ASEAN has world’s biggest percentage of women prisoners
Research reveals that Southeast Asia has the highest percentage of female inmates.
Category: International
Emergency aid lands in Lebanon as world offers support after blast
Countries send emergency medical aid, field hospitals and tracking dogs to Lebanon.
Facebook, Twitter take aim at Trump ‘misinformation’
Facebook and Twitter took aim at US President Donald Trump and his campaign Wednesday over a video post in which he contended that children are “almost immune” to the coronavirus, a claim they said amounted to “misinformation.”
China bans its fleet from fishing off Galapagos reserve
China has banned its vessels from fishing off the Galapagos Marine Reserve from September to November, a foreign ministry official said Thursday, after Ecuador expressed concern over a massive fleet in the area.
Monster blast rocks Beirut Over 100 dead, thousands hurt
The blast appears to have been caused by a fire igniting 2,750 t of ammonium nitrate.
Countries tighten measures as global virus death toll nears 700,000
Far from slowing down, the latest figures show that the rate of infection is accelerating.
UN states ratify child labour convention
Every member state has ratified a United Nations convention banning the worst forms of child labour, the UN announced Tuesday, in a historic first – though eliminating such practices remains distant.
Rajapaksa brothers seek to consolidate power in Sri Lanka vote
Sri Lankan voters cast their ballots Wednesday for a new parliament as the ruling Rajapaksa brothers seek a fresh mandate to cement their grip on power.
WHO warns there may never be a COVID-19 ‘silver bullet’
The coronavirus has killed nearly 690,000 people and infected at least 18.1 million.
Russia aims to produce ‘millions’ of vaccine doses by 2021
A vaccine trialled in Moscow, is about to pass state registration, officials said.
Hurricane Isaias roars ashore on US East Coast
Hurricane Isaias slammed into North Carolina Monday, bringing life-threatening storm surges, as the entire US eastern seaboard battened down, fearing flash floods and destructive winds.
Global virus cases top 18 million as Australian city imposes curfew
The number of coronavirus cases recorded worldwide topped 18 million on Monday.
Millions return to lockdown in Philippines as cases soar
More than 27 million people in the Philippines will go back into lockdown Tuesday.
Storm Sinlaku pounds north, northeast Thailand
Chiang Mai and Loei provinces took a pounding from storm Sinlaku as it moved into Thailand, with heavy rain and flash-flood warnings still in force until at least Tuesday.
Body of witness in ‘Boss’ case to be seized
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has told authorities to seize the body of a witness in the “Boss” hit-and-run case who died in an accident last week and to perform a new autopsy.
SpaceX brings NASA astronauts safely home in milestone mission
America’s first crewed spaceship to fly to the International Space Station in nearly a decade returned safely to Earth on Sunday, splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico.
India’s COVID-19 cases cross 1.7 million mark
As on 8 am Sunday, 37,364 deaths related to novel coronavirus are recorded.
Teen charged as ‘mastermind’ in Twitter hack
Criminal charges are filed against the suspected mastermind of an epic Twitter hack.
Thousands of Israelis rally against Netanyahu
Thousands protested against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu across Israel on Saturday night, demanding he resign over alleged corruption and a resurgence of coronavirus cases.
Virus curfew imposed on Australia’s second-biggest city
Australia on Sunday introduced sweeping new measures to control a growing coronavirus outbreak in its second-biggest city, including an overnight curfew and a ban on weddings for the first time during the pandemic.
WHO warns of drawn-out pandemic as South Africa cases top 500,000
The UN health agency warned that the coronavirus pandemic would be lengthy and could lead to “response fatigue”, as the case count in South Africa topped half a million.
Duterte responds to urgent call for fresh ECQ in Metro Manila
Duterte orders IATF-EID to act immediately on an appeal for a “timeout” and to put Metro Manila anew under enhanced community quarantine.
Thailand reports six new cases among returnees from Mideast
Thailand reports six new cases of coronavirus disease, all of whom are quarantined.
Mystery solved: Scientists trace source of Stonehenge boulders
It could be a sign its builders were from a highly organised society.
Coronavirus deaths reach 150,000 in worst-hit US
The United States marked a grim milestone on Wednesday when its coronavirus deaths topped 150,000 – far exceeding the toll in any other pandemic-hit nation.
UN chief encourages Southeast Asia to recover better from COVID-19
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday encouraged Southeast Asia to recover better from COVID-19 by addressing inequality and greening the economy.
Japan to lift virus ban on re-entry of foreign residents
Japan will from next week lift a ban on the re-entry of some foreign residents, imposed to limit the spread of coronavirus, the foreign ministry has announced.
Thailand tiger sightings hailed as conservation win
Rare footage of previously unidentified tigers is a recovery for the endangered animal.
US virus toll surges as scaled-down hajj begins
Muslim pilgrims begin a pandemic-curtailed version of their sacred hajj.
Papua New Guinea outbreak spreads beyond capital
Papua New Guinea ramped up coronavirus testing and rushed to build field hospitals on Wednesday after an outbreak was found to have spread beyond its locked-down capital.
