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Holidays take toll
Postbag, Published on 02/08/2025
» Re: "Thailand still has chance to shine", (Opinion, July 31).
Pageant for progress
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 14/07/2025
» There is more to a gay pageant than crowning the good-looking, charismatic winner. Beneath the glamorous veneer lies an expectation that the candidate have goodwill and sacrifice himself for the community. And this is what the champion of Mr. Gay Universe Thailand 2025 should embody.
Foreign aid, the powerful US soft power, is gone
Oped, Jeffrey Frankel, Published on 23/05/2025
» 'Don't it always seem to go, that you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone." When Joni Mitchell sang that line in 1970, she was lamenting the destruction of the environment, but the sentiment applies to many issues. Today, we can add official development assistance (ODA) to the list.
Aids fight cut short
Oped, Postbag, Published on 22/04/2025
» Re: "US funding cuts for Aids-HIV fight", (BP, April 17).
ThaiBev Champions Sustainability and Innovation at FTI EXPO 2025
Published on 18/02/2025
» Thai Beverage Public Company Limited (“ThaiBev” or “ThaiBev Group”) is committed to conducting its business with a vision of sustainable growth in all dimensions under the concept of “Enabling Sustainable Growth.” This approach emphasises environmental stewardship, social responsibility, and good governance through sustainable water management, the development of health-focused beverages, support for education and sports, and the promotion of arts, culture, and enhanced community well-being.
How is the world doing on SDGs?
Published on 16/10/2024
» Any reader of the daily news could be forgiven for thinking the world is in decline. Amid so many conflicts and societal strains, the United Nations regularly warns that only 17% of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) -- the economic, social, and environmental targets all countries set in 2015 -- are on track to be met by 2030, as agreed, leading many to wonder whether such goals still serve any purpose. But rather than succumb to pessimism, we would do better to examine where the world is making sound progress, where it seems stuck on autopilot, and where things are indeed moving backwards or approaching a tipping point for the worse.
Hurricane Helene wreaks havoc in US Southeast, at least 60 dead
Published on 29/09/2024
» Southeastern US states started a massive cleanup and recovery effort on Sunday after winds, rain and storm surges from Hurricane Helene snuffed out power for millions, destroyed roads and bridges and caused catastrophic flooding from Florida to Virginia.
'Learn' how to drive
Oped, Postbag, Published on 21/09/2024
» Re: "No justice for Nong Cartoon", (Editorial, Sept 19).
Thai Industries Embrace Innovation with LIV-24 Partnership
Published on 14/08/2024
» • This milestone is regarded as a significant development in Thailand, as the government sector, represented by the Ministry of Industry (MoI), the Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT), and the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI), joins forces with the private sector, with “LIV-24” organising the major event of the year. This collaboration aims to overcome limitations and advance towards a sustainable industrial era with the support of “Artificial Intelligence (AI)” and “Industrial Tech”.
Steel plate smashes windscreen, cuts driver’s neck
Sutthiwit Chayutworakan, Published on 29/07/2024
» SAMUT PRAKAN: A woman driver was injured when a big steel plate flew through her windscreen and cut her neck and cheek on an elevated expressway.