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Initiative offers Line 'Safety Check'
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 18/12/2025
» The Digital Economy and Society (DES) Ministry has joined hands with four government agencies and Line (Thailand) on disaster notification efforts, offering a "Safety Check" feature on the application.
A lesson in geoengineering for grown-ups
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 18/12/2025
» A few days ago the European Union's Earth Observation programme, "Copernicus", made a special announcement at the end of its monthly report on the state of the climate. It said that the average global temperature for the past three years (2023-2025) has been 1.5 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial level. That's the level we were warned that we must never exceed.
Temu parent sacks dozens after brawl with Chinese regulators
Published on 17/12/2025
» PDD Holdings Inc, the parent of the popular e-commerce platform Temu, has fired a government relations team in Shanghai following a fistfight between employees and visiting Chinese regulators, according to people familiar with the matter.
IWA and AIT Co-organise the 2025 Water and Development Congress & Exhibition
Published on 17/12/2025
» The International Water Association’s 2025 Water and Development Congress & Exhibition was successfully held in Bangkok, from 8 to 12 December, bringing together water professionals and other key actors, from researchers through to government officials, to advance solutions for low- and middle-income countries.
Inside the Philippines’ $2-billion flood-control scandal
Published on 17/12/2025
» Senator Francis Pangilinan leaned into his microphone and fired off numbers in pesos: 50 million? 10 million? 100 million? “You withdrew this in cash?”
High coffee prices are changing how consumers take their daily brew
Bloomberg News, Published on 17/12/2025
» LONDON — Global coffee prices rose to record highs this year, sending the cost of cappuccinos and lattes soaring. But a caffeine habit is hard to kick.
Suu Kyi 'in good health', claims Myanmar junta
Reuters, Published on 17/12/2025
» NAY PYI TAW - Myanmar’s junta has said that detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi is “in good health,” a day after her son told Reuters he has received little information about the 80-year-old’s condition and fears she could die without him knowing.
Australia holds first funeral for Bondi Beach attack victims
AFP, Published on 17/12/2025
» SYDNEY — Australia held the first funeral Wednesday for victims of the Bondi Beach mass shooting, as large crowds gathered to grieve a rabbi slain in the attack.
Trump has 'alcoholic's personality,' chief of staff says in bombshell interview
AFP, Published on 17/12/2025
» WASHINGTON (UNITED STATES) - Donald Trump said Tuesday he stood by his chief of staff Susie Wiles after she said the US president had an "alcoholic's personality" in an astonishing interview with Vanity Fair.
Jimmy Lai, the HK tycoon who stood up to China
News, Published on 17/12/2025
» Jimmy Lai, the Hong Kong media mogul and China critic, was found guilty on Monday on two counts of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces and one count of sedition under a China-imposed national security law that could see him jailed for life.