Several more mountaineers are unaccounted for and seven crew members of a capsized ship are missing after wild weather across the region ... ( read original story ...)
Iran’s Rouhani Says US Wants Vaccine Payments To Go Via Its Banks
President Hassan Rouhani said Saturday that Washington was demanding Iranian transactions for novel coronavirus vaccines pass through US banks, and expressed fear the money could be seized. US ... ( read original story ...)
Philippines Extends Ban on U.K. Flights, Mulls Tighter Curbs
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte extended the ban on U.K. flights by two weeks and said he’s open to reinstating tighter movement curbs if coronavirus infections spike. ( read original story ...)
Shooting of mother and son shows how such malevolence has plagued Philippines police force since 1970s
To hold on to power in the 1970s, late dictator Marcos politicised the country's security apparatus - both the police and the military.. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
How Japan’s ‘mitsu’ was changed by Covid
The report attempts to frame Japan’s response to the pandemic (along with those of other Asian countries where deaths per million have been low) with a distinction between “tight” and “loose” cultures ... ( read original story ...)
Asia Today: Japan halts all foreign arrivals over UK variant
Japan is barring entry of all nonresident foreign nationals as a precaution against a new and potentially more contagious coronavirus variant that has spread across Britain. ( read original story ...)
Japan, Spain, France, Sweden and Canada find cases of the new coronavirus variant.
Kyodo News via Japan, Spain, France, Sweden and Canada have found small numbers of infections involving a new, potentially more transmissible variant of the coronavirus, most linked to travel from ... ( read original story ...)
Momota Wins Japan Title To Cap Comeback After Car Crash
Japan championships on Sunday to complete the first step of his comeback, nearly a year after suffering serious injuries in a car crash. Momota came from behind to beat world number 11 Kanta Tsuneyama ... ( read original story ...)
Bangladesh Set to Move Second Batch of Rohingya Refugees to Remote Island: Officials
Bangladesh is set to move a second batch of Rohingya refugees from neighbouring Myanmar to the remote island of Bhasan Char in the Bay of Bengal this month, officials said on Sunday, despite calls by ... ( read original story ...)
Covid-19: Bangladesh logs single-digit infection rate for 6th day
So far at least 7,398 people have died of Covid-19 in the country The ongoing trend of single-digit percentage test positivity rate continued for the sixth consecutive day in Bangladesh. In the past ... ( read original story ...)