Asia China Long queues to buy a copy of the Apple Daily, Hong Kong's main opposition newspaper, that has published today its last issue; demand was so high that 1 million copies were printed, instead of the usual 80,000
Asia Yemen Spending plan for 2021 will work according to the spending plan for the year 2020, in view of the exceptional circumstances due to the continued aggression and siege
Asia Maldives Julie Chung to be appointed by US President Biden as ambassador to the country and to Sri Lanka
Asia Oman Four commercial establishments have been raided in the country and convicted of violating the decisions of the Supreme Committee to deal with the pandemic
Asia Pakistan The Pakistan Medical Commission has promised that it will ensure quality education to all students, in response to allegations of private medical and dental colleges accusing it of inexperience
Asia Jordan The Public Security Directorate celebrates 100 years since its founding; on the occasion the King has visited PSD and has congratulated the personnel
Asia Palestine More than 680 global leaders in science, academia, civil society, faith and more urged US President Joe Biden to honour his commitments to protect Palestinian human rights
Asia Indonesia The international non-profit group Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) has devised that the country's policy on the development of palm-based biofuel, B30 biodiesel, could actually further threaten forests
Asia Vietnam 924 volunteers participated in the third phase of human trials for Nanocovax's homemade Covid-19 vaccine, the most promising of the four national vaccines
Asia Bhutan The government will propose lifting the ban on the sale of tobacco products in view of the continued smuggling of tobacco products through the porous border in the south, which has been identified as one of the main reasons for the spread of the Covid-19
Asia Cambodia 109,095 tourists, mostly national, have travelled to typical destinations across the country during the third weekend of June, recording an increase of 54% compared to the previous week
Asia Myanmar Local bishops are calling for humanitarian corridors for thousands of fleeing people and for international conflict rules to be respected, so that churches, temples, monasteries, pagodas, schools and hospitals can be spared and used as refuge
Asia India The National Highways Authority of India has stipulated that all highway construction projects will have to carry out monthly drone surveys during all phases