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Old and poor: Thailand sleepwalking towards ageing crisis
AFP, Published on 16/10/2023
» Unless she lines up in the hot sun for a free meal, ketchup on bread is the only food Thai widow Noi can afford on her small government pension.
Red Bull heir still at large 10 years on
AFP, Published on 03/09/2022
» A crashed Ferrari, a dead policeman and a fugitive heir to a multibillion-dollar fortune -- a decade on, Thailand is no closer to resolving one of its most notorious hit-and-run cases.
From Manchester to Montevideo: City Football Group targets global domination
AFP, Published on 25/05/2021
» MONTEVIDEO - Manchester City have at last reached the Champions League final after a decade of Abu Dhabi investment, but the global ambitions of the club's owners stretch far beyond England's northwest.
Asia virus latest: Bangkok hospitals protect babies with face shields
AFP, Published on 14/04/2020
» SINGAPORE: Here are the latest developments in Asia related to the novel coronavirus pandemic:
Antarctica ice loss up sixfold since 1979, study finds
AFP, Published on 15/01/2019
» TAMPA, Florida: Global warming is melting ice in Antarctica faster than ever before -- about six times more per year now than 40 years ago -- leading to increasingly high sea levels worldwide, scientists warned on Monday.
Farmers giddy over new medical marijuana law
AFP, Published on 26/12/2018
» Thai farmers welcomed a new law allowing cultivation and use of marijuana for medical purposes Wednesday, in an Asian first that promises an economic bonanza but also fears that foreign companies could reap the rewards.
Air traffic to double by 2037: IATA
AFP, Published on 25/10/2018
» GENEVA: The number of people travelling by air should double to 8.2 billion a year by 2037, with Asia and the Pacific leading the way, sector federation IATA forecast on Wednesday.
US, allies roasted as UN climate talks end in Bangkok
AFP, Published on 09/09/2018
» BANGKOK: Developing countries rounded on the United States and its allies at emergency climate talks Sunday, accusing the world's richest nations of stalling a deal aimed at preventing runaway global warming.