Young Australian batsman Tim David has starred for Singapore and helped the Southeast Asian nation become one of the most improved cricket nations. ( read original story ...)
Lebanon looks to China as US, Arabs refuse to help in crisis
Lebanon’s cash-strapped government is facing its worst crisis, with little chance of Western nations or oil-rich Arab countries providing assistance without substantial reforms ... ( read original story ...)
‘Hunger Crimes’ on the Rise in Lebanon
Empty fridges show impact of Lebanon's economic crisis. AFP Zakaria al-Omar was walking through Beirut when a stranger robbed him at knifepoint, a desperate crime of a kind that has become ... ( read original story ...)
Diab Accuses Politicians of Blocking Aid to Lebanon
Prime Minister Hassan Diab criticized on Tuesday some Lebanese parties of working on blocking aid to Lebanon."You do know that contacts … with our friends around the world, are witnessing positive and ... ( read original story ...)
Kyrgyzstan reports 439 new COVID-19 cases
Kyrgyzstan reported 439 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, bringing the nationwide tally to 11,977. Among the new cases, 105 are medical workers, raising the tally of contracted medical ... ( read original story ...)
WFP launches cash for work projects as part of its COVID-19 response in Tajikistan
English News and Press Release on Tajikistan about Food and Nutrition, Recovery and Reconstruction, Epidemic and more; published on 14 Jul 2020 by WFP ... ( read original story ...)
COVID-19 crisis, low oil prices to affect trade relations between Finland, Kazakhstan
BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 15 By Nargiz Sadikhova – Trend: Global coronavirus crisis and low oil prices bring major challenges to global trade, and will naturally affect trade relations between Finland ... ( read original story ...)
‘Patient 206′: Man blamed for nearly half of all Sri Lanka’s coronavirus cases speaks out
Prasad Dinesh is known in Sri Lanka as “Patient 206,” linked by officials to nearly half of the island nation’s more than 2,600 coronavirus cases. ( read original story ...)
UN says migrants in Yemen stranded, abused amid coronavirus fears
At least 14,500 African migrants, mostly Ethiopians, blamed for the coronavirus, rounded up and forcibly moved. ( read original story ...)
Malaysia’s reaction to ‘uncomfortable journalism’ a worry: Greste
Alliance of Journalists' Freedom's Peter Greste says Australia should be concerned about any degradation to Malaysia's press freedom. ( read original story ...)