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Korat teens win praise for saving schoolmate’s life
Online Reporters, Published on 20/05/2025
» Social media is abuzz with praise for three high-school seniors in Nakhon Ratchasima who performed CPR and saved a fellow student’s life.
Protectionism will not protect
Oped, Published on 16/05/2025
» As many Global North countries turn inwards, foreign assistance has become an easy target. The decimation of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) has dominated headlines, but the United Kingdom and many European countries have also cut their foreign-aid budgets. Policymakers in these countries view this spending as a form of charity and think that bolstering their economic and military might can deliver more benefits for more people.
Tourist family, pilot killed in 'tragic' New York helicopter crash
AFP, Published on 11/04/2025
» NEW YORK — Six people including three children were killed after a sightseeing helicopter crashed into the Hudson River in New York on Thursday, sparking a major water rescue operation, authorities said.
Urbanisation needs a gender reset
Oped, Published on 05/03/2025
» Urbanisation is reshaping our world and future, and nowhere is this transformation more profound than in Asia. Today, more than 2.2 billion people -- 54% of the global urban population -- live in Asian cities. By 2050, this figure is expected to increase by an additional 1.2 billion people. As urban centres expand, so must our vision for them. Cities must work for everyone, and that means gender-responsive urban planning must top our agenda.
Services collapsing as USAID cuts health contracts worldwide
Published on 28/02/2025
» LONDON/JOHANNESBURG - US-funded health projects around the world, including those providing lifesaving care, received termination notices from Washington on Thursday as President Donald Trump's administration neared completion of a review to ensure grants are aligned with its "America First" policy.
Some urgent US aid programmes cleared to restart
Published on 08/02/2025
» American-funded aid efforts to tackle diseases such as malaria, as well as preventing newborn baby deaths and treating severe malnutrition, should resume, according to a memo from the United States government reviewed by Reuters.
Aid freeze a blow to global efforts
News, Published on 07/02/2025
» It turns out the US government does important work around the world; work that, when suddenly cut off, leaves real people suffering.
Australian sect members guilty in girl’s death
Published on 29/01/2025
» The parents of a diabetic girl who died just shy of her ninth birthday and a dozen members of their religious sect were found guilty of manslaughter by an Australian court on Wednesday for withholding lifesaving medication.
Trump foreign-aid freeze leaves millions without essential drugs
Published on 28/01/2025
» The Trump administration has moved to stop the supply of lifesaving drugs for HIV, malaria and tuberculosis, as well as medical supplies for newborn babies, in countries supported by USAID around the globe, a memo reviewed by Reuters shows.
How bad do you really want it, ladies?
News, Maureen Dowd, Published on 29/10/2024
» Usually, I get political wisdom from Rahm Emanuel, not his brother Ari.