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Chaiwat, Rungroj and Visit add three silvers to Kingdom's haul
Sports, Published on 08/09/2024
» Paris: Wheelchair racer Chaiwat Rattana claimed a silver medal in the men's 800 metres T34 event on the penultimate day of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games on Saturday.
Railway station wheelchair crossing rejected
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 26/12/2023
» The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) has been told to stop work on a hydraulic lift that it planned to install for wheelchair users at a train station because the design raises safety concerns.
‘I’m home’: Ukrainians walk back from Russia
AFP, Published on 15/11/2023
» KRASNOPILLIA, Ukraine - To reach Ukrainian soil from Russia, teacher Olena Yevdokiyenko had to lug suitcases and push her mother's wheelchair for two kilometres in the dark.
Israel battles Hamas, masses near Gaza after attack 'like 9/11'
AFP, Published on 09/10/2023
» JERUSALEM: Israel battled Hamas fighters still holed up in southern towns Monday and massed tens of thousands of troops near the Gaza Strip after vowing to defeat the Palestinian militant group whose surprise attack the shocked nation has likened to 9/11.
River rescues and barbed wire: a day at the US-Mexico border
AFP, Published on 26/09/2023
» EAGLE PASS (UNITED STATES) - The sun had barely risen above Eagle Pass, Texas, when the migrants wading across the Rio Grande from Mexico had a crisis on their hands.
War amputees forge bonds in recovery
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 13/11/2022
» In all of its decades of service, Truskavets City Hospital, an old medical centre serving a city in western Ukraine, never had to specialise in treating amputees. But things change -- sometimes in seconds, and with the roar of an incoming rocket.
Bridging the gap
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 15/08/2022
» At a news writing camp, participant Kotcharak Kaewsurach was told to accompany a disabled person who would drive him to a restaurant. Many questions popped into his head. When Kotcharak arrived at the car, however, he was surprised to see the person move to sit behind the steering wheel, after quickly folding their wheelchair and placing it in the back seat.
Making pedestrians more visible
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 13/03/2022
» The white-striped crossing sits on top of a hump of asphalt.
Road runners
Guru, Suthivas Tanphaibul, Published on 18/02/2022
» Despite all of the comforts of living in Bangkok, we all wish for safer sidewalks and roads for pedestrians and motorists alike. A recent slate of tragic accidents serves as a wake-up call for us all. Guru asked a few Bangkokians to share their experiences on the road as drivers, motorcyclists and pedestrians while gathering opinions from watchdog groups on what needs to be done so our roads and sidewalks can be safer.
More must be done for those with a disability
Oped, Published on 04/12/2021
» Every year on Dec 3 we mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs), an opportunity to highlight the challenges people with disabilities face in their everyday life and the services and efforts government and other partners need to make to ensure their meaningful inclusion. Because it is critical to realise that disability inclusion is essential to upholding human rights, which is central and a pre-condition towards the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its principle of leaving no one behind.