Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Cambodian People’s Party claimed a sweeping victory in nationwide elections for local councils on Sunday, a contest that rights watchdogs said was heavily slanted toward the ruling party and marred by intimidation and obst…
Continue ReadingBANDAR SERI BEGAWAN– Brunei reported 379 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, bringing the national tally to 150,058.As of Jun 3, 70.9 percent of Brunei’s population had received three doses of the COVID-19 vaccines.Currently, 2,008 active cases are being tre…
Continue ReadingDHAKA– At least 14 people were killed and 187 others injured, after a private container depot caught fire last night, in Bangladesh’s Chattogram district, some 242 km south-east of the capital, Dhaka, the district’s administration chief told the media …
Continue ReadingSINGAPORE– Singapore reported 2,879 new cases of COVID-19 yesterday, bringing the total tally to 1,316,728.Of the new cases, 265 cases were detected through polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests, and 2,614 through antigen rapid test (ART) tests, accord…
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD– Four of a family were killed, when a fire erupted in a forest, in Pakistan’s north-west Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, local reports and officials said.The fatalities occurred after a fire that started some days ago in the hills, overtook seve…
Continue ReadingNEW DELHI– India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 43,176,817 today, as 4,270 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry’s latest data.Besides, 15 deaths from the pandemic registered across the coun…
Continue ReadingCANBERRA– Australian Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, confirmed he will travel to Indonesia today, in a bid to boost relationship between the two nations.Albanese, whose Labour Party won power in the general election on May 21, will today travel to In…
Continue ReadingJapanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is considering attending a summit of leaders from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in late June to spur coordination with the West over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, sources familiar with the matter sa…
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