It’s one thing to say that age is but a number. To live it, under the spotlight and scrutiny of the entertainment world, is another. Two celebrities are doing just that. Kathy Chau Hoi-mei and Christy ... ( read original story ...)
Clik CEO: eKYC Key To Building Cambodia’s Digital Payments Future
Founder and CEO Matthew Tippetts discusses how the company is working with merchants in Cambodia to make digital payments possible for consumers. ( read original story ...)
Syria Doctors Fear Virus Spreading Faster Than Clinics Can Test
Syria's capital is facing a "terrible" spike in COVID-19 infections, with hospitals packed, patients scouring Facebook for advice and medics fearing the virus is spreading faster than clinics can test ... ( read original story ...)
‘They killed us twice’: finding loved ones at last among Syria’s tortured dead
Khalidi, Khalil Ashawi and Joseph Nasr AMMAN/IDLIB/BERLIN (Reuters) - Some families say it is better to know and mourn. Others say finally learning what happened is worse than dying themselves. ... ( read original story ...)
Forget BTS and Blackpink, it’s time for Q-pop from Kazakhstan – the new cultural phenomenon to rival K-pop
The Q-pop music genre from Kazakhstan is the latest cultural phenomenon, with boy bands like Ninety One hoping to be as popular as K-pop sensations BTS and Blackpink. ( read original story ...)
For P.O.W., Landmark Verdict Against North Korea Is Long-Overdue Justice
A former South Korean soldier may never see a penny of the $17,600 awarded by a court last month. But the verdict set a precedent for thousands of others seeking to hold the North and Kim Jong-un ... ( read original story ...)
Nepal’s government offices to be closed for 15 days amid surge in COVID-19 cases
Amid the continuous surge in coronavirus cases in Nepal, the Chief District Officers of Kathmandu Valley (Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur) have decided to close operations of government offices for ... ( read original story ...)
Nepal registers highest single-day COVID-19 deaths
"Five persons aged between 42 years to 72 years died of the COVID-19 in the last 24 hours," Jageshwor Gautam, spokesperson at the Ministry of Health and Population, told a press briefing on Thursday. ( read original story ...)
FEATURE-Farmers fear hunger as floods worsen pandemic woes in western Nepal
Before the coronavirus pandemic hit, Nepali farmer Ganga Bahadur Sahi would go to India for six months a year to work as a labourer, earning money to feed his family of five. This year he came back ... ( read original story ...)
17 killed in Yemen storms
At least 17 people are dead after storms brought flash flooding and lightning to the Marib region of Yemen on Aug. 4. ( read original story ...)