honoured a young Akash Bashir with the title of 'Servant of God' posthumously for giving his life to prevent a suicide bomber from entering a crowded church in 2015
Asia Nepal A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed with India for the construction of a motorised bridge over the Mahakali River linking Dharchula (India) with Darchula (Nepal), improving cross-border connectivity
Asia Qatar Qatar Airways announced an order for 30 787-9 Boeing Dreamliners and 10 777-300ERs at $11,7 billion at list prices and signed a Letter of Intent for up to 60 737MAX for $6,9 billion; the deal was saluted in the US as a precious support to local employment
Asia United Arab Emirates Dubai will consider lowering government taxes on business activities to keep the business environment attractive after the ministry announced plans to introduce a federal corporate tax on corporate profits from June 2023
Asia Saudi Arabia The country has regsitered one of the highest adoption curves of contactless payments in the world over the past three years, with the overall share of contactless payments reaching 95% during the period
Asia Azerbaijan Working closely with Turkish-speaking countries, the country has started broadcasting a new radio, Radio TMB, which will contribute to the development of the interstate information space by covering all districts of the country
Asia North Korea Photographs taken from the country's most powerful missile launch in five years, with the missile reaching a maximum altitude of 2.000km, have been released; Pyongyang has conducted a record number of seven missile launches in January
Asia Mongolia Given the declining interest in the sport in Japan, there are more and more sumo champions coming from the country; the three yokozuna (considered to be the pinnacle of sumo culture) active between 2007 and 2017 were all Mongolians
Asia Myanmar In view of the 1st anniversary of the coup on 1 February 2021, Amnesty International called on the community to begin to address the crisis in the country in a concrete and decisive way, to protect the 55 million people and their rights
Asia Japan Many professors are calling for the lifting of the border blockade on foreign students, which has been in place for almost two years; the government has declared that it will welcome 87 of the 150.000 students in February
Asia Malaysia The city of Kuala Lumpur is today celebrating its Golden Jubilee (1972-2022) to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Kuala Lumpur's declaration as Malaysia's first city in 1972
Asia Sri Lanka Efforts continue by authorities and local people to clean the sea from billions of plastic pellets leaked from a ship sunk last May; reaching up to 2 mt deep, they are taken as food by birds and fish, doing enormous damage to the environment and tourism