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Dear DOGE, it's high time to tear down those dams!
News, Published on 12/07/2025
» No big government infrastructure project made an imprint on the landscape and economy of the West more than the US Bureau of Reclamation's 20th century dam-building spree, which peppered 490 dams across the country, created an agricultural civilisation dependent on federal hydrology civil engineering, and brought about a welter of environmental difficulties after drying up dozens of once-healthy rivers.
Pakistan building collapse kills at least 7
AFP, Published on 04/07/2025
» KARACHI - A five-storey building collapsed in Pakistan on Friday, killing at least seven people and injuring eight, officials said, with rescuers searching through the rubble for trapped victims.
Trade-in scheme to boost pickup sales
Business, Published on 25/06/2025
» The state's pickup trade-in scheme is expected to help stimulate domestic pickup sales, which have been plummeting as the automotive sector slows, says the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI).
‘Companions’ ease pain of China’s busy, bewildering hospitals
AFP, Published on 24/06/2025
» BEIJING - At a bustling Beijing hospital, Tian Yigui hands over some of his elderly wife’s paperwork to Meng Jia, a “patient companion” hired to help navigate China’s stretched and bureaucratic healthcare system.
Bird’s Nest Bonanza Lands at Summer Palace
Published on 17/06/2025
» Bangkok, June 17, 2025 – Summer Palace at InterContinental Bangkok, recently awarded a MICHELIN Key and celebrated in Condé Nast Traveller’s 2024 Reader’s Choice as one of Southeast Asia’s best hotels, invites diners on a luxurious culinary journey with its special bird’s nest menu, available exclusively throughout July and August 2025.
Rice prices a hot political issue in Japan
AFP, Published on 12/06/2025
» SANJO, Japan - All is calm at Satoshi Yamazaki's rice farm, with its freshly planted rows of vivid-green seedlings, but a row over the cost of the staple in Japan is threatening to deal the government a blow at the ballot box.
'Hurt': Ukrainians in Poland worried by rise of nationalists
AFP, Published on 05/06/2025
» WARSAW — For several months, Halyna Muliar watched Poland's presidential campaign from home in Poznan, worried as candidates swerved further to the right and increasingly aimed nationalist slogans at Poland's 1.5 million Ukrainians -- war refugees and economic migrants.
Vietnam scraps two-child limit as birth rate declines
AFP, Published on 04/06/2025
» HANOI — Vietnam's communist government has scrapped its long-standing policy of limiting families to two children, state media said Wednesday, as the country battles to reverse a declining birth rate.
Brilliant PSG demolish Inter Milan to win first Champions League title
AFP, Published on 01/06/2025
» MUNICH (GERMANY) - Paris Saint-Germain won the Champions League for the first time in their history as Luis Enrique's brilliant young side outclassed Inter Milan on Saturday in the most one-sided final ever as teenager Desire Doue scored twice in an astonishing 5-0 victory.
