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Myanmar warns of potential extreme weather as El Nino strengthens

AKP Phnom Penh, 22 July, 2026-- Myanmar's Department of Meteorology and Hydrology (DMH) on Wednesday warned of potential extreme weather events in the coming months as El Nino conditions have developed in the tropical Pacific Ocean. "We have been issuing updates on El Nino since it first developed...

Afghanistan inks 5.3 mln USD deal to boost polio vaccination in remote provinces

AKP Phnom Penh, 22 July, 2026-- Afghanistan's Ministry of Public Health signed a 5.3 million U.S. dollar contract on Tuesday with international organization Action Against Hunger (AAH) to strengthen oral polio vaccination efforts in the remote southern Uruzgan and Helmand provinces. The one-year c...

Trump, Lebanese president discuss Hezbollah disarmament

AKP Phnom Penh, 22 July, 2026-- U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday met with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun at the White House and said the two leaders would discuss privately whether the United States would assist Lebanon in disarming Hezbollah. "We have some very concrete plans already in sto...

Russia puts new Ukrainian top military commander on wanted list

AKP Phnom Penh, 22 July, 2026-- Russia has placed Mykhailo Drapatyi, the new commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, on its wanted list, according to the Russian Interior Ministry's database, which was updated on Tuesday. The move came hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a...

Trump, British PM discuss North Sea oil, Strait of Hormuz demining in phone call

AKP Phnom Penh, 21 July, 2026-- U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that he had a phone conversation with new British Prime Minister Andy Burnham, discussing issues including North Sea oil, trade, the military alliance and demining of the Strait of Hormuz. The two leaders also discussed the U....

Portugal, Morocco agree to build electricity interconnection project

AKP Phnom Penh, 21 July, 2026-- Portugal and Morocco agreed on Monday to build an electricity interconnection following talks between their energy ministers in Lisbon on renewable energy and mining cooperation. Portuguese Environment and Energy Minister Maria da Graca Carvalho described the projec...

Ant International raises 1.2 bln USD for global expansion

AKP Phnom Penh, 21 July, 2026-- Ant International, the Singapore-headquartered digital payments and financial technology company, has completed a Series A fundraising round worth about 1.2 billion U.S. dollars. Existing investors, including its parent company Ant Group and Alibaba Group, participa...

Canadian PM says U.S.-proposed tariffs violate trilateral trade deal

AKP Phnom Penh, 21 July, 2026-- Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Monday that the U.S. administration's announced intention to impose a new 50 percent tariff on a broad range of Canadian goods is "the latest in a series of unilateral U.S. trade actions in direct violation of the Canada-Un...

U.S. to impose additional 50 pct tariff on certain Canadian goods

AKP Phnom Penh, 21 July, 2026-- U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday signed three proclamations to impose an additional 50 percent tariff on certain Canadian goods, saying Canada was discriminating against U.S. commerce. The additional 50 percent ad valorem duties on certain dairy products, alcoh...

U.S. approves nearly 2 bln USD weapons sale to Saudi Arabia

AKP Phnom Penh, 16 July, 2026-- The U.S. State Department on Wednesday approved the sale of weapons worth an estimated 1.96 billion U.S. dollars to Saudi Arabia. "This proposed sale will support the foreign policy and national security objectives of the United States by improving the security of a...

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