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Painting stripes on cows to lizards' pizza pick: Ig Nobel winners
AFP, Published on 20/09/2025
» PARIS - Painting zebra stripes on cows to fend off flies, lizards' favourite pizza toppings and how booze helps you speak another language: these were some of the winners at the Ig Nobel prizes, which celebrate the sillier side of science.
Trump admin sows doubt over vaccines in 'Make America Healthy Again' report
AFP, Published on 23/05/2025
» WASHINGTON - A highly anticipated White House report outlining Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s agenda devotes significant space to raising alarm over vaccines, while touching on environmental and nutrition concerns that remain at odds with broader administration actions.
Trump admin axes safeguards against 'forever chemicals' in drinking water
AFP, Published on 15/05/2025
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday moved to scrap limits on several toxic "forever chemicals" in drinking water, reversing what had been hailed as a landmark public health victory.
CFR upbeat on prospects for Lunar New Year, Q1
Business, Kuakul Mornkum, Published on 15/01/2025
» Central Food Retail Co (CFR), the operator of Tops grocery stores, says government stimulus campaigns and the revival of the tourism industry should drive the retail sector during the Lunar New Year celebration.
Myrex Thailand Reignites Stainless Steel Segment with MEYER Launch
Published on 16/08/2024
» Myrex (Thailand), a leading global cookware and bakeware manufacturer, is set to penetrate the 35-billion-baht kitchenware market with the launch of two new MEYER stainless steel models—the White Steel Series and Luna Series. This marks the company's return to the stainless steel segment after 25 years. With this launch, Myrex aims to boost sales by 15% by the end of 2024, targeting home cooking enthusiasts across all generations.
Jazz up your kitchen with Pokémon Le Creuset
Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 24/07/2024
» This rainy season, French manufacturer Le Creuset will jazz up your kitchen with a collection of vibrant Pokémon-inspired enamelled cast iron and stoneware cookware to bring joy to your home.
Keeping a steady hand in the Thai restaurant industry
Business, Pitsinee Jitpleecheep, Published on 09/09/2023
» Running a restaurant remains a challenging endeavour, as the Thai market is flooded with new eateries every year.
Help for endangered Amazon tribe
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 16/04/2023
» The illegal tin mine was so remote that, for three years, the massive gash it cut into the Amazon rainforest had gone largely ignored.
'Forever chemicals' deserve far more scrutiny
News, Published on 20/03/2023
» Most of us are walking around with an array of poorly understood chemicals in our bloodstreams and livers -- an unintended consequence of the great 20th century heyday of chemical innovation. They're so stable they've been dubbed "forever chemicals". That means that even if we stop producing them today, some might still course through people's veins centuries from now. We're barely regulating them, even though their harms have become better-known.
Global wildlife contaminated by 'forever chemicals'
AFP, Published on 24/02/2023
» PARIS - From pandas to sea lions to tigers, hundreds of wildlife species across the globe are contaminated by potentially harmful "forever chemicals", according to a review of hundreds of peer-reviewed studies.