As a sunny Wednesday turns to rain, here are some more things going on:
From The Mainichi, total coronavirus cases in Tokyo now number over 10,000.
From Vietnam Plus, Vietnam records seven new imported coronavirus cases.
From the Borneo Post, Malaysia's prime minister wishes a happy Sarawak Day to all residents of that state.
From Free Malaysia Today, the High Court of Alor Setar, Malaysia overturns a caning punishment for Rohingyas convicted to illegally entering the country.
From The Straits Times, Thailand will extend its coronavirus state of emergency until the end of August.
From The Jakarta Post, a potential coronavirus vaccine developed by a Chinese firm will be used in clinical trials in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia.
From Maldives Insider, a Mövenpick resort in the Maldive Islands collaborates with local musicians to promote their talents around the world.
From the Daily Mirror, an interim report proposes legal action against the people who destroyed an archaeological building in Kurunegala, Sri Lanka.
From the Colombo Page, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa promises to free Sri Lanka from the menace of drugs.
From the Dhaka Tribune, husband and wife doctors in Dhaka learn that cigarettes and hand sanitizer don't mix.
From The Hans India, a year after being launched, the eight payloads aboard the Indian spacecraft Chandrayaan-2 are all functioning well.
From the Hindustan Times, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tells why the world should trust in India after the coronavirus.
From ANI, the Indian army dismantles a Jaish-e-Mohammad terror cell in the territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
From India Today, about 40,000 Chinese troops are still present near the Line of Actual Control across from the Indian territory of Ladakh.
From Khaama Press, a U.S. airstrike in the Afghan province of Kandahar sends 36 Taliban terrorists to their virgins.
From Dawn, a Pakistani businessman in Malaysia pleads guilty to insulting indigenous groups, and is given an appropriate fine, and "the fallen Buddha".
From The Express Tribune, Prime Ministers Imran Khan (Pakistan) and Sheikh Hasina (Bangladesh) have a rare phone conversation.
From Pakistan Today, the Islamabad High Court finds that the brief abduction of journalist Matiullah Jan was intended to "scare others".
From Radio Farda, according to a "key" lawmaker, the explosion at a nuclear facility in Natanz, Iran was caused by a "security breach".
From IranWire, according to a special report, Supreme Leader Khamenei's "delusional" policy on population growth endangers Iran's future.
From The New Arab, the enslavement of children persists in Mauritania.
From StepFeed, the online festival Step Anywhere will feature over 100 speakers.
From the Saudi Gazette, 12,000 field workers starting cleaning holy sites in and around Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
From the Ethiopian Monitor, an Ethiopian Airlines 777F cargo airplane catches fire at Pudong Shanghai International Airport.
From the Egypt Independent, the Egyptian army stops a terror attack in the governorate of North Sinai and sends 18 terrorists to their virgins.
From Egypt Today, the UAE backs Egypt's stance on Libya.
From Arutz Sheva, the Israeli Knesset is set to vote on a "major" coronavirus bill.
From The Times Of Israel, Prime Minister Netanyahu is allegedly set on dissolving Israel's coalition government and bringing about new elections.
From The Jerusalem Post, the Knesset bans gay conversion therapy.
From YNetNews, an IDF soldier is killed in a training exercise in the Golan Heights when his vehicle overturns.
From The Syrian Observer, a French mine expert in Syria is killed when explosion targets his car.
From In-Cyprus, residents of Aglantzia, Cyprus oppose plans to turn a local building into a center for asylum seekers.
From Armenian News, according to Russian deputy Foreign Minister Grushko, a final agreement to end the conflict Nagorno-Karabakh "will promote regional stability". (via The Armenian Reporter)
From Rûdaw, according to local officials, Turkish bombing caused a fire which destroyed farmlands and killed wild animals in the region of Barzan, in Iraqi Kurdistan.
From Hürriyet Daily News, a 2,000-year-old relief depicting the legendary figure Hercules is damaged in the İznik district in the Turkish province of Bursa.
From Turkish Minute, Turkey and Russia consider forming a joint working group on the conflict in Libya.
From Morocco World News, Morocco celebrates the 99th anniversary of the Battle of Annual against the occupying Spanish.
And from Gatestone Institute, the advancing plague of "illusory superiority".
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