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Protectionism slammed as Asean leaders rally to trade pact
AFP, Published on 23/06/2019
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha made an impassioned plea against protectionism on Sunday at a meeting of Southeast Asian leaders where the fallout from the US-China tariff war has dominated talks.
Asean leaders get behind stalled China-led trade pact
AFP, Published on 22/06/2019
» BANGKOK: Asean leaders meeting this weekend in Bangkok are determined to drive forward the world's largest trade pact, more than three years behind schedule, with the trade war between the US and China clouding the outlook for their export-led economies.
Antarctica ice loss up sixfold since 1979, study finds
AFP, Published on 15/01/2019
» TAMPA, Florida: Global warming is melting ice in Antarctica faster than ever before -- about six times more per year now than 40 years ago -- leading to increasingly high sea levels worldwide, scientists warned on Monday.
City 'struggling to stay afloat'
News, AFP, Published on 03/09/2018
» As Bangkok prepares to host climate-change talks, the sprawling city of more than 10 million is itself under siege from the environment, with dire forecasts warning it could be partially submerged in just over a decade.
Treacherous cave rescue bid enters day two
AFP, Published on 09/07/2018
» MAE SAI, Chiang Rai: A treacherous rescue bid to free a youth football team trapped in a flooded Thai cave entered its second day Monday, with nine of the "Wild Boars" still inside after elite divers guided four out.
Cave rescue: the greatest dangers ahead
AFP, Published on 08/07/2018
» MAE SAI, Chiang Rai: Twelve boys and their football coach trapped in a flooded Thai cave will have to squeeze through an extremely narrow tunnel in pitch blackness -- the main "crisis" point that looms near the end of their treacherous escape bid.
The rescue: How it unfolded
AFP, Published on 03/07/2018
» After nine days trapped in a flooded Thai cave 12 boys and their football coach have been found alive in a miraculous rescue.
Foreign divers, soldiers join rescue at Tham Luang cave
AFP, Published on 28/06/2018
» CHIANG RAI: A team of US military personnel and British divers joined rescue efforts at the flooded cave where 12 children and their football coach have been trapped for five days as heavy overnight rains hampered the search.
Heavy rain hampers cave rescue
AFP, Published on 27/06/2018
» MAE SAI, Chiang Rai: Rescuers battled heavy rain on Wednesday as they struggled to drain the flooded cave where 12 children and their football coach have been trapped since Saturday, as desperate relatives clung to hope the boys will be rescued soon.
NZ earthquake one of most complex ever recorded
AFP, Published on 18/11/2016
» CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - Seismologists in New Zealand said Friday that this week's 7.8 earthquake was one of the most complex ever recorded and warned there was a high likelihood of further powerful aftershocks.