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UK arrests 200 backing banned pro-Palestine group
AFP, Published on 09/08/2025
» LONDON - Police in London arrested at least 200 people on Saturday for supporting Palestine Action at the latest and largest protest backing the group since the government banned it last month under anti-terror laws.
Chevron, BCPR partner on Gulf of Thailand project
Published on 07/08/2025
» Bangkok, August 5, 2025 — In a significant step towards bolstering Thailand’s energy security, a new partnership has been launched between Chevron Offshore (Thailand) Limited (COTL) and BCPR Co., Ltd. (BCPR) for petroleum exploration and production in Block G2/65 in the Gulf of Thailand. Formalised under a Production Sharing Contract (PSC) model, the collaboration was officially marked at a recent ceremony presided over by Dr Prasert Sinsukprasert, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Energy. The event also commemorated the Minister of Energy’s authorisation of BCPR’s participation—an affiliate of the Bangchak Group and a leading Thai energy company—via the issuance of Supplementary Production Sharing Contract (No. 1). The partnership is expected to advance exploration and development activities in the block.
The scramble for the world's critical minerals
Oped, Published on 07/08/2025
» The world's superpowers have developed a seemingly insatiable appetite for the critical minerals that are essential to the ongoing energy and digital transitions, including rare-earth metals (for semiconductors), cobalt (for batteries), and uranium (for nuclear reactors). The International Energy Agency forecasts that demand for these minerals will more than quadruple by 2040 for use in clean-energy technologies alone. But, in their race to control these vital resources, China, Europe, and the United States risk causing serious harm to the countries that possess them.
BoI gets extra B10bn to cushion blow of US tariffs
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 06/08/2025
» The Board of Investment's (BoI) Competitiveness Fund has received additional funding of 10 billion baht to minimise the impact of both US reciprocal tariff policies and new global minimum tax rules from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Five years after Beirut port blast, Lebanese demand justice
AFP, Published on 05/08/2025
» BEIRUT — The loved ones of those killed in a catastrophic explosion at Beirut's port five years ago gathered to demand justice on the anniversary of the blast Monday, as Lebanon's president vowed to hold those responsible to account.
‘No abuse’ of Khmer soldiers in Thai custody
Published on 04/08/2025
» The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will on Tuesday escort representatives from international organisations based in Thailand to meet the 18 Cambodian detainees currently in Thai custody. This is in a bid to counter allegations from Phnom Penh regarding mistreatment and torture, according to its spokesperson.
New info wars front opens
News, Post Reporters, Published on 04/08/2025
» The government has rejected accusations of abuses made by the Cambodian Human Rights Committee (CHRC), as it responded to information wars concerning captive soldiers which have opened on yet another front.
Thailand says Cambodian rights panel 'distorts' facts on border clash
Online Reporters, Published on 03/08/2025
» Thailand has strongly rejected all accusations from the Cambodian Human Rights Committee (CHRC), saying its claims to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights were “distorted” and failed to reflect the facts surrounding recent clashes along the Thai-Cambodian border.
US envoy meets Israeli hostages’ families
AFP, Published on 02/08/2025
» TEL AVIV - US envoy Steve Witkoff on Saturday met the anguished families of Israeli hostages still held in Gaza, as fears for the captives’ survival mounted almost 22 months into the war sparked by Hamas’s October 2023 attack.
The human toll behind your seafood
News, Published on 02/08/2025
» The next time you are at a restaurant and considering the choice of fish or shrimp, spare a thought. The seafood on your plate may come at quite a human cost.