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Full Moon Party vendor arrested for selling laughing gas
Gary Boyle, Published on 22/08/2024
» A shop owner on Koh Phangan, where the Full Moon Party is held, was arrested for selling balloons filled with nitrous oxide, or laughing gas.
Full Moon Party beach vendor arrested for selling laughing gas
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 22/08/2024
» SURAT THANI - A shop owner on Koh Phangan, where the Full Moon Party is held, was arrested for selling balloons filled with nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, without a permit.
Khao San raids crack down on laughing gas
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 07/06/2024
» Nineteen migrant workers were arrested for selling laughing gas-filled balloons to tourists during a police raid on entertainment venues and shops on Khao San Road in Bangkok.
Fertilisers will not fix food crisis
Oped, Published on 08/05/2024
» The world is confronting an unprecedented food crisis, exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic, Russia's war against Ukraine, and worsening climate conditions. But the problem is most acute in Africa, where 61% of the population faced moderate or severe food insecurity in 2022. And at a moment when effective solutions are urgently needed, policymakers are once again coalescing around the misguided belief that increased use of mineral and synthetic fertiliser is the key to boosting agricultural productivity and ending hunger on the continent.
Reforestation seen as only viable smog solution
Dave Kendall, Published on 01/04/2024
» Northern Thailand's chronic smog problem is usually blamed on burning crop waste, villagers burning wooded areas to pick mushrooms and vehicle emissions. The solutions, we are told, involve regulations and enforcement.
Beer bars raided after laughing gas complaints
Published on 15/02/2024
» CHIANG MAI: Police and officials raided beer bars near a boxing stadium on Loi Kroh Road in Muang district late Wednesday night, following complaints of selling laughing gas-filled balloons to visitors and tourists.
Call for loans to help firms upgrade to meet EU standards
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 18/01/2024
» The government is being advised to initiate a low-interest loan programme to assist businesses in upgrading their machinery and equipment in alignment with the EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM).
2023 set to be hottest year on record: UN
AFP, Published on 30/11/2023
» GENEVA - This year is set to be the hottest ever recorded, the UN said Thursday, demanding urgent action to rein in global warming and stem the havoc following in its wake.
UN: Greenhouse gases hit record high in 2022
AFP, Published on 15/11/2023
» GENEVA - Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere hit new record highs in 2022, with no end in sight to the rising trend, the United Nations warned Wednesday.
UK bans recreational use of nitrous oxide
AFP, Published on 08/11/2023
» LONDON - Possessing laughing gas to get a psychoactive high became illegal in Britain on Wednesday, with serial offenders facing up to two years in prison and dealers up to 14 years.