Deadly Collision Claims 67 Lives in U.S. Air Disaster | At Least 30 Dead and Many Injured in Stampede at Maha Kumbh Mela in India | Cambodia to Host 2025 National Chapei Dang Veng Festival from June 11-13 | Senate President Hun Sen Reflects on Cambodia’s Development and ASEAN Integration | ASEAN Secretary-General Hails Samdech Techo Hun Sen's Vision at Policy Speech | Cambodia Temporarily Bans Livestock and Meat Imports from Thailand Amid Anthrax Outbreak |
Deadly Collision Claims 67 Lives in U.S. Air Disaster | At Least 30 Dead and Many Injured in Stampede at Maha Kumbh Mela in India | Cambodia to Host 2025 National Chapei Dang Veng Festival from June 11-13 | Senate President Hun Sen Reflects on Cambodia’s Development and ASEAN Integration | ASEAN Secretary-General Hails Samdech Techo Hun Sen's Vision at Policy Speech | Cambodia Temporarily Bans Livestock and Meat Imports from Thailand Amid Anthrax Outbreak |

International

WHO Says Booster Shots Can Help in Pandemic

INTERNATIONAL: The emergence of Omicron has prompted some countries to roll out booster programmes for their entire adult populations even while it’s still lacking evidence for the effectiveness of boosters…

Omicron Wave to Hit France in January, Says Epidemiologist

INTERNATIONAL: Omicron wave could hit France as of January, an epidemiologist says on Monday.The Omicron coronavirus variant, reported in more than 60 countries, poses a "very high" global risk,

U.S. Reiterates Strong Commitment to Indonesia

INTERNATIONAL: United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken has reiterated on Tuesday a strong U.S. commitment to its strategic partnership with Indonesia, vowing to "deepen" maritime cooperation with…

British PM Declares Omicron is Spiking Now in London

INTERNATIONAL: At least one patient has died in the United Kingdom after contracting the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced on Monday, 13 December.

Beijing 2022 Releases Second Edition of Playbook

INTERNATIONAL: With less than two months to go before the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games, the organizing committee, together with the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic…

News Making International Headlines: 14 December 2021

INTERNATIONAL: One of two Danish crew members missing from a capsized barge has been found dead in the hull after an overnight collision on Monday with a British cargo vessel in a busy Baltic Sea route…

UK Faces a "Tidal Wave" of the Omicron Variant

INTERNATIONAL: Britain faces a "tidal wave" of the Omicron variant of coronavirus and two vaccine doses will not be enough to contain it, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced on Sunday, 12 December,…

News Making International Headlines: 13 December 2021

INTERNATIONAL: Kentucky residents, many without power, gas or even a roof over their heads, woke on Sunday to a landscape scarred by a string of powerful tornadoes that officials fear killed at least…

Nobel Peace Prize Winner Dmitry Muratov Warns Against War

INTERNATIONAL: Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dmitry Muratov, has recognized for their fight for freedom of expression in and Russia, held a moment of silence for dead colleagues in the end of his speech…

China Nonchalant About “Domino Effect” of Olympic Boycotts

INTERNATIONAL: United States was the first to announce a boycott last Monday, saying its government officials would not attend the 4 to 20 February Games because of China’s human rights “atrocities” in…

Humpback Whale Carcass Washes Ashore in Cape Town

INTERNATIONAL: A young humpback whale carcass washed out on the rocks. It washed out at about 7AM on Thursday morning, with the cause of death unknown, but could be linked to malnutrition.

'Harry Potter' First Edition Sells for a Magical $471,000

INTERNATIONAL: A first edition of "Harry Potter" has sold for $471,000 in the United States on Thursday in what the auctioneers has claimed was a world record price for a 2Oth century work of fiction.

News Making International Headlines: 10 December 2021

INTERNATIONAL: Help came too late for a woman who died on Wednesday after her car was submerged steps away from Niagara Falls on the U.S.-Canada border and a dramatic rescue came up short.

