As the U.S. nears 1 million COVID-19 deaths, U.S. President Joe Biden said Thursday that those who died left behind “a family, a community, and a nation forever changed because of this pandemic.Biden said in a statement that Congress needs
China’s export growth slumped in April to its lowest level in almost two years as the country’s “zero-COVID” policy continues to impact manufacturers and, according to trade experts, pushes many foreign businesses to reconsider operations in China.Expo…
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) officially launched today the Global Action on Green Development of Special Agricultural Products: “One Country – One Priority Product” to be implemented across the region of Asia and th…
Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh left Vientiane on Tuesday’s night for the United States to attend ASEAN-US Special Summit to be held in Washington D.C. on May 12-13.The departure ceremony for the Prime Minister and his delegation was held at Wattay
Though inflation may be soaring, supply chains remain snarled, and the coronavirus won’t go away, America’s casinos are humming right along, recording the best month in their history in March.The American Gaming Association, the gambling industry’s nat…
North Korea, which has largely kept its borders shuttered over the pandemic, Thursday confirmed its first detection of the omicron variant of COVID-19 in the country.According to the official Korea Central News Agency, samples were taken from a group o…
Uzbek cotton farmers are celebrating the lifting of a 13-year-old international boycott of their product following a finding that the cautiously reform-minded government is no longer using organized forced labor to harvest the economically vital crop.T…
The WHO said Tuesday that 348 probable cases of hepatitis of unknown origin had been identified, as studies into the potential role of adenovirus and COVID-19 infection gather pace.The World Health Organization said the leading hypotheses remain those …
