BEIJING, April 2 (Xinhua) -- The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. PHNOM PENH -- Cambodia on Friday recorded 69 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the ... ( read original story ...)
Cambodia logs 17th death from COVID-19
Cambodia confirmed another death from COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the total number of fatalities in the country to 17, the Ministry of Health (MoH) said in a statement. The 61-year-old Cambodian ... ( read original story ...)
Cambodia receives new batch of China’s Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines
"This is a new testament to the iron friendship and close cooperation between the two governments and peoples, and it will undoubtedly contribute to building a Cambodia-China community with shared ... ( read original story ...)
Cambodia: Vehicle impoundment for all curfew violators as Covid-19 cases keep rising
All vehicles caught travelling in Phnom Penh in violation of the newly imposed two-week, 8pm-5am curfew will be impounded, according to a directive issued by governor Khuong Sreng from Friday (April 1 ... ( read original story ...)
Dozens of child rapists to be chemically castrated in Kazakhstan
A total of 25 convicted child rapists are currently awaiting forced castration in Kazakhstan as perpetrators claim they “would not wish it on their worst enemy.” ... ( read original story ...)
Sri Lanka stand firm as 2nd Windies Test fizzles out
Sri Lanka's top-order batting held firm to ensure a draw and a drawn series against the West Indies on the last day of the second and final Test at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua on Friday ... ( read original story ...)
West Indies, Sri Lanka draw 2nd test to share series
NORTH SOUND, Antigua (AP) — A century opening partnership between Lahiru Thirimanne and captain Dimuth Karunaratne helped Sri Lanka bat throughout the final day on Friday to draw the second test ... ( read original story ...)
Newlywed couple ‘tried to board a cargo ship from New Jersey to Yemen so they could fight for ISIS’ 7 years after the wife’s sister traveled to Syria to become a Jihadi bride
A newlywed husband and wife allegedly intent on fighting for the Islamic State group were arrested Thursday at a port as they attempted to board a cargo ship that an undercover law enforcement officer ... ( read original story ...)
War in Yemen
Saudi Arabia launched new airstrikes in Yemen after declaring an end to a nearly month long bombing campaign against rebels backed by Iran. Pamela Falk, CBS News Foreign Affairs Analyst, helps us ... ( read original story ...)
Some of the last Jews of Yemen are leaving their homeland
The Biden administration has called the war in Yemen the biggest humanitarian crisis in the world. That crisis has taken many shapes — war, famine and displacement. Earlier this week, for one small ... ( read original story ...)