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Thailand's Pollution Control Department found arsenic above the national surface water standard at every site it tested along the Sai River during its 23rd monitoring round in late September 2026.…
The United States, South Korea and Japan have renewed their commitment to North Korea's complete denuclearization while backing diplomacy, tighter enforcement of sanctions and broader cooperation on maritime safety and…
At least nine million people in Afghanistan, Ukraine, Syria and Lebanon need extra help to survive the 2026–2027 winter, according to the United Nations refugee agency, with funding shortages already…
Thailand will keep all seven checkpoints and crossings on its border with Cambodia closed to people and goods, Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on October 31, 2026, tying any reopening…
China operates more than 120 research vessels, according to Taiwan's coast guard. Taiwan has five ships actively conducting maritime research, with two more launched in August to expand its capacity.…
Switzerland has restored a diplomatic presence in Pyongyang after an absence of more than six years, with Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis meeting senior North Korean officials before briefing South Korea…
Sri Lanka's Inland Revenue Department has announced that a valid Taxpayer Identification Number, or TIN, must be presented for eight categories of financial, property and business transactions from November 1, 2026. The requirement covers opening bank accounts, obtaining credit cards, registering vehicles, renewing vehicle licences…
India's opposition is gathering at Delhi's Ramlila Maidan on Sunday, November 1, 2026, to demand the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over a voter registration exercise that has…
Kazakhstan plans to extend its petty hooliganism law to profanity published on online platforms and in mass media, potentially bringing livestreams, talk shows and social media posts within the scope…
South Korea's new Major Crimes Investigation Agency referred just three cases for prosecution and made five arrests nationwide through October 30, 2026, after beginning operations with about 1,900 employees for…
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has claimed that 1.27 crore Hindu voters, or 12.7 million people, are missing from the state's electoral rolls, directing Bharatiya Janata Party workers to…
Uttar Pradesh election authorities have identified 10,470 irregular changes to voter records in Pilibhit Sadar, where existing voter identification numbers displayed other people's names and family details. The discovery has…
Indonesia's Constitutional Court has ruled that criminal liability for a corporate offence can fall on a company, the person responsible for it, or both, granting a petition brought by Andri…
Japan is considering keeping China described as its "greatest strategic challenge" in a revised National Security Strategy due by the end of 2026, while avoiding the stronger label of "threat."…
Democratic Progressive Party challenger Puma Shen and Kuomintang Mayor Chiang Wan-an shook hands twice before Taipei's first televised mayoral debate on October 31, 2026, then presented competing arguments about how…
Singapore police will use 6000 0999 for all outgoing calls from Monday, November 2, 2026, giving the public a single number to recognise as authorities tackle scams involving people pretending…
Singapore's Housing and Development Board (HDB) will offer 1,310 flats at Sembawang Anchor with a waiting time of two years and 10 months in its November 2026 Build-To-Order (BTO) sales…
Bhutan raised 108 Buddhist chortens in 24 hours on November 1, 2026, creating a corridor of sacred monuments along the Mau Chhu river in Gelephu Mindfulness City. Each structure stands…
The Dadu Hemei Bridge opened across Taiwan's Wu River on October 31, 2026, creating a direct connection between Taichung's Dadu District and Changhua County's Hemei Township after more than 20…
Seoul's Hongdae district drew an estimated 115,000 to 120,000 people by 7 p.m. on Saturday, October 31, while 18,000 to 20,000 gathered in Itaewon, according to the Seoul metropolitan government's…
At least 30 garment factories in and around Kathgara in Ashulia suspended work on Saturday as workers demanded a minimum monthly wage of Tk 30,000, while demonstrations in Gazipur left…
More than 6,000 homes are planned for Toa Payoh West over the coming decade, beginning with a November 2026 housing launch that will include the town's first 260 Community Care…
India's Census 2027 will open online self-enumeration on January 10, followed by visits to households from January 25 to February 28 across most of the country. The Ministry of Home…
Binance says it has spent 10 months discussing a licensed business with the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) and Bank Negara Malaysia, seeking a formal return more than five years after…
China's ChangXin Memory Technologies, known as CXMT, says it has been negotiating long term supply agreements with several leading customers as demand for server memory outstrips supply. The company reported…
OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman met about 50 Samsung executives in Yongin, South Korea, on October 31, 2026, bringing together discussions about memory chips, AI data centres and a company…
TPBank will stop supporting facial authentication in its TPBank and TPBank Biz apps on iPhones and iPads running software older than iOS 16.7 from 00:00 on November 1, 2026. The…
Nvidia's search for faster connections inside AI systems is drawing attention to polytetrafluoroethylene, or PTFE, the material best known through the Teflon brand. Its appeal is electrical: PTFE can help…
