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Trump, British PM discuss North Sea oil, Strait of Hormuz demining in phone call

AKP Phnom Penh, 21 July, 2026-- U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that he had a phone conversation with new British Prime Minister Andy Burnham, discussing issues including North Sea oil, trade, the military alliance and demining of the Strait of Hormuz. The two leaders also discussed the U....

Portugal, Morocco agree to build electricity interconnection project

AKP Phnom Penh, 21 July, 2026-- Portugal and Morocco agreed on Monday to build an electricity interconnection following talks between their energy ministers in Lisbon on renewable energy and mining cooperation. Portuguese Environment and Energy Minister Maria da Graca Carvalho described the projec...

Ant International raises 1.2 bln USD for global expansion

AKP Phnom Penh, 21 July, 2026-- Ant International, the Singapore-headquartered digital payments and financial technology company, has completed a Series A fundraising round worth about 1.2 billion U.S. dollars. Existing investors, including its parent company Ant Group and Alibaba Group, participa...

Canadian PM says U.S.-proposed tariffs violate trilateral trade deal

AKP Phnom Penh, 21 July, 2026-- Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Monday that the U.S. administration's announced intention to impose a new 50 percent tariff on a broad range of Canadian goods is "the latest in a series of unilateral U.S. trade actions in direct violation of the Canada-Un...

U.S. to impose additional 50 pct tariff on certain Canadian goods

AKP Phnom Penh, 21 July, 2026-- U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday signed three proclamations to impose an additional 50 percent tariff on certain Canadian goods, saying Canada was discriminating against U.S. commerce. The additional 50 percent ad valorem duties on certain dairy products, alcoh...

U.S. approves nearly 2 bln USD weapons sale to Saudi Arabia

AKP Phnom Penh, 16 July, 2026-- The U.S. State Department on Wednesday approved the sale of weapons worth an estimated 1.96 billion U.S. dollars to Saudi Arabia. "This proposed sale will support the foreign policy and national security objectives of the United States by improving the security of a...

UN chief appoints new special representative for Afghanistan

AKP Phnom Penh, 16 July, 2026-- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday announced the appointment of Rabab Fatima of Bangladesh as his new special representative and head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan. Fatima, who succeeds Roza Otunbayeva of Kyrgyzstan, brings to the posit...

UN releases emergency funds to fight cholera in Central African Republic

AKP Phnom Penh, 16 July,2026-- The United Nations has allocated 1 million U.S. dollars to curb the spread of cholera in the Central African Republic, said UN humanitarians on Wednesday. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletc...

Libya's Akakus Oil Operations Company raises crude output to 12-yr high

AKP Phnom Penh, 16 July, 2026-- Libya's Akakus Oil Operations Company announced on Wednesday that its crude production reached a 12-year high in July, averaging 332,056 barrels per day. The company said in a statement that the output marked the highest level since 2014, attributing the increase to...

Heatwave claims more than 900 excess lives in Netherlands

AKP Phnom Penh, 16 July, 2026-- More than 900 excess deaths were recorded in the Netherlands during a recent heatwave, the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) said on Wednesday. An estimated 911 excess deaths occurred between June 22 and July 5 compared with the expecte...

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