SINGAPORE -- The Meteorological Service Singapore (MSS) announced on Wednesday that Oct. 9 marked Singapore's highest temperature ever recorded for the month.

October 2023 was generally warm with daily maximum temperatures above 34 degrees centigrade on 25 days. (Singapore-Temperature)

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YANGON -- The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) Yangon Branch has joined the Cross-Border Interbank Payment System (CIPS) to further promote the use of RMB for cross-border transactions in Myanmar and China.

A ceremony marking ICBC Yangon Branch's participation in the CIPS was held Wednesday in the commercial hub of Myanmar. (Myanmar-China-Bank)

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TOKYO -- Japan on Thursday started the third round of release of nuclear-contaminated wastewater from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean.

Despite concerns and opposition among local fishermen in Fukushima Prefecture as well as other countries, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the plant's operator, started discharging the radioactive wastewater at around 10:20 a.m. local time. (Japan-Nuclear-Contaminated Wastewater)

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COLOMBO -- Seventeen Sri Lankans who are in the Gaza Strip have been permitted to leave for Egypt via the Rafah crossing, Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) said on Thursday.

SLBFE media spokesman Gamini Senarath told media that the embassy of Sri Lanka in Israel has officially informed the SLBFE of the development. (Sri Lanka-Gaza-Evacuation)

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DHAKA -- The World Bank has approved 210 million U.S. dollars for a Bangladeshi project to provide cash transfers and counseling services to improve nutrition and directly benefit about 1.7 million pregnant women and mothers of children under four years in vulnerable households.

Under current education and health systems, a child born in Bangladesh would only be 46 percent as productive as they could potentially be, Abdoulaye Seck, World Bank country director for Bangladesh and Bhutan, said in a statement Wednesday. (Bangladesh-WB-Project) Enditem

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