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Iran summons British envoy over detention of nationals, anti-Tehran accusations

AKP Phnom Penh, the May 20,2025-- Iran's foreign ministry on Sunday summoned the British charge d'affaires to protest "suspicious and unjustified" arrests of several Iranians in Britain on "false" charges and "unrealistic" accusations against Tehran. In the absence of the British ambassador, the...

Norwegian PM advocates continued engagement with China on trade, global issues

AKP Phnom Penh, the May 20, 2025-- Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store said on Monday that Norway seeks to continue developing bilateral trade with China and engage in cooperation on major global issues such as artificial intelligence (AI) governance and climate change. Store made the rema...

Trump's tax-cut bill passes Congress committee vote

AKP Phnom Penh, the May 20, 2025-- U.S. President Donald Trump's tax-cut bill passed a key congressional committee vote on Sunday, paving the way for a chamber-wide vote. The bill passed in a 17-16 vote along party lines, with four Republican conservatives at the House Budget Committee, who had...

Egyptian president urges immediate Gaza ceasefire during meeting with U.S. official

AKP Phnom Penh, the May 19, 2025-- Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi on Sunday called for reaching an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and facilitating the flow of humanitarian aid into the war-torn enclave during a meeting with a visiting U.S. official. Sisi made the appeal in Cairo...

Iran's president says agreement possible if U.S. stops coercion

AKP Phnom Penh, the May 19, 2025-- Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Sunday that reaching an agreement with the United States is possible if it refrains from applying coercion on Tehran. Pezeshkian made the remarks in a meeting with visiting Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sh...

Global hunger worsened in 2024, affecting 295 mln people: UN report

AKP Phnom Penh, the May 19, 2025-- Global food insecurity and malnutrition continued to worsen in 2024, with 295 million people suffering from acute hunger across 53 countries, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and its partners said in a report released on Friday. The fi...

Economic Watch: U.S. credit rating downgrade adds downward pressure to economy

AKP Phnom Penh, the May 19-- Moody's latest downgrade of U.S. sovereign credit ratings to Aa1 from Aaa is expected to intensify downward pressure on the U.S. economy, which is facing recession risks amid rising tariffs and growing inflation expectations. Moody's cited rising government debt and...

Walmart warns of price increases as tariffs pressure supply chain

AKP Phnom Penh, the 16 May 2025-- Walmart on Thursday reported mixed results for its fiscal first quarter ending April 30, narrowly missing revenue expectations as the retailer signaled that rising tariffs are likely to lead to higher prices for consumers. While the company beat earnings estimat...

Japan's Q1 GDP contracts annualized real 0.7 pct on weak consumption, exports

AKP Phnom Penh, the May 16, 2025-- Japan's economy contracted an annualized real 0.7 percent in the first quarter of 2025, amid stagnant private consumption and falling exports, government data showed Friday. The latest real gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate marked the first quarterly con...

Singapore's non-oil exports surge 12.4 pct in April

AKP Phnom Penh, the May 16,2025-- Singapore's non-oil domestic exports (NODX) rose by 12.4 percent year-on-year in April, accelerating from a 5.4 percent increase in March, according to data released by Enterprise Singapore on Friday. Growth was broad-based, with both electronics and non-electro...

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