Government takes action to protect wild birds
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development plans to work with forest rangers to patrol, control, prevent, and punish illegal hunting and capture of migratory birds.
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Robust pay rises in Singapore last year tempered by inflation
With a large majority of companies raking in profits, 70 per cent of workers saw their pay packets expand significantly but their spending power only increased by 1.6 per cent.
South Korea President Yoon begins pursuit of improved relations with Japan
Behind the move to quickly improve relations between Japan and South Korea is US President Joe Biden’s desire to swiftly strengthen the bonds between the three countries.
Imran Khan says ‘police brutality’ on Azadi marchers ‘condemnable and unacceptable’
Undeterred by moves to stop them, the marchers were met with tear gas as police tried to disperse them. Police also charged at them with batons.
Indonesia on alert as monkeypox emerges in Australia
It remains unclear what is driving the outbreak, with scientists trying to understand the origins of the cases and whether anything the virus had changed.
China prepares to launch Shenzhou XIV crewed spaceship
The Shenzhou XIV mission will become the country's ninth manned spaceflight, with its three-member crew becoming the third group of occupants of the Tiangong space station.
Marcos to assert Hague ruling against China’s claim on South China Sea
Rresident-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. also said that he would not “allow a single millimeter of our maritime coastal rights to be trampled upon.”
Imran, other PTI leaders booked over ‘arson, vandalism’ by supporters during Azadi March
Television footage showed smoke rising from the ground and fires in the green belts adjacent to Islamabad's main roads. The government claimed that the PTI supporters had set the…
Pakistan raises prices of petroleum products by Rs30 per litre
Finance Minister Miftah Ismail said the country could have gone in the "wrong direction" if the steps were not taken.
No monkeypox ban for African visitors to Cambodia
As of May 23, a total of 158 persons had been confirmed as being infected with monkeypox, according to the World Health Organisation, with 19 countries having detected the virus.