The Philippines has decided to ban travelers from 20 nations with the new Covid-19 strain, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello said Tuesday. ( read original story ...)
Philippines gives green light to Janssen vaccine trials
Belgium’s Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. becomes the first company to conduct clinical trials for its COVID-19 vaccine in the Philippines, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced yesterday. FDA ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Group to Lend Vietnam $1.8 Billion for Coal-Fired Power
The government-owned Japan Bank for International Cooperation said it would lend slightly more than a third of the total $1.767 billion in financing for the project in central Vietnam’s Vung Ang ... ( read original story ...)
Japan closes borders, limits travel to citizens after new COVID-19 strain from UK emerges
What you need to know about the latest travel restrictions to Japan after the country closed its borders due to a surge in COVID-19 cases. ( read original story ...)
Bangladesh accused of coercion in shipping Rohingya refugees to remote island
Bangladesh has shipped 1,800 more Rohingya refugees to a remote island amid claims that it is forcing them to go against their will in its rush to vacate overcrowded migrant camps.The refugees from ... ( read original story ...)
Bangladesh Relocates 2nd Group of Rohingya Refugees
Bangladesh has moved a second group of Rohingya refugees to a low-lying island in the Bay of Bengal, despite strong opposition by international human rights activists. Officials say more than 1,800 ... ( read original story ...)
‘Pray floods don’t kill us’: A day on Rohingya’s remote Bangladesh island
As a Bangladeshi naval ship anchored off a remote Bay of Bengal island, some of the Rohingya Muslim refugees aboard clapped in anticipation of starting a new life on a piece of land that did not even ... ( read original story ...)
Bangladesh navy ships take 1,804 Rohingya to isolated island
Seven Bangladesh navy ships carrying more than 1,800 Rohingya refugees have arrived at an isolated island where they will be relocated despite concerns among human rights groups about their safety ... ( read original story ...)
Pakistan a pawn in Chinese policy, serious Indo-Sino conflict not good for Beijing: IAF chief
Amid increasing nexus between Islamabad and Beijing, Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria on Tuesday said Pakistan has become a pawn in the Chin. ( read original story ...)
China may use its ‘pawn’ Pakistan to enter Afghanistan: IAF chief RKS Bhadauria
Indian Air Force chief RKS Bhadauria has said that Pakistan is a pawn of the Chinese policy and Beijing may use its borders to enter Afghanistan once US troops exit. ( read original story ...)