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Replacing ordinary salt with a mixture containing potassium could prevent an estimated 399,884 deaths and 1,528,494 new cases of cardiovascular and chronic kidney disease in India every year, according to…
Taiwan announced on November 6, 2026, that it would close its representative office in Port Moresby, withdraw all stationed personnel and end assistance programs in Papua New Guinea after months…
At least 13 North Korean vessels were detected making 14 visits to Russia's Nakhodka port in October, with at least nine appearing near coal terminals. The concentration has renewed scrutiny…
Japan is approaching the first anniversary of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's November 7, 2025, remarks on a Taiwan conflict with political dialogue with China still strained, businesses facing economic pressure…
Bangladesh is pursuing the purchase of 20 Chinese J-10CE fighter jets under a package estimated at US$2.2 billion, or about Tk 27,060 crore, with implementation expected during the 2025–26 and…
South Korea stopped keeping an Aegis destroyer continuously deployed in the East Sea in September 2025, following a Navy request citing personnel shortages and the strain of prolonged operations at…
Uzbekistan's annual inflation rose to 6.5% in October 2026, as higher food prices, new public transport fares in Tashkent and increases in water tariffs added to household costs. Consumer prices increased by 0.6% during the month, according to the National Statistics Committee's release published on…
The Election Commission of India has ordered another opportunity for previously registered voters left out of draft electoral rolls in Delhi and six states, allowing them to submit fresh enumeration…
Property leases at Rasmalé would restart at 99 years whenever an approved buyer purchases a property, Infrastructure Minister Dr Abdulla Muththalib said in a leaked recording of a meeting with…
The Philippine Supreme Court has upheld Republic Act No. 12326, allowing barangay officials and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) members elected on October 30, 2023, to remain in office until their successors…
Vietnam's General Secretary and President To Lam called on November 6, 2026, for a review of the implementation of the 2013 Constitution, including amendments adopted in 2025, to prepare the…
Thailand has prohibited the import of the second edition of the Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Thailand, a volume bringing together 45 scholars across 37 chapters and 474 pages, under an…
Indonesia's government and House of Representatives have agreed to move government employees with part-time work agreements, known as PPPK, into full-time PPPK positions across several professions, with implementation set to…
South Korea approved the basic acquisition strategy for its Jang Bogo N nuclear submarine program on November 6, 2026, setting up a formal start in 2027 even as talks with…
China adopted the Procuratorial Public Interest Litigation Law of the People's Republic of China on November 6, 2026, creating a dedicated legal framework for prosecutors to bring cases that protect…
Mongolia plans to implement a national 100,000 Homes program from 2027 to 2030, combining housing development with a sharp expansion in mortgage lending. The government aims to increase annual home…
Indonesia's new Employment Protection Law contains 23 chapters and 313 articles covering wages, contracts, leave, dismissal and severance, with trade union leaders saying it incorporates most of their demands. The…
Women in Tajikistan could face five or seven additional years before retirement under two options proposed by the Asian Development Bank, while men could face an increase of two years.…
Canada plans to accelerate permanent residence processing for thousands of Hong Kong residents in 2027, with an allocation of 32,000 places under a temporary measure, according to Hong Kong Watch.…
Pakistan has recorded 2,807,250 Afghan nationals returning to Afghanistan since its removal campaign began in 2023, according to figures released by Punjab's Home Department. Punjab accounted for 143,474 of those…
Azerbaijan recorded 95,875 births in 2025, down from 166,210 in 2015, according to the State Statistics Committee. That is a loss of 70,335 births a year, or about 42%, in…
Bangladesh has invited applications for 112 jobs at DHL Supply Chain (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd with a monthly basic salary of 1,700 ringgit and no migration costs for selected workers, as…
Singapore's Housing and Development Board (HDB) plans to offer about 4,300 Build-To-Order (BTO) flats in February 2027, including 1,070 homes in Bishan with waiting times of under three years and…
Thailand plans to block access to Bitget's website, related domains and mobile application from December 5, 2026, after the Securities and Exchange Commission filed a criminal complaint accusing its operator,…
Japan approved 10 billion yen, about $63 million, in emergency cybersecurity funding on November 6, 2026, as Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's government adopted measures to find security weaknesses, send specialists…
Nintendo Switch 2 reached 26.35 million units worldwide by September 30, 2026, but Nintendo's latest financial results put the focus on a tougher number: the 10.01 million consoles it must…
Six Agibot G2 humanoid robots completed a reported 1,730 tasks during a 24-hour trial at a working convenience store in Shanghai's Xuhui district, with four passing their assessments and two…
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group plans to launch its new digital bank in 2027 without issuing cash cards. Customers of Mitsubishi UFJ Emutto Bank would instead use a smartphone app to…
