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Trump signs executive order aiming to reduce drug prices

AKP Phnom Penh, the May 13, 2025-- U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order aimed at lowering drug prices, demanding that drug companies offer prices for prescription drugs comparable to those in other developed nations. "The Order instructs the Administration to com...

Britain, EU FMs meet in London without concrete results on Ukraine

AKP Phnom Penh, the May 13, 2025-- British and European foreign ministers and officials met in London on Monday but concluded without substantial breakthroughs on the situation in Ukraine. According to a statement from the British Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, the ministers reaff...

Egypt retrieves 25 smuggled artifacts from U.S.

AKP Phnom Penh, the May 13, 2025-- Twenty-five historically and artistically significant artifacts, spanning multiple periods of ancient Egyptian civilization, have been repatriated from the United States to Egypt, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry announced on Monday. The Egyptian Consulate General...

Iran says latest nuclear talks "more serious," rejects U.S. call to dismantle facilities

AKP Phnom Penh, the May 12,2025-- Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Sunday that indirect negotiations with the United States in Oman to revive the 2015 nuclear deal had become "much more serious and frank," as President Masoud Pezeshkian rejected U.S. demands for Tehran to dismantle i...

Hamas to free Israeli-American hostage in bid to secure ceasefire, reopen crossings

AKP Phnom Penh, the May 12, 2025-- Hamas said on Sunday it will release Israeli-U.S. hostage Edan Alexander from the Gaza Strip as part of efforts to secure a ceasefire and reopen border crossings for aid delivery. Khalil al-Hayya, a senior Hamas official and head of the group's negotiating team...

Algeria orders expulsion of French embassy staff over "protocol breaches"

AKP Phnom Penh, the May 12,2025— Algeria summoned the French charge d'affaires in Algiers on Sunday and demanded the immediate expulsion of several French embassy employees over "serious breaches" of diplomatic protocol, state news agency APS reported. The move follows what Algerian authorities...

Vietnam actively promotes ASEAN integration initiatives

AKP Phnom Penh, May 09, 2025 — The 76th meeting of the Initiative for ASEAN Integration (IAI) Task Force was held in Jakarta on May 6 under the chairmanship of Ambassador Ton Thi Ngoc Huong, head of Vietnam’s Permanent Mission to ASEAN. This marked the second meeting Vietnam has presided over...

Commerce Ministry Strengthens Trade Resilience Amid U.S. Policy Shifts

AKP Phnom Penh, May 09, 2025 — At a meeting of ministry-level executives chaired by the Prime Minister, the Ministry of Commerce, led by Permanent Secretary Vuttikrai Leewiraphan, presented Thailand’s export performance for 2024 and early 2025. In March 2025 alone, exports hit a record high...

Vietnamese raw bird’s nests have opportunity to enter Chinese market

AKP Phnom Penh, May 09, 2025 — Vietnamese raw bird’s nests have opportunities to enter the Chinese market as an exclusive product after the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Environment (MoAE) and the General Administration of Customs of China (GACC) last month agreed on consultations on qua...

First hospital invests in AI-powered robotic system for cancer treatment

AKP Phnom Penh, May 09, 2025 — FV Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City on May 7 announced its investment in a cutting-edge robotic radiosurgery device integrated with artificial intelligence (AI), the first of its kind in Vietnam. The CyberKnife S7 system, valued at nearly 200 billion VND (approximate...

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