International News

U.S. imposes 17.09 pct duty on Mexican tomatoes, withdrawing from 2019 agreement

AKP Phnom Penh, 15 July, 2025-- The U.S. Department of Commerce announced Monday it is immediately placing a 17.09 percent duty on most fresh tomatoes imported from Mexico, marking a withdrawal from the 2019 agreement between the two countries to suspend the antidumping investigation on fresh tomat...

Roundup: Italy urges dialogue with U.S. as tariff hikes threaten blns in loss

AKP Phnom Penh, 15 July, 2025-- Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said Monday the European Union (EU) is prepared to impose billions of euros in retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods should ongoing trade negotiations between the two sides fail to produce an agreement. In an interview pub...

Macron announces extra military spending over next two years

AKP Phnom Penh, 14 July, 2025-- French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Sunday an additional 6.5 billion euros (7.6 billion U.S. dollars) in military spending to be allocated over the next two years, aiming for annual defense expenditure to reach 64 billion euros by 2027. In an address to th...

German finance minister urges EU to push back if tariff talks with U.S. fail

AKP Phnom Penh, 14 July, 2025-- German Vice Chancellor and Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil said on Sunday that the European Union (EU) must take firm action against the United States if tariff negotiations fail to ease the escalating global trade conflict, according to German newspaper Sueddeutsche...

Bangladeshi taka becomes stronger against USD

AKP Phnom Penh, 14 July, 2025-- Bangladeshi taka has become stronger against U.S. dollar due to strong inflow of remittances and expected higher export earnings. According to the Bangladesh Bank (BB) data, the dollar has depreciated against the Bangladeshi taka over the past 10 days. Most ban...

Hamas, PIJ say peace talks must ensure Israeli army withdrawal

AKP Phnom Penh, 14 July, 2025-- Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) said on Sunday that the ongoing indirect negotiations with Israel must lead to an end to the war, full Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, opening of the crossings, and reconstruction. The remarks came during a mee...

Why Civilisations Dialogue is Needed?

AKP Phnom Penh, July 12, 2025 -- The Ministerial Meeting of the Global Civilisations Dialogue was organised in Beijing from July 10 to 11. The meeting, themed "Safeguarding Diversity of Human Civilisations for World Peace and Development", has attracted over 600 participants...

China Joins Hands with Int’l Community in Practicing GCI

AKP Phnom Penh, July 12, 2025 -- Beijing hosted the Ministerial Meeting of the Global Civilisations Dialogue on July 10-11, attracting over 600 participants from approximately 140 countries and regions worldwide. In today's world, the future and destiny of all countries are c...

China-Vietnam freight train cargo volume sees sharp growth in H1

AKP Phnom Penh, July 11, 2025 — In the first half (H1) of 2025, freight trains departing from south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region heading to Vietnam, transported a total of 18,870 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) of export goods, marking a year-on-year surge of 283 percent, accordin...

China, Egypt vow to deepen strategic ties, promote mutual benefit

AKP Phnom Penh, July 11, 2025 — Chinese Premier Li Qiang wrapped up a two-day official visit to Egypt on Thursday, reaffirming stronger bilateral ties and pledging deeper cooperation between the two countries. During his visit, the Chinese premier underscored the enduring strength and strategi...

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