Kazakhstan will extend a state of emergency declared over the coronavirus outbreak until the end of April, but will allow some businesses to reopen after a two-week shutdown, President Kassym-Jomart ... ( read original story ...)
Kazakhstan’s Tengizchevroil halts Tengiz expansion due to coronavirus
Tengizchevroil, Kazakhstan’s biggest oil producer, has notified contractors that it is suspending work on its expansion project, Rashid Zhaksylykov, chairman of Kazakhstan’s Association of Oil ... ( read original story ...)
Rocket launch in Kazakhstan carries NASA astronaut, cosmonauts to ISS amid pandemic
NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, along with two cosmonauts, were propelled into space from Kazakhstan aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket despite global lockdowns and extreme precautions to combat the spread ... ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 1-Kazakhstan’s $45 bln Tengiz expansion halted due to coronavirus
Kazakhstan’s biggest oil producer Tengizchevroil (TCO) is suspending work on its $45 billion expansion project in the west of the country due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, the company said on ... ( read original story ...)
‘It’s a very worrying time’: Sri Lanka’s recovery interrupted by coronavirus
As the anniversary of the bombs that shook the country looms, survivors working to build harmony face multiple challenges ... ( read original story ...)
Sri Lanka makes cremations compulsory for virus deaths, angering Muslims
Sri Lanka made cremations compulsory for coronavirus victims on Sunday, ignoring protests from the country's minority Muslims who say it goes against Islamic tradition. Of the seven deaths from the ... ( read original story ...)
Sri Lanka Catholic church ‘forgives’ 2019 Easter suicide bombers
LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI A policeman stands guard outside St. Anthony's church, which was hit by the 2019 Easter suicide bombers . Sri Lanka's Roman Catholic Church said Sunday i ... ( read original story ...)
Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday bombings: one year on from the terror that took my family
Ben Nicholson was ordering pancakes from the breakfast buffet when the bomb killed his family. “A year ago today I had a wife and two children,” he says. “Anita and I had a life planned out together ... ( read original story ...)
Where is The Good Karma Hospital filmed? The shooting locations in Sri Lanka for the ITV series
The Good Karma Hospital has returned to ITV for a third season to pick up where it left off with Dr Lydia Fonseca and her team facing a tirade of new cases. However, season three is set to be "darker" ... ( read original story ...)
North Korea fires missiles ahead of founder’s birthday
SEOUL, April 14 (UPI) --North Korea launched a series of projectiles from its east coast and fired air-to-ground missiles from fighter jets into the sea on Tuesday, South Korea's military announced. ( read original story ...)