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Child marriage costs countries billions in lost earnings: World Bank
AFP, Published on 06/12/2018
» ACCRA - Respect Ruvimbo Topodzi was 15 and walking home from school in her native Zimbabwe when a 22-year-old man asked her out. She turned him down but it was too late.
World Bank promises $200bn in 2021-25 climate cash
AFP, Published on 03/12/2018
» KATOWICE, Poland: The World Bank on Monday unveiled US$200 billion in climate action investment for 2021-25, adding this amounts to a doubling of its current five-year funding.
Man City extend lead at top, Man United salvage draw
Published on 02/12/2018
» LONDON: Manchester City maintained their unbeaten run with a 3-1 win over Bournemouth to extend their lead at the top of the Premier League table as Manchester United fought back to salvage a 2-2 draw at Southampton on Saturday.
Paradise regained? Experts call for European approach to US housing
AFP, Published on 22/11/2018
» MOUNTAIN VIEW (UNITED STATES) - With the embers still raining from blackened skies choked by California's massive wildfires, the effort turns to rebuilding Paradise -- a town of almost 30,000 that was wiped off the map.
Chatchai warns of dry season droughts
News, Post Reporters, Published on 20/11/2018
» Up to 20 provinces across the country are likely to experience drought in the dry season, Deputy Prime Minister Chatchai Sarikulya warned on Monday.
Integration on the plantation
News, Published on 17/11/2018
» Faced with a long and hard struggle to make ends meet compounded by backbreaking debts, farmers in Na Noi district of Nan who have long relied on maize farming that encroaches on forest land see a silver lining in integrated farming.
Farmers store rice in cop shop
News, Published on 16/11/2018
» Soaring rice price has pushed local farmers in Chum Phuang district in Nakhon Ratchasima to dry their harvested grains at the local police station and district office to avoid theft.
Farmers happily drying valuable paddy at police station
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 15/11/2018
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: Rice growers in Chum Phuang district are drying their valuable harvested grain at the local police station and district office to avoid theft after the price soared.
Rice thefts worry farmers amid high prices
Published on 07/11/2018
» Farmers are putting up their guard against rice thefts after several cases have been reported this year in the wake of high prices.
Britain's Cross Counter ends Goldolphin Melbourne Cup drought
AFP, Published on 06/11/2018
» MELBOURNE - British raider Cross Counter won the coveted Aus$7.3 million (US$5.2 million) Melbourne Cup at Flemington on Tuesday to give the renowned Godolphin stable their maiden victory after 20 years of trying.