BANGKOK -- Thailand's severe flooding on Monday claimed three more lives, raising the number of deaths to 24, and Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha visited the affected region in the south.

According to the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department on Monday, 24 deaths have been recorded, 919,003 people in 23 districts have been affected and 4,216 houses were partially damaged while 29 have been completely destroyed. (Thailand-Flood)

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MANILA -- An offshore earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 shook Sorsogon province in the main Philippine island of Luzon on Monday, the Philippine Institute of Seismology and Volcanology (Phivolcs) said.

The institute said the quake, which struck at 10:37 p.m. local time, hit at a depth of 30 km, about 38 km northeast of Prieto Diaz town, southeast of Manila. (Phililppines-Quake)

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PHNOM PENH -- Cambodia's Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports once again decided to postpone an annual high school graduation exam due to ongoing COVID-19 outbreaks, according to a ministry's statement on Monday.

Minister of Education, Youth and Sports Hang Chuon Naron said in the statement that the exam was first scheduled for August, but was delayed to Dec. 21-22, and now further delayed to mid-January, 2021. (Cambodia-Exam-Postpone)

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YANGON -- The total number of COVID-19 cases in Myanmar has increased to 100,431 as of Monday after 1,276 more cases were reported, according to a release from the Ministry of Health and Sports.

The death toll reached 2,132 with 22 newly reported deaths on Monday, while 79,240 patients have been discharged from hospitals so far, the release said. (Myanmar-COVID-19)

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DHAKA -- Bangladesh reported 2,198 new COVID-19 cases and 36 new deaths on Monday, making the tally at 479,743 and death toll at 6,874, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.

The official data showed that 14,369 samples were tested in the last 24 hours across Bangladesh. (Bangladesh-COVID-19) Enditem

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