Asia Uzbekistan Within the XIII Tashkent International Film Festival, closing today, a pilot version of a multimedia streaming platform - a local analogue of the Netflix platform - has been presented
Asia United Arab Emirates Women leaders at the helm of the world's fair declared that Expo 2020 Dubai will shatter stereotypes about Arab women as the first world's fair to be held in the Arab world is led by a woman
Asia Qatar 13 university students from the country are among 36 young people from around the world selected for the inaugural Doha Debates ambassador program, which will promote knowledge, tools and relationships to bring about positive change in their communities
Asia Georgia Nigerian native Richard Ogbunuju, a Georgian citizen who has been living in the country for the last 20 years, is running for mayor of Tbilisi in the election scheduled in a month, on 2 October
Asia Tajikistan Population has grown by almost 73% over the past 30 years: 5 million 361 thousand people in 1991 against 9 million 506 residents counted this year
Asia Laos The installation of electricity transmission poles along the Laos-China Railway have been completed, as well as the external power grid; officials confirm inauguration in early December 2021
Asia Indonesia Aspiring female army cadets will be no longer subject to virginity tests, as declared by the chief of staff after years of activist battles
Asia Kuwait Coral reefs of Qaruh island have been bleached, largely due to the waters’ upper layers overheating and altering environment related to climate change - EPA affirms; the process may be reversible if water temperatures decrease steadily
Asia Taiwan A helicopter was used to deliver iPads to a remote mountain community in Taoyuan District, as children prepare to return to school in villages left cut off after roads and bridges were destroyed by recent flooding
Asia Kazakhstan 137 Kazakh schools will continue to work in three shifts: separated groups of pupils will attend lessons in the morning, in the afternoon and in the evening, while waiting for the Ministry of Education and Science to open 200 schools across the country
Asia Malaysia Twitter has released a special emoji for the celebration of the 64th Merdeka, the national holiday that falls today
Asia Thailand Survival bags have been donated on Thai Mother's Day to vulnerable people affected by Covid-19 in Klong Toey district by initiative of HSBC Thailand in collaboration with Food For Fighters and Miss Universe Thailand