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Vietnam has 0 coronavirus deaths. Here’s why.
juli 06, 2020by WN.com - Asia News
Vietnam is one of only a handful of countries to have reported no fatalities from the coronavirus pandemic. Timothyna Duncan reports on how the country, which shares a...
UK shop ban has caused monkey labour to become ‘almost non-existent’ according to Thailand
juli 06, 2020by WN.com - Asia News
Monkey labour to harvest coconuts for commercial products "is almost non-existent" in Thailand, the commerce minister said on Monday, after British retailers...
Coronavirus funerals: Sri Lanka’s Muslims decry forced cremation
juli 05, 2020by WN.com - Asia News
Sri Lankan authorities insist on cremation for coronavirus victims. Some Muslims says its discrimination. ......
No 10 faces ridicule after tweeting incorrect lockdown rules
juli 05, 2020by WN.com - Asia News
No 10 has courted mockery after tweeting the wrong lockdown rules hours after an easing of restrictions in England. The official Downing Street Twitter account, which is...
‘Let’s do karaoke!’: Bangkok nightlife eases out of lockdown
juli 05, 2020by WN.com - Asia News
A mix of K-pop, sweet Thai love ballads and 90s music reverberates along the corridor of one of Bangkok’s popular karaoke spots. In private rooms, parties of friends...
Japan floods: nursing home residents feared dead
juli 05, 2020by WN.com - Asia News
Fourteen people were feared dead at a nursing home in western Japan as record rainfall triggered floods and landslides, forcing authorities to issue evacuation...
Indian state of Nagaland bans sale of dog meat
juli 05, 2020by WN.com - Asia News
Authorities in India’s north-eastern state of Nagaland have banned the sale of dog meat and halted the import and trading of dogs to be used for food, said officials....
At least two people die as record heavy rain lashes Japan
juli 05, 2020by WN.com - Asia News
At least two people were feared dead and 13 others missing in western Japan as record heavy rain triggered massive floods and landslides,...
Hongkongers on China’s crackdown: ‘I feel helpless and hopeless’
juli 05, 2020by WN.com - Asia News
In late May, a week after Chinese officials announced a plan to impose a sweeping national security law on Hong Kong, the Guardian issued a callout to people who...
‘It’s broken me into a million pieces’: six months on from Samoa’s deadly measles outbreak
juli 05, 2020by WN.com - Asia News
Early on the morning of 6 July 2018, two mothers living in neighbouring villages on remote Savai’i...