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Pope urges governments to tackle demographic crisis
Reuters, Published on 10/05/2024
» ROME - Governments have to implement "serious and effective" policies in favour of families to tackle the issues of falling birth rates and aging populations, Pope Francis said on Friday, urging young people to have confidence in the future.
S. Korea trainee doctors stage walkout
Reuters, Published on 20/02/2024
» SEOUL - More than 1,600 trainee doctors in South Korea's major hospitals staged a walkout on Tuesday to protest against a government plan to admit more students to medical schools, stoking fears of delays to surgical operations and patient treatment.
Ukraine troops withdraw from besieged town
Reuters, Published on 17/02/2024
» KYIV - Ukrainian troops withdrew from the devastated eastern town of Avdiivka, the country’s new army chief said on Saturday, paving the way for Russia’s biggest advance since May 2023 when it captured the city of Bakhmut.
Sugar shortfall view raised to 2.4m tonnes
Reuters, Published on 14/11/2023
» NEW YORK - Global sugar production will fall short by 2.4 million metric tonnes of the expected consumption in the 2023/24 crop year that started in October, said consultancy CovrigAnalytics in a report on Monday, raising its supply deficit estimate by 200,000 tonnes.
Car production rises in June, local sales drop
Reuters, Published on 25/07/2023
» Car production in Thailand increased 1.78% in June from a year earlier to 145,557 units, mainly for exports as local sales contracted, the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) said on Tuesday.
Myanmar education in 'crisis' as rebellion rages on
Reuters, Published on 19/07/2023
» YANGON: After violence erupted in Myanmar in the wake of the 2021 coup, most high school students in the remote township of Thantlang left their studies and took up arms to support a grassroots rebellion against the military, local schoolteacher Salai said.
Car production rises 16.5% y/y in May
Reuters, Published on 22/06/2023
» Car production in Thailand rose 16.48% in May from a year earlier to 150,532 units, as a shortage of microchips eased, the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) said on Thursday.
Rohingya refugees face soaring hunger and crime after aid cuts
Reuters, Published on 20/06/2023
» LONDON: Every day 5-year-old Jannat hunts for bottles and cans in the Rohingya refugee camp where she lives in Bangladesh – when she collects enough, she buys a snack to stave off her hunger pangs.
Food exports seen at record high this year
Reuters, Published on 10/05/2023
» Thailand's food exports are expected to rise by 2.1% to a record of 1.5 trillion baht (US$44.31 billion) this year, helped by a recovery in global demand and China's reopening, a leading industry group said on Wednesday.
Car production, exports rose in March
Reuters, Published on 25/04/2023
» Car production in Thailand rose 4.16% in March from a year earlier, to 179,848 units, as a shortage of microchips eased, the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) said on Tuesday.