Applications for cross-border travel between Singapore and Malaysia for long-term pass holders and essential business and official travellers will start on Aug 10 - but with strict precautionary ... ( read original story ...)
Vietnam to develop night-time economy
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a project to develop the night-time economy in Viet Nam to allow some activities to run overnight until 6am of the next day in some major tourism cities ... ( read original story ...)
Another brutal month for Macau revenue as investors look ahead
Macau gross gaming fell by 94.5% Y/Y in July to $1.34B patacas, according to a release by the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau earlier today.The tally just slightly edged the consensus ... ( read original story ...)
Brunei postpones implementation of entry-exit charges to Oct 1
Brunei Darussalam has decided to postpone the implementation of entry and exit charges at land border checkpoints to Oct 1 following a request from the Sarawak government. ( read original story ...)
Kemp renews ban on mask mandates, extends Georgia coronavirus restrictions
Gov. Brian Kemp is set to sign an order Friday that extends Georgia’s coronavirus restrictions an additional two weeks and renew rules that explicitly ban cities and counties from adopting mandates ... ( read original story ...)
Oxford University honours well-known Laos medical researcher
VIENTIANE, Aug 2 (The Vientiane Times/ANN): Well-known Laos researcher and lecturer in the field of medicine, Associate Prof Dr Mayfong Mayxay has been awarded a visiting professorship by the ... ( read original story ...)
Virtual Tisha Be’av service hit by antisemitic hate, calls to bomb Israel
A joint service of several Dallas-area synagogues was disrupted on Thursday by threatening antisemitic messages targeting Jews and Israel, according to an Algemeiner report. When several local ... ( read original story ...)
UAE launches operations in first nuclear power plant in the Arab world
The United Arab Emirates announced Saturday that it has launched operations in the first of four reactors at the Barakah nuclear power station, which has been described as the first nuclear power ... ( read original story ...)
Big catch: Cambodia arrests 2 men for smuggling 200kg of illicit drug
Cambodian authorities have arrested two men for allegedly smuggling 200 kg of drug from a neighbouring country, said an anti-drug police department's report released on Sunday. ( read original story ...)
Sri Lanka’s parliamentary elections: Five things to know
BANGKOK -- Sri Lanka's general elections on Aug. 5 are set to end the uncertainty that has gripped the nation since early March, when President Gotabaya Rajapaksa dissolved the 225-member ... ( read original story ...)