Asia

The second phase of the construction of a flood protection embankment along the Mekong River in Vientiane has been signed and works will begin next month

Although the country has been praised by 'green' groups for ambitious environmental and carbon-reduction plans, Indonesia is still the world's eighth-largest carbon emitter and the coal industry generated US$38 billion in the first half of 2021

Yemen Gas Company announced the arrival of the ship Rajina carrying 8.868 tons of imported gas to Hodeida port after being detained for almost 100 days by the US-Saudi coalition

As of today, according to a decision by the Ministry of Heritage and Religious Affairs, mosques can be reopened for Friday prayers after obtaining a permit online

A gas turbine power plant with an annual electricity generation capacity of 33 billion kWh in cooperation with the Japanese Sumitomo Corporation has been inaugurated in the Lebap velayat

In the 17-year period from 2004 to 2021, the Apsara National Authority - a body tasked with managing Angkor Archaeological Park - has planted more than 2 million trees to improve environmental attractiveness and sustainability of the site

Two Japanese sisters, Umeno Sumiyama and Koume Kodama, born on November 5, 1913, have been confirmed as the world's oldest living identical twins and the oldest identical twins ever at the age of 107 years old

Tour guide Josh Levinson plans to hike across the entire state of Israel for four months and 1.100 km and document his journey on YouTube, to give the world a comprehensive overview of the country

Residential buildings in the city of Batken have been handed over to 36 families affected by the conflict on the Kyrgyz-Tajik state border over the rights to access water resources this April

A Taiwanese environmental group has designed a marine hoover, dubbed the "Azure Fighter", to help in the island's fight against floating rubbish and collect floating marine trash around fishing ports and marinas

Since taxis have been idle due to the pandemic, they are being used by the Ratchaphurek Taxi Cooperative to grow food for the unemployed drivers; miniature vegetable gardens are set up in black bins on bamboo frames on the roofs of the cars

According to Facebook's content administration board - approached by Tel Aviv to remove content on recent local escalation of violence - allegations of bias in the administration of content about Palestine and Israel should be independently reviewed