India confirms first case of deadlier mpox strain
New Delhi, CNN — India has confirmed its first case of a deadlier strain of mpox, which has raised alarm among health officials around the world over the […]
Sri Lankans elect Marxist-leaning Dissanayake as president to fix economy
COLOMBO, Reuters — Sri Lankans elected Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake as their new president on Sunday, putting faith in his pledge to fight corruption and bolster a fragile economic recovery following […]
Dancing, drums and rituals: with zeal and joy, India celebrates Hindu festival Ganesh Chaturthi
CNN — Huge crowds of devotees gathered across India this month to celebrate the Hindu festival Ganesh Chaturthi, marking the birth of the deity Ganesha, the elephant-headed, […]
Same-sex marriage was on a roll in Asia. Not anymore
Hong Kong, CNN — Rainbow flags rippled in the wind as gay and lesbian couples walked hand in hand down a makeshift aisle in Bangkok’s busy Siam […]
North Korea releases images of Kim Jong Un visiting a uranium enrichment site, giving rare glimpse inside its nuclear program
Seoul, South Korea, CNN — New pictures of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un touring what state media said is a uranium enrichment facility have given an […]
Days after landfall, Typhoon Yagi continues to devastate Vietnam leaving around 200 dead
Hanoi, Vietnam, AP — Nearly 200 people have died in Vietnam in the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi and more than 125 are missing as flash floods and […]
A runaway penguin spent two weeks missing at sea. A typhoon may have saved her
Tokyo, CNN — A runaway penguin has been found safe in Japan nearly two weeks after she first went missing, having paddled 45 kilometers (28 miles) during […]
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un says country to increase number of nuclear weapons ‘exponentially,’ state media reports
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the country is now implementing a nuclear force construction policy to increase the number of nuclear weapons “exponentially,” state media […]
This 70-year-old retiree just graduated med school. He has this advice for others
Hong Kong, CNN — Everyone thought he was the professor. But the gray-haired older man was a freshman medical student, just like the rest of the class. […]
Roadside executions the latest grim chapter for Pakistan’s oldest insurgency
CNN — Truck driver Munir Ahmed was motoring along a darkened highway after a long day unloading sacks of rice in Pakistan’s Sindh province late Sunday, when […]
