Asia Turkmenistan The average August temperature is expected to be 1,5 degrees above normal: this summer, a severe drought led to a shortage of irrigation water in agricultural fields and cutoffs of drinking water in Ashgabat
Asia Palestine A Palestinian family in northern Jerusalem demolished their home, fearing it would be occupied by an Israeli settler after a court ruled in favour of a Jewish association over its property
Asia Uzbekistan Over 83.200 "best looking” car license plates were sold through online auctions for a total of about US$15,8 million in the first half of the year
Asia Kuwait Facebook came in first (31%) among the most used social media platforms in the country during the second quarter of 2021 - evidence is brought by data released by the Communications and Information Technology Commission
Asia Bangladesh Parallel to the Covid pandemic that is bringing the country to its knees, hundreds of people with dengue fever have been admitted to hospitals in the country, reaching 3.000 in August alone
Asia Lebanon The UN with a number of NGO partners have completed the 2021-2022 Emergency Response Plan, providing life-saving humanitarian support to 1,1 million of the most vulnerable Lebanese and migrants affected by the ongoing crisis
Asia Taiwan The Ministry of Education has announced that it has completed a plan to allow thousands of students to enter the country without a residence permit
Asia North Korea UNICEF could provide the country with equipment to store vaccines, as the UN Security Council extended a sanctions exemption for another 12 months allowing humanitarian assistance items to be sent by the organization
Asia Philippines The country’s economy registered the fastest annual growth since 1988: in the second quarter of 2021, GDP rose by 11.8 % year on year
Asia Jordan An iniziative that uses the latest artificial intelligence technology to screen refugees for cancer, implemented by the International Jordan Health Aid Society, has been launched in the Zaatari camp with Polish funding
Asia Thailand A new information hub exclusively dedicated to collecting news of children affected by Covid-19 across the country - increasing - has been opened to provide timely assistance
Asia Malaysia Popular Youtube channel Didi & Friends is releasing a new song "What Would You Do" in collaboration with WWF Malaysia to coincide with International Orang Utan Day which falls today to commemorate the importance of wildlife
Asia Singapore The world's smallest baby who was born four months prematurely weighing just 7.5 ounces - 212 grams, about the size of an apple - is finally leaving hospital after more than a year