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Panama Canal water level at historic low
Reuters, Published on 06/09/2023
» PANAMA CITY - Water levels in the Panama Canal have not recovered enough as the end of the rainy season approaches and limits on daily transit and vessel draft will stay in place until late 2024, the waterway’s authority said on Tuesday.
China's Mekong dams turn Thai fishing villages into 'ghost towns'
Reuters, Published on 21/03/2023
» CHIANG KHONG, Thailand: From February to April each year, Kam Thon spends most of her days knee-deep in the waters of the Mekong River by her village in northern Thailand, gathering river weed to sell and cook at home.
Cambodia's dwindling fish stocks put spotlight on changing rivers
Reuters, Published on 08/03/2021
» PHNOM PENH: Cambodian fisherman Tin Yusos tucks into a meal of the previous day's catch with his wife and granddaughter aboard a boat which doubles as their home moored by the banks of the Tonle Sap River.
India's rice exports could jump to record on Thai drought effects
Reuters, Published on 07/10/2020
» MUMBAI: India's rice exports in 2020 may rise by nearly 42% from a year ago to record highs because of reduced shipments from Thailand and other rival exporters and a depreciating rupee, industry officials said this week.
Mekong nations pressed to share data as water level falls to new low
Reuters, Published on 07/08/2020
» The inter-governmental Mekong River Commission on Friday urged China and Southeast Asian countries to share more data on hydropower dam operations, as water flow in the Mekong hit record low levels for a second consecutive year.
Study finds Chinese dams held back Mekong waters
Reuters, Published on 13/04/2020
» China's Mekong River dams held back large amounts of water during a damaging drought in downstream countries last year despite China having higher-than-average water levels upstream, a US research company said in a study.
Cambodia halts Mekong River dam plans ‘for 10 years’
Reuters, Published on 18/03/2020
» PHNOM PENH: Electricity-starved Cambodia will not develop new hydropower dams on the Mekong River for the next 10 years, a senior energy official said on Wednesday, as it reviews its policy to seek energy from coal, natural gas and solar.
China quietly doubles troop levels in Hong Kong: envoys
Reuters, Published on 30/09/2019
» HONG KONG: Last month, Beijing moved thousands of troops across the border into this restive city. They came in on trucks and armoured cars, by bus and by ship.
Floods, landslides kill more than 800 across South Asia
Reuters, Published on 21/08/2017
» DHAKA/GUWAHATI, India, - - Widespread floods have killed more than 800 people and displaced over a million in India, Nepal and Bangladesh, with aid workers warning of severe food shortages and water-borne diseases as rains continue to lash the affected areas.
Drought killing next year's sugar crop
Reuters, Published on 01/04/2016
» RATCHABURI -- Prasert Jitkham stoops down and pulls a yellowed sugar cane shoot from baked soil. The worst drought in more than 20 years `has killed the plant he should harvest next year.