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Powerful Philippine preacher faces earthly judgement
Published on 10/09/2024
» MANILA - Apollo Quiboloy, the self-proclaimed “Appointed Son of God” who founded a church in the Philippines called the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC), faces a dramatic fall from grace as criminal cases cast a shadow on his once-untouchable image.
7-Eleven deserves more than shareholder primacy
News, Published on 09/09/2024
» Over two weeks from the first report of Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc's bid to acquire Japan's Seven & I Holdings Co, the battle lines for public opinion are being drawn.
Taiwan rattled by M5.5 quake, no immediate reports of damage
Published on 02/09/2024
» TAIPEI - A 5.5 magnitude earthquake struck just off Taiwan's sparsely populated east coast county of Hualien on Monday, the island's weather administration said, with no immediate reports of damage.
B200bn water management plan revived
Published on 31/08/2024
» The government will revive a 200-billion-baht water management project to mitigate severe flooding in the Yom River basin in the North, with construction of a controversial Kaeng Sua Ten dam being raised once again.
Call to rev up small nuclear plant project
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 30/08/2024
» The government should speed up efforts to push for a small nuclear power plant project to develop an alternative power source, says former permanent energy secretary Kurujit Nakornthap.
Nuclear reactor in central Japan fails to pass safety review
Kyodo News, Published on 28/08/2024
» KYODO - Japan's nuclear watchdog on Wednesday decided that a reactor in Fukui Prefecture failed to pass its restart safety review, marking the first such case since the regulatory body's founding after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis.
Legends save lives
Life, Published on 26/08/2024
» One sunny morning in late 2004, the Moken people of the Surin Islands in the Andaman Sea witnessed an alarming phenomenon -- the seawaters suddenly receded even as the placid weather remained unchanged. For Moken elders, this was a harbinger of the Laboon, the furious god of the waves who is said to wreak devastation once every two generations. The entire community evacuated to higher ground.
Kickstarting farms
Oped, Postbag, Published on 17/08/2024
» Re: "Act to defuse depopulation timebomb", (Opinion, Aug 14).
Mae On reservoirs 'safe' after M3.4 earthquake
News, Published on 16/08/2024
» Chiang Mai: The Royal Irrigation Operation (RIO) ordered the inspection of reservoirs in Mae On district struck by a 3.4-magnitude earthquake yesterday morning and found that their structural integrity was intact.
Weeklong Japan megaquake alert ends
Kyodo News, Published on 15/08/2024
» KYODO - A weeklong government call for increased preparedness based on an advisory over a potential megaquake along the Pacific coast officially ended 5pm on Thursday, after no new major seismic activity was confirmed around the Nankai Trough.