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Old and poor: Thailand sleepwalking towards ageing crisis
AFP, Published on 16/10/2023
» Unless she lines up in the hot sun for a free meal, ketchup on bread is the only food Thai widow Noi can afford on her small government pension.
South African township resists police over illegal power cables
AFP, Published on 14/09/2023
» CAPE TOWN - A woman in a black and white dress struggled, pulling fiercely on a long electrical cable as she tried to stop the police in anti-riot gear from carrying it away.
Small but powerful: tiny data centre heats UK swimming pool
AFP, Published on 23/06/2023
» EXMOUTH (UNITED KINGDOM) - A leisure centre in Exmouth, southwest England, is using a small data centre to heat its indoor swimming pool, trialling an innovative solution that reduces its energy bills and carbon footprint.
Swiss vote on net-zero climate law
AFP, Published on 18/06/2023
» GENEVA - The Swiss, feeling the impact of global warming on their rapidly melting glaciers, were voting on Sunday on a new climate bill aimed at steering the country towards carbon neutrality by 2050.
Amid melting glaciers, Swiss vote on new climate law
AFP, Published on 18/06/2023
» GENEVA: The Swiss, feeling the impact of global warming on their rapidly melting glaciers, were voting on Sunday on a new climate bill aimed at steering the country towards carbon neutrality.
Dark cloud over ChatGPT revolution: the cost
AFP, Published on 21/05/2023
» WASHINGTON: The explosion of generative AI has taken the world by storm, but one question all too rarely comes up: Who can afford it?
EU unveils electricity reforms to reduce price spike threat
AFP, Published on 14/03/2023
» BRUSSELS - The EU laid out plans Tuesday to make electricity bills "less dependent" on fossil fuel costs, to limit the risks of price hikes like those seen after Russia invaded Ukraine.
Fakery and fraud: Energy scammers cast 'wide net' on Facebook
AFP, Published on 08/02/2023
» WASHINGTON: A Filipino consumer fumes as she rips open a portable charger to discover she has been conned -- the batteries are choked with sand, making her yet another victim of scammers on Facebook.
French bakers protest over surging power prices
AFP, Published on 24/01/2023
» PARIS - Dressed in aprons and brandishing baguettes, hundreds of bakers demonstrated in the streets of Paris on Monday to warn that the country's beloved bread and croissant makers were under threat from surging electricity and raw material costs.
Fears for French baguettes as power prices burn bakers
AFP, Published on 03/01/2023
» PARIS - Recently described as "250 grams of magic and perfection" by President Emmanuel Macron, the French baguette is at risk from surging energy prices, with some bakers warning they can no longer afford to fire up their ovens.