International News

Venezuela begins to rework foreign debt, state oil company arrears

AKP Phnom Penh, 15 May, 2026-- Venezuela has begun a "comprehensive and orderly process" to restructure the country's foreign debt and that of the state-owned oil company Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA), the government announced Wednesday.The measure aims to lighten the country's financial burd...

Brazil to unveil fuel subsidy to curb rising prices

AKP Phnom Penh, 15 May, 2026-- The Brazilian government said Wednesday it will soon introduce a fuel subsidy to help curb rising prices linked to the Middle East conflict, with the measure initially applying to gasoline and potentially expanding to diesel at a later stage.According to the governmen...

AU, UN leaders denounce external interferences in Africa's security crisis

AKP Phnom Penh,15 May, 2026-- African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf and United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres have warned that external interferences are fueling the security crisis in Africa.The two leaders made the allegation during a joint press conferen...

S. Korea's money supply grows for 5th month in March

AKP Phnom Penh, 13 May, 2026-- South Korea's money supply grew for a fifth successive month despite lower expectations for additional policy rate cuts, central bank data showed Wednesday. The seasonally-adjusted M2, called broad money, rose 0.4 percent from a month earlier to 4,132.1 trillion wo...

U.S. clears 35.46-billion-dollar tariff refunds for importers so far

AKP Phnom Penh, 13 May, 2026-- U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has processed 35.46 billion U.S. dollars' worth of tariff refunds and associated interest due as of Monday, according to a court filing with the U.S. Court of International Trade released Tuesday. As of Monday, CBP had recei...

Egypt ready to enhance comprehensive strategic partnership with China, says PM

AKP Phnom Penh, 13 May, 2026-- Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said on Tuesday that relations between Egypt and China maintain a strong momentum of development, and Egypt hopes to further strengthen the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries and is willing to work wi...

Xi, Trump to discuss bilateral relations, world peace and development

AKP Phnom Penh, 12 May, 2026-- Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump will have an in-depth exchange of views on major issues concerning China-U.S. relations and world peace and development, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on Monday. Guo made the remar...

EU coordinates response to hantavirus outbreak

AKP Phnom Penh, 12 May, 2026-- The European Commission said Monday that it is coordinating and supporting national authorities' response to a hantavirus outbreak, while the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) assesses the risk to the general population in Europe as very low....

Malaysia jobless rate dips to 2.9 pct in Q1

AKP Phnom Penh, 12 May, 2026-- Malaysia's unemployment rate edged down to 2.9 percent in the first quarter of 2026, as both employment and labor force expanded modestly, official data showed Tuesday. The number of unemployed persons fell 0.4 percent to 506,500, bringing the jobless rate down 0.1...

Humanitarian situation continues to worsen in Lebanon despite ceasefire: UN

AKP Phnom Penh, 12 May, 2026-- The humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate in Lebanon despite the ceasefire, with attacks on health-related sites and the killing of paramedics, UN humanitarians said Monday. More than 100 strikes were reported in the past 24 hours alone, while 87 people w...

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