🇬🇧 UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announces resignation
Keir Starmer on Monday announced his resignation following months of pressure, kickstarting a process that will see Britain get its seventh prime minister in a decade. In a speech outside 10 Downing Street, Starmer conceded he had lost the support of his Labour party MPs
Sky bridges for endangered langurs.
Conservationists in Malaysia are installing canopy bridges to help endangered dusky langurs navigate busy roads and access more habitat. The Langur Project Panang has recruited citizen scientists to monitor the monkeys, hoping to reduce tensions between the animals and the local community. An AFP report in conjunction with Mongabay
VIDEO: Cambodians paint their faces and bodies and don leaf skirts to dance through the streets of Phnom Penh in celebration of the guardian Pring Ka-ek spirit festival and to pray for rain and good fortune.
He rejected the allegations in an interview with the RFI Khmer radio service on April 28, and denied that most of the sanctioned firms belonged to him and that his companies scammed Americans. https://t.co/ABlfNdHMja
Protesting Cambodian food vendor Sopheak, 42, said she could see her US$36,000 balance on the Huione platform but cannot withdraw any money.
She opened her account three years ago because Chinese customers preferred it, she said.
“The money is my blood and sweat.” AFP
Li Shangfu said many Chinese people in Cambodia had used Huione because it was “trusted” and convenient for “all our transactions”.
"Do not lay your hands on us ordinary civilians,” shouted Wang Xijun. “Give the people’s money back!”
Reporting w @suy_se , pix by @TangChhinSothy
🇰🇭 Cambodia unveils statue for mine-sniffing hero rat
Cambodia unveils a statue of the landmine-hunting rat, Magawa, the only rat ever awarded the PDSA Gold Medal for animal bravery.
Uganda's cricket grannies bat away loneliness through sport
Laughter, songs and the sound of swinging bats fill a sports pitch in eastern Uganda, where a group of senior women gather every Saturday to play cricket
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AFP REPORTAGE: Many Thai fishermen are stuck at dock because of surging prices of diesel they need to fuel their boats, as the Mideast war disrupts global supply. Tax-exempt diesel used to cost 20 baht a litre. It now cost 35 baht and is hard to find. https://t.co/U5PkRsFEFJ
A building collapses in Beirut following an Israeli strike after the Israeli military called on residents of the city's central neighbourhood to evacuate, warning of an imminent attack on the Lebanese capital targeting the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah
📝🎥📸 How is AFP covering the Middle East war?
As one of the few media organisations with a bureau in Tehran, AFP relies on its journalists in the field to gather information authorities do not always wish to share. Dedicated teams also verify videos posted on social media.
🇺🇸 US President Donald Trump has said in an interview with Fox News Radio that he suspected Russian leader Vladimir Putin was aiding Iran in the war against the United States and Israel.
"I think he might be helping him a little bit, yeah, I guess. And he probably thinks we're helping Ukraine, right?" Trump said in an interview that aired Friday.
Several US media outlets have reported that Russia has provided targeting information to Iran for attacking US forces during the ongoing conflict.