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Southeast Asia was coping with a weekslong heat wave on Monday as record-high temperatures led to school closings in several countries and urgent health warnings throughout the region. Millions of students in all public schools across the Philippines were ordered to stay home Monday after authorities canceled in-person classes for two days.…

A woman walks with a cold drink down a street in Yangon, where extreme heat has played havoc recently

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YANGON, April 29, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - Myanmar recorded its hottest ever April temperature of 48.2 degrees Celsius (118.76 Fahrenheit), its

Yangon (AFP) April 29, 2024 - Delivery rider Than Toe Aung pedals his bicycle through a punishing heatwave in Myanmars commercial capital Yangon, where scooters and motorbikes are banned.

Myawaddy Bridge No. 2- which handled over $1 billion in trade in 2023, temporarily closed due to damage during the recent fighting, reopened on April 30. However online connections to this customs office has not yet been restored. A trader from Myawaddy said, "This morning Bridge No. 2 was reopened. When the fighting broke out, the computer servers were destroyed, and

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BANGKOK/YANGON -- More than three years since the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and Myanmar's military agreed to a five-point peace agreement, a…

MANILA: South and Southeast Asia braced for more extreme heat on Sunday as authorities across the region issued...

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