Burning Devil Kicks Off Guatemala Christmas Season

INTERNATIONAL: People in Guatemala City rang in the Christmas season on Tuesday night by celebrating a centuries-old Christian tradition known as the "Burning of the Devil."Every year on the night of…

Vietnam Looks to Open Air Travel with Cambodia

PHNOM PENH: Vietnam is looking to take an important step forward in meeting the new normal by opening more flight routes to the Kingdom. The resumption of flights is proposed for the 15th of December.…

News Making International Headlines: 9 December 2021

INTERNATIONAL: At least 31 people, mostly members of Mwingi Catholic Church choir have drowned when a bus on its way to a wedding was swept away by fast-moving waters while trying to cross a flooded river…

Olaf Scholz Sworn in as New German Chancellor

INTERNATIONAL: Social Democrat Olaf Scholz has sworn in as Germany's next chancellor by parliament on Wednesday, shortly after deputies have elected him to succeed Angela Merkel.

Olympic Games Exist Separately from Politics

INTERNATIONAL: International Olympic Committee President Spokesman Mark Adams has issued a statement on United States decision to hold a political boycott of Beijing Olympics 2022. He adds that it is…

News Making International Headlines: 8 December 2021

INTERNATIONAL: Firefighters hampered by high winds in operation to douse stricken ship carrying timber off Gothernburg on Sweden’s west coast. The fire has started on Saturday and was still not under…

Kim Jong Un Calls for 'Absolutely Loyal' Military Officers

INTERNATIONAL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has promulgated on Tuesday that the country's military education system must redouble efforts to turn out officers who "remain absolutely loyal" to the country's…

U.S. Remembers 80th Anniversary of Attack on Pearl Harbor

INTERNATIONAL: "December 7, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy - the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.As commander-in-chief…

Ukraine President Says They are Ready for War with Russia

INTERNATIONAL: President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has declared that Ukraine's armed forces were capable of fighting off any attack from Russia as the country marked its national army day on Monday with a display…

Watch: Astounding Human-Like Robot ‘Wakes Up’

INTERNATIONAL: Robot engineers at Cornwall-based Engineered Arts have unveiled a remarkably human-like android, called 'Ameca'. A short promo video released by the company shows Ameca seemingly ‘waking-up’…

News Making International Headlines: 7 December 2021

INTERNATIONAL: Supporters of French far-right presidential candidate Eric Zemmour have thrown punches and chairs at several protesters wearing anti-racism T-shirts during his first political rally on…

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi Sentenced to Four Years in Prison

INTERNATIONAL: A court in Myanmar has sentenced deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi to four years in prison on Monday on charges of incitement and breaking Covid-19 rules, in the first verdict against…

Thailand Detects First Case of Omicron

INTERNATIONAL: Thailand had just opened its borders to vaccinated visitors for the first time in 18 months on 3 November, as the country struggles to boost an economy.

News Making International Headlines: 3 December 2021

INTERNATIONAL: Heavy rains that triggered floods and landslides in central Vietnam leaving at least 18 people missing. Authorities say some feared dead, with houses destroyed and roads damaged.

Laos 1,035-Kilometres Chinese-Built Railway Opens

INTERNATIONAL: Laos, a nation of 7 million people wedged between China, Vietnam and Thailand, is opening a $5.9 billion Chinese-built railway that links China's poor southwest to foreign markets but piles…

China "Firmly Opposes" Remarks by Japan's Abe on Taiwan

INTERNATIONAL: The Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin boldly says that former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has disregarded the basic principles of international relations and the…

News Making International Headlines: 2 December 2021

INTERNATIONAL: Aneyewitness terrifying video shows a big shark chasing a pair of surfers and one surfer's close brush with it at Puerto Rico's Middles Beach on Monday. As the surfers began to frantically…

WHO Urges Countries Not to Impose Travel Bans

INTERNATIONAL: WHO's emergency director Mike Ryan reiterated on Wednesday the agency's opposition to blanket bans on flights to and from southern Africa that have been imposed by Britain and other countries.…

Miss Universe 2021 Contestants Visit Jerusalem’s Old City

INTERNATIONAL: Contestants wearing face masks in the Miss Universe beauty pageant, which will take place in Israel next month, were taken on a tour of Jerusalem's Old City walls on Tuesday. The ladies…

News Making International Headlines: 1 December 2021

INTERNATIONAL: A 15-year-old boy has killed three fellow high school students and wounded eight other people upon opening fire with a semi-automatic handgun at a Michigan high school on Tuesday. The boy…

Wingsuit Pilot Flies into an Active Volcano

International: A former military pilot Sebastian Alvarez successfully flies into an active volcano in Chile, in a wingsuit. Villarrica is one of Chile's most active volcanoes, rising above the lake and…