In celebration of the Lunar Year of the Tiger, WWF reflects on progress made since 2010 when the 13 tiger range countries set out to achieve an unprecedented goal: doubling the number of tigers in the wild. As we enter 2022, the Year of the Tiger, WWF’…
The British Embassy to Vientiane has signed a grant with the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) to conduct a Pre-Feasibility Study on a Battery Swapping System for Electric 2-Wheelers (motorbikes) in the Lao PDR.British Ambassador to Laos John Pears…
As a part of the celebration of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, the Embassy of India in Vientiane in collaboration with the Lao Front for National Development, Vientiane organized a Talk on “Buddhist Linkages between India-Lao PDR” on Feb 1 at Xiengthong Tem…
Some 282 new Covid-19 cases and five new deaths attributed to Covid-19 have been reported nationwide over the previous 24 hours, bringing the total to 136,720 including 574 deaths and 4,014 active cases.Of the new confirmed cases, 277 were classified …
– Over 70,000 people were affected by natural disasters, mostly floods, in Laos in 2021, in which 17 people were injured and 19 were killed.Issues on extreme weather were the theme of the Disaster Management Committee Meeting for 2021, and a report on …
Millions of people around the world enjoy a daily cup of coffee; however, their daily caffeine fix could be under threat because climate change is killing coffee plants, putting farmers’ livelihoods at risk.Inside the vast, steamy greenhouses at the Ro…
It’s time again to celebrate Hollywood’s grandest ambitions and most daring risk takers.No, I’m not talking about Jackass Forever.On Tuesday morning, nominations for the 94th annual Academy Awards will be announced. Nominations are occurring a little l…
Pope Francis on Sunday decried the genital mutilation of millions of girls and the trafficking of women for sex, including openly on city streets, so others can make money off of them.In remarks to the public in St. Peter’s Square, the pope noted that …
In the two years since COVID-19 began ravaging the United States, virtually every aspect of the pandemic has been politicized, often to the detriment of efforts to bring the disease under control and to treat its victims. Now, though, members of Congre…
The Philippines has suspended a heavily criticized policy banning the unvaccinated from public transportation in Metro Manila as a COVID-19 surge, caused by omicron variant, has subsided.Daily cases in the Philippines rose from 400 in December to more …
The oceans got even warmer last year than the year before, supercharging already extreme weather patterns worldwide, according to a recent report published in the journal Advances in Atmospheric Sciences.Twenty-three international scientists analyzed t…
The same technology companies that helped drag the U.S. stock market back from the depths of the pandemic recession in 2021 led the market into a sharp plunge on Thursday after Meta Platforms, the company that owns Facebook, revealed that user growth o…
