The Philippines will take delivery of its first COVID-19 vaccines at the weekend, allowing it to kick off its inoculation programme from next week, a senior official said on Thursday. Despite having ... ( read original story ...)
Japan set to halt new development aid to Myanmar: Asahi daily
Japan is finalising plans to halt new development aid to Myanmar, the Asahi Shimbun daily reported on Thursday, as Western allies impose sanctions and threaten further action over the Southeast nation ... ( read original story ...)
Pakistan home to most internationally proscribed terrorist entities, India tells UNHRC
India has told the United Nations Human Rights Council that Pakistan is 'home and patron to the largest number of internationally proscribed terrorist entities'. ( read original story ...)
Pakistan military personnel punished over escape of Taliban figure – spokesman
A number of Pakistani military personnel have been penalised for negligence over the escape of a high-profile former Pakistani Taliban figure from custody, an armed services spokesman said on ... ( read original story ...)
Indonesia says to secure Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine for private use
Indonesia will receive at least two million doses of a coronavirus vaccine produced by China's Sinopharm for use in a private vaccination scheme due to run alongside a national inoculation programme, ... ( read original story ...)
‘Netflix of Indonesia’ In Talks to Merge with Malacca SPAC
PT MNC Vision Networks Tbk is in talks to merge Vision+, its streaming television business known to consumers as the “Netflix of Indonesia,” with blank-check company Malacca Straits Acquisition Co., ... ( read original story ...)
Myanmar junta’s top diplomat in talks with Thailand, Indonesia
The Myanmar junta's foreign minister visited Thailand on Wednesday as regional powers tried to broker an end to three weeks of deadly unrest triggered by a military coup. ( read original story ...)
Indonesia’s Foreign Minister scraps plan to visit Myanmar
Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi has cancelled her planned visit to Myanmar which would have been the first known trip by a foreign envoy after the military seized power in a coup on Feb 1.. ( read original story ...)
Why have India’s Covid-19 cases plummeted?
Six months ago, India was in crisis. Critically ill Covid-19 patients were being turned away from hospitals. Doctors were collapsing from exhaustion. And the virus was spreading through crowded slums, ... ( read original story ...)
India’s groundwater crisis threatens food security for hundreds of millions, study says
Hundreds of millions of people in India face a serious threat to their livelihoods and food security due to overexploitation of vital water supplies, according to the authors of a new study. ( read original story ...)