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Healthy ageing in Southeast Asia
News, Published on 20/10/2025
» The Southeast Asia region is undergoing one of the most profound demographic shifts in its history. By 2050, the proportion of people aged 60 years and above will nearly double -- from 11.3% in 2024 to 20.9%. That means 441 million older people -- one in five people -- will call this region home. This transformation is both a triumph of public health and a test of our collective will and capacity to adapt.
Nearly 900m poor people exposed to climate shocks, UN warns
AFP, Published on 17/10/2025
» UNITED NATIONS (UNITED STATES) - Nearly 80% of the world's poorest, or about 900 million people, are directly exposed to climate hazards exacerbated by global warming, bearing a "double and deeply unequal burden", the United Nations warned Friday.
Crime still thriving
News, Editorial, Published on 16/10/2025
» The government's self-congratulation over Thailand retaining its Tier 2 ranking in the US Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report is misplaced. Remaining at Tier 2 -- for the fourth consecutive year -- is not an achievement. It's an alarm bell signalling that the country is standing still while crime spreads beneath its feet.
Global goal to end deforestation nowhere near being met: experts
AFP, Published on 14/10/2025
» PARIS - Deforestation "has not meaningfully declined" despite a global pledge to halt forest destruction, but next month's UN climate summit in the Amazon could mark a turning point, experts said Tuesday.
World's coral reefs crossing survival limit: global experts
AFP, Published on 13/10/2025
» PARIS - The world's tropical coral reefs have almost certainly crossed a point of no return as oceans warm beyond a level most can survive, a major scientific report announced on Monday.
Apcom Foundation warns over UNAIDS shut-down
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 13/10/2025
» The sunset of UNAIDS would endanger the lives of those at risk of HIV infection and those living with the virus across the Asia-Pacific region, the Apcom Foundation has warned.
In a world on fire, workers get burned
News, Published on 13/10/2025
» In these chaotic times that many characterise in terms of rollback, regression, and retreat, there is one measure that continues to surge ahead -- global temperature. The year 2024 was the hottest ever since worldwide temperature recording began. Though climate occupied a major space in discussions at the UN General Assembly in New York City last month, significant progress did not emerge from the fractured international environment.
Taliban say dozens of Pakistani troops killed in border clashes
AFP, Published on 12/10/2025
» KABUL - Afghanistan's government on Sunday said dozens of Pakistani troops and nine Afghan soldiers were killed in a night of heavy border clashes between the two countries.
China, North Korea to strengthen strategic cooperation, KCNA says
Published on 12/10/2025
» SEOUL - China says it is ready to develop its relationship with North Korea to strengthen strategic cooperation in international and regional affairs, North Korea's state media KCNA reported.
Dozens die as Myanmar military bombs Buddhist festival
Published on 08/10/2025
» Myanmar’s military bombed a Buddhist festival this week, killing at least two dozen people and injuring dozens more, according to a witness and the country’s civilian government in exile.