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More Lao Citizens Move Abroad as Foreign Resident Population Nearly Doubles

Laos’ 2025 census recorded a sharp rise in foreign residents and 313,766 Lao citizens living overseas, highlighting migration trends, labour pressures and the importance of remittances.

AMD Agrees to Acquire Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs for $8.2 Billion

AMD has reached a definitive agreement to acquire World Labs, an AI research lab co-founded by Fei-Fei Li, in a deal valued at approximately...

Laos Launches LAeID Application, Phases Out Old Identity Cards

The Ministry of Public Security has officially launched the LAeID application nationwide and announced the discontinuation of the use of old-style identity cards, including...

GWM Says Haval H10 Secures 31,826 Orders in First 24 Hours

Great Wall Motor’s Haval brand said its H10 boxy SUV received more than 31,826 orders during its first 24 hours on the market. The...

CATL to deploy first large-scale sodium-ion energy storage project in Europe

CATL has signed a 2 GWh agreement with Solarpro, a leading renewable energy company in Central and Eastern Europe, to deploy its Tener Sodium...

XPeng launch MONA L03 in Munich, targeting EU electric SUV market.

On Thursday, XPeng unveiled the MONA L03 smart SUV at its global launch event in Munich, Germany. The model will be launched in 65...

DeepSeek begins in-house AI chip development to cut reliance on NVIDIA

In recent years, as generative AI has shifted from model training toward large-scale inference, an increasing number of AI model developers have turned their...

Xiaomi has opened pre-orders for its Sky Nomad series SUV.

Xiaomi EV has opened reservation consultations for SkyNomad, known in Chinese as Xiaomi Pengcheng, its new smart SUV series focused on flexible in-car space....

Threads has Announces New Features to Celebrate Reaching 500 Million User Accounts

Threads, Meta's text-based microblogging social platform designed to compete with X, has announced that it has surpassed 500 million monthly active users (MAU). Meta says...

DeepSeek begins limited testing of vision mode

DeepSeek on April 29 began limited testing of a vision mode, with some users gaining access on both its web version and app after...

Trump Threatens Cuba to Be Next Target After We’re Finished with the Iran War

WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump threatened again on Monday that Cuba would be Washington’s next target following attacks on Venezuela and Iran. “We may...

Russia says Ukraine violated Easter ceasefire more than 6,000 times .

MOSCOW – The intensity of shelling and combat operations by the Ukrainian forces during decreased during daylight hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said on...

Tisza, Hungary’s opposition party, wins parliamentary elections.

BUDAPEST – Hungary’s opposition party Tisza, led by Peter Magyar, defeated Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s ruling coalition by securing a majority in Sunday’s parliamentary...

Min Aung Hlaing was elected President of Myanmar with 429 votes.

NAY PYI TAW — Min Aung Hlaing on Friday secured more than half of the votes in Myanmar’s Union Parliament, winning the country’s presidential...

Facebook and Instagram under probe for not complying with Australia’s U-16 ban

CANBERRA – The Australian government said on Tuesday that it is investigating five social media platforms for failing to comply with the country’s world-first...

U.S. Embassy in Venezuela has officially reopened.

WASHINGTON – The US Embassy in Venezuela’s capital resumed operations on Monday, roughly three months after US forces raided the South American country and...

The government plans to import 14 million liters of diesel to maintain fuel stability in Laos.

The Lao State Fuel Enterprise and PTT (Laos) Co., Ltd. plan to import 14 million litres of diesel to stabilise the supply of fuel...