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  • The military claims that projectiles are being intercepted as the Houthis in Yemen launch a missile barrage at Saudi Arabian cities. At least four people are injured in Riyadh, the country's capital, as shrapnel falls on Dhahran.
  • According to the Saudi Ministry of Energy, an attack on the Saudi Aramco building in Dhahran resulted in a minor fire, but there were no fatalities or injuries reported.
  • On Tuesday, a Las Vegas court sentenced Duane "Keffe D" Davis to 40 years to life in prison for his involvement in the more than 30-year-old murder of rap icon Tupac Shakur.
  • The Vatican said on Tuesday that Pope Leo XIV had surgery to remove the lower lobe of his right lung after receiving a lung cancer diagnosis.
  • A Pennsylvania woman is accused of fatally stabbing her husband and 3-year-old son at a family resort in the Poconos before attempting suicide.
  • In support of the protesting high school students, tens of thousands of people gathered throughout France on Tuesday.

Tag: Asia

July 26, 2024

Asia Weekly:Adding More Realism to Taiwan’s...

A deadly typhoon strikes Taiwan and the Philippines. Following protests, factories and businesses in Bangladesh reopen. Security concerns are raised by more North Korean trash balloons.Endengered Turtles in Cambodia.

July 19, 2024

Asia Weekly: Readying Refugees for Resettlement

Exercises are conducted in the South China Sea by China, Russia, the US, and the Philippines.Taiwan says it will commit to bolstering own defenses. Thailand authorities investigate hotel poisoning deaths. Rare whale washes ashore in New Zealand.

June 25, 2024

Indonesia Grapples With a Surge in...

The horrific act of a policewoman fatally setting her husband ablaze over his alleged online gambling debts has shocked Indonesia, fueling a national conversation about the devastating consequences of addiction. 

June 15, 2024

Death on North America’s Highest Peak...

Ninety-six climbers died between 1903 and 2006 on the Alaskan mountain formerly known as Mount McKinley, according to a 2008 study by researchers from the University of Utah who noted that “climbers from Asia had the highest odds of dying.”

June 14, 2024

China’s C-919 Jet Hopes to Challenge...

Northern Vietnam is affected by flooding and landslides. Philippine Independence Day was observed.BTS’s oldest member, Jin was discharged from the South Korean army. Chinatown in Jakarta combines tradition and modernity.

June 12, 2024

Fire at Bangkok’s Chatuchak Market Kills...

A massive fire tore through the pet zone of the famous Chatuchak Weekend Market in the Thai capital on Tuesday, devastating dozens of shops and killing hundreds of caged animals, authorities said. 

June 7, 2024

Asia Weekly:Bridging Education Gaps on Pacific...

PM Modi’s party in India fails to secure an absolute majority. The PM of Pakistan is in China. The US and South Korea conduct precision-guided bombing for the first time in seven years. Chinatown in Singapore is still a vibrant hub.

May 31, 2024

Asia Weekly: Detroit’s Chinatown History

Deadly Landslide in Papua New Guinea. Chinese astronauts set the record for spacewalking. China-US panda diplomacy returns.Thai American teen aims to break into professional soccer

May 25, 2024

After COVID Pandemic,Life Expectancy Bouncing Back...

While the U.S. is still trying to regain lost ground,life expectancy in Europe has returned to the level it was before the 2020 coronavirus pandemic According to recent data, life expectancy has increased in most parts of the world over the past three decades, with the largest increases seen in eastern sub-Saharan Africa.

May 3, 2024

VOA Asia Weekly:The Story of an...

Lawmakers in the Solomon Islands elect a new prime minister.Southeast Asia May Day protests. Record heat wave temperatures. Why sumo wrestlers held crying babies.

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