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2 plane crashes lead to deadliest year in skies since 2018
Published on 30/12/2024
» Commercial aviation has suffered its deadliest year since 2018 after the Jeju Air disaster in South Korea and last week’s downing of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane.
Uncertainties and challenges
Business, Published on 30/12/2024
» 2025 is just around the corner and everyone is looking for clues about the prospects for the global and domestic economies in the coming year.With Donald Trump set to return to the White House on Jan 20, the US factors seem difficult to predict given the personality of the President-elect billionaire we all learned from his first term.But something the world can expect is growing US protectionism, through the proposed import tax hike Trump has clearly announced; countermeasures from the targeted countries, notably China, would put the global economy on the verge of turmoil.Amid the uncertainties and challenges ahead, the Bangkok Post has identified five megatrends for 2025.Let's hear from experts about their potential development in the year to come so we can at least prepare ourselves for what could be another tough year.
Chinese man held for pledging fake gold at pawn shops in Pattaya
Chaiyot Pupattanapong, Published on 26/12/2024
» CHON BURI: A 29-year-old Chinese man believed responsible for fraud by duping pawn shops in Pattaya with fake gold ornaments has been arrested in this beach town.
US diplomats meet with Syria's new ruler
AFP, Published on 20/12/2024
» DAMASCUS - US diplomats met with Syria's new ruler on Friday, an official told AFP, as outside powers seek assurances the country's Islamist-led authorities will be moderate and inclusive.
US diplomats visit Syria to meet new rulers
AFP, Published on 20/12/2024
» WASHINGTON - US diplomats have arrived in Syria to speak directly to the new Islamist-led rulers, hoping to encourage a moderate, inclusive path and to find clues on missing Americans, the State Department said Friday.
Cuba's 'invisible' tragedy: US-bound migrants who disappear in the Caribbean
AFP, Published on 18/12/2024
» CáRDENAS (CUBA) - In the early hours of January 3, 2023, 32 people climbed onto a makeshift raft off southern Cuba and set out across the Caribbean for Florida, 170 kilometers (100 miles) away.
Syria's new rulers step up engagement with the world
AFP, Published on 17/12/2024
» DAMASCUS - Syria's new rulers stepped up engagement on Tuesday with countries that deemed ousted president Bashar al-Assad a pariah, with the French flag raised at the embassy for the first time in over a decade.
Police scour New York for killer of insurance CEO
Published on 06/12/2024
» NEW YORK - Armed with a growing file of clues, New York police on Friday were scouring surveillance videos and asking the public for help in finding the masked assailant who gunned down an executive of America’s biggest health insurer on a Manhattan sidewalk.
Last marine heat wave providing lessons for the future
Published on 02/12/2024
» SAN FRANCISCO — They call it “the Blob". A decade ago, sea surface temperatures in the Pacific soared 11 degrees Celsius above normal.
Pornographer captured after keeping victim, 10, on boat for a month
Online Reporters, Published on 30/11/2024
» A 10-year-old child has been rescued by police after being sexually assaulted on a boat off the coast of Rayong province for nearly a month.