Melbourne Park, (Australia) - Struggling Nadal loses to Mackenzie McDonald in the second round #AustralianOpen #RafaelNadal𓃵 #BreakingNews

SINGAPORE: Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong will visit Brunei Darussalam from Wednesday (Jan 18) to Thursday. This is his first official visit to the country in his current capacity, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said on Wednesday. #Singapore

MANILA, (Philippine) - Philippine Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa and her online media company Rappler were on Wednesday (Jan 18) acquitted of all four charges of tax evasion filed against her, a court said. #Philippines

Sulawesi, (Indonesia) - A magnitude 6 earthquake struck Sulawesi, Indonesia region, on Wednesday (Jan 18), the European Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) said. The quake was at a depth of 145km, EMSC said.#BreakingNews

Sydney, (Australia) - Emergency services are on standby at Sydney airport after a Qantas Airways flight issued a mayday signal. A spokesperson said the emergency services standby at Sydney Airport after a Qantas flight from New Zealand issued a distress signal. #BreakingNews

SINGAPORE – A man and a woman have been charged over their alleged abuse of a two-month-old baby girl who was found with a fractured skull. Documents did not say how they are related to the infant, but their names cannot be disclosed due to a gag order to protect her identity.

JAKARTA, (Indonesia) - A 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of Indonesia’s Sumatra island early Monday, the US Geological Survey reported. The epicenter of the quake was 48km south-south-east of the city of Singkil in Aceh province, at a depth of 37km, USGS said.

Panjin, (China) - A massive explosion at a chemical plant in northeastern China has killed at least two people and left 12 missing. Another 34 people were injured in the blast Sunday on the outskirts of the city of Panjin in Liaoning province, east of the capital Beijing. #China

Tokyo, (Japan) - Wholesale prices in Japan jumped a record 9.7 percent in 2022 from a year ago after December became another month of double-digit growth, as higher import costs kept up inflationary pressures and squeezed corporate profits, the Bank of Japan said Monday. #Japan

Perth, (Australia) - On Monday, Rugby Australia named Eddie Jones as head coach, putting the former England and Japan boss in charge for the next two World Cups. The appointment, effective from February, comes less than 8 months before the start of the Rugby World Cup 2023.

TOKYO, (Japan) - Japan Sunday reported 108,281 new coronavirus cases, down 23,790 from Saturday. Tokyo reported 8,269 new cases, down 2,458 from Saturday. The number of infected people hospitalized with severe symptoms in Tokyo was 43, down 3 from Saturday, health officials said.

Shanxi, (China) - China launched 14 satellites atop a Long March-2D carrier rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern China's Shanxi Province on Sunday. The rocket was launched at 11:14 a.m. #China

Jerusalem, (Israel) - According to the Israeli army, an Israeli soldier was killed, and four were seriously wounded due to an ammunition explosion at a military base Saturday night. #BreakingNews #Israel

Abu Dhabi, (UAE) - A comet that has not entered the solar system for 50,000 years was captured for a split second by an astronomy center in Abu Dhabi. Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) was filmed on Saturday by Al Khatim Observatory, operated by the International Astronomical Centre. #UAE

Kathmandu, (Nepal) - Officials say that a plane with 72 people on board has crashed near an airport in central Nepal, and at least 40 bodies have been recovered. #NepalPlaneCrash

Vientiane, (Laos) - The Bank of the Lao (BOL) revoked the licenses of 113 money exchanges affiliated with six commercial banks in the country. #laos

COLOMBO, (Sri Lanka) - Proof of COVID-19 Vaccination Card is mandatory for all travelers to enter Sri Lanka with effect from Saturday, Jan 14th, and those who are not vaccinated should submit a PCR report obtained 72 hours prior to arrival. #SriLanka

JAKARTA, (Indonesia): Indonesia has deployed a warship to its North Natuna Sea to monitor a Chinese coast guard vessel active in a resource-rich maritime area, the country's naval chief said on Saturday. #Indonesia

MANILA, Philippines - A low-pressure area (LPA) inside the Philippines will develop into a tropical cyclone and will continue to cause widespread rains in the country, according to the state weather bureau on Saturday. #Philippines

Singapore - A total of 152 people have been arrested in islandwide enforcement operations, the Singapore Police Force said in a statement. The arrests were linked to 80 investigations conducted between December 28, 2022, and January 13, 2023. #Singapore