Asean News Headlines at 9pm on Sunday (April 24, 2022)

A man fishes at Pasauran beach, Anyer in Serang on Sunday, April 24, 2022 while Mount Anak Krakatau spews thick smoke into the air. - AFP

Malaysia:

* Covid-19 Watch: 5,624 new cases bring total to 4,427,067

* Covid-19: Recovery cases almost double new infections on Saturday (April 23)

* Covid-19: More than 660,000 children in Malaysia fully vaccinated

* Dr Wee: JB traders doing well as economy recovers after border reopening

* Raya: 28,000 Konsortium E-Mutiara bus tickets sold out

* ‘PASleak’ is a serious matter, says Ahmad Zahid

* Malaysian experts join international study on plastic pollution

* Cop escapes injury after patrol car set ablaze by berserk timber yard worker

* Cops rule out weather, wind as cause of fatal paraglider accident

* I've always called it like I see it, Annuar shoots back at Ahmad Zahid

* Bursa Malaysia likely to move range-bound this week between 1,590 and 1,610

A couple hangs out on a riverbank at Clarke Quay in Singapore. The Singapore govt has downgraded the crisis level of the pandemic, scrapping all tests for incoming vaccinated visitors and limits on gathering sizes as it takes further steps to live with Covid-19. - Bloomberg

Singapore:

* Singapore PM Lee thanks healthcare workers 'constantly on front lines' in country's Covid-19 battle

* Covid-19: Singapore to lower DORSCON level to level yellow from Tuesday (April 26)

* Singapore to scrap most Covid-19 restrictions from Tuesday (April 26)

* Four seniors arrested in Singapore for suspected drug activities, RM283,000 of heroin and ice seized:, says narcotics bureau

* Rising isue - Close to 5,500 dengue cases recorded in Singapore so far this year, more than for whole of 2021

* Passenger movements at Singapore's Changi Airport exceed 1one million in March

* Significant step towards normalcy in SIngapore

Indonesia

* Indonesia's Anak Krakatoa volcano erupts, spews huge ash tower

* Indonesia to export clean energy to Singapore

* Indonesia holds 15 per cent of world tuna production

* Indonesia's finance minister says palm oil export ban will hurt other countries, but necessary

* Indonesian farmers fully support palm oil export ban

* Soyoil surges on Indonesia export ban; soybeans and corn futures sag

* New wave unlikely after exodus during festival

Paetongtarn Shinawatra (centre), youngest daughter of former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, poses for photographs at the Pheu Thai party's annual meeting in Bangkok on Sunday, April 24, 2022. - AFP

Thailand:

* Thai govt takes steps to control surging price of consumer goods; Covid-19 cases continue to fall, 17,784 cases on Sunday (April 24)

* Thailand: Thaksin’s youngest daughter vows to help grassroots if Pheu Thai wins election

* Malaysia and Thailand committed to deepen cooperation and spur economic recovery

* Thailand ‘must speed up testing, jabs’ to declare endemic by July 1, says health ministry

* Thailand ready to tackle new post-Songkran Covid wave, says health minister

* Entry rules to be eased further to boost economy

Philippines:

* IMF hikes GDP forecast for Philippines to 6.5 per cent this year

* Letter From Manila - A resurrection to a new normal with Holy Week in the Philippines

* Vice-President Leni Robredo holds massive rally in show of force for Philippine election

* Protecting the choice of Philippine citizens

* Second booster for high-risk groups rolls out

Philippine Vice President and opposition presidential candidate Leni Robredo speaks during a campaign rally coinciding with her birthday in Pasay city, suburban Manila. - AFP

Vietnam:

* Cases going lower now as Vietnam reports 8,813 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday (April 24); total infections almost 2.6 million

* Vietnam's dengue fever cases on the rise as rainy season begins early this year

* Over 374,200 doses of Covid-19 vaccines administered to children from 5 to under 12 years old in Vietnam

* Vietnam's Long An gets approval for US$200 million infrastructure development in industrial park

* Vietnam's Binh Son says to kick off US$1.2 billion refinery expansion plan this year

* MMEA nabs 21 Vietnamese for illegal fishing and encroaching

Myanmar:

* Depot riot: 72 Rohingya escapees still at large as manhunt continues

* Anti-coup fighters threaten Chinese mines in Myanmar

* Myanmar govt assures public of sufficient fuel supply

* One year on, Asean's 5-point consensus on Myanmar yet to see desired results

* Peace offer for ethnic groups

Cambodian Buddhist monks spray holy water in the celebration to mark the end of the Khmer New Year on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, April 24, 2022. Buddhist followers received the holy water which is believed to bring good luck. - AP

Cambodia:

* Cambodia and India parliamentary cooperation to reach 'new heights'

* Cambodian PM: Water is 'white gold' for inclusive development

* Cambodia and Laos look to expedite border demarcation; Phnom Penh says only 16 Covid-19 cases on Sunday (April 24)

* 93% jabbed at least once in Cambodia

Laos:

* Laos govt warns of Covid-19 surge after traditional New Year celebrations; 756 new cases reported

* Travellers to Laos required to take Covid-19 test on arrival

* United States supports rehabilitation workforce in Laos

Brunei:

* Brunei records 141 new Covid cases as total infection in country goes above 141,000

* Brunei committed to tackling water challenges, says minister

* Seven men jailed and caned for serial break-ins in Brunei

Residents wearing protective gear prepare to board a bus next to the entrance of a neighbourhood during the Covid-19 lockdown in the Jing'an district in Shanghai on Sunday, April 24, 2022. - AFP

AseanPlus:

* Shanghai reports record daily Covid-19 deaths in current outbreak

* Shanghai blockades Covid-hit buildings, fuelling fresh outcry

* Japan and South Korea look to salve ties that festered under Moon

* Japan finds nine from missing boat, condition unclear

* North Korea boasts of 'invincible power' ahead of key military anniversary

* Hong Kong police arrest man on suspicion of stabbing neighbours with scissors after earlier argument over noise

* Economist Meng Fanli, 56, named Communist Party chief of China’s tech hub Shenzhen

* Shanghai needs food, not TCM Covid-19 medicine Lianhua Qingwen: medical experts

* Hong Kong chief executive election 2022: John Lee recruits 150 political, business heavyweights to steer final campaign push

* Non-residents allowed to fly into Hong Kong from May 1

* South Koreans don’t care much about Ukraine war?

* Reducing global warming: Low cost ways

* A tale of two cities during lockdowns

* Cricket - Indian suprstar Kohli's slump lingers on with second straight first-ball dismissal

* Growing isolation puts China, US ‘on the brink’ of a new cold war