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Rice to get costlier as supply threatened
Reuters, Published on 06/07/2023
» MUMBAI: Global rice prices, now at their highest in 11 years, are set to rally further after India moved to boost payments to farmers, just as El Nino threatens yields in key producers and alternative staples get costlier for poor Asians and Africans.
Asia rice output turns corner as farmers expand planting
Reuters, Published on 09/05/2023
» SINGAPORE: Asia's rice output is set to climb this year as higher prices spur farmers to expand acreage and use more fertiliser, easing supply concerns after production suffered its first decline in seven years in 2022.
Sharks, tourists jostle for space in Maya Bay
Reuters, Published on 28/03/2023
» KRABI: On any given day in Thailand's Maya Bay, up to 40 blacktip reef sharks cruise in the cyan shallows while about 4,000 tourists visit its white-sand beach flanked by towering cliffs.
Thai industries confidence at 2-year high as activity recovers
Reuters, Published on 07/04/2022
» Thailand's industries sentiment in March reached a 25-month high, bolstered by a recovery in economic activity as Covid-19 restrictions were eased, an industries group said on Thursday.
Scientists set nuclear fusion energy record
Business, Reuters, Published on 11/02/2022
» LONDON: European scientists announced fresh progress in the drive to make nuclear fusion a practical, safe and clean energy source, saying an experiment at a site in England set a record for the amount of fusion energy produced, more than doubling the previous mark.
Australian iron ore baron bets big on global green revolution
Reuters, Published on 27/10/2021
» MELBOURNE: Australian iron ore magnate Andrew Forrest wants to turn his company, Fortescue Metals Group Ltd, into the world's biggest green energy group, but critics say his targets are a stretch even for a man who built the world's fourth-largest iron ore producer from scratch in just over a decade.
China's energy crunch triggers alarm, pleas for more coal
Reuters, Published on 28/09/2021
» SHANGHAI: As a severe power crunch roils China's northeastern industrial heartland, senior officials face mounting pressure from alarmed citizens to ramp up coal imports thick and fast in order to keep lights on, factories open and even water supplies flowing.
Govt plans B225bn stimulus to rescue virus-hit economy
Reuters, Published on 05/05/2021
» The government is planning to spend almost a quarter of a trillion baht in providing financial relief to low-income groups to cope with the economic hit from the biggest Covid-19 outbreak sweeping the nation since the pandemic began.
Songkran seen showering B113bn on economy
Reuters, Published on 01/04/2021
» Consumer spending could jump 64% to 113 billion baht during the upcoming Songkran holiday after last year's slump when tighter coronavirus curbs were in place, the commerce university said on Thursday.
Japan-Australia venture starts producing hydrogen from dirty coal
Reuters, Published on 12/03/2021
» LOY YANG, Australia: A Japanese-Australian venture has begun producing hydrogen from brown coal in a A$500 million (US$390 million) pilot project that aims to show liquefied hydrogen can be produced commercially and exported safely overseas.