International News

Brazil's Lula asks Trump to remove tariffs on Brazilian goods

AKP Phnom Penh, 07 October, 2025-- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva asked U.S. President Donald Trump to eliminate the newly imposed 50 percent tariffs on Brazilian products in a phone call on Monday, said the Brazilian presidency's communications secretariat. In the call initiated by Trump, Lula noted that Brazil is one of three c...

FAO Says World Rice Output to Hit Record High This Year

AKP Phnom Penh, October 03, 2025 -- World rice production is forecast to reach a record high of 556.4 million tonnes (milled basis) in the 2025-26 season, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) said Friday. The upwardly revised forecast is 1.0 million tonnes higher than the FAO’s projection in September and implies...

Trump says U.S. weighing actions against drug cartels "coming by land" from Venezuela

AKP Phnom Penh, 1 October, 2025-- U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the White House is weighing actions to crack down on drug cartels "coming by land" from Venezuela. "Now we'll look at cartels," he told reporters as he left the White House. "We're going to look very seriously at cartels coming by land." His remarks followed recent...

Israeli gov't appoints new chief of domestic security agency

AKP Phnom Penh, 1 October, 2025-- The Israeli government on Tuesday night approved the appointment of David Zini, a former senior army officer, as the head of the Shin Bet domestic security agency for a period of five years, the Prime Minister's Office said in a statement. Zini, who will take office on Oct. 5, has held several senior operationa...

Portugal's parliament approves revised immigration law

AKP Phnom Penh, 1 October,2025-- Portugal's parliament on Tuesday approved a revised immigration law that sets new rules for entry, residence, and family reunification of foreign nationals. The legislation, backed by governing coalition parties and three opposition groups, follows an August Constitutional Court decision requiring changes to the...

Russia to expel Austrian diplomat in tit-for-tat move

AKP Phnom Penh, 1 October, 2025-- The Russian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday that it will soon expel an Austrian diplomat in response to Austria's recent decision to declare a Russian diplomat persona non grata. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said that Russia has consistently responded to and countered such actions and that Russia...

China finalizes 300-billion-yuan funding for consumer-goods trade-ins in 2025

AKP Phnom Penh, October 01, 2025 -- China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said Tuesday that together with the Ministry of Finance, it has released the fourth -- and final -- tranche of this year's ultra-long special treasury bonds earmarked for consumer-goods trade-ins. With this tranche, 69 billion yuan (about 9.7 billion...

Vietnamese State President meets with top Cuban legislator in Hanoi

AKP Phnom Penh, October 01, 2025 -- Vietnamese State President Luong Cuong met with President of the National Assembly of People's Power and President of the Council of State of Cuba Esteban Lazo Hernandez in Hanoi on September 30, as part of the latter's official visit to Vietnam until October 5, during which he will co-chair the second session...

EU, Vietnam to set up joint task force to remove trade barriers

AKP Phnom Penh, October 01, 2025 -- Vietnam and the European Union (EU) have agreed to establish a special task force to address barriers and foster more balanced and effective trade. The decision was reached at the fourth meeting of the EVFTA Committee, recently held in Hanoi and co-chaired by Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen...

Language Integration Proposed for Students with Limited Bulgarian Proficiency

AKP Phnom Penh, October 01, 2025 -- Draft amendments to the Pre-school and School Education Act, tabled to the National Assembly, envisages the introduction of language integration measures for school students who do not have sufficient knowledge of the Bulgarian language, Education and Science Minister Krasimir Valchev told reporters on Monday...

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