As a very warm and sunny Wednesday hangs around, here are some more things going on:
From The Mainichi, coronavirus testing in Kitakyushu, Japan finds more asymptomatic carriers.
From Vietnam Plus, Vietnam launches its second virtual mobile network.
From the Borneo Post, teachers in Indonesia are not yet called back to work.
From Free Malaysia Today, Malaysia reports 93 new coronavirus cases, almost all being foreigners.
From The Straits Times, according to Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam, China will not back down its new security law.
From The Jakarta Post, the Pertamina foundation gives grants to 285 Indonesian university students.
From Maldives Insider, Maldivian authorities require tourism businesses to hire foreign workers only if they are properly documented.
From the Daily Mirror, Malta's Election Commission is expected to decide a date for the country's next election on June 8th.
From the Colombo Page, Sri Lankan police launch a large operation against narcotics and the underworld.
From the Dhaka Tribune, Bangladesh's ministry of primary and mass education decides to keep primary schools and kindergartens closed due to the coronavirus.
From The Hans India, poaching of wildlife in India more than doubles during the country's coronavirus lockdown.
From the Hindustan Times, migrant workers from the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh return to jobs in other places.
From ANI, cyclone Nisarga weakens at it makes landfall in the Indian state of Maharashtra.
From India Today, cyclone Nisarga uproots trees, but misses Mumbai.
From OpIndia, after Indian comedian Vir Das mocks Hinduism, he is challenged to mock Islam.
From Khaama Press, nine civilians are killed by a roadside bomb in the Afghan province of Kandahar.
From Dawn, at least four people are killed by gusty winds and a dust storm in Karachi, Pakistan.
From The Express Tribune, the Pakistani province of Sindh reports over 1,800 new coronavirus cases in a day.
From Pakistan Today, the Pakistani government warns of another coronavirus lockdown if people don't obey the standard operating procedures now in place.
From Radio Farda, a magnitude-5.0 earthquake strikes in the Iranian province of Ilam.
From The New Arab, armed militias fighting for Khalifa Haftar in Libya reportedly use landmines that are illegal under international law.
From the Saudi Gazette, over half a million people in Saudi Arabia benefit from coronavirus training courses from the Saudi Red Crescent Authority.
From the Ethiopian Monitor, Sudan asks the U.N. Security Council to "discourage" Ethiopia from filling its dam reservoir.
From the Egypt Independent, Egyptian Health Minister Hala Zayed announces that her ministry has given 500,000 doses of medicine to critical coronavirus patients.
From Egypt Today, the U.S. embassy in Cairo thanks Esna Hospital in Luxor, Egypt for treating American coronavirus patients.
From Arutz Sheva, knessetcritter Ayelet Shaked (Yamina) calls U.S. President Trump "a true friend of Israel".
From The Times Of Israel, an ancient bridge in Jerusalem is dated to the time of the Second Temple.
From The Jerusalem Post, a stabbing attack at a West Bank checkpoint fails.
From YNetNews, Bloomfield Stadium in Tel Aviv, Israel uses a misting tunnel to disinfect soccer players.
From The Syrian Observer, a suspected member of the Syrian air force's intelligence agency is a refugee in Germany.
From In-Cyprus, Cyprus will gradually allow more people to gather.
From Rûdaw, protesters and police clash in Hilla, Iraq.
From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey plans to explore the Mediterranean for hydrocarbons.
From Turkish Minute, a Turkish journalist with a heart condition is returned to prison from a hospital after testing positive for the coronavirus.
From Morocco World News, Morocco's lower house will discuss a strategy for lifting the country's coronavirus lockdown on June 11th.
And from Gatestone Institute, why the Western media has a bias against Israel.
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