The National Taskforce Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control reported today 14 new cases of Covid-19 including seven community transmissions in Vientiane, three imported cases each in Savannakhet and Champassak, and one community infection in V…

Khammuan Province has announced that all of its Covid-19 patients have been cured and discharged from hospital with the last batch of five patients discharged yesterday.Khammuan has placed its cumulative number of Covid-19 cases at six including four c…

More than 60 cows and buffaloes in Savannakhet Province have died from Lumpy skin disease with the cumulative number of cows and buffaloes infected with the disease reaching 4,700.Of the number, over 2,500 cows and buffaloes have been treated, accordin…

When Rachana Sunar was barely 15 in remote western Nepal, and about to avail of a scholarship to pursue further studies, her father wanted to forcibly marry her off to a man she didn’t even know. Rachana barely managed to

SYDNEY – Conservationists have praised efforts by Australian authorities to drastically reduce the amount of plastic waste and eliminate some disposable coffee cups. The New South Wales state government wants to ban many common plastic items, including…

China has denounced the communique issued Sunday at the end of the G-7 summit that criticized Beijing over its human rights record. The G-7 statement called on China to “respect human rights and fundamental freedoms, especially in relation to Xinjiang,…