NEW DELHI -- The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is developing technologies for its first manned space flight, Minister of Science and Technology Jitendra Singh said on Thursday.

India's first manned space flight is known as the "Gaganyaan Mission", which is planned to be launched in the near future. (India-Manned Space Flight)

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PHNOM PENH -- Cambodia will host the 55th ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Foreign Ministers' Meeting and related meetings from July 29 to Aug. 5 in Phnom Penh, according to a foreign ministry's statement issued on Thursday.

Cambodia is the chair of ASEAN for 2022. ASEAN groups Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. (Cambodia-ASEAN-Foreign Minister's Meeting)

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TOKYO -- Japan on Thursday reported 233,100 new daily COVID-19 cases, marking a new record for a second straight day, as the highly transmissible BA.5 Omicron subvariant continues to run rampant.

Tokyo alone confirmed a record 40,406 new infections, topping the 40,000-mark for the first time, with the number of cases jumping 8,500 from a week earlier. Officials said the health system was becoming overstretched. (Japan-COVID-19)

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PHNOM PENH -- The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade pact and the Cambodia-China Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA) have provided wider exporting markets for Cambodia, officials said on Thursday.

Ly Thuch, president of Cambodia's National Committee for the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN-ESCAP), said thanks to these free trade agreements, Cambodia's total export to other RCEP member countries totaled 3.28 billion U.S. dollars in the first half of 2022, up 10 percent year-on-year. (Cambodia-RCEP-Trade Pact) Enditem

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