ISTANBUL– “I couldn’t help but cry for a while,” Furkan Akar, a 19-year-old Turkish athlete, talked about his feelings, when he finally earned his qualification to represent his country in the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics.“A miracle happened … I ha…
MANILA– Philippine Alpine skier, Asa Miller, 21, the only winter athlete from the country to compete in the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics, hopes to inspire young Filipinos to join winter sports.“I hope my journey serves as an inspiration for other
H.E. General Prayut Chan-o-cha (Ret.), Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand, will pay an official visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia between 25 – 26 January 2022 at the invitation of His Royal Highness Prince Mohammad bin Salman
JAKARTA– One person was injured after a 6.1-magnitude earthquake rocked Indonesia’s North Sulawesi province yesterday, according to official sources.The earthquake also damaged a church and several houses, the country’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geo…
BEIJING– Fengtai, one of 16 districts of Beijing Municipality, today started district-wide nucleic acid testing, as local COVID-19 cases have been reported recently, local authorities said.The district has found a cluster infection, and is facing the r…
SINGAPORE– Singapore reported 2,463 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 yesterday, bringing the total tally to 310,276.Of the new cases, 873 were detected through PCR (polymerase chain reaction) tests, and 1,590 through ART (antigen rapid test) tests, acco…
