BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Jun 20, 2021, Borneo Bulletin/ANN. Brunei will not send pilgrims for this year’s Haj season, the Ministry of Religious Affairs (MoRA) has announced, marking the second season that…

VIENTIANE, Jun 20, 2021, Global Times. Laos has extended its lockdown COVID-19 prevention measures across the country for a further 15 days as the community spread of COVID-19 in the capital continues…

CHICAGO, Jun 20, 2021, Anadolu Agency. Saturday in Milwaukee, Wisconsin seemed to have appropriate weather for the nation's longest-running annual Juneteenth parade: clouds and rain at the start…

When I ring home to West Papua, my village people often ask me about the rumours that they have heard, of an upcoming Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) meeting. They would ask, "When is the MSG meeting?

SEOUL, Jun 21, 2021, AFP. The US special representative for North Korea on Monday offered to meet with Pyongyang "anywhere, anytime, without preconditions", with no public contact so far between the…

BEIJING, Jun 21, 2021, CNBC. Fresh off a surge in wine exports and a visit from President Xi Jinping last year, China wants to turn its primary wine-producing region of Ningxia into one that rivals…

WASHINGTON D.C., Jun 21, 2021, CNN. The United States has extended Covid-19 restrictions on non-essential travel at land and ferry crossings with Canada and Mexico until July 21, according to a tweet…

JAKARTA, Jun 21, 2021, ANTARA. The Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries has said that lobster seeds or puerulus are officially prohibited for export, and those caught in the wild is only allowed…

MANILA, Jun 21, 2021, PhilStar. The Philippines’ dollar surplus is still poised to shrink this year, but the new forecast is now bigger than the previous one on the back of “better-than-expected”…

TOKYO, Jun 22, 2021, DW. Japan's famously hard-working salarymen — and, increasingly, salarywomen — are to be encouraged to reduce the amount of time they spend in the office environment as part of…

NEW YORK, Jun 22, 2021, Xinhua. U.S. ban on Chinese makers of surveillance cameras and other hardware is diverting focus from the future and diminishing America's ability to remain a global technology…

SINGAPORE, Jun 22, 2021, CNBC. U.S.-headquartered semiconductor manufacturer GlobalFoundries announced Tuesday that it will build a new fabrication plant in Singapore to meet the unprecedented global…

Though film industries are market-based and profit-driven, they cannot escape the constraints of the political structures, ideology, or cultural value systems in which they are situated.

NEW DELHI, Jun 22, 2021, Hindustan Times. The UK on Tuesday posted a liaison officer at a key Indian Navy centre that tracks shipping and monitors threats such as maritime terrorism and piracy in…

WELLINGTON, Jun 23, 2021, RNZ. New Zealand has signed an agreement of more than US$12 million with the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA), Radio New Zealand reported.

SINGAPORE, Jun 23, 2021, ST. Singapore and Vietnam are looking at gradually relaxing travel curbs for business and trips to selected tourist sites in the next few months…

NEW DELHI, Jun 23, 2021, India Today. In a bid to support India's mass vaccination programme, IndiGo airline has launched a special discount on IndiGo flights for vaccinated customers from Wednesday.

PHNOM PENH, Jun 23, 2021, Real Estate. The feasibility study of the Monorail Way and Subway project for Phnom Penh has been completed, according to Sun Chanthol, the Minister of Public Works and…

PHUKET, Jun 23, 2021, Bangkok Post. The provincial governor has elaborated on rules for people arriving from overseas when Phuket reopens to foreign tourists from Europe and America on July 1…

Searing, unrelenting heat scorches large swathes of the Earth, killing millions who have no means to escape. Shade is useless, and shallow bodies of water are warmer than the blood coursing through…