Asia

For the first time since 2017 South Korea did not experience a typhoon landfall this summer, while powerful storms hit the country in the past two years; experts explain it was due to a North Pacific high pressure system that caused extreme heat in August

The total amount of German investments in Kyrgyzstan in the years of cooperation since 1992 has reached EUR 820 million, said President of the Council of Germans Valery Dil at the conference on the development of Kyrgyz-German bilateral relations

The Early Childhood Development Agency will work with five key operators to open almost 40.000 new nursery and kindergarten places in Singapore from 2025 to 2029

22 unmanned aerial vehicle accidents have been recorded in one year by the Taiwanese Army, highlighting a shortage of qualified personnel behind most accidents

Universiti Malaysia Sabah has launched the Center for Blue Economy and Maritime Security Research; on Borneo Island, bordering South China Sea, it focuses on sustainable use of ocean resources to support economic growth, jobs, and ecosystem health

Media attention raised on Sùng Y Múa, a native Mong, healthcare worker, since 2005 dedicated to enhancing community welfare and health, reducing early marriages and drug abuse; her homestay revived cultural tourism and sets an example for the region

Forty-two “mini-hotels” have been installed across 7 underwater locations in Singapore to study lesser-known reef creatures; the ARMS, Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures, mimic natural reef habitats, attracting marine life for research purposes

The canonical coronation of the Our Lady of Fatima de Binakayan in Cavite has been approved by the Vatican; this revered Marian image is the third in the Diocese of Imus, after Our Lady of the Pillar and the Nuestra Señora dela Soledad de Porta Vaga

Journalist and environmental activist Zulfiya Golubeva launched the #OzmuniSabz2024 environmental campaign, offering citizens the opportunity to help clean up the capital and win valuable prizes with the support of the European Delegation in Tajikistan

An Iranian student was arrested after she stripped off her clothes remaining in underwear in the courtyard of Department of Science and Research at Tehran's Azad University in protest against the headscarf requirement; she has not been heard from since

A camera system will be installed to automatically monitor traffic violations, including missing or misused seatbelts and phone violations

Lahore's primary schools will be closed for a week due to pollution, which has reached record levels in the city; on Saturday 2, the air pollution index was eighty times higher than the level considered acceptable by the WHO

The Health Ministry of the Gaza Strip accused the Israeli army of being responsible for a drone attack during which a clinic where polio vaccines were being administered was hit