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Take the 'trust but verify' path to reaching net zero
Oped, Published on 24/02/2022
» The world currently faces a triple crisis: a pandemic, a climate emergency and immediate threats to biodiversity. But instead of a strengthened sense of solidarity, there is increasing distrust among countries and within international institutions, owing to the catastrophic failure to vaccinate the world against Covid-19, the intensifying superpower rivalry between the United States and China, and the emergence of new physical and online security threats.
Act now to end online sex abuse
Oped, Published on 22/02/2022
» More children and young people are online than ever in the third year of Covid-19 and distance learning. Many are left without online supervision by parents and caregivers working away from home and lacking awareness of parental control tools.
Renegades bring House debate to life
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 21/02/2022
» Mustachioed MP of Uttaradit province Saranwut Saranket does not look like a typical Thai politician. He looks more like a Wild West cowboy, albeit without a gun slung on his waist or a horse.
Prices surge into danger zone
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 24/01/2022
» Growing concern over food and energy prices has both the state and private sectors uneasy about an economic nightmare rapidly approaching.
Asean needs a Middle Path
Asia focus, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 17/01/2022
» Despite the economic downturn during the Covid-19 pandemic, China-sponsored infrastructure, trade and cooperation initiatives with Southeast Asian nations have been moving forward consistently -- amplifying the presence of Beijing in one of the world's fastest growing regions.
Can we afford to lose effective drugs?
News, Published on 22/11/2021
» Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) might be known to consumers and patients simply as drug resistance. However, it is actually a looming threat to global health security which threatens to derail efforts to reach the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development goals.
Chinese city bordering Myanmar to start monthly mass Covid-19 testing
Published on 17/11/2021
» HONG KONG: The Chinese border city of Ruili has said it will make monthly mass coronavirus testing a routine measure as local governments show signs of committing even further to the country's much-debated zero-Covid approach.
UN review shows human rights flaws
Oped, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 17/11/2021
» The international human rights system consists primarily of two parts: international human rights treaties to which countries are invited to become parties on the basis of their consent, and the UN's own jurisdiction, through the UN Human Rights Council, covering all countries even if they do not consent to the coverage. The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) belongs to the latter part of the system and Thailand's recent appearance before this process on Nov 10, in public and online, was eye-opening.
A voice, choice for every youth
News, Published on 15/11/2021
» Youth activists took over the United Nations COP26 summit in Scotland to call out world leaders on "blah, blah, blah" over taking action, when nearly half the world's 2.2 billion children are living in countries at high risk from climate shocks.
Humble heroes
Life, Noko, Published on 05/11/2021
» Making timepieces for superheroes wasn't on the mind of the Baumgartner brothers and Martin Frei when they founded Urwerk in 1997 and disrupted the watch industry.