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Cholera alert in Tak after breakout across Myanmar border
Post Reporters, Published on 22/12/2024
» The Public Health Ministry has opened an emergency operations centre (EOC) in Tak province in a bid to block cholera, which is spreading in the adjacent city of Shwe Kokko in Myanmar. Two cases so far have been recorded in Tak.
Monetary policy really needs to tighten in Japan
Oped, Koichi Hamada, Published on 12/11/2024
» Last month, returning to Japan for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic, I was struck by how significantly prices had increased. In February 2020, a simple lunch in downtown Tokyo cost about JP¥1,000, then the equivalent of about $10 (324 baht); today, it costs more like JP¥2,000. To some extent, this mirrors the experience in the US, where, even as inflation moderates, prices remain well above their pre-pandemic levels. The difference is that Japan has also experienced a sharp currency depreciation, which benefits foreign visitors: that JP¥2,000 bill translated to just $13.
Prosperity needs a healthy planet
News, Axel van Trotsenburg, Published on 30/10/2024
» Progress on poverty reduction has slowed almost to a standstill in recent years. With nearly 700 million people still living on less than US$2.15 (73 baht) per day, the world is far from the goal of eradicating extreme poverty by 2030. At the current pace, it will take at least three decades to reach this target and more than a century to lift everyone above the poverty line of $6.85 per day used for upper-middle-income countries. Today, 44% of the global population falls below this threshold.
Book expo attracts record number of visitors
Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 22/10/2024
» Book Expo Thailand 2024 attracted a record-breaking turnout, marking a resurgence in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the Publishers and Booksellers Association of Thailand (Pubat).
Protection in the megatrend age
Oped, Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, Published on 08/10/2024
» Social protection systems are essential to achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Buriram pull off big upset at Mariners
Sports, Published on 02/10/2024
» Gosford: Australia's Central Coast Mariners slumped to a dismal home defeat in the AFC Champions League Elite on Tuesday, stunned 2-1 at home by Thailand's Buriram United and finishing the match with 10 men.
Thunder Castle aiming for 'good result' Down Under
Sports, Tor Chittinand, Published on 01/10/2024
» Thai League champions Buriram United face a tough task on Tuesday when the Thunder Castle and Central Coast Mariners meet in their AFC Champions League Elite tie in Gosford on Tuesday.
“Aeg” Sleeping Sheep Rocks The Voice Thailand
Published on 24/09/2024
» Key Information Name: Suttitep Sattanako (สุทธิเทพ สัตนาโค) Nickname: “Aeg” (เอก) Born: Bangkok Nationality: ThaiKnown for: Lead singer of Sleeping Sheep and Ghost
Breaking down Covid-19 tests
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 22/11/2021
» An entire school in Mukdahan province was in shock earlier this month following results of antigen test kits (ATKs) which showed many students, teachers and officers were positive for Covid-19 after the school's reopening. More than 1,000 students were left with no choice but to self-quarantine.
Local Covid cases drop to 43 Tuesday
Online reporters, Published on 09/03/2021
» The government recorded 60 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Tuesday, raising the total since the pandemic began to 26,501. No new deaths were reported, leaving the toll at 85.