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Month: December 2020

Month on, women hold the fort at India farmer protests

NEW DELHI (AP) : The men arrived first. And they arrived with a bang. Tens of thousands of them, marching … More

Agriculture, Farmers, India, Protests, Women

Iranian women’s group empowers amid pandemic by making masks

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) : As the coronavirus pandemic ravages Iran, home to the Mideast’s worst outbreak, a women’s group hopes … More

Bavar, Covid19, Face Masks, Pandemic, Women

Iraqi watch repair shop is a timeless treasure

Youssef Abdelkarim’s storefront on one of Baghdad’s most historic streets is a time capsule. Youssef Abdelkarim’s storefront on one of … More

Iraq, Rasheed Street, Treasure, Watch Repair, Wristwatches

The Latest: Britain OKs vaccine by Oxford-AstraZeneca

LONDON : Britain has authorized use of a second COVID-19 vaccine, becoming the first country to greenlight an easy-to-handle shot … More

AstraZeneca, Britain, Covid19, Oxford University, Vaccine

2020 in review: From creepy flowers to snail facials, these are weird and wonderful photos

Babies wearing face shields? Yup, it happened in the year of COVID-19 25A local resident dressed as Yamraj, the Hindu … More

2020, Events, Photography, Review

Thailand clears use of herbal medicine for Covid-19 treatment

BANGKOK (BLOOMBERG) : Thailand’s health ministry approved the use of a herbal plant extract to treat early stages of Covid-19 … More

Andrographis paniculata, Covid19, Green Chiretta, Herbal Remedies

Yemen: Deadly blast as new government arrives at Aden airport

Explosions and gunfire hit Aden’s airport shortly after a plane carrying the newly formed government arrived from Saudi Arabia. Hours … More

Airport Blast, Government, Saudi Arabia, Yemen

NCID nurse becomes first person in Singapore to receive COVID-19 vaccine

A total of 40 healthcare workers at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases received their first COVID-19 vaccination on Wednesday. … More

Covid19, Nurse, Pfizer, Vaccine

Government bans FPI activities

The government has decided to ban controversial hardline group the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) and its activities, saying that it … More

Front Pembela Islam (FPI), Hardline, National Security, Rizieq Shihab

Unity for the new year

Let the spirit of Malaysian unity serves as guiding light for a renewed and strengthened sense of hope and togetherness … More

Manner, Social Media, Unity

Monitoring system to minimise or prevent criminality, mishaps, leakages, wastages

IT’S very depressing and no less tragic that two of the most viralled news have to do with something that’s … More

Audit Report, Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)

Surviving in the ruins of Moria

In September, Moria, the largest refugee camp in Europe, burned down on the Greek Island of Lesbos, displacing thousands of … More

Greece, Greek Island, Humanitarian, Moria, Refugees, Survival

How tiny Timor-Leste kept the coronavirus at bay

Southeast Asia’s newest, and poorest, country took swift action as it looked to protect its fragile health system. Jakarta, Indonesia – … More

Border Controls, Coronavirus, Covid19, East Timor

The twists and turns of belly dance in Egypt

The art of belly dance in Egypt stands at a crossroads; we either save it and take it up to its years of splendour or we just allow it to keep dwindling slowly and this would be most unfortunate

Belly Dance, Choreography, Egypt, Traditional

Pierre Cardin: French fashion giant dies aged 98

Legendary designer Pierre Cardin, whose futuristic and stylish designs helped revolutionise fashion in the 1950s and 60s, has died at … More

Fashion / Beauty, Legends, Pierre Cardin

‘Never say never’: How two small Hong Kong firms survived COVID

An outdoor furniture maker that switched to making masks and a public relations firm say staying agile helped them survive … More

Covid19, Face Masks, Furniture, Hong Kong, Pandemic, SMEs, wholesale

Malaysian-Chinese independent filmmakers lauded abroad but censored at home for movies about their country’s past and present

Malaysian-Chinese film directors are earning award nominations at festivals around the world by depicting their country’s ethnic stereotypes, racial tensions … More

Absent Without Leave (2016), Babi (2020), Censorship, Chong Keat-aun, Film Festival, Golden Horse Awards, Lau Kek-huat, Namewee, Taboo, Taiwan, The Story of Southern Islet (2020)

Indonesia uncovers training site for Jemaah Islamiah terrorist network in Central Java

JAKARTA : A two-storey house in Central Java used by the Jemaah Islamiah (JI) terrorist network to train recruits in … More

Central Java, Jemaah Islamiah (JI), Militants

Once a billionaire factory, South Korea’s beauty industry turns ugly

SEOUL (BLOOMBERG) : Three years ago, Suh Kyung-bae was the second-richest person in South Korea. Today he’s barely Top 10, … More

Beauty, billionaires, Cosmetics, South Korea

Outcry in Malaysia over returning to colleges amid Covid-19 pandemic

PETALING JAYA (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) : A directive issued for Malaysian matriculation students to return to their colleges for … More

Colleges, Covid19, Lockdown, Students

Umno strong enough without PAS and Bersatu, could face GE15 alone

INTERVIEW | Ku Li says, before this, Umno faced elections without PAS and Bersatu and won many seats. INTERVIEW | … More

Bersatu, General Election, PAS, Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, UMNO

2020’s Year in Pictures

The new decade brought the challenge of a century: a deadly and unflinching global pandemic that radically upended our lives … More

2020, Covid19, Economy, Environment, Photography

‘My country in trouble’: WHO chief on Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict

Tedros, the most high-profile Tigrayan, says he has many relatives in the troubled region, ‘including my younger brother’. In rare, … More

Conflict, Ethiopia, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Tigray, WHO

Julian Assange supporters outnumber his critics. Who are they?

With a week until a London court announces the verdict on Assange’s extradition case, we take a look at the … More

Extradition, Julian Assange, WikiLeaks

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