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Government given failing grade on corruption
Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 13/08/2025
» The Anti-Corruption Organisation of Thailand (ACT) has criticised the Paetongtarn Shinawatra administration’s first year in power as lacking a clear direction, effective mechanisms and a genuine commitment to tackle corruption.
Four days left to square the circle on global plastic pollution treaty
AFP, Published on 11/08/2025
» GENEVA - Countries remained at loggerheads on Monday over how to tackle plastic pollution, with only four days left to craft a landmark global treaty on reining in the ever-growing scourge.
UN plastic pollution treaty talks stalled
AFP, Published on 09/08/2025
» GENEVA - Talks on forging a groundbreaking treaty to combat the scourge of plastic pollution were floundering Saturday, with progress slow and countries heavily at odds over what the proposed agreement should cover.
Cambodia denies involvement in landmine blast injuring Thai soldiers
Online Reporters, Published on 19/07/2025
» The Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) has firmly denied claims made in Thai media reports alleging that Cambodian forces were responsible for planting landmines that injured three Thai soldiers earlier this week.
UN turns 80 amid wave of global crises
Oped, Published on 02/07/2025
» Amid wars, global strife and massive refugee dislocations, the current global scene is overwhelmed with crises ranging from the Middle East to Ukraine and a dozen African conflicts, which rarely make the news. The contemporary world situation in many ways resembles 1945 and the end of WWII. There's a strange deja vu of a history most people do not know or would rather forget.
UN Charter: a founding document violated and ignored
AFP, Published on 26/06/2025
» UNITED NATIONS - Eighty years ago Thursday, 50 countries came together in the ashes of World War II to sign the United Nations’ founding charter in order “to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war”.
UK apologises to thousands of grooming victims as it toughens law
AFP, Published on 17/06/2025
» LONDON - The UK government announced Monday it would bring in tough new laws to "root out the scourge" of grooming gangs and apologised to thousands of victims believed to have been sexually exploited.
US Jewish groups wary of Trump’s war on anti-Semitism
AFP, Published on 07/06/2025
» NEW YORK - US Jewish groups are unified over the need to fight mounting anti-Semitic incidents across the country, but many are bitterly opposed to how President Donald Trump is seeking to counter the scourge.
Scientists in Japan develop plastic that dissolves in seawater within hours
Reuters, Published on 04/06/2025
» WAKO, Japan - Researchers in Japan have developed a plastic that dissolves in seawater within hours, offering up a potential solution for a modern-day scourge polluting oceans and harming wildlife.
Africa's example to end malaria
Oped, Published on 26/05/2025
» Despite being preventable and curable, malaria has continued to claim African lives. In 2023, the continent accounted for about 95% of the 597,000 deaths from malaria worldwide, 76% of which were children under the age of five.