JAKARTA, April 7 — Development fund allocated for Indonesia's football association is being frozen by Fifa after the country was stripped as host of this year's Under-20 World Cup, soccer's governing body said on Thursday (April 6).

WASHINGTON, April 7 — Emerging technologies in areas such as cyber and artificial intelligence could become the most dangerous weapons of the 21st century, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Director Jen Easterly said on Thursday (April 6), reported Sputnik.

LONDON, April 6 — A new study, looking back to the last ice age thousands of years ago, has revealed an alarming rate of ice melt, raising new concerns about future ice sheet retreat and rising sea levels, reported UPI.

JAKARTA, April 6 — Asean Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn received the Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General on Myanmar Noeleen Heyzer, at the Asean Secretariat headquarters earlier today.

BANGKOK, April 6 — Thailand's decriminalisation of cannabis has delighted its fans, alarmed some health experts, and has increasingly disappointed farmers who have been undercut by illegal imports, sending a promise of a new bonanza crop up in smoke.

WASHINGTON, April 5 — Economic growth and creating jobs for young people are two of the World Bank’s major concerns for the coming year, World Bank President David Malpass said on Tuesday.

NEW DELHI, April 5 — The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has condemned anti-Muslim violence in several places in India and called on the Indian authorities to punish those who targeted the community.

WELLINGTON, April 4 — New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins Tuesday appointed his predecessor Jacinda Ardern as special envoy for the Christchurch Call, a New Zealand-led global initiative to fight terrorism and extremism after the March 15 deadly mosque shootings in 2019, reported Xinhua.

REUTERS, April 4 — About one in six adults globally have experienced infertility at least once in their life, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said in a report on Monday, urging countries to actively collect more consistent data on the disease.

GENEVA, April 4 — The World Health Organisation (WHO) is celebrating its 75th anniversary, and its director-general called on global leaders Monday to take action to protect and invest in health and care workers responding to health and climate emergencies.

ANKARA, April 3 — Oil prices rallied on Monday after some OPEC+ countries cut production by more than 1 million barrels per day (bpd) in an already tight market, raising concerns about further interest rate hikes and weaker economic growth.

PUTRAJAYA, April 3 — Malaysia has condemned in the strongest terms the despicable and repeated acts of burning the Holy Quran in Denmark on March 24 and March 31.

MELBOURNE, April 3 — A spectator at the Formula One Australian Grand Prix suffered a cut to his arm when struck by a piece of debris from Kevin Magnussen's car, putting the spotlight on organisers' safety protocols.

BEIJING, April 2 — Relations between China and Singapore have set a benchmark for countries in the region, Chinese President Xi Jinping told Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong during talks in Beijing on Friday.

BEIJING, April 2 — China's Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao and Singapore's Minister for Trade and Industry Gan Kim Yong on Saturday signed a Memorandum of Understanding to announce the substantive conclusion of subsequent negotiations on an upgraded bilateral free trade agreement (FTA).

ISTANBUL/ISLAMABAD, April 1 — China is ready to work with Malaysia to promote Asian civilisations, uphold strategic independence, and firmly reject Cold War mentality and bloc confrontation, said China’s President Xi Jinping.

HONG KONG, April 1 — Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the Asia-Pacific region fell to a decade low in the first three months of this year as a tumultuous geopolitical and macroeconomic environment left dealmakers cautious.

BEIJING, March 31 — China is opening its borders for foreign tourist groups starting this Friday as part of the government's decision to abandon its 'zero tolerance' policy towards Covid-19 infections, the Chinese Ministry of Culture and Tourism said.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 31 — The United Kingdom (UK) has concluded trade talks with member countries to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) after 21 months of negotiations, boosting trade with Malaysia and the wider Indo-Pacific region.

NUSA DUA, March 31 — Southeast Asian central bank governors and finance ministers are set to wrap up talks on Friday, after meeting in Bali this week for discussions often focused on how the region can remain resilient in the face of a spike in global risks.