Manuscripts preserved in Pune, Mysuru and Srinagar have joined UNESCO's Memory of the World Regional Register for Asia and the Pacific, bringing India's total number of inscriptions to six. The newly recognised documents are a birch bark manuscript of the Mahabharata, a palm leaf manuscript…
Transport accounts for 19–24% of Delhi's air pollution and biomass burning for 17–23%, according to a Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) assessment presented to India's Supreme Court. The commission…
Delhi's Air Quality Index climbed from 117 on October 31 to 377 on November 4, 2026, as a burst of farm fires in Punjab intensified a dispute over responsibility for…
Delhi and the National Capital Region entered Stage III of the Graded Response Action Plan on Friday, November 6, 2026, two days before Diwali, bringing tighter restrictions on older vehicles,…
China's lawmakers passed a revised Water Law on November 6, 2026, setting March 22, 2027, as the date it will take effect. The vote came at the 25th session of…
Cambodia exported more than 694,000 metric tons of natural sand to Singapore between June and September 2026, worth a reported $3.47 million, according to Cambodia's International Merchandise Trade Statistics. The…
China's carbon dioxide emissions fell an estimated 3.1% in the third quarter of 2026 compared with a year earlier, the largest quarterly reduction since the COVID-19 lockdowns of 2022. Growing…
India's Union Cabinet has approved ₹14,500 crore, about $1.5 billion, in subsidies to help develop 92 gigawatt-hours of electricity storage, with nearly two thirds of the planned capacity coming from…
Air pollution was responsible for more than two million deaths in India in 2023, while economic losses were estimated at 9% to 9.5% of gross domestic product using 2022 figures,…
Indonesia's state railway operator PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) plans to procure 23 new electric commuter trainsets over two to three years, replacing a proposal to import used trains from…
Hong Kong's Central Kowloon Bypass is scheduled to open fully on December 6, completing Route 6 and cutting the estimated journey between Tseung Kwan O town centre and Yau Ma…
Singapore Airlines will introduce sliding doors in Business Class and First Class suites with double beds measuring 80 by 60 inches as part of an investment exceeding S$2 billion. Unveiled…
Indian Railways is operating about 18,000 special train services for the 2026 festival season, roughly 6,000 more than last year, as passengers heading home for Durga Puja, Diwali and Chhath…
Air India has restored nonstop flights from Delhi and Mumbai to New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport and Newark Liberty International Airport after Iraqi airspace became available again, removing…
Ariel Jurado threw seven innings of one run baseball and captain Koo Ja-wook drove in two runs with a triple as the Samsung Lions beat the KT Wiz 5-1 at…
At least two leading Indian Premier League players are reportedly seeking Rs 40 crore each to remain with their franchises, setting up a costly negotiation before the next auction cycle.…
Hasan Mahmud took six wickets for 90 runs against West Indies in Sylhet on November 6, 2026, becoming the first fast bowler to take his first five Test hauls of…
Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad have completed a four player trade that sends Liam Livingstone and Jack Edwards to Chennai, while fast bowlers Khaleel Ahmed and Nathan Ellis move…
Kozo Tashima, the Japan Football Association's honorary president, plans to challenge Gianni Infantino for the FIFA presidency in an election scheduled for March 18, 2027, in Rabat, Morocco. All 14…
India's Tanvi Patri won the women's singles badminton silver medal at the 2026 Youth Olympic Games in Dakar, Senegal, after an 82 minute final against China's Zhang Yi Xin. The…
Shohei Ohtani and Seiya Suzuki were named finalists for the 2026 Silver Slugger Awards on November 5, putting two of Japan's leading hitters in contention for different milestones. Ohtani is…
India won a record sixth Men's Asian Champions Trophy title on November 5, 2026, overturning an early deficit to beat Japan 4-1 at the Olympian Balbir Singh Senior International Hockey…
A scene showing Sai Pallavi's Sita fighting beside Ranbir Kapoor's Rama against the 14,000 demons of Khara and Dushana has put director Nitesh Tiwari's Ramayana at the centre of a…
Stray Kids member Lee Know is scheduled to begin his mandatory military service in the first quarter of 2027, JYP Entertainment announced on November 5, 2026. The January to March…
Vietnamese publisher Dong A has secured the rights to publish all 15 martial arts works by Kim Dung, the Chinese novelist known internationally as Jin Yong, with a new translation…
tvN will premiere Second Signal on December 7, 2026, at 10 p.m., ending an indefinite scheduling delay linked to actor Jo Jin-woong's past misconduct. The broadcaster said it tested replacing…
Jennie's "Someone to Hold" is scheduled for release on November 6, 2026, two weeks before Netflix's animated film Steps and its companion soundtrack arrive on November 20. The English language…
KATSEYE has postponed three North American concerts as member Megan Skiendiel recovers from a concussion, affecting Detroit's Little Caesars Arena, Chicago's United Center and Minneapolis' Target Center. The latest announcement,…
NewJeans signed their exclusive contracts with ADOR in April 2022, after a draft circulated on January 7 and roughly three months of negotiations, according to parent company HYBE. The five…
Ramayana: Part 1 earned ₹64.85 crore net in India on Thursday, November 5, 2026, with ₹77.50 crore in domestic gross receipts across five languages and approximately 25,200 shows, according to…