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Laos methanol poisoning: Two tourists among four dead at gap year hotspot

Australian19-year-old Bianca Jones died in hospital in Thailand

The Independent UK

Melbourne teen Bianca Jones dies in hospital after methanol poisoning in Laos

A New Zealand citizen is also ill, while a US citizen has died following a suspected mass poisoning event in the town of Vang Vieng

The Guardian - AU

US ‘Secret War’ remembered as Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin visits Laos

Al Jazeera looks back at the most devastating period in Laos’s history, when the US waged a years-long ‘Secret War’.

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ASEAN Defense Chiefs Meet Amid Rising Maritime Disputes

ASEAN defense chiefs and Southeast Asian nations discuss maritime disputes with China and regional security challenges in Vientiane, Laos.

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Australian tourists hospitalized after apparent severe alcohol poisoning in Laos party town

Two Australian tourists are being treated in Thailand for suspected severe alcohol poisoning after apparently consuming tainted drinks in neighboring Laos

The Independent UK

Melbourne best friends on ‘dream getaway’ before feared methanol poisoning in Laos left them fighting for life

Teenagers Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles in hospitals in neighbouring Thailand after incident last week

The Guardian - AU

Family prayers as teens fight for life in Laos tragedy

The family of an Australian woman gravely ill in Thailand is praying for her, after she and her best friend suffered apparent methanol poisoning in Laos.

AAP

Debt-saddled Laos Struggles To Tame Rampant Inflation

Suffocating under a mountain of debt to China, communist Laos is struggling to tame rampant inflation, with food prices rising so sharply that a growing number of households are resorting to foraging.

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Illegal internet cables found across Thai-Lao bridge

Authorities have cut internet cables found to be illegally carrying services from Mukdahan province across the Friendship Bridge and about five kilometres deep into Laos.

The Conversation

Is Australia’s trade war with China now over? The answer might be out of our hands

Finally, Australia’s rock lobster industry will be able to export to China again, following a deal struck on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit in Laos last week.

The Independent UK

Cave fossils reveal how early humans colonised Southeast Asia

Analysis of fossils from Laos cave suggests Homo sapiens dispersed in region earlier than previously thought

International Business Times

Asian Leaders Meet In Laos With US, Russia On World Turmoil

Asian leaders and top diplomats of adversaries the United States and Russia will meet Friday in Laos to discuss a world in turmoil as war rages in the Middle East and Ukraine.

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Australia urged to press Chinese premier on security

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has touched down in Laos, where he will meet with the Chinese premier against the backdrop of security tensions and trade bans.

The Independent UK

Southeast Asian leaders meet in Laos in a summit set to tackle crisis in Myanmar and disputed sea

Southeast Asian leaders gathered in the capital of Laos for an annual regional forum that will focus on tackling the prolonged civil war in Myanmar and territorial tensions in the South China Sea

The Independent UK

Blinken heads to Asia this week for a summit of regional leaders

Secretary of State Antony Blinken will make his 19th trip in office to Asia this week when he leads the U.S. delegation to a meeting of East Asian leaders in Laos

The Conversation

The contradictions of ‘Minnesota nice’

After Kamala Harris selected Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, much of the media coverage zeroed in on Walz’s Midwestern roots, with some pundits using the phrase “Minnesota nice” to describe his appeal.

The Independent UK

Cambodia pulls out of a regional development pact after protests

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet says he's pulling his country out of a development agreement with neighboring Vietnam and Laos following protests that it was benefiting foreign interests

Latin Times

Hanoi River Level Hits 20-year High As SE Asia Typhoon Toll Passes 150

Typhoon Yagi hit Vietnam at the weekend bringing winds in excess of 149 kilometres (92 miles) per hour and a deluge of rain that has also brought destructive floods to northern areas of Laos, Thailand and Myanmar.

France 24

New Silk Road: Laos border town of Boten becomes Chinese enclave

In April 2023, the Boten-Vientiane line in Laos welcomed its first passengers. This high-speed train, a symbol of Beijing’s New Silk Road initiative, connects the Laotian capital Vientiane to southern China in just a few hours. A vital commercial artery, it has opened up Laos, the region's only landlocked country.…

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