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World : Top News Headlines In Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand & Vietnam: July 2, 2025
INDONESIA 1.FINANCE MINISTER: INDONESIA'S TAX REVENUE UNLIKELY TO MEET 2025 TARGET -- JAKARTA GLOBE Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said on Tuesday that Indonesia’s tax revenue is unlikely to meet the target set in the 2025 state budget,...

Thai court suspends prime minister over phone call with Hun Sen
BANGKOK, Thailand – Thailand’s politically powerful Constitutional Court suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra on Tuesday (July 1) after accepting a case of alleged “ethical misconduct” against her because she criticized a Royal Thai...
At Brics Summit’s sidelines, Anwar to hold talks with Modi, Ethiopian leader and Embraer CEO tomorrow
RIO DE JANEIRO, July 6 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is scheduled to meet his counterparts from India and Ethiopia here. The meetings will take place on the sidelines of the BRICS Leaders’ Summit tomorrow. Anwar, who arrived here...

Air China C909 makes international debut flight on Mongolia route
An Air China C909 aircraft prepares for departure from Hohhot Baita International Airport in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia autonomous region on Tuesday. TAO RAN/FOR CHINA DAILY An Air China C909, a domestically developed regional aircraft, arrived in...

LAO study on theft offers few answers
Few political issues energize the public more than ones involving public safety for obvious reasons. We all want to feel safe. Unfortunately, the correlation between specific policies and crime remains as inexplicable as ever. Lawmakers respond to...

Laos’s Vientiane young officers visit Regiment 692
At the reception, the regiment’s Political Commissar Colonel Dang Thai Son briefed the Lao guests on the unit’s traditions and missions. Accordingly, over the past more than 71 years of development, the regiment has always fulfilled its assigned...

Effects of climate-linked disasters on citizens and expectations for Government action
Effects of climate-linked disasters on citizens and expectations for Government actionWith Vietnam on the frontlines of the climate crisis as one of the world’s most vulnerable countries, the PAPI surveys explored citizens’ perceptions and...

Eight migrants deported from Djibouti to South Sudan
[Source: Reuters] The Trump administration has deported to South Sudan eight migrants who had been held for more than a month by the U.S. at a military base in Djibouti. The Department of Homeland Security said on Saturday, after the migrants lost...

Doi Ka Noi’s Final Dish: How a Lao Chef’s Cookbook Became Her Greatest Legacy
Doi Ka Noi, a renowned Lao restaurant in Vientiane Capital known for its ever-changing seasonal menu and commitment to authentic Lao recipes, closed permanently on 13 May. The decision followed the unexpected passing of its chef and owner,...

Thailand Constitutional Court Suspends PM
UPDATED on 1 July at 2:27 PM The Laotian Times and AFP – Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra was suspended by the country’s Constitutional Court on 1 July, as it opened a probe into her conduct in a diplomatic spat with Cambodia. “The...

U.S. completes deportation of 8 men to South Sudan
WASHINGTON — Eight men deported from the United States in May and held under guard for weeks at an American military base in the African nation of Djibouti while their legal challenges played out in court have reached the Trump administration’s...

World News | Thailand's King Approves New Cabinet for Coalition Government Shaken by Leaked Phone Call
Bangkok, Jul 1 (AP) Thailand's king approved the appointments of new Cabinet members Tuesday in the coalition government shaken by a major party's departure over the prime minister's leaked phone call with Cambodia's former leader. The reshuffle...
Cambodia Attracts Nearly 3 Million International Tourists in January-May Period
AKP Phnom Penh, July 01, 2025 -- Cambodia attracted a total of 2.95 million international tourists in the first five months of 2025, 11.7 per cent increase from 2.64 million in the same period last year, according to a report from the Ministry of...

Hmong, Laos military veterans honored
Photo by Sariah Cheadle Walnut Grove city councilman Yeng Yang, left, poses with Lue Kue, a speaker at the event honoring Hmong and Laos military veterans in Walnut Grove. WALNUT GROVE — Hmong and Laos military veterans of the War in Southeast...

Green Reporting Training Enhances Digital Literacy of Lao Journalists
Journalists, civil society actors, and youth from across Laos are strengthening their digital reporting skills on environmental issues through the Green Action through Media, Mass Organizations, and Civil Society in Laos (GAMCIL) project. The...
Legacy of Tea-Horse Road lives on at China-Laos border
By Liu Lingling, Hou Lulu, Qu Pei (People's Daily) 09:55, July 01, 2025 If you board a train from Mohan, Mengla county in southwest China's Yunnan province, 10 minutes later you'll be in Boten, the first stop in Laos on the China-Laos Railway....

Legal Landscape of cities located within San Joaquin County: 607 lawyers in good standing as of May
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World News | Ex-aide to New York Governor Pleads Not Guilty to New Pandemic Fraud Charge
New York, Jul 1 (AP) A former aide to two New York governors already facing charges of acting as an illicit agent of China pleaded not guilty on Monday to additional charges that she improperly profited from the state's purchase of face masks and...

World News | PM Modi to Address Parliaments of Ghana, Namibia, Trinidad &Tobago During 5-nation Visit : MEA
New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 5-nation visit, senior officials from the Ministry of External Affairs informed that the Prime Minister will address the parliaments of Ghana, Namibia and Trinidad & Tobago....

China-Laos Railway sees 8.8% cargo growth in H1
An international cargo train of China-Laos Railway is pictured at Wangjiaying West Station in Kunming, Southwest China's Yunnan province, on Jan 2, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] VIENTIANE - The China-Laos Railway transported 3 million tons of cargo in the...