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Can new bonds mitigate disaster losses?
Oped, Rapeepat Ingkasit, Published on 05/02/2025
» Last year turned out to be one of the most expensive on record in terms of insurance payments resulting from natural disasters.
Phuket tourism operators fret over climate change
Business, Molpasorn Shoowong, Published on 12/10/2024
» Phuket tourism operators are worried about the impact of climate change, resulting in severe weather and flooding in Thailand as well as tourist source markets.
At least 19 tornadoes confirmed in Florida
Reuters, Published on 10/10/2024
» ST PETERSBURG, Florida - Hurricane Milton marched across central Florida on Thursday after making landfall on the state’s west coast hours earlier, whipping up deadly tornadoes, destroying homes and knocking out power to nearly 2 million customers.
Oil prices rise on US storm, fears of Israel-Iran conflict
Reuters, Published on 10/10/2024
» SINGAPORE - Oil prices rose on Thursday underpinned by a spike in fuel demand as a major storm barreled into Florida and concerns about potential supply disruptions in the Middle East amid heightened tensions between Israel and major oil producer Iran.
Former US president George HW Bush dead at 94
AFP, Published on 01/12/2018
» WASHINGTON: Former US president George HW Bush, who helped steer America through the end of the Cold War, died Friday at age 94, his family announced.
George HW Bush dies at age 94
Associated Press, Published on 01/12/2018
» HOUSTON: George HW Bush, a patrician New Englander whose presidency soared with the coalition victory over Iraq in Kuwait, but then plummeted in the throes of a weak economy that led voters to turn him out of office after a single term, has died. He was 94.
Conservation confab in Hawaii starts with sunrise ritual
AFP, Published on 02/09/2016
» HONOLULU - Spear-throwers in traditional dress greeted rowers aboard a double-hulled canoe at a beachside ceremony Thursday to open a major world conservation meeting in Hawaii, where leaders urged respect for the Earth, its natural resources and indigenous cultures.
Surfing on the stage
Life, Published on 20/06/2012
» Listening to Jason Mraz's music, you imagine him to be this laid-back nice guy who's in love with love and in love with life.