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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.
Dating sites put love on the line
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 07/11/2022
» Women have been warned against so-called romance scams or online dating fraud which have cost victims millions of baht, a seminar was told.
Receding ice leaves Canada's polar bears at rising risk
AFP, Published on 30/09/2022
» CHURCHILL (CANADA) - Sprawled on rocky ground far from sea ice, a lone Canadian polar bear sits under a dazzling sun, his white fur utterly useless as camouflage.
Safety push honours road death doctor
News, Post Reporters, Published on 05/09/2022
» A road safety programme has been launched to promote the use of bicycles as a means of transport in tribute to the ophthalmologist who was run over by a motorcycle at a zebra crossing in Bangkok early this year.
Dozens of Thais arrested in call-centre raids in Cambodia
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 11/07/2022
» Eighty-nine Thais were arrested during raids on call-centres operating scams from Cambodia and will be repatriated to Thailand for legal proceedings, deputy national police chief Pol Gen Damrongsak Kittiprapas said on Monday.
Russia targets Ukraine's last link to besieged east
AFP, Published on 22/05/2022
» BAKHMUTSKE, Ukraine: The wounded coal miner peered through his shrapnel-splayed windshield and tried to ignore the flopping noises coming from his blown tyres as he drove along Ukraine’s last link with the besieged east.
Better design of roads can save lives
Oped, Published on 27/04/2022
» The tragic death of Dr Waraluck Supawatjariyakul, an ophthalmologist with Chulalongkorn University's Faculty of Medicine, who was hit by a powerful big bike as she was negotiating a zebra crossing in January highlights a sad fact about the danger pedestrians face in their everyday lives.
Making pedestrians more visible
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 13/03/2022
» The white-striped crossing sits on top of a hump of asphalt.
Floating pastors preach on busy river
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 13/02/2022
» The ebullient soukous music had been blasting from speakers since before dawn, but at 8am, someone aboard the brightly painted boat docked along the Congo River pressed pause, and a pastor picked up a microphone and began preaching at a volume easily heard onshore.
In the mood for...
Guru, Published on 11/02/2022
» The month of love is upon us and what better way to show your love for someone than by treating them to a fun-filled St Valentine's Day activity. Guru has collected 14 ideas from vanilla to erotica, to satisfy all cravings.