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Culture Minister, UNESCO Chief Sign Agreement Officially Granting Centre for Underwater Archaeology in Sozopol Category 2 Status

AKP Phnom Penh, January 20, 2026 — Bulgaria’s outgoing Culture Minister Marian Bachev and UNESCO Director-General Khaled El-Enany have signed an agreement at UNESCO headquarters in Paris under which the Centre for Underwater Archaeology (CUA) in Sozopol officially acquires the status of a Categor...

Venezuelan acting president calls for oil industry reforms to attract foreign investment

AKP Phnom Penh, 16 January, 2026-- Venezuelan acting president Delcy Rodriguez on Thursday called on the legislature to approve an oil industry reform plan to attract foreign investment and promote the country's economic recovery. In her annual report to the legislature on behalf of the administ...

Brazil's supreme court orders transfer of ex-president Bolsonaro to penitentiary complex

AKP Phnom Penh, 16 January, 2026-- Justice Alexandre de Moraes of Brazil's Supreme Federal Court ordered the transfer of former President Jair Bolsonaro from the Federal Police Superintendency to the Papuda Penitentiary Complex, local media said Thursday. Inside the complex, Bolsonaro will be ho...

Russia condemns interference, incitement, threats of force against Iran: envoy

AKP Phnom Penh, 16 January, 2026-- Russian UN ambassador Vassily Nebenzia said Thursday that his country condemns all forms of external interference, incitement to violence, and threats of use of force against Iran. At a Security Council meeting on the situation in Iran, Nebenzia called on the U...

New Zealand annual food prices up 4 pct

AKP Phnom Penh, 16 January, 2026-- New Zealand's food prices rose 4 percent in the year to December 2025, easing from a 4.4-percent annual increase in the year to November 2025, Stats NZ reported Friday. Grocery items led the rise, up 4.6 percent annually, followed by meat, poultry, and fish, wh...

China remains world's largest online retail market for 13th straight year

AKP Phnom Penh, January 15, 2026 — China has remained the world's largest online retail market for a 13th consecutive year, with its digital consumption exceeding 23.8 trillion yuan (about 3.39 trillion U.S. dollars), official data shows. The figure was released at a national e-commerce work c...

Japanese firms partner to build subsea cable connecting Japan, Malaysia, Singapore

AKP Phnom Penh, January 15, 2026 — Three Japanese conglomerates are setting up a joint venture, Intra-Asia Marine Networks, to build and operate a subsea cable connecting Japan with Malaysia and Singapore, amid rising demand for international data capacity driven by the development of artificial...

All Teachers in Bulgaria Undergoing Training to Teach in STEM Environment, Says Education Minister

AKP Phnom Penh, January 15, 2026 — All teachers are currently undergoing training to teach in a STEM environment, outgoing Education and Science Minister Krasimir Valchev said here on Tuesday. He participated in the opening of a STEM centre in a school in the city. He pointed out that the STEM...

NASA crew departs ISS earlier than planned due to astronaut's medical issue

AKP Phnom Penh, 15 January, 2026-- NASA's SpaceX Crew-11 astronauts departed the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday, starting their journey back to Earth. The four-member crew left the orbital laboratory earlier than originally planned after one of the astronauts living a...

Communities put on high alert for further flooding in Australia's Queensland

AKP Phnom Penh, 15 January, 2026-- Communities near a major river in the Australian state of Queensland have been put on high alert for flooding as torrential rainfall continued across the state on Thursday. A major flood warning issued by the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) said that flooding...

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