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New Zealand's rare flightless parrot breeds again
AFP, Published on 09/01/2026
» WELLINGTON - New Zealand's critically endangered flightless parrot, the kakapo, started breeding last week for the first time in four years, the government conservation department said.
Vatican honours Thai leaders for faith and service
News, Published on 11/12/2025
» The Vatican has conferred papal decorations on eight distinguished Thais in two ceremonies in Bangkok, recognising their devoted service to the Catholic Church, humanitarian action and efforts to strengthen interfaith harmony.
New movies out this week: Dec 11-17
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 11/12/2025
» Three new releases that hit cinemas in Thailand this week.
Egyptian tourism megaproject imperils Sinai town
AFP, Published on 04/12/2025
» SAINT CATHERINE, Egypt - Atop one of Egypt’s Sinai mountains, near where the three Abrahamic faiths say God spoke with Moses, another unmistakable sound rings out: the incessant drilling of construction work.
Toxic threat sweeps all before it
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 01/12/2025
» CHIANG MAI: The mountainous landscapes and cool, pristine air once drew visitors to Thaton village in Chiang Mai's Mae Ai district, especially during the high season from November onward.
Thailand's last hunter-gatherers seek land rights
AFP, Published on 22/11/2025
» PA BON (THAILAND) - Deep in a Thai forest a young man sprints through the undergrowth, blowpipe in hand, before pumping a poisoned dart at a monkey.
Indigenous protest blocks UN climate summit
AFP, Published on 14/11/2025
» BELEM, Brazil - Dozens of Indigenous protesters, some holding babies, peacefully blocked the entrance to the UN climate summit in Brazil on Friday to demand a meeting with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and discuss their plight in the Amazon.
'Human-faced’ spider goes viral
Online Reporters, Published on 03/11/2025
» A photo of a spider with markings on its abdomen resembling a human face has gone viral in the Thai Facebook group “What Is This?” after a user in Yasothon province posted it, asking what species it was. Commenters identified it as a crab spider (family Thomisidae) - a species harmless to humans.
Thai teens rescued from being lured to Cambodian scam centre
Online Reporters, Published on 18/10/2025
» Thirteen potential scam centre victims, mostly hill tribe members, have been rescued by Thai police in Chanthaburi province as they waited to be transported into Cambodia.
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga dies in India
AFP, Published on 15/10/2025
» NEW DELHI - Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga has died at the age of 80 during a health visit to India, local police said Wednesday — a political earthquake that could transform politics in the East African nation.