Category: Region
Secretive Laos reports only a few Covid-19 cases
BANGKOK (UCAN): Laos has remained largely unscathed by the Covid-19 coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic, the country’s…
Thai medical frontliners ill-equipped and overworked
BANGKOK (UCAN): Medical workers on the front lines of Thailand’s fight against the Covid-19 coronavirus…
Myanmar’s Muslims observe Ramadan at home
MANDALAY (UCAN): Muslims in Myanmar are observing Ramadan, Islam’s holiest month, at homesunder a nationwide…
Vietnam told to sue China over marine incursions
HANOI (UCAN): “We strongly condemn China’s illegal actions (in Vietnam’s waters and islands),” a group…
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Interfaith unity in Karachi against Covid-19
KARACHI (UCAN): “You can come and set up your camp at the cathedral compound. We…
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New bishop for Church in Mongolia
ULAANBAATAR (UCAN): Pope Francis appointed Italian Father Giorgio Marengo of the Consolata Missionaries or the…
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Pakistan broadcasts Easter Mass
KARACHI (UCAN): In an unprecedented move, Pakistan’s state-run news channel, PTV, ran a live broadcast…
