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Traore Returns to Boyhood Club Barcelona on Loan

INTERNATIONAL: Barcelona has signed speedy Spain winger Adama Traore on loan from Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers until the end of the season, the LaLiga club has announced on Saturday,January…

Four Days to Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics

INTERNATIONAL: Despite concerns about the coronavirus pandemic and mounting international criticism of its human rights record, China has pushed ahead with the world's biggest winter sports event

Oil Spill in Gulf of Thailand Reaches The Beaches of Rayong

INTERNATIONAL: Authorities are rushing to prevent an oil spill in eastern Thailand from damaging fragile corals, after officials have said on January 30 that the leak that began last week was drifting…

ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting Rescheduled for Next Month

PHNOM PENH: The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Prak Sokhonn, confirmed to the UN Security Council on 28 January that the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting will now be held on…

News Making International Headlines: 31 January 2022

INTERNATIONAL: A six-car deadly crash in North Las Vegas on Saturday ,January 29, took the life of 9, when a Dodge Challenger traveling at a "high rate of speed" ran through a red light and crashed with…

BREAKING NEWS: PM wins Sunhak Peace Award

PHNOM PENH: The Prime Minister of Cambodia Hun Sen has been selected as the winner of the 2022 Sunhak Peace Prize, which will be presented on February 12, 2022 in Seoul, Korea.

Honduras Inaugurates First Female President Xiomara Castro

INTERNATIONAL: Xiomara Castro was sworn in as Honduras' first woman president on Thursday ,January 27, as her government faces tests over a sharply divided Congress, rising debt and relations with China.

Robot Bartender

INTERNATIONAL: A robotic arm is serving up enticing elixirs to visitors of the Main Media Center on the grounds of the 2022 Beijing Olympics.

Timor-Leste Seeks PM's Help to Join ASEAN

PHNOM PENH: Timor-Leste's Foreign Minister Adaljiza Magno requested the ASEAN Chair, Prime Minister Hun Sen, to facilitate ASEAN mechanisms to include Timor-Leste as an ASEAN member, as well as to send…

Biathlon Samuelsson Aims to Sharpen Shooting Ahead of BWO 2022

INTERNATIONAL: Swedish biathlete Sebastian Samuelsson has showed nerves of steel at the Pyeongchang Olympics to win gold in relay and silver in the men's pursuit and is hoping to rediscover his best shooting…

Zhangjiakou Wrapping Up Preparation for Winter Olympics

INTERNATIONAL: With the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics just seven days away, ice-making technicians and volunteer coordinators at the Zhangjiakou competition zone in north China's Hebei…

US Ambassador Supports Cambodia's ASEAN Chairmanship

PHNOM PENH: The US Ambassador to Cambodia, W. Patrick Murphy, has spoken in support of Cambodia's 2022 ASEAN Chairmanship, saying that Cambodia's success in leading ASEAN this year is a success for the…

Mysterious Black Diamond, Rare and Possibly from Space

INTERNATIONAL: Carbonado black Diamonds known as The Enigma are quite rare to begin with. They are shrouded in mystery as the origin or formation because there's not that many of them found on Earth.

News Making International Headlines: 28 January 2022

INTERNATIONAL: A new oil leak has occurred at a refinery near Peru's capital Lima on Tuesday during cleanup of the January 15 major spill, according to the Environmental Assessment and Control Agency…

Cambodia Vows not to Build More Coal-Fired Power Plants

PHNOM PENH: The Minister of Mines and Energy, Mr. Suy Sem has confirmed Cambodia's position to increase the use of renewable energy sources and other energy sources that are not harmful to the environment…

Pope Tells Parents, “Do not Condemn Your Gay Children”

INTERNATIONAL: Pope Francis has said on Wednesday ,January 26,that parents of gay children should not condemn them but offer them support. He spoke in unscripted comments at his weekly audience in reference…

UN Chief Says 'Afghanistan is Hanging by a Thread'

INTERNATIONAL: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has told the Security Council on Wednesday,January 26, Afghanistan is "hanging by a thread," with millions suffering extreme hunger,

Robot Room Service at Beijing Winter Olympics to Avoid Covid

INTERNATIONAL: Open your door for room service and what is the last thing you expect to see? A robot? Well that is exactly what one hotel in Beijing is using to deliver food as the Winter Olympics approaches.

Thailand Races to Contain Oil Slick after Pipeline Leak

INTERNATIONAL: Thailand mobilised its navy and other agencies on Wednesday ,January 26, to contain an oil spill after an estimated 160,000 litres , or 35,195 gallons have leaked from an undersea pipeline…

Ozzie, The Oldest Gorilla in the World, Dies at Atlanta Zoo

INTERNATIONAL: Ozzie, the world's oldest male gorilla, has died. He was 61. Ozzie's cause of death is not yet known and zoo officials are still awaiting the results of a necropsy, the non-human equivalent…

Adorable Porcupette Makes Washington Zoo Debut

INTERNATIONAL: The Smithsonian National Zoo's prehensile-tailed porcupine couple, Beatrix and Quillbur, have a big announcement to make that may warm your heart.

News Making International Headlines: 27 January 2022

INTERNATIONAL: Firefighters have fought a fire in a building in central Athens, Greece on Wednesday, 26 January,sparked by a large explosion that left one person hospitalized with burns and two others…

PM Reminds General Min Aung Hlaing to Keep His Promise

PHNOM PENH: Prime Minister Hun Sen had a virtual meeting with Myanmar military leader, Min Aung Hlaing, on Wednesday afternoon, to discuss the situation in Myanmar since his official state visit to the…

King to Attend Beijing Winter Olympics Early Next Month

PHNOM PENH: Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman, Zhao Lijian, said during a press conference held on Tuesday in Beijing that China warmly welcomes the King of Cambodia to visit the opening ceremony of…

EU Ministers Push to Ease Travel for the Vaccinated

INTERNATIONAL: EU ministers have recommended on Tuesday,January 25 that member states ease travel within the European Union for those who are vaccinated against COVID-19, scrapping restrictions based…

UNHCR Says Ready to Help in Ukraine if Needed

INTERNATIONAL: The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) is keeping a close eye on escalating tension over Russia's build-up of troops on the Ukraine border and is ready to help in case conflict causes…

Australia Celebrates its National Day on 26 January

INTERNATIONAL: Australia Day is the official national day of Australia. Observed annually on 26 January, it marks the 1788 landing of the First Fleet at Sydney Cove and raising of the Union Flag by Arthur…

New Siem Reap Airport Scheduled to Open in 2023

SIEM REAP:​ Chairman of the Board of Directors of Siem Reap-Angkor Airport, Mr. Lu Wei has said that the company urges the construction company to speed up the construction further in 2022, hoping to…

FUNCINPEC Postpones Congress to Early February

PHNOM PENH: FUNCINPEC has decided to postpone its congress to early February, as the party states that the current acting chairman and party members are busy with other activities at the grassroots level.

Cambodia, Morocco Vow to Boost Trade

PHNOM PENH: The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cambodia, Deputy Prime Minister Prak Sokhon, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs for African Cooperation and Moroccan Immigration of the Kingdom of Morocco,…

Banteay Meanchey Residents Find Nearly 20 War Remnants

Banteay Meanchey : Residents in Ta Doul village, Phkam commune, Svay Chek district, Banteay Meanchey province, found 18 unexploded ordnance while they are plowing field,1,000 meters east of the village…