Chinese tourists set to lift Thai tourism hopes for turnaround
BANGKOK, Oct 13, 2020, The Jakarta Post. Despite postponements of tourist arrivals, Thailand hopes visitors…
Vietnam–Russia oil and gas joint venture Vietsovpetro surpasses oil and gas production targets
HANOI, Oct 13, 2020, VNA. The Vietnam – Russia oil and gas joint venture Vietsovpetro…
Vietnamese leader hold phone talks with Japanese counterpart
HANOI, Oct 13, 2020, VNS. Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc on Monday congratulated his Japanese…
Southeast Asia flood deaths near 40 as new storm approaches
HANOI/PHNOM PENH, Oct 13, 2020, Reuters. Nearly 40 people have died in Vietnam and Cambodia…
India out to link Kashmir struggle with terrorism: Pakistani FM
ISLAMABAD, Oct 13, 2020, The Nation. Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi yesterday said that India…
Peru opens Machu Picchu for a single Japanese tourist after almost 7-month wait
LIMA, Oct 13, 2020, Reuters. Peru opened the ruins of Machu Picchu for a single…
One-third of Chinese city of 9 million swabbed for virus in two days
BEIJING, Oct 13, 2020, AFP. More than three million swabs have been taken in a…
Philippine govt has approved ‘one-seat-apart’ rule in public transport
MANILA, Oct 13, 2020, The Manila Times. President Rodrigo Duterte’s Cabinet has approved a one-seat-apart…
Johnson & Johnson pauses Covid vaccine trial as participant becomes ill
WASHINGTON D.C., Oct 13, 2020, AFP. Johnson & Johnson said Monday it had temporarily halted…
Four Indonesians arrested after jumping off boat and swimming towards Singapore
SINGAPORE, Oct 13, 2020, ST. Four Indonesian men who jumped off a boat and swam…
[Analytics] Thailand braces for fresh round of pro-democracy protests
Protest organizers have vowed to keep up the pressure on the administration of Prayut Chan-o-cha,…
Three killed in Nizhny Novgorod region’s bus shooting, suspected gunman found dead
MOSCOW, Oct 13, 2020, TASS. Police and the National Guard officers found the body of…