Commuters walk along a railway platform after stepping out from a suburban local train in Kolkata on Nov 1, 2021 as train services resumed normalcy after plying with restrictions imposed earlier to curb the spread of COVID-19. (DIBYANGSHU SARKAR / AFP) It was Durga Puja season, the period when people in India’s eastern West Bengal […]
Travelers have their documents processed at the Woodlands temporary bus interchange before boarding a bus that will transport them to Malaysia from Singapore, Nov 29, 2021. (TOH EE MING / AP) BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN / ISLAMABAD / MALE / MANILA / NEW DELHI / SEOUL / SINGAPORE / SYDNEY / WELLINGTON / ULAN BATOR – […]
Farmers and activists of local political parties take part in a rally to pay tribute to farmers who lost their lives in protests against the central government's agricultural reform laws in Mumbai on Nov 27, 2021. (SUJIT JAISWAL / AFP) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government moved to repeal controversial farm laws as parliament reconvened […]
People clear debris from the streets in Honiara's Chinatown on Nov 28, 2021 after calm returned to the Solomon Islands' capital Honiara after days of rioting left at least three dead and reduced sections of the city to smoldering ruins. (CHARLEY PIRINGI / AFP) MELBOURNE – Soldiers and police from Australia and Papua New Guinea […]
Passengers wear face masks as they arrive at the departures terminal at Sydney Domestic Airport in Sydney, Australia Nov 5, 2021. Flights between New South Wales and Victoria have resumed without any COVID-19 restrictions, as the border between the two states reopens. (BIANCA DE MARCHI / AAP IMAGE VIA AP) JERUSALEM / KUWAIT CITY / MELBOURNE […]
A nurse prepares a PCR test on a passenger at an on-site pre-departure testing clinic for COVID-19 outside the departures hall at Sydney Airport on Nov 23, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. (JAMES D. MORGAN / GETTY IMAGES / BLOOMBERG) MANILA / SEOUL / CAIRO / TOKYO / MUMBAI – Australia and New Zealand have introduced new COVID-19 border security measures […]
Travelers wait in line to verify their COVID-19 vaccination status as they check-in for a flight to Sydney, Australia on Qantas Airways Ltd inside the Tom Bradley International Terminal at Los Angeles International Airport on Nov 1, 2021 in Los Angeles, California, as Australia's international border reopens almost 600 days after a pandemic closure began. […]
A general view shows a crescent moon over homes on a hillside in Aizawl, the capital of the northeastern Indian state of Mizoram on Mar 16, 2021. (SAJJAD HUSSAIN / AFP) A shallow and strong earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck the Myanmar-India border region early on Friday, but there were no immediate reports of damage. […]
The European Union is embroiled in its latest migrant crisis, accusing Belarus of dumping thousands of Middle Eastern refugees on the EU’s eastern border. Brussels ratcheted up the tension recently by applying fresh sanctions on the government of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, alleging that it is behind the “illegal push of migrants”. The dispute has […]
Hong Kong’s women’s cricket team beat Malaysia by four wickets on Thursday to draw level with the UAE and Nepal at the top of the table in the T20 World Cup Asian qualifying tournament in Dubai. Captain Kary Chan took two wickets as Malaysia were pegged back to 101 for five. She then brought Hong […]
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison gestures during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Nov 22, 2021. (LUKAS COCH/AAP IMAGE VIA AP) SYDNEY – Australia on Thursday introduced contentious religious anti-discrimination legislation to parliament that, if approved, would allow faith-based organizations to prioritize the hiring and enrolment of people from their faith. Religious […]
This aerial picture shows some of the city's downtown bypass roads designed to help relieve traffic congestion during the rush hour in Jakarta on Oct 26, 2021. (BAY ISMOYO / AFP) Indonesia's climate commitments must now be taken into account as the country moves forward with its plan to transfer its capital from Jakarta to […]
Restaurants are open for takeaway in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Aug 11, 2021. (SAMSUL SAID/BLOOMBERG) ANKARA / DHAKA / KUALA LUMPUR / KYIV / SEOUL / ULAN BATOR / WELLINGTON / YANGON – Singapore and Malaysia will launch a quarantine-free travel lane at their land border crossing next week, one of the world's busiest, for […]
BERLIN, Germany, Nov 24, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Digital artists in the growing metaverse of NFTs are finding it easy to share their raw vibe and artistry in a world without limitations. Seizing on this trend, nOFTEN, the world’s leading Non-Fungible Token (NFT) marketplace for artists & celebrities, and FashionTV (FTV), the […]
In 1971, the unexpected interaction between a Chinese table tennis player and a US player at a championship game in Japan was the first serve in what has become known as the "ping pong diplomacy" between China and the United States. Fast forward 50 years, and with relations teetering on the brink of collapse after […]
Fishing boats are pictured at the Muharraq island shoreline north of the Bahraini capital Manama on Dec 20, 2020. (MAZEN MAHDI / AFP) DUBAI – Bahrain security forces arrested a number of suspected militants ahead of a planned attack and confiscated weapons and explosives that had come from Iran, the interior ministry said on its […]
Lewis Hamilton won Sunday’s inaugural Qatar Grand Prix with a commanding performance from pole to cut Max Verstappen’s world championship lead to eight points. The Mercedes seven-time champion comfortably held off his arch Dutch rival’s Red Bull under the Losail circuit’s lights to leave the battle for the F1 drivers’ crown delicately poised with only […]
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is clinging to his job as Manchester United manager after a 4-1 thrashing at Watford on Saturday as Chelsea cruised to victory at Leicester to stretch their Premier League lead to four points. Liverpool moved up to second by ending Arsenal’s 10-match unbeaten run with ease, winning 4-0 at Anfield, while former […]
A protester holds a photo bearing the photos of the late dictator's son, Ferdinand Marcos Jr(left) and Davao city Mayor Sara Duterte(right) during a protest outside the Commission on Human Rights in Quezon city, Philippines on Nov 14, 2021. (AARON FAVILA / AP) MANILA – A group opposing the candidacy of the son of late […]
Disease control and prevention workers collect samples from frozen products in Tianjin's Nankai district on Nov 9, 2020. (PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY) Given that every new chain of domestic infections can be traced to the novel coronavirus being imported, it has become extremely important that greater efforts are made to cut the transmission channels […]