Lao economy expected to grow 4.2 per cent in 2022
VIENTIANE, Dec 16, 2021, Xinhua. The Lao economy is projected to grow by 4.2 percent…
Sakhalin to become carbon neutral by 2025
MOSCOW, Dec 15, 2021, Pan Pacific Agency. Russia’s Sakhalin region intends to achieve carbon neutrality…
Returning traveler tests positive for Omicron after completing two-week quarantine in China
HONG KONG, Dec 15, 2021, CNN. China has detected its second case of the Omicron…
Russian Security Council secretary arrives to Cambodia on official visit
HANOI, Dec 15, 2021, TASS. Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev arrived to Cambodia on…
Blinken says US weighing new sanctions on Myanmar
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 15, 2021, AP. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the Biden…
Fire breaks out at Hong Kong’s World Trade center, injuring one
HONG KONG, Dec 15, 2021, CNBC. One person was injured after a fire broke out…
Tsunami warning issued as 7.5 magnitude earthquake rocks Flores
JAKARTA, Dec 14, 2021, Jakarta Globe. A magnitude 7.5 earthquake was reported 95 kilometers north…
China’s Xi is set to meet Russia’s Putin virtually on Wednesday
BEIJING, Dec 13, 2021, CNBC. Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to meet virtually with…
South Korea to use facial recognition to track Covid-19 patients
SEOUL, Dec 13, 2021, Reuters. South Korea will soon roll out a pilot project to…
Final results of New Caledonia referendum shows most voters stayed away
NOUMEA, Dec 13, 2021, Reuters. Final results of an independence referendum in the French territory…
China’s response to Aukus deal was ‘irrational’, Peter Dutton says
BEIJING, Dec 12, 2021, The Guardian. China has responded “irrationally” to the Aukus pact between…
Blinken heads to Southeast Asia to deepen cooperation on China pushback
WASHINGTON D.C., Dec 12, 2021, Reuters. The Biden administration will seek to bolster economic and…