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Top officials pose for a group photo at the 25th ASEAN Plus Three Foreign Ministers session of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Vientiane, Laos, Saturday, July 27, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Top diplomats from Southeast Asia convened on July 27 in the Laotian capital with their powerful dialogue…
A picture showing Vorawan “Beaut” Ramwan and Anticha “An” Sangchai wearing wedding dresses in a Pride parade is seen at their house during an interview with Reuters. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Thailand’s Senate passed the final reading of a marriage equality law on June 18 , paving the way for it to become the…
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China promised billions of dollars to infrastructure projects across Southeast Asia, but many of these were never built, according to a study by an Australian think tank released on March 27. Sydney’s Lowy Institute found that since 2015, more than $50 billion that Beijing promised to development projects in the region was unallocated. More than…
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Bat populations in many Indian States harbour serological evidence of exposure to Nipah virus,” the Nature article points out. | Photo Credit: CraigRJD Many places in Southeast Asia, such as Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, southern China, Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and some Indian States, have Nipah virus reservoirs and could experience cross-species transmission to humans, says…
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