Asia Laos Plans designed to improve agricultural production, enhance food access, promote the agricultural sector and implement services to replace imports with domestic products are being implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Asia Cyprus Physiotherapy has become part of the National Health System and adult beneficiaries can have a series of 12 physiotherapy sessions per year
Asia Japan Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games open today; since the first modern Olympics in 1886, the Games have never been postponed before, while they have been cancelled in 1916, 1940 and 1944 because of World War I and II
Asia Turkmenistan Koytendag State Nature Reserve, with its 990 species of flora and almost 200 species of animals, celebrated its 35th anniversary
Asia Kyrgyzstan A Kyrgyz-Iranian business forum took place in Bishkek yesterday with the participation of 140 companies and economic representatives of both states, which are about to sign a permanent agreement on a free trade zone between Iran and the EAEU
Asia China Large areas of China's central Henan province have been submerged by what meteorologists have called the heaviest rain in 1.000 years
Asia Kuwait US$65.1bn will be allocated for 19 strategic projects within the annual development plan, including the Sabah Al-Salem Kuwait University City, the expansion of Kuwait Airport, the Al-Mutlaa residential city project and the railway network project
Asia Georgia The "Friendship Bridge" across the Debet River on the Georgian-Armenian border is planned to be completed by May 2022, as recently confirmed by authorities
Asia Iraq The Young People's Advisory Group has been launched by UNICEF Iraq in an effort to support the systematic and meaningful participation of young people in the life of the country
Asia Bhutan To enable Indian citizens to make instant and secure payments to businesses in the country, the Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan and the National Payments Corporation of India have launched a cross-border Quick Response code payment
Asia Israel Two coins dating back 2.000 years, the period of the Jewish revolts against the Romans, were found in the Binyamin region of the West Bank during an archaeological survey conducted by Bar-Ilan University
Asia Jordan In the closing ceremony of the MaDiH project - Mapping Digital Cultural Heritage in Jordan, Princess Dana homaged its work of cultural heritage preservation and digital diffusion, as well its sustainable development