Laos celebrated a milestone moment as a major ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of its National Day unfolded at That Luang Square in Vientiane on December 2 morning.

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to India next week is receiving a lot of attention, in the context of a rapidly shifting world order.

European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde has warned that Europe is becoming increasingly vulnerable to shocks such as US tariffs, and is falling behind in future growth drivers such as artificial intelligence (AI). She has proposed a series of bold reforms to help the European Union (EU) maintain its position as one of the world’s leading economic hubs.

The 30th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP30) in Belem, Brazil, is entering its most difficult stage, with negotiations running late into the night in an effort to overcome obstacles.

The US has pledged an emergency assistance package worth 500,000 USD to support Viet Nam in dealing with the devastation caused by Typhoon Fengshen and Typhoon Kalmaegi.

Kazakhstan has officially announced its decision to join the Abraham Accords - an initiative fostering diplomatic relations between Israel and Muslim-majority nations - a move that has immediately drawn the attention of international observers.

The fourth summit between the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and the European Union (EU), held in Colombia, is expected to strengthen commitments to the “triple transition” of energy, digital and environmental transformation, setting out a roadmap for cooperation between the two regions over the next two years.

Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae’s tours of Asian countries have been widely seen as an opportunity to reposition Tokyo’s role, standing, and voice on the Asia-Pacific geopolitical stage as well as to strengthen trust and expand cooperation with regional partners.

Deep within Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, a system has been constructed to pump carbon dioxide (CO₂) into the tropical forest canopy as part of a project called AmazonFACE, which aims to simulate the atmospheric conditions predicted for the future.

The global trading system is undergoing its greatest disruption in 80 years. Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has recently called for reforms to build a more resilient foundation for international trade.

FIFA President Gianni Infantino on October 26 unveiled a new football tournament for Southeast Asian nations at the 47th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

An “unusual holiday” has descended upon hundreds of thousands of US federal employees, as the government remains shut down for nearly a month due to the ongoing deadlock between the Republican and Democratic parties in Congress over the passage of a temporary budget bill.

With 237 votes out of 465 valid ballots, Takaichi Sanae, the newly elected President of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), was officially chosen by Japan’s House of Representatives as the nation’s 104th Prime Minister - without the need for a second round of voting.

A group of finance ministers from 35 countries has recently proposed increasing global climate finance to 1.3 trillion USD per year. This is a key demand of developing nations ahead of the COP30 climate conference, scheduled to take place in Brazil this November.