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WORLD

Resisting Russia, Moldova’s president fights to keep power

Published on 03/11/2024

» The several hundred people gathered inside a hall in the Moldovan village of Pirlita wore winter clothes to keep out the chill. Heating is a luxury the local mayor can’t afford, even when the president visits.

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OPINION

Moving towards a fifth world order

Oped, Published on 26/10/2024

» The Bretton Woods institutions -- the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank -- are now 80 years old. But they are as under-resourced and poorly supported by national governments as at any time in their history. Their predicament is perhaps the clearest sign that economic and financial multilateralism is fragmenting along with the global economy. Worse, this fragmentation comes at a time of rising international tensions, financial fragility, sputtering growth, rising poverty, and mounting reconstruction bills in Gaza, Lebanon, Ukraine, and elsewhere.

OPINION

Invest in WHO for outsize returns

News, Published on 23/10/2024

» In August, 14 of Africa's poorest countries, alongside international organisations and private companies, pledged over US$45 million (1.5 billion baht) to the World Health Organization's (WHO's) new Investment Round, which aims to raise $7.1 billion in voluntary contributions to close its current funding gap for the next four years, improve primary care, and build a more robust, better-trained health workforce.

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OPINION

Slow response to mpox a wake-up call

News, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Published on 30/09/2024

» It feels like a movie we have already seen. A new viral strain is killing people in some of the world's poorest countries, and although vaccines against the pathogen exist, production shortages and regulatory barriers are preventing them from reaching those in need.

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OPINION

'Learn' how to drive

Oped, Postbag, Published on 21/09/2024

» Re: "No justice for Nong Cartoon", (Editorial, Sept 19).

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GENERAL

Keeping screens flickering

Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 09/09/2024

» As digital TV operators confront threats to the industry, they are seeking ways to continue their businesses.

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GENERAL

Retirement lottery to the rescue

Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 25/07/2024

» It is alarming that nearly half of the country's workforce, comprising 37.5 million people, lacks a retirement savings plan.

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OPINION

Fishy failures

Oped, Postbag, Published on 20/07/2024

» Re: "Time to solve fish invasion", (Editorial, July 19) and "Really fishy business", (Editorial, July 6). The BP editorial highlights the problem created by an invasive species of freshwater fish called blackchin tilapia. Tilapia are the third world's salmon, a valuable food fish rich in protein and easy to cultivate.

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OPINION

China's rapid renewables rollout hits grid limits

News, Published on 08/07/2024

» China's record-breaking deployment of wind and solar capacity has worsened regional power imbalances, forcing the country to idle increasing amounts of renewable generation when it overwhelms local consumption.

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WORLD

Junta-led Sahel states form new bloc, swing to Russia

Reuters, Published on 07/07/2024

» NIAMEY, Niger - Three military-led West African states - Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso - signed a confederation treaty on Saturday underscoring their determination to chart a joint course outside the regional political and economic bloc that has been urging them to return to democratic rule.