International News

WHO faces 2.5 bln USD funding gap as U.S. announcing withdrawal

AKP Phnom Penh, April 03, 2025-- The World Health Organization (WHO) is facing a budget gap of 1.9 billion U.S. dollars for 2026 and 2027, along with a 600-million-dollar deficit through 2025, according to media reports on Wednesday. Health Policy Watch, a non-profit independent global health ne...

Gaza aid blockade closes bakeries as evacuation orders, hostilities continue: UN

AKP Phnom Penh, April 02,2025-- The aid blockade has forced the shuttering of 25 bakeries in Gaza as food supplies shrivel, Israel's evacuation orders increase and bombardments continue, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday. The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said the sus...

Canadian, Mexican leaders talk about trading, investment ties

AKP Phnom Penh, April 02, 2025-- Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday spoke with the President of Mexico Claudia Sheinbaum about the trading and investment relationship between the two countries. According to an information release issued by the prime minister's office, the leaders emp...

Austria's inflation eases in March, services still main driver

AKP Phnom Penh, April 02, 2025-- Austria's inflation rate in March declined compared to the earlier months this year, according to a flash estimate by Statistics Austria on Tuesday. The inflation rate is expected to be 2.9 percent in March, down from 3.2 percent in both January and Februar...

Myanmar's earthquake death toll rises to 2,056

AKP Phnom Penh, April 01, 2025-- The death toll from Friday's 7.9-magnitude earthquake in Myanmar has risen to 2,056, with approximately 3,900 people injured and nearly 270 reported missing, according to the country's State Administration Council Information Team on Monday. International and domes...

Kremlin says Putin open to contacts with Trump

AKP Phnom Penh, April 01, 2025-- Russian President Vladimir Putin remained open to contacts with U.S. President Donald Trump, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday. A telephone conversation between Putin and Trump is not scheduled yet, Peskov said, adding that "such contacts can be agre...

Philippines expands electric vehicle charging infrastructure

AKP Phnom Penh, April 01, 2025-- The Philippines has been expanding its electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure, with 912 publicly accessible charging stations operational nationwide as of March 31, primarily concentrated in the capital, the Philippines' Department of Energy (DOE) said Tuesda...

IMF chief says U.S. tariff risks dragging on global growth

AKP Phnom Penh, April 01, 2025-- Uncertainty around U.S. tariffs risks denting global economic activity, Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of International Monetary Fund (IMF), said on Monday. The longer the uncertainty persists about U.S. President Donald Trump's approach to tariff policy...

Vietnam, Northeast Thailand strengthen investment, trade, tourism ties

AKP Phnom Penh, March 31, 2025 — The Vietnamese Consulate General in Thailand’s Khon Kaen province on March 30 hosted a seminar to promote investment, trade, and tourism ties between Vietnam and Northeast Thailand, which is strategically positioned along the East-West economic corridor....

Bulgarian UN Worker Killed in Gaza Sent on Final Journey in Native Town

AKP Phnom Penh, March 31, 2025 — A funeral service was held for UN staffer Captain Marin Marinov, 51, who was killed in Gaza on March 19. Hundreds of people - family, friends, coworkers and representatives of the Association of Palestinians in Bulgaria - flocked to the St Nicholas the Miracle Mak...

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