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Economic Buzz: China services activity rises at softest pace in five months

Mumbai, Dec. 3 -- China's service sector continued to expand in the penultimate month of the year, according to latest PMI data. Growth in services activity was driven by a sustained increase in new b... Read More


3,000 tonnes of Ukrainian sunflower oil reach Cox's Bazar refugee camps

Dhaka, Dec. 3 -- A shipment of 3,000 tonnes of sunflower oil from Ukraine has arrived at refugee camps in Cox's Bazar to support Rohingya refugees. On Wednesday, a media statement from the Embassy of... Read More


Indonesia says it can manage Sumatra disasters without foreign aid

Jakarta, Dec. 3 -- The Indonesian government says it can still handle the fallout from deadly floods and landslides across three provinces in Sumatra, including maintaining sufficient food supplies fo... Read More


Bangladesh records over 96,000 dengue hospitalisations

Dhaka, Dec. 3 -- Bangladesh has reported 490 hospitalisations from dengue fever in the past 24 hours, bringing the total this year to 96,067. The Aedes mosquito-borne illness has claimed five lives i... Read More


Kedah cook dies, friend survives after car plunges into river

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 3 -- A man died while his colleague survived after the car they were in plunged into a river on Jalan Pengkalan in Sungai Petani, Kedah, around midnight. The victim, 34-year-old co... Read More


Let Me-owt: Hapless tabby cat sets off Turkiye bank alarms, needing rescue (VIDEO)

ISTANBUL, Dec. 3 -- A Turkiye bank was forced to let an intruder that set off its alarms go.because it a tabby cat. The grey tabby, gender unknown, was seen in an Instagram reel from the account @kus... Read More


'I'm perfectly okay, I need everyone to cease fire' - 2Baba begs fans amid marriage saga

Nigeria, Dec. 3 -- Music icon Innocent "2Baba" Idibia has broken his silence amid the controversy surrounding his marriage to Natasha Osawaru, a member of the Edo State House of Assembly. PREMIUM TIM... Read More


Odisha's crackdown on illegal Bangladeshis continues: 28 more suspects detained in Jagatsinghpur, Bhadrak

Bhubaneswar, Dec. 3 -- A coordinated late-night operation in Jagatsinghpur district on Tuesday resulted in the detention of more than 20 suspected Bangladeshi nationals, as police expanded statewide v... Read More


Indonesia extends weather-modification ops to keep aid flights moving

Jakarta, Dec. 3 -- Indonesia is extending weather-modification operations in North Sumatra and Aceh to keep air routes open for delivering relief supplies to flood-hit areas, the National Disaster Mit... Read More


Indonesia Air Force airlifts 20 tons of aid to flood-hit Aceh

Jakarta, Dec. 3 -- Indonesia's Air Force airlifted more than 20 tons of emergency supplies to flood-hit areas in Aceh using C-130 Hercules aircraft, completing two relief missions in two days, an offi... Read More