Asia East Timor Cyclon Seroja floods disrupted a city-wide Covid-19 lockdown in Dili and experts warn the pandemic could rip through parts of the city
Asia United Arab Emirates A massive response of donations, contributions and pledges of support to the "100 Million Meals campaign" reaching almost 50% target in less than a week
Asia Turkey The Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkiye, the only tour in the circuits that is intercontinental, ends today after 1000km
Asia Sri Lanka Roshan Abeysundera, aircraftman of the Sri Lanka Air Force, has set a new world record swimming across Palk Strait from Talaimannar to Dhanushkodi and back in 28 hours
Asia Uzbekistan The country has become member of the North-South transport corridor, which stretches from the EU southwards to the Suez Canal and eastwards to the ports of India and Pakistan
Asia Vietnam Vietnamese 'AI musician' Nguyen Hoang Bao Dai has been recognized as a Google Developer Expert in Machine Learning
Asia Afghanistan The country sets the goal of inoculating millions of children against polio after pandemic lockdowns stalled the campaign to eradicate the disease
Asia Nepal The population of one-horned rhinos in the country increased to 752, according to the results of a new national census
Asia Kazakhstan Baikonur cosmodrome has been launching satellites into space as part of the One Web global satellite network
Asia Jordan Jabal Amman Publishers launched the first virtual book fair in an attempt to make up for the missed book fairs that schools normally attend
Asia Palestine The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) stated that the overall Consumer Price Index of March 2021 increased by 0.39% compared with February 2021