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Slowing the suicide epidemic
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 16/09/2019
» When I was younger, whenever I heard about someone committing suicide, I asked myself how anyone could choose that path, leaving the world and their loved ones behind? To me, it doesn't make anything better. As I grow older, the way I see things has changed, and I have learned to better understand how and why some people suffer. As our understanding grows, perhaps we can do more to help before things get out of hand.
UN, France raise concern over Amazon wildfires 'crisis'
AFP, Published on 23/08/2019
» SALVADOR, Brazil: Paris and the United Nations called Thursday for the protection of the fire-plagued Amazon rainforest as Brazil's right-wing president accused his French counterpart of having a "colonialist mentality" over the issue.
To the Moon and back: 50 years on, a giant leap into the unknown
AFP, Published on 14/06/2019
» WASHINGTON - The first four days of Apollo 11's journey to the Moon had gone according to plan, but just twenty minutes before landing, the atmosphere grew tense as the crew encountered a series of problems.
India-Pakistan: Maybe war, but not a water war
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 01/03/2019
» After the terrorist attack on Indian troops in Kashmir two weeks ago that killed 40 Indian soldiers, but before Tuesday's retaliatory air strikes across the border into Pakistan by the Indian Air Force, the Indian government did something unprecedented. It threatened to cut off Pakistan's water. Or at least, it sounded like that.
Last refugee children in Pacific camp to be moved: Australia
AFP, Published on 03/02/2019
» SYDNEY - The last remaining refugee children detained by Australia on the remote Pacific island of Nauru are being moved to other countries, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Sunday, following criticism of Canberra's harsh treatment of asylum-seekers.
British pound rallies on May's Brexit setback; stocks gain
AFP, Published on 16/01/2019
» NEW YORK - The British pound rallied Tuesday after the lower house of parliament overwhelmingly rejected Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit plan, while global stocks climbed.
Buskers foil generous donor's suicide
News, Published on 19/12/2018
» A group of students prevented a Chinese tourist from committing suicide while they were busking in Bangkok on Monday night.
Busking students save Chinese man from suicide
Gary Boyle, Published on 18/12/2018
» Students from Wat Sutthiwararam School helped prevent a Chinese man from committing suicide after he gave them an overly generous donation while they were busking in Bangkok on Monday night.
Busking students save overly generous donor from suicide
Online Reporters, Published on 18/12/2018
» Students from Wat Sutthiwararam School were instrumental in preventing a Chinese man from committing suicide after he gave them an overly generous donation while they were busking in Bangkok on Monday night.
At least three killed in Kabul suicide attack: officials
AFP, Published on 12/11/2018
» KABUL - At least three people were killed when a suicide attacker blew himself up in Kabul Monday, close to where scores of Afghans had been protesting against Taliban attacks on the minority Hazara ethnic group.