By Laotian Times and AFP - Rescue work was suspended and preemptive evacuations began Saturday as Typhoon Fung-wong bore down on the Philippines, days after another storm killed at least 204 people.
Fung-wong, expected to be a "super typhoon" before making landfall, bears a huge footprint, with a radius that...
On World Humanitarian Day, 19 August, Pio Smith, UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency’s Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific,...
On 13 August, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation announced that the Mines Advisory Group (MAG) will receive the 2025 Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize, with...
Vientiane authorities have revealed that illegal mining activities across the capital cover over 135 hectares, far exceeding legal limits.
Of eight companies operating in the...