New Delhi [India], January 22 (ANI): Former Indian footballer and 1970 Asian Games bronze medalist Subhas Bhowmick, who attained the unique distinction of having gained International glory both as a player and as a coach, passed away in Kolkata on Sa...

NEW DELHI, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Australia crushed Indonesia 18-0 on Friday in the ongoing Women Asia Football Cup in India. Australian women scored nine goals in each half in the Pune city of India's south-western state of Maharashtra. Indonesian girl...

As the old saying goes, "history is written by the victors." Modern America has reimagined it, however, into something like "history may be made by the victors, but is written by the loudest." And there is no denying that Hollywood and the corporate ...

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 21 (ANI): Korea Republic enjoyed a great start to their AFC Women's Asian Cup India 2022 Group C campaign after beating Vietnam 3-0 in Group C on Friday. Ji So-yun broke the deadlock in the fourth minute, before ...

TOKYO -- Japan logged 49,854 daily COVID-19 cases on Friday, setting a new record for the fourth consecutive day as the country plans to expand the quasi-state of emergency amid surging infections nationwide due to the highly transmissible Omicron va...

NEW DELHI, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Defending champions Japan had a convincing 5-0 victory over Myanmar in a Group C game at the ongoing Women's Asia Football Cup in India's southwestern state of Maharashtra on Friday. Japan dominated the game right from ...

PHNOM PENH, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen on Friday said the government allowed all patients infected with the Omicron variant of COVID-19 in the country to get treatment at home if they want. "Now, Omicron patie...

Larry Mayer Bears tight end Jimmy Graham has been selected as one of three finalists for the 11th Annual Salute to Service Award Presented by USAA, the NFL and USAA announced Thursday.The other two finalists for the prestigious award are former Raven...

HANOI, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 15,935 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, including 15,901 locally transmitted and 34 imported, according to the Ministry of Health. The Vietnamese capital Hanoi remained the locality with the highest number of ...

Pune (Maharashtra) [India], January 21 (ANI): Two-time defending champions Japan made a winning start to the AFC Women's Asian Cup India 2022 on Friday as Futoshi Ikeda's side secured a statement 5-0 win over Myanmar in Group C. Riko Ueki gave the Ja...

YINCHUAN, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- The China-Laos freight train service linking northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and the Laos capital Vientiane started operation on Thursday, opening a new shortcut from Ningxia to Southeast Asia. On Thursda...

Washington [US], January 21 (ANI): A US warship challenged Chinese claims of sovereignty in the South China Sea on Thursday, stating that such claims violate international law and "pose a serious threat to the freedom of the seas.""On Jan. 20, USS Be...

Jakarta [Indonesia], January 20 (ANI): Indonesia is embarking on a program to modernize its navy and build up a more effective deterrent to confront future incursions by Chinese ships into the 200-nautical-mile economic exclusion zone (EEZ) along its...

HANOI, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 16,715 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, including 16,637 locally transmitted and 78 imported, according to its Ministry of Health. The Vietnamese capital Hanoi remained the place with the highest number of 2...

Demand for rhino horn in Asian markets, especially Vietnam and China, has pushed the remaining rhino populations to the brink of extinction. In the past decade, nearly 10,000 rhinos were killed by poachers in Africa. The remaining rh

Son of infamous Cold War hawk takes up new role amid growing tensions with RussiaMark Brzezinski, son of former US national security advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski, has been sworn in as US ambassador to Poland. Vice President Kamala Harris conducted the...

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 20 (ANI/PRNewswire): Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (Glenmark), an innovation-driven, global, integrated pharmaceutical company, today announced that its Swiss subsidiary, Glenmark Specialty S.A., has entered into...

© Provided by Xinhua The National Assembly of Vietnam, the country's top legislature, passed a package worth about 15 billion U.S. dollars to support those affected by the pandemic and revive the economy.HANOI, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- In

Son of infamous Cold War hawk takes up new role amid growing tensions with RussiaMark Brzezinski, son of former US national security advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski, has been sworn in as US ambassador to Poland. Vice President Kamala Harris conducted the...

