China
China plans for first manned mission to Mars in 2033: China plans to send its first crewed mission to Mars in 2033, with regular follow-up flights, under a long-term plan to build a permanently inhabited base on the Red Planet and extract its resources.
The ambitious plan will intensify a race with the United States to put humans on Mars.
Bangladesh
Bangladesh to monitor TikTok after girls lured to traffickers: The surveillance begins on users of the app after a trafficker ring luring girls into the sex trade in India was arrested.
Bangladesh has started monitoring people using the TikTok video-sharing platform after security forces arrested a trafficker gang luring girls into the sex trade in neighbouring India using the app, an official said.
Myanmar
UN urges members to stop the flow of arms to Myanmar: United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), on June 18, urged all its member states to prevent the “flow of arms” into Myanmar, stopping short of calling for a global embargo.
The non-binding resolution, which takes aim at the growing unrest in the country, also demanded Tatmadaw to immediately stop all violence against “peaceful demonstrators”.
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka investigates troops over ‘humiliation’ of Muslims in viral videos: Sri Lanka’s military has launched an investigation after social media posts showed soldiers forcing minority Muslims to kneel on the streets as a punishment for flouting lockdown rules. Armed soldiers ordered Muslim civilians to hold their hands in the air while kneeling on a road in the town of Eravur.
Bhutan
Flash floods kill 10 people in Bhutan, 7 missing in Nepal: Flash floods triggered by heavy rains washed away a remote mountain camp in Bhutan on Wednesday. Authorities urged people living along the Narayani river, which flows into India as Gandak, to remain alert as the river was flowing above the danger mark.
Nepal
Covid-19 ravages Nepali villages near Mt Everest: Entire households have fallen sick and there is a shortage of healthcare workers, hospital beds and testing kits.
There are only 2 rudimentary hospitals and 5 doctors serving the region’s 9,000 people, while just over 400 tests have been conducted since late April – nearly half of those have returned positive.
Afghanistan
Biden plans evacuation of Afghans who ‘helped’ the US: President Joe Biden vowed on Thursday that Afghans who helped the US military “are not going to be left behind”.
A senior administration official said planning has accelerated in recent days to relocate the Afghans and their families to other countries or U.S. territories while their visa applications are sorted.
Maldives
Maldives Foreign Minister elected UN General Assembly president: Maldives Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid was, on Monday, overwhelmingly elected as President of the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly.
India had already voiced its strong support for Shahid’s candidature as President of the 76th session of the UNGA, saying he is best equipped to preside over the General Assembly of 193 nations of the world.
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