The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) says 40 percent of primary school-aged children in Sri Lanka are too thin. The WFP and the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) are ... ( read original story ...)
Hate speech in focus again: Facebook apologises for role in 2018 Sri Lanka unrest
Muslim anger was whipped up on social media, forcing the Sri Lankan government to impose emergency and block Facebook. ( read original story ...)
Chinese province near North Korea confirms new COVID-19 cluster
Chinese authorities in the northeastern province of Jilin warned Wednesday of a resurgence of COVID-19 cases as they ordered a lockdown of Jilin City. ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus in North Korea: China Locks Down City Near Border
China has banned all non-essential transportation in the city of Shulan in the province of Jilin, located about 350 miles (560km) from the coast of North Korea. ( read original story ...)
Report: North Korea replaced military intelligence chief, Supreme Guard commander
Kim Jong Un may have swapped out his military intelligence chief and Supreme Guard commander in 2019, and his sister Kim Yo Jong may be a year younger than previously estimated, according to Seoul's ... ( read original story ...)
China Seals Off Cities Near North Korea as New Clusters Grow
China is sealing off cities in a northeastern province that borders North Korea as a growing cluster of cases threatens to undermine its hard-won containment of the coronavirus epidemic. Jilin city, ... ( read original story ...)
Nepal can let India use link road: K.P. Sharma Oli
Nepal’s Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli on Wednesday proposed a solution to the ongoing border tension saying that Nepal can allow India to use the link road to the Lipulekh Pass as part of an ... ( read original story ...)
Why Nepal cares about its land so much
For Nepal, the land is much more than just a mass of earth and rocks. Land represents our emotion, attachment, sovereignty and identity.Officially Nepal has always stood for resolving the encroachment ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus cases in Nepal jump to 243
Cornavirus cases in Nepal on Wednesday jumped to 243 after 109 new cases, many of them from the Indo-Nepal border area, were reported in the country in the last 36 hours, health officials said. ( read original story ...)
Yemen reports first coronavirus case in Marib province
Yemen's Saudi-backed government reported the first coronavirus case in Marib province and four other infections elsewhere, taking the tally of cases in areas under its control to 70, including 12 ... ( read original story ...)