PHNOM PENH, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Tourism ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Wednesday agreed to announce the reopening of ASEAN tourism to revitalize the sector amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a statement. Chai...

PHNOM PENH, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia on Wednesday inaugurated a 1.2 million-U.S. dollar tourist port in the seaside city of Kep, aiming at attracting more foreign tourists to the southwestern Kep province in the post-COVID-19 era, said a transpor...

HANOI, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 15,959 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, including 15,936 locally transmitted and 23 imported, according to its Ministry of Health. The Vietnamese capital Hanoi remained the place with the highest number of ...

Hanoi [Vietnam], January 19 (ANI/Sputnik): Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City has identified the country's first cases of the Omicron coronavirus strain in people who have not traveled abroad, media reported. According to the Vietnamese VnExpress news outlet...

The Federal Government has spent billions on defence equipment, ignoring issues such as the climate crisis and pandemic, writes Dr Binoy Kampmark.THE OPERATING DOCTRINE of many a defence ministry is premised on fatuity. There is the industry prerogat...

VIENTIANE, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Lao central bank, the Bank of the Lao PDR (BOL), has issued licenses authorizing two companies to trade in cryptocurrencies. The companies are the Lao Digital Assets Exchange (LDX), a joint venture between the AIF Group...

PHNOM PENH, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- The World Bank has approved new financing to help Cambodia improve equitable access to basic education, according to its press release on Wednesday. The World Bank will provide a 60 million U.S. dollar credit through i...

VIENTIANE, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Educational authorities are assessing the readiness of schools in the Lao capital Vientiane to resume face-to-face classes in Grade 5 of primary schools and Grades 4 and 7 of secondary schools following months of closur...

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam -- The first three locally transmitted COVID-19 cases of the Omicron variant in Vietnam have been confirmed in its southern Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), Vietnam News Agency reported Wednesday. The three people were all related t...

PHNOM PENH - Cambodia resumed the treason trial of banned opposition party leader Kem Sokha on Wednesday after a two-year delay due to the pandemic, in a case the United States has condemned as politically motivated.Kem Sokha was arrested in 2017, an...

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- The first three locally transmitted COVID-19 cases of the Omicron variant in Vietnam have been confirmed in its southern Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), Vietnam News Agency reported Wednesday. The three people ...

HANOI, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 16,838 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, including 16,763 locally transmitted and 75 imported, according to its Ministry of Health. The Vietnamese capital Hanoi remained the locality with highest number of inf...

Phnom Penh [Cambodia], January 18 (ANI/Xinhua): Cambodian Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn and Singaporean Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening ASEAN's centrality, unity and resilience, the Cambodian for...

PHNOM PENH, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's APSARA National Authority (ANA) has launched a new visiting circuit at Bayon temple in the Angkor Archeological Park in northwestern Siem Reap province, the authority said in a statement on Tuesday. The new ...

PHNOM PENH, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen met in Phnom Penh on Monday with Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretary-General Lim Jock Hoi on regional issues, a senior official said.The discussions i...

by Xinhua writer Ma Qian BEIJING, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- With trains rumbling down new tracks, the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia has just been unlocked, poised to transform itself into a hub connecting the fast-growing region to markets as f...

HANOI, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 16,378 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, including 16,325 locally transmitted and 53 imported, according to its Ministry of Health. The Vietnamese capital Hanoi remained the locality with the highest number of ...

TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday said he was committed to tackling the COVID-19 virus in Japan amid the rampant spread of the Omicron variant of the virus. In his first policy speech at the start of a 150-day regular Diet sess...

PHNOM PENH, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen met here on Monday with Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretary-General Lim Jock Hoi on regional issues, a senior official said. The discussions included ...