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Balinese hoteliers host Ukrainian refugee family

Plagued by fear and anxiety, families like that of the 36-year-old Hanna Liubychenko and her two daughters, have found temporary peace in Bali.

  • Published: June 24, 20222:28 pm
  • Author Ann Asianews Network
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People earned living from ammunition, sunken ships in Okinawa during WWII

Amid the devastation following World War II, many residents of Okinawa found a source of income in the ammunition fired during the “Typhoon of Steel” of naval bombardment…

  • Published: June 24, 202210:49 am
  • Author The Yomiuri Shimbun
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Malaysia to give pets more paw-tection with new laws

The Malaysian National Animal Welfare Foundation is proposing pet identification and legalisation of pet ownership in high-rise buildings to counter animal abandonment.

  • Published: June 24, 20229:29 am
  • Author Ragananthini Vethasalam
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Floating city in the shape of a brain coral rises from the Indian Ocean

The floating city large enough to house 20,000 people is being built in a turquoise lagoon – just 10 minutes by boat from Male, the Maldivian capital.

  • Published: June 22, 20222:42 pm
  • Author The Daily Star
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Thai report on cat-to-human Covid-19 infection captures global attention

In the case reported in August 2021, genomic sequencing revealed that the cat’s owners, the cat and the veterinarian were all infected with the same version of the Delta variant.

  • Published: June 22, 20226:59 am
  • Author The Nation
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Hong Kong floating restaurant Jumbo sinks in South China Sea

The restaurant, a once famed but financially struggling Hong Kong tourist attraction, capsized near the Paracel Islands after it "encountered adverse conditions" on June 19.

  • Published: June 21, 20227:34 am
  • Author Ann Asianews Network
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S. Korea’s former presidential office Blue House turns into concert venue, tourist hot spot

Open to the public from May 10, the Blue House has drawn more than 770,000 visitors in a month, all curious for a glimpse into the life of their former leaders.

  • Published: June 20, 20228:50 am
  • Author Chang May Choon
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Bangladesh flood situation likely to get worse, cry for help grows louder

Locals said many people have taken shelter on nearby highways or river banks as the flood centres are either overcrowded or located far away from their homes.

  • Published: June 20, 20227:20 am
  • Author Dwoha Chowdhury and Mintu Deshwara
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Authorities are testing drinking water in Kathmandu for disease-causing microbes

Amid a rise in diarrhoea cases in the Valley, health officials will carry out tests within and outside the capital city.

  • Published: June 17, 20223:03 pm
  • Author Arjun Poudel
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PH wins seat in UN body in charge of UN Convention on the Law of the Sea

Under the convention, the commission will make recommendations to coastal states on matters related to the establishment of the outer limits of its continental shelf.

  • Published: June 17, 202212:30 pm
  • Author Christia Marie Ramos

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