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Million-year-old skull could change human evolution timeline
AFP, Published on 26/09/2025
» A digital reconstruction of a million-year-old skull suggests humans may have diverged from our ancient ancestors 400,000 years earlier than thought and in Asia not Africa, a study said Friday.
New Energy looks to tax perk
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 01/07/2025
» The cabinet's recent resolution to grant a tax reduction of up to 200,000 baht to each purchaser of rooftop solar panels is expected to boost the solar energy market, benefiting the state's plan to save energy and boosting revenue for suppliers.
What Trump's win means for the climate
News, Published on 11/11/2024
» Elections are supposed to clarify policy uncertainties, and on the economic front, Donald Trump's victory over Kamala Harris has done just that. All three major US stock indices and US Treasury yields jumped after Nov 5, reflecting expectations of both strong economic growth and soaring debt and inflation.
Chinese solar firms, ever-nimble, go further afield where US tariffs don't reach
Published on 04/11/2024
» Some of the biggest Chinese-owned solar factories in Vietnam are cutting production and laying off workers, spurred on by the expansion of US trade tariffs targeting it and three other Southeast Asian countries.
Lancang-Mekong Green Development Exhibition Opens in Bangkok
Published on 09/10/2024
» The Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) mechanism, initiated to strengthen collaboration between China and the five Mekong River countries, has over the past decade fostered deeper strategic trust, record-breaking trade volumes, and closer people-to-people exchanges. Proposed by China during the 17th ASEAN-China Summit in 2014, the LMC has become a cornerstone of regional cooperation. To celebrate the 10th anniversary of this initiative, the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) will host the Lancang-Mekong Green Cooperation Exhibition from October 23 to 26 at EH102 Hall of the Bangkok International Trade & Exhibition Centre (BITEC), organised by CCPIT and undertaken by Shanghai Pudong International Exhibition Co., Ltd.
Banking on batteries
Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 07/10/2024
» Many people know electric vehicles (EVs) are fuelled by batteries, but houses, factories and power plants that use renewable power also require batteries for lighting, supporting daily work, and to serve as a back-up electricity source.
Southeast Asia solar boom at risk from US-China trade stress
Bloomberg News, Published on 21/08/2024
» SINGAPORE - The future of Southeast Asia's booming solar industry, which produces the most panels in the world after China, is being thrown into doubt as the United States looks set to impose hefty tariffs on the region.
New solar panel partnership targets higher sales
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 21/08/2024
» New Energy Plus Solutions Co, a local distributor of solar panels, has partnered with Chinese solar panel maker LONGi Green Energy Technology in a bid to increase sales amid intensifying competition.
Chinese solar firms halting output in Southeast Asia
Published on 05/06/2024
» Chinese solar firms are halting production at factories in Southeast Asia as increased US trade barriers create uncertainty for exports from the region.
Global funds abandon China blue chips in $9.3bn selloff
Bloomberg News, Published on 23/08/2023
» HONG KONG - Global investors have been shedding China’s blue-chip stocks in what’s been a record-selling streak, showing even the nation’s industry leaders are falling out of favor as a rout deepens.