Tag: Laos
Suspected outbreak of anthrax in Laos
share-arrowShare unsaveSave Over 60 suspected human anthrax cases have been reported in Laos. Anthrax spreads through bacteria in the soil and often affects grazing cattle and wild animals, but can…
Louis-Ferdinand Despreez emerges from the shadows for the first time
South African novelist, involved alongside Nelson Mandela’s ANC, Louis-Ferdinand Despreez was advisor to several African heads of state. From his residence in Pretoria, he traveled the African continent for thirty…
Heat records have been broken in Southeast Asia – 44 degrees in Vietnam and Laos
It has also been record hot in Thailand in recent weeks. At the same time, the area suffers from poor air quality. Temperature records were broken in Vietnam and Laos…
Laos: a young prominent activist murdered in a cafe
A famous political activist, administrator of a Facebook page which regularly published criticisms of the Lao government, was shot dead in a café in the capital Vientiane on 29 April.…
Listen to the world at the cafe
How does the world resonate in cafes? In Cairo, the café is an institution open to the city: even the cries of street vendors enter it; in Paris the sounds…
US invites ASEAN chiefs to try to counter Chinese influence
US President Joe Biden welcomed the leaders of Asean to the White House on Thursday, May 12, in a charm operation. For two days, the United States and the leaders…
New silk roads: in Laos, the Chinese TGV arrives, the debt explodes
Until now, Laos only had a 3.5 kilometer railway line, which connected a border post to Thailand via a bridge crossing the Mekong. On December 3, this country made a…
Kiyé Simon Luang, a Burgundian on the Mekong
Kiyé Simon Luang does not have a profession strictly speaking. All right, he takes photos, makes films, even writes books, but he also cooks. We will say that he is…