Vietnam's Viettel and IIG Vietnam have launched AI or Behind, a competition intended to give 500,000 high school students access to international assessments of artificial intelligence skills without paying examination or certification fees. The first round runs from November 2 to December 30, 2026, with…
A sudden flood from Sintaphu Lake in Bhutan's northern Gasa district on October 29, 2026, damaged the Gasa Tshachu hot springs complex, severed road access towards Laya and triggered evacuation…
Dust-generating outdoor construction and demolition will face restrictions across the National Capital Region from November 5 to 20, 2026, while state government and private offices in Delhi and five adjoining…
Two men arrested over the shooting of Kavantissa, one of Sri Lanka's best known wild tuskers, have been ordered to remain in custody until November 11 as the Mahawa Magistrate's…
Representatives of 53 countries have supported Nepal's proposals for tackling Himalayan climate risks, according to the secretariat of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Biraj Bhakta Shrestha. The package brings…
A 101-kilogram male Asian black bear released in the Tanzawa mountains on October 20 was confirmed back near a residential area of Hadano City, Kanagawa Prefecture, on October 24. Officials…
Thailand has opened applications for a 50 billion baht household solar programme offering 50,000 baht per home, with more than 50,000 applications received on its first day. Registration began on…
Bangkok is aiming to cut the number of days when PM2.5 pollution exceeds its standard from 28 to no more than 20 under BKK Clean Air 2027, a plan combining…
Phuket City Municipality issued a red flood alert at 7.40am on October 29, 2026, as persistent rain and runoff from surrounding areas pushed up water levels in Bang Yai Canal.…
Kazakhstan will begin introducing electronic travel authorizations on November 1, 2026, at Aktau International Airport and four road border crossings, before making the permits compulsory for eligible travelers on July…
Long Thanh International Airport is targeting its first commercial operations at midnight on December 24, 2026, with Vietnam Airlines and Vietjet expected to lead a gradual launch. Airports Corporation of…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved a northern bullet train corridor connecting Delhi with Guwahati through cities including Agra, Lucknow, Varanasi, Patna and Siliguri, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced in…
Check-in services at Incheon International Airport resumed late on Friday, October 30, 2026, after disruptions affecting 13 airlines delayed 38 flights and left about 1,200 passengers waiting. Services to Shanghai,…
Wuhan opened the full length of Metro Line 12 at 9:29 a.m. on October 29, 2026, completing a 59.9 kilometre underground loop that connects seven central districts and two major…
Biratnagar Kings struck 11 sixes and five fours in just five overs to score 105/2 and defeat Sudurpaschim Royals by 35 runs at the Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground in…
Fakhar Zaman scored 127 from 99 balls despite a bruised right knee as Pakistan defeated Sri Lanka by three wickets in the one-day international tri-series final at Gaddafi Stadium in…
Pedro Acosta won the Malaysian MotoGP sprint in 20 minutes 4.098 seconds at Sepang on Saturday, October 31, 2026, beating Marc Marquez by 0.578 seconds as a threatened downpour arrived…
Kamindu Mendis scored his first One Day International century, making 131 from 128 balls, as Sri Lanka posted 325 for eight against Pakistan in the tri-series final at Gaddafi Stadium…
Nippon Professional Baseball and the Japan Professional Baseball Players Association have agreed to end a compensation system that can force a player to change teams because his club signed somebody…
Vietnam will lose the chance to defend around 30 of its 87 gold medals from the 33rd SEA Games when Malaysia hosts the next edition from September 18 to 29,…
Alex Marquez took pole position for the 2026 PETRONAS Grand Prix of Malaysia with a lap of 1:56.493 at Sepang, beating his brother and championship leader Marc Marquez by 0.070…
An Se-young has won 50 consecutive matches and 10 titles in 2026, but the world No. 1 returned to South Korea on October 27 with a more immediate concern than…
Diljit Dosanjh stopped his sold out concert at Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Friday, October 30, 2026, to invite a woman officer from the Central Reserve Police Force onto the…
Ramayana: Part 1 has sold approximately 36,800 tickets worth $810,000 for its November 4 paid previews in the United States, placing it fourth on the cited list of Indian films…
Shah Rukh Khan's King has reportedly secured a ₹175 crore minimum guarantee from Phars Films for its overseas theatrical rights, putting a substantial financial commitment behind the action thriller ahead…
Activision has apologized for including footage of the October 29, 2022, Itaewon crowd crush in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 and promised to remove it completely in an update…
Worldwide spending on Japanese anime reached a preliminary 4.45 trillion yen ($28.2 billion) in 2025, rising 15.8% as both overseas and Japanese sales expanded strongly. Yet the companies making the…
BTS returned to São Paulo on October 28, 2026, opening three sold out concerts at Estádio do MorumBIS after seven years away from Brazil. More than 1.9 million people had…
Godzilla Minus Zero received a standing ovation at its October 28, 2026, Los Angeles premiere, bringing director Takashi Yamazaki and returning stars Ryunosuke Kamiki and Minami Hamabe to the TCL…
Choi Bool-am, whose roles as detective Park Young-han in "Chief Inspector" and a village patriarch in "Country Diaries" made him one of South Korea's most familiar television actors, died at…