Asia Vietnam VN is so far the only country in the world to have its outlook improved this year by three credit rating agencies, Moody’s, S&P and Fitch
Asia Sri Lanka National Building Research Organization has launched an investigation on air pollution as a result of the fumes from the fire aboard the ship X-Press Pearl in the seas off the Colombo Harbour
Asia Lebanon The Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences at the American University of Beirut hosted its first "Three-Minute Thesis Competition" with a preliminary round that was held to choose seven semifinalists
Asia Indonesia The country will showcase its tourism and creative economy potential at the Arabian Travel Market (ATM) Dubai 2021 starting today
Asia China The People's Bank of China declared it has no intention of changing yuan's existing 'managed floating exchange rate' system
Asia Bangladesh General Mohammad Nazmul Haque has been appointed as the Chief of Staff at the Office of Military Affairs, Department of Peace Operations (DbaPO) at the UN Headquarters
Asia Azerbaijan Golden Palm Awards, Turkish ceremony for achievements in art, culture, medicine and business will be held for the first time in the country next month
Asia Oman The country sets a renewables-backed green fuels project, that will use solar and wind capacity to produce millions of tonnes of green hydrogen and green ammonia a year
Asia Nepal A Covid-19 outbreak on Mount Everest struck at least 100 climbers and support staff, according to an Austrian mountaineering guide present on site
Asia Kyrgyzstan The Ministry of Culture has announced an open art competition for the creation of the monument to the national epic hero Manas in the city of Nur-Sultan
Asia Yemen An agricultural tillage program has been launched in a-Kharsha area in Bajil district, Hodeida province
Asia Iran In Babol a police officer has returned a lost mobile phone to its owner with the help of traffic monitoring cameras: he noticed the phone dropping while a man was getting out of a taxi