Asia Azerbaijan Three Azerbaijani films - “Daxildəki ada” by Rufat Hasanov, “Bilesuvar” by Elvin Adigozel, “Bastard” by Daniel Guliyev - have been presented at the XVII Kazan International Muslim Film Festival, which closed yesterday night
Asia Maldives The construction of a hospital in R. Alifushi will begin in the last quarter of this year, as the Health Minister recently stated
Asia Saudi Arabia The historic district of Jeddah, counting over 600 traditional buildings, 36 historic mosques, 5 large ancient markets as well as ancient corridors, squares and sites of important historical significance, will be soon restored and revived
Asia China Alibaba turnover grows by 34% year on year in Chinese Q1 of fiscal year 2022 and is ready to support the Premier’s ‘social fairness’ wealth redistribution program with US$ 15 billion
Asia Bangladesh Bangladeshi textile producers have accepted the 2 years extension of the Agreement on Working Conditions proposed by many international brands that makes local business partially liable for non-compliance with safety standards at production sites
Asia East Timor The country received 130.000 doses of vaccines offered by Portugal to cover around 10% of the population
Asia Malaysia Malaysia's Department of Quarantine and Inspection Services detained a package containing 1.000 live centipedes smuggled into the country by a foreigner
Asia Brunei About 200 business registrations - an unexpected increase - have been recorded since the start of the second Covid-19 wave last month
Asia Syria The directorate of education in Daraa province has asked all staff and students to attend in alternative locations after the schools went out of service after terrorist organizations rejected the settlement solutions
Asia Vietnam Vietnamese Nguyen Thu Giang, 28, PhD student at the University of the West of England, is now the youngest lecturer at the institution, teaching from undergraduate to postgraduate and master's students
Asia Iran 30.000 Iranian pilgrims will be received by Iraq for Arbaeen rites provided they have a negative Covid-19 test taken 72 hours before arrival in the country
Asia India In August, the country administered more vaccines than the G7 nations combined - over 180 million doses - in an effort to vaccinate the entire eligible population and prevent a drastic surge in the number of infections
Asia Turkey Lake Akşehir, the country's fifth largest lake, is threatened by drought and has almost dried up due to years of low rainfall and the misuse of its water for agricultural purposes