The IDS-led CREID programme found that hate speech spiked ahead of Myanmar’s recent national election, despite race and religion-based campaigning being prohibited under electoral regulations. ( read original story ...)
Russia’s Gamaleya applies for emergency COVID-19 vaccine use in the Philippines
Russia's Gamaleya Research Institute has applied to the Philippine health regulator for emergency use authorization of its COVID-19 vaccine, the regulator said late Friday. Gamaleya's emergency use ... ( read original story ...)
Japan machinery orders to fall in Nov as coronavirus crisis weighs: Reuters poll
Japan's core machinery orders likely dropped in November after the previous month's jump, a Reuters poll showed on Friday, and a renewed state of emergency in the Tokyo area could dampen firms' ... ( read original story ...)
Pakistan jails Mumbai attacks ‘plotter’ for ‘terrorism financing’
Rehman Lakhvi, a senior leader of armed group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), to five years in jail for “terrorism financing”. Lakhvi and the group are accused by India and the United States of being behind ... ( read original story ...)
Ghani: ‘With Pakistan we have a perennial problem’
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani discusses relations with Afghanistan's neighbors, the Taliban in Pakistan, and why Afghanistan wants a "maximum numbers of friends." ... ( read original story ...)
Indonesian cleric linked to 2002 Bali bombings walks free after 10 years in jail
Indonesian Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, the suspected mastermind of the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people, walked free from prison on Friday after serving 10 years for setting up a ... ( read original story ...)
Australia v India: third Test, day three – live!
The third Test is finely poised as the SCG turns pink for Jane McGrath Day. Join Geoff Lemon for all the action ... ( read original story ...)
Logging on to a new life: India’s migrant workers get job skills
India's economy depends on the work of 100 million internal migrants, whose livelihoods were considered most vulnerable to the coronavirus. Now, a growing number of online programs are offering ... ( read original story ...)
Can Joe Biden Really Salvage the Iran Deal?
According to a Sept. 29 report by Bloomberg, the White House is considering designating Iran’s entire financial system subject to sanctions under Executive Order 13902. Such a move would ... ( read original story ...)
Fintech collaboration seen to attract Qatari FDI to Philippines
Collaboration in financial technology (fintech) between Qatar and the Philippines is among the areas that would spur the influx of more Qatari foreign direct investments (FDI) into the Southeast Asian ... ( read original story ...)