As the chief veterinary surgeon at the Department of Wildlife Conservation (DWC), Tharaka Prasad is probably the only Sri Lankan to receive messages from an elephant (Elephas maximus maximus). Known ... ( read original story ...)
South Korea Says Defector Likely Swam Back to North Korea
A defector was suspected of evading South Korean border guards by going through a drainage ditch and swimming back to North Korea, in a crossing that escalated tensions on the peninsula and led ... ( read original story ...)
Myanmar: End Unlawful Internet Restrictions
Myanmar’s government should immediately lift internet restrictions in Rakhine and Chin States that have put civilians at added risk, Human Rights Watch said today. Government restrictions on the ... ( read original story ...)
Iran moves mock aircraft carrier to sea amid US tensions
Iran has moved a mock aircraft carrier to the strategic Strait of Hormuz amid heightened tensions between Tehran and the U.S., satellite photographs released Monday show, likely signalling the Islamic ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Vietnam alarm after first cases in months
Officials say they do not yet know where he contracted the virus and that he had not recently left the city. Contact tracing identified more than 100 people who had interacted wit ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: The Scottish pilot famous in Vietnam for Covid-19
A Scottish pilot, who has returned to the UK after over two months on a ventilator in Vietnam, has warned Britons "not to be blasé about coronavirus" as lockdown eases. Stephen Cameron, 42, from ... ( read original story ...)
Alarm over Vietnam’s first virus cases in months
Vietnam has ramped up its coronavirus control measures after recording four new locally transmitted cases.The country has been lauded as a success story of the pandemic having acted early to close ... ( read original story ...)
Ahead of SONA, Sotto hopes for positive future, Philippines testing negative for COVID-19
Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Monday expressed hopes for a better future in the Philippines hours before President Rodrigo Duterte is scheduled to deliver his 5th State of the Nation Address ... ( read original story ...)
Pandemic hit to Japan’s first-quarter business spending worse than first thought
Japan's companies spent less than initially estimated in the first quarter of the year, revised data showed on Monday, suggesting the coronavirus pandemic's hit to the economy was deeper than first ... ( read original story ...)
Bangladesh’s Kazi Islam handed 2-year-suspension for doping violation
Dhaka, July 27 (IANS) Kazi Anik Islam, Bangladesh's first-class cricketer who featured in the 2018 U-19 World Cup, has been handed a two-year-suspension for failing a dope test during the National ... ( read original story ...)