Vietnam holds election amid new Covid outbreak
HANOI, May 23, 2021, Reuters. Mask-wearing Vietnamese went to the polls on Sunday, with tens…
Extreme weather kills 21 ultra-marathon runners in China
HONG KONG, May 23, 2021, CNN. Twenty one ultra-marathon runners have died after extreme weather…
Myanmar junta suspends more than 125,000 teachers for opposing coup
YANGON, May 23, 2021, Reuters. More than 125,000 schoolteachers in Myanmar have been suspended by…
Vietnam likely to impose 7-day quarantine for incoming people
HANOI, May 22, 2021, Hanoi Times. Vietnam will consider shortening the quarantine period for incoming…
[Analytics] Scott Morrison’s in a race to get re-elected
Scott Morrison is racing against the future. He’s trying to thread the needle of re-election…
China’s first Mars rover starts exploring red planet
BEIJING, May 22, 2021, Xinhua. China’s first Mars rover, Zhurong, drove down from its landing…
Wearing double face mask mandatory at polling stations in Peru
LIMA, May 22, 2021, ANDINA. The National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE) on Friday reminded…
World leaders should work together to close vaccine gap: Indonesia’s president
JAKARTA, May 22, 2021, ANTARA. Indonesian President Joko Widodo urged world leaders to take concrete…
Number of flood evacuees rises in Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, May 22, 2021, Bernama. The situation in flood-hit areas in Sarawak and Sabah…
Philippine, Japan head agree to tackle security in disputed sea
MANILA, May 21, 2021, The Manila Times. President Rodrigo Duterte and Japan Prime Minister Yoshihide…
Russia ‘shoulders the fallout of double standards,’ fights against their use: Kremlin
MOSCOW, May 21, 2021, TASS. The use of double standards is a very cynical and…
Risk of Taiwan Strait conflict ‘at all-time high’: Think tank
BEIJING, May 21, 2021, SCMP. Tensions across the Taiwan Strait have risen to the point…