UAE reported 2 deaths and 283 new cases of coronavirus on Friday. Get Breaking News Alerts From We’ll send you latest news updates through the day. You can manage them any time by clicking on the ... ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 1-Bangkok court admits Cambodia farmers’ lawsuit against Thai sugar firm
The lawsuit against Asia’s largest sugar producer Mitr Phol, for the evictions in 2008-09, is the first class-action lawsuit filed in a Thai court by plaintiffs from another country against a Thai ... ( read original story ...)
Planted area under wheat recovered in Kazakhstan
The planted area under grain and oilseed crops (including rice) in 2020 totaled 18.76 mln ha, up 3% compared to 2019 (18.26 mln ha), informed the Committee on Statistics at Ministry of National ... ( read original story ...)
Kazakhstan reduces import of Turkish cars
President Ilham Aliyev approves funding for construction of new schools in Gabala, Gobustan, Shaki Politics 12:22 Azerbaijani president allocates funds for construction of Garamaryam-Ismayilli ... ( read original story ...)
Kazakhstan’s Samruk Kazyna sees positive financial indicators as average oil price goes up
President Ilham Aliyev phones first President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev Politics 15:15 ... ( read original story ...)
North Korea returns to growth despite sanctions: Seoul
In Seoul, the Bank of Korea (BOK) said the North's gross domestic product rose by 0.4 percent in 2019, after shrinking by 4.1 percent the previous year. The 2018 figure represented the second consecut ... ( read original story ...)
Nepal PM Oli’s ‘irritating’ remarks against India ‘undiplomatic’: CPN leader
Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has committed three “mistakes” with his recent “undiplomatic” and “irritating” anti-India statements, a senior leader of the ruling communist party has said, amidst ... ( read original story ...)
Nepal Reopens Everest Despite Pandemic Uncertainty
A nationwide lockdown was lifted last week, and Nepal is now open "for tourism activities, including mountaineering and trekking." Mira Acharya of the tourism department told AFP. The government will ... ( read original story ...)
Aid agencies in Yemen are worried that cholera is being overlooked as COVID-19 overwhelms the countries already fragile healthcare system after 5 years of crisis
"Yemenis desperately need an end to the fighting which has destroyed health facilities and left communities more vulnerable to the virus." ... ( read original story ...)
Yemen: a Torrent of Suffering in a Time of Siege
When evil-doing comes like falling rain, nobody calls out “stop!” When crimes begin to pile up they become invisible. When sufferings become unendurable, the cries are no longer heard. The cries, too, ... ( read original story ...)