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South Asia
Journalist assassinated at home in northwestern Pakistan; AJA founder expresses support
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Pakistani journalist Qais Javed was shot dead in the yard of his home on the night of December 7 in the northwestern city of Dera Ismail Khan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province bordering Afghanistan. Asia Journalist Association (AJA) founder and President of the Journalists Association of Korea…
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Culture
Memorial to victims of forced sex work in WWII may remain in Berlin district
BERLIN: A Berlin district council has passed a resolution seeking to keep a statue of a girl symbolizing the victims of Japan’s wartime sexual slavery permanently installed at a public site, officials and reports said Wednesday. The resolution, approved by a majority vote at Berlin’s Mitte district parliament, calls for…
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People
Malaysia: Noraseela first woman president at Malaysian Olympians Association
KUALA LUMPUR: Former national hurdler Noraseela Mohd Khalid has become the first woman to helm the Malaysian Olympians Association (MOA). The association, in a statement today, announced the historic news, saying that Noraseela was appointed alongside seven others as MOA’s 2020-2022 term office-bearers without voting as their nominations were not…
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Society
UNICEF working with more than 350 partners to deliver COVID-19 vaccines
NEW YORK: The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is working with major global airlines and freight providers to step up efforts to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to over 92 countries around the world as soon as vaccines become available. To kickstart preparations, UNICEF together with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)…
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Society
Bulgaria News Agency director general dies at 67
SOFIA: Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) Director General Maxim Minchev has died after a short illness. According to BTA, November 6, his colleagues were informed that Minchev had tested positive for COVID-19 and was quarantined. Minchev was born on June 5, 1953 in Sofia. In 1976, he graduated in journalism at…
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Society
Singapore arrests 21 members of South Korean religious sect
By Ivan Lim Former AJA President, Contributor to AsiaN SINGAPORE: Singapore has arrested a local group of 21 people linked to the secretive Shincheongji Church of Jesus (SCJ in South Korea, seeking to nip in the bud threats to public order and safety. In a sweep on Monday, police officers…
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Politics
Japan Crown Prince Fumihito formally declared first in line to throne
TOKYO: Crown Prince Fumihito was on Sunday formally declared first in line to the Chrysanthemum Throne at a ceremony that had been postponed for seven months due to the coronavirus pandemic. Emperor Naruhito, dressed in a traditional dark orange robe, proclaimed his younger brother as crown prince to the…
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Politics
Cambodian Premier Hun Sen placed in quarantine for COVID-19
By Chhay Sophal Thisiscn, Cambodia PHNOM PENH: Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and some of his government officials on Wednesday went into quarantine and tested for COVID-19 after they had come in contact with Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto who was tested positive for the virus after meeting the premier…
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People
Brunei mourns death of Sultan’s son
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: Prince Abdul Azim, the son of the Sultan of Brunei was buried hours after he died in keeping with the Islamic tradition of not delaying funerals. He was 38. The country’s state broadcaster Radio Television Brunei announced his death on Saturday. Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah’s son, Prince…
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IT-Science
Google rescues famous player from being left out
MILAN: What will you do if you are a famous person walking to an event, but the guard at the gate does not allow you in because you have no identity document? On Wednesday, Germany’s Borussia Monchengladbach star Marcus Thuram found himself in that unusual situation when he arrived at…
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