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Thu, 15 Jul 2021 02:49:02 GMT
Cambodia to send three athletes to Tokyo Olympics despite pandemic
PHNOM PENH, July 15 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's three elite athletes will represent the Southeast Asian nation in the Tokyo Olympic Games, sports officials said on Thursday. Vath Chamroeun, secre

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 16:44:36 GMT
Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, July 14
BANGKOK -- Thailand plans to set a limit on its exports of locally-manufactured AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines to meet domestic demand as the country is struggling to contain a months-long surge in

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 13:30:02 GMT
Science essential to determine COVID-19 origins: U.S. scholar
NEW YORK, July 14 (Xinhua) -- Science, not speculation, is essential to determine how COVID-19 reached humans, and relying on espionage agents only replaces science with politics, a U.S. scholar ha

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 13:18:02 GMT
Vietnam's daily COVID-19 infections hit another new high
HANOI, July 14 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam on Wednesday reported a new high of 2,934 daily COVID-19 infections, surpassing the previous record of 2,383 cases on Monday, according to the country's Ministry

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 12:18:03 GMT
Cambodia says to close border with Vietnam for one month to curb COVID-19
PHNOM PENH, July 14 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia will temporarily shut its border with Vietnam for one month beginning July 18 to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Foreign Ministry's standing secretary of st

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 10:55:50 GMT
Blinken highlights ASEAN's role in Indo-Pacific
Washington DC [US], July 14 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has underscored ASEAN's essential role in the Indo-Pacific's regional architecture and highlighted the US' rejection of unlawful

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 06:18:01 GMT
Laos to build large hybrid floating solar project
VIENTIANE, July 14 (Xinhua) -- The Lao government and shareholders in Nam Theun 2 hydropower plant have agreed to develop Nam Theun 2-Solar, which is claimed to be the world's largest hybrid floati

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 06:05:01 GMT
Over 22,000 pieces of UXO cleared in Laos in 6 months
VIENTIANE, July 14 (Xinhua) -- The Lao National Unexploded Ordnance Program (UXO Lao) has cleared unexploded ordnance from more than 1,000 hectares of land in the past six months, with 22,250 items

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 03:55:01 GMT
S.Korea's ICT export keeps rising for 13 months in June
SEOUL, July 14 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's export of information and communications technology (ICT) products kept rising for 13 straight months in June due to the global demand recovery from the COV

Tue, 13 Jul 2021 23:55:06 GMT
Chinese dams on River Mekong leaving region dry
Beijing [China], July 14 (ANI): China's construction of large hydropower dams along the River Mekong is causing problems downriver, leaving the region dry having devastating impacts on water availabil

Tue, 13 Jul 2021 16:18:58 GMT
China-Vietnam freight train trips surge in H1
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Tue, 13 Jul 2021 15:18:10 GMT
Laos concerned about 'debt trap' as China ups investment
Vientiane [Laos] July 13 (ANI): With investments by China in infrastructure projects in Laos increasing, there is growing concern in the Southeast Asian country about falling into a 'debt trap'. A num

Tue, 13 Jul 2021 13:18:01 GMT
Vietnam reports 2,301 new COVID-19 cases, 34,500 in total
HANOI, July 13 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 2,301 new COVID-19 infections on Tuesday, including 2,296 locally transmitted and five imported, bringing the total tally to 34,500, according to the cou

Tue, 13 Jul 2021 10:49:01 GMT
Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1000 GMT, July 13
PHNOM PENH -- Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said Tuesday that 5 million people in the Southeast Asian nation have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine so far. Nop

Tue, 13 Jul 2021 10:35:17 GMT
Japan to Send Millions More Vaccine Doses to Taiwan, Asian Neighbors
TOKYO - Japan will make additional donations of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to Taiwan and other Asian neighbors this week, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Tuesday.Japan will sh

Tue, 13 Jul 2021 09:18:01 GMT
Rare vulture population in Cambodia declines further: latest census
PHNOM PENH, July 13 (Xinhua) -- Critically endangered vultures in Cambodia remained on the edge of extinction as the population of the species continued to decline, a conservationist said on Tuesda

Tue, 13 Jul 2021 07:49:01 GMT
Profile: Palestinian doctor patches heart for Chinese children
TIANJIN, July 13 (Xinhua) -- Mahmoud Alsalehi sanitized his hands before walking toward the sickbed of a young patient, gently shaking a toy to delight the 1-year-old who just had surgery for conge

Tue, 13 Jul 2021 06:27:18 GMT
U.S. leaves Afghanistan with its tail between its legs
By Maitreya BhakalMore recently, few acts of Western barbarism meet the case better than the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan. Although not in the same league as its invasion of mainland Southea

Tue, 13 Jul 2021 06:18:02 GMT
Laos steps up border patrols against illegal immigration
VIENTIANE, July 13 (Xinhua) -- Border patrols in Laos on the Mekong River are being stepped up in Champasak and Savannakhet provinces to prevent people entering Laos from Thailand illegally.

Tue, 13 Jul 2021 06:18:01 GMT
Lao gov't extends ban on import of cattle
VIENTIANE, July 13 (Xinhua) -- The Lao government has extended the ban on the import of cattle and other beef products due to an outbreak of lumpy skin disease, which is continuing to spread in var

Mon, 12 Jul 2021 06:10:37 GMT
Powerships: Inside the Karadeniz money-spinning global empire
The Turkish powership conglomerate makes an astonishing amount of money from its specialist offering to frail and broken states.But many of its deals around th



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