NEW DELHI -- The local government of Delhi said on Friday that implementation of the car rationing scheme, known as the "odd-even" formula, has been postponed due to the improvement in Delhi's Air Quality Index (AQI) following rain.

"A sharp decrease in pollution levels was witnessed and keeping this in view the government has now decided to postpone the order of implementing an odd-even formula on Nov. 13-20," Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai said. (India-Delhi-Pollution)

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BANGKOK -- The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) officially launched a document in Bangkok on Thursday, calling for actions at the intersection of children's rights and the climate emergency.

General Comment No. 26, outlining the responsibilities of states to safeguard the lives and well-being of children under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, was launched at an event organized by the UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office. (UNICEF-Thailand-Children)

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YANGON -- The United Nations (UN) has released 1 million U.S. dollars to aid conflict-affected people in Myanmar, a UN humanitarian agency said.

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Myanmar confirmed on Thursday the aid from the Myanmar Humanitarian Fund to be disbursed to support those in need. (Myanmar-UN-Aid)

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KUALA LUMPUR -- The number of jobs in Malaysia rose by 2.6 percent to record 8.90 million in the third quarter, official data showed Friday.

Malaysia's labor demand continued to show a positive trend in the third quarter with an additional 227,100 jobs, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) said in a statement. (Malaysia-Jobs) Enditem

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