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India rejects calls to net zero carbon emissions target before COP26
India has rejected calls to announce a net-zero carbon emissions target and said it was more important for the world to lay out a pathway to reduce such emissions and avert a dangerous rise in global temperatures.
India, the world’s…
Climate crisis: lives of tens of millions of Bangladeshis at risk
Global Climate Risk Index says Bangladesh is seventh among the nations most affected by extreme weather in the past 20 years.
Rising sea levels and deadly floods are already putting tens of millions of lives at risk in Bangladesh, but they…
Tsagaan Khad border truck drivers protest against the isolation method
Due to the pandemic situation, 3 months have passed since the transportation of mining products was classified under emergency conditions. In this regard, drivers transporting coal through the Tsagan Khad border crossing continue their…
3 Muslims arrested in India for cheering Pakistan cricket team
Police in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has arrested three Kashmiri students for allegedly celebrating Pakistan's win over India in Sunday's T20 World Cup cricket game.
Police said they shouted "anti-India and…
China rations diesel amid fuel shortages allowing only 10% of capacity or less
Petrol stations in many parts of China have begun rationing diesel amid rising costs and falling supplies.
Some truck drivers are having to wait entire days to refuel, according to posts on social media site Weibo.…
China will not be the first to recognise Taliban government, Chinese scholar says
China will not take the lead in recognising Afghanistan's Taliban government and will only do so in a concerted move with Pakistan, Russia and Iran, an expert familiar with China's foreign policy considerations told Reuters on Tuesday (Oct…
Recovered Covid-19 patients in Hong Kong must now serve 14-day quarantine
All recovered Covid-19 patients in Hong Kong now have to undergo a mandatory 14-day quarantine in a designated facility after being discharged from hospital.
The new rule, which took effect on Wednesday (Oct 27), was part of tightened…
Malaysia says health risk from biscuits low after Hong Kong’s cancer warning
Health risk from cancer-causing substances in some ingredients used in biscuits is low, Malaysia's Health Director General Noor Hisham Abdullah said.
Monitoring of biscuit products by the health ministry's food safety and…
Ministry of Labour announces Cambodia Public Holiday Calendar for 2022, 21 days off
The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training has issued a proclamation on the paid holiday calendar for workers during the upcoming festivals in Cambodia in 2022.
Cambodia has 21 days off in 15 festivals:
January 1: Global New Year:…
11 months jail for man stealing Saudi Arabia flag from embassy in Singapore
A man who has been in and out of jail since 2005 was sentenced to jail again on Wednesday (Oct 27) for stealing a flag from outside the Saudi Arabian embassy and assaulting his 81-year-old grandmother who had dementia.
Mohammad Halimun…