As a sunny Wednesday hangs around, here are some more things going on:
From The Mainichi, Japan plans to lift its coronavirus state of emergency in 39 prefectures.
From Vietnam Plus, organizations and individuals are honored in Hanoi, Vietnam for their studies about Ho Chi Minh.
From the Borneo Post, Malaysia's parliament will sit on Monday only to hear a speech by King Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah.
From Free Malaysia Today, hotels and lodging houses in the state of Sarawak are allowed to operate under Malaysia's Conditional Movement Control Order.
From The Straits Times, 958 recovered coronavirus patients are discharged from hospitals in Singapore, but six new clusters are identified.
From The Jakarta Post, the Indonesian government plans to conduct coronavirus "pool tests" in eight provinces.
From Maldives Insider, Maldivian travel associations distribute over 15,000 meals to poor people in coronavirus shelters.
From the Daily Mirror, SriLankan Airlines extends its flight suspension until May 31st.
From the Colombo Page, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa proposes establishing an agricultural unit in the Sri Lankan army.
From the Dhaka Tribune, Banglasdeshi scientists decode the coronavirus's genome sequence.
From The Hans India, the Bombay High Court directs authorities in the Indian state of Maharashtra to monitor highways and arrange travel for migrant workers trying to return home.
From the Hindustan Times, the Indian government will begin coronavirus antibody tests in 21 states.
From ANI, migrant workers demonstrate in Ludhiana, Punjab, India demanding that they are allowed to return home.
From India Today, Indian Railways will start waiting lists for special trains running from May 22nd.
From Khaama Press, airstrikes in the Afghan province of Balkh kill or wound 36 Taliban terrorists.
From Dawn, the governments of Pakistan and the province of Sindh threaten to reimpose coronavirus lockdowns.
From The Express Tribune, according to Prime Minister Imran Khan, Pakistan is committed to human rights conventions.
From Pakistan Today, the Pakistani government bans Youm-e-Ali processions.
From Radio Farda, Iran's oil production dropped to less than two million barrels per day in April.
From IranWire, a female Iranian swimmer might be in trouble for communicating with swimmers from other countries.
From StepFeed, according to the founder of Surkus, "marketing must go on".
From The New Arab, the battle against FGM has only just begun for Sudanese women.
From the Saudi Gazette, the number of new daily coronavirus infections in Saudi Arabia starts to decline.
From the Ethiopian Monitor, Ethiopian officials review a plan to plant five billion trees.
From the Egypt Independent, the Egyptian parliament passes a law allowing failing publicly-owned businesses to be closed.
From Egypt Today, Egyptian courts will resume work after Eid al-Fitr.
From Arutz Sheva, a four-year-old Israeli boy needs surgery so that he can breathe, but no doctors in Israel are qualified to perform it.
From The Times Of Israel, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu officially announces his new government.
From The Jerusalem Post, a team of academics at Tel Aviv University and a Swiss company team up to develop a coronavirus vaccine.
From YNetNews, Israel approves the export of medical cannabis.
From The Syrian Observer, Russian and Turkish troops jointly patrolling the Syrian region of Idleb get stoned and encounter the eggmen.
From In-Cyprus, Animal Party Cyprus proposes a moratorium on sales of dogs and cats.
From Rûdaw, an Iraqi man gets two years in prison for posting "obscene words" on Facebook against the prophet Mohammed.
From Hürriyet Daily News, young Turks go outside as Turkey's coronavirus rules are eased.
From Turkish Minute, Turkey's interior ministry authorizes 27 administrative investigations of İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, pertaining to his time as a district mayor.
From Morocco World News, Morocco reports its third straight day with no coronavirus deaths.
From Scoop Independent News, Muslims in New Zealand have a leadership crisis.
From Palestinian Media Watch, the mother of a terrorist involved in the murder of an Israeli girl calls giving birth to him her greatest achievement.
From The Arab Weekly, Islamist groups try to ban a TV show that "normalizes" coexistence between Arabs and Jews.
And from Gatestone Institute, a look at the derogatory phrase used by Turkish President Erdoğan, "leftovers of the sword".
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