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Thai beach declared disaster area after oil spill
About 150 SPRC workers and 200 navy personnel had been deployed to clean up the beach and oil boom barriers had been set up, the navy said.
Hong Kong university covers up Tiananmen crackdown memorial slogan
The fencing-off of the 20-metre (65-foot) long slogan is the latest step in Hong Kong involving memorials, people or organisations affiliated with the...
International arrivals to Vietnam up 11.2 pc in Jan
Vietnam closed its border and grounded all international flights in March 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, only allowing entry for Vietnamese...
Lebanon's crisis forces more youth to drop out of school: Unicef
It added that the enrolment in Lebanese educational institutions dropped from 60 per cent in 2020-2021 to 43 per cent in the current academic year.
Afghan in starvation, people forced to sell children, body parts: UN...
Afghanistan is struggling with drought, a pandemic, an economic collapse, and the effects of years of conflict.
Chinese envoy to US warns of possible military conflict over Taiwan
Chinese ambassador to the US has warned that Washington's support for Taiwan's "aspirations for independence" might lead to a military conflict...
Covid hits one of the last uninfected places on the planet
When the coronavirus began spreading around the world, the remote Pacific archipelago of Kiribati closed its borders, ensuring the disease didn't...
India-ASEAN Digital Work Plan 2022 approved at 2nd ASEAN Digital...
The 2nd ASEAN Digital Ministers (ADGMIN) meeting with India was held on a virtual platform on January 28 where two sides finalized India-ASEAN Digital...