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
Asia India Yahoo has shut down its news websites in the country due to new foreign direct investment rules that restrict foreign ownership of media companies that operate and publish digital content
Asia Turkey Ayşe Başoğlu, a woman who learned to read and write at the age of 70, wrote a book in one year describing her life experiences: she wants people to read the book and learn the lessons she learned, with less effort than her hard years
Asia Brunei A BruHealth App glitch last week caused overbooking at all vaccination sites, forcing authorities to reschedule 4.000 vaccine appointments for October
Asia Philippines The commercial use of genetically modified rice, 'golden rice', has been approved and will be available by Q3 2022, after more than a decade of field trials that have drawn strong opposition from anti-GMO activists
Asia Pakistan Teachers have been asking for the reopening of schools with a series of public protests, in line with many private schools that decided to reopen, and in contrast with the government decision to further delay the use of classrooms in this academic year
Asia Vietnam More than 100 artists and art collectors participated in a painting auction to raise funds for hospitals treating Covid-19 patients
Asia Singapore The Istana open house will be held today to celebrate National Day; it has been postponed after the return of Phase 2 (Major Alert) and only visitors who have already issued tickets will be admitted
Asia Syria The Museum of Popular Traditions in al-Jadidah neighborhood, one of Aleppo's historic houses that was sabotaged and destroyed, is under restoration to fix the unique decorations of the house's courtyards
Asia Saudi Arabia The Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources announced the issuance of 48 new industrial licenses, with food and non-metallic mineral factories topping the list of new units granted
Asia Maldives Tourist arrivals exceeded 100.000 for the third month this year, an increase over last year when a total of 555.494 tourist arrivals were recorded for the entire year
Asia Iraq An initiative by UNICEF Iraq will provide 3.000 schools with Internet service; the fund stressed that the next step is to extend Internet connectivity to all schools
Asia South Korea A research team from the Daejeon Institute for Basic Sciences has developed a graphene film without lines, folds or layers, paving the way for technological advances in fields and industries such as semiconductors, displays and solar cell products