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Glue, soup and grit: the new climate activism
AFP, Published on 26/05/2023
» PARIS: Police in Paris on Friday used teargas against activists who attempted to block the annual shareholders meeting of the French oil giant TotalEnergies — the latest standoff involving climate campaigners.
Vietnam battles plastic blight in idyllic Ha Long Bay
AFP, Published on 26/05/2023
» HA LONG (VIETNAM) - Squinting in the bright light of a hot summer morning, Vu Thi Thinh perches on the edge of her small wooden boat and plucks a polystyrene block from the calm waters of Vietnam's Ha Long Bay.
Meandering along the Seine: France's roving plastic rubbish
AFP, Published on 25/05/2023
» ROUEN, France: The scrap of red plastic in among the waterside reeds in northern France could be any fragment of the throwaway consumerism piling up across the planet, flowing into rivers, choking animals, even seeping into our bloodstreams.
TCP vows to spend B500m on machinery
Business, Pitsinee Jitpleecheep, Published on 24/05/2023
» TCP Group, the manufacturer and distributor of Kratingdaeng energy drink, Mansome functional drink and Sponsor, doesn't expect any negative impacts on its business from the policies of the new government, including pledges to raise the minimum daily wage.
Best of the best
Oped, Postbag, Published on 11/05/2023
» Re: "Minority govt perils", (Editorial, May 8).
The Tao of island travel
Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 20/04/2023
» After a two-hour ferry ride from Koh Samui, we landed on Koh Tao, where a tremendous influx of foreign and Thai tourists was arriving at Mae Haad Pier in the late afternoon. A crew of hotel guides were shouting their customers' names from a nearby pavilion, while a fleet of four-wheel-drive pickup trucks were stationed outside to transport visitors to their lodgings.
Jail time for man guilty in hate-crime killing of Asian
New York Times, Published on 01/04/2023
» NEW YORK: A man who admitted to brutally, and fatally, attacking a 61-year-old immigrant in East Harlem two years ago because the victim was Asian was sentenced to 22 years in prison Friday.
A melting pot
Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 30/03/2023
» Late in the morning, my caffeine-dependent friends and I made a pit stop at the newly opened Pua Tobacco Barn Café & Eatery to refuel before leaving the popular town of Pua, close to the Xienghone-Hongsa special economic zone between Nan and Laos.
Beer-drinking tourist upsets netizens
Gary Boyle, Published on 20/03/2023
» Pictures of a man carrying and drinking beer at a Chiang Mai temple during a visit by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha have caused a stir online.
Beer-toting tourist has netizens in tizzy
Online Reporters, Published on 18/03/2023
» Pictures of a man carrying and drinking beer at a Chiang Mai temple during a visit by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha have caused a stir online and led to questions about the PM’s security detail.