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Adverse weather boosts rubber prices to 13-year high
Reuters, Published on 16/10/2024
» SINGAPORE - Excessive monsoon rains following a drought in the world's top rubber producer Thailand and typhoon damage in No. 5 grower China are reducing output of the tyre-making material, dragging down production prospects and lifting prices to 13-year highs.
Exports up 3.6%, below forecast
Reuters, Published on 26/03/2024
» Thailand’s exports rose for the seventh straight month in February, but at a much slower pace, missing analysts’ forecasts, as shipments to China and Japan contracted.
War, weather put ocean shippers on notice for rough seas
Reuters, Published on 06/01/2024
» LOS ANGELES - Recent hostilities in the Red Sea have thrown global shippers of vital goods for a loop — but it is hardly the only issue that big carriers are facing as 2024 kicks off.
Indonesia tells army to help drought-hit farmers plant rice
Reuters, Published on 14/12/2023
» JAKARTA - Indonesia has ordered the military to help farmers plant rice as severe drought has reduced output of the staple in Southeast Asia's most populous country, lifting prices, requiring increased imports and threatening food security.
Panama Canal water level at historic low
Reuters, Published on 06/09/2023
» PANAMA CITY - Water levels in the Panama Canal have not recovered enough as the end of the rainy season approaches and limits on daily transit and vessel draft will stay in place until late 2024, the waterway’s authority said on Tuesday.
Rice exports up nearly 12% since Jan 1
Reuters, Published on 31/08/2023
» Thailand’s rice exports from Jan 1 to Aug 29 climbed 11.9% from the same period a year earlier to 5.29 million tonnes, the Ministry of Commerce 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.
China's Mekong dams turn Thai fishing villages into 'ghost towns'
Reuters, Published on 21/03/2023
» CHIANG KHONG, Thailand: From February to April each year, Kam Thon spends most of her days knee-deep in the waters of the Mekong River by her village in northern Thailand, gathering river weed to sell and cook at home.
World 'on brink' of recession
News, Reuters, Published on 12/01/2023
» WASHINGTON: The World Bank slashed its 2023 growth forecasts on Tuesday to levels teetering on the brink of recession for many countries as the impact of central bank rate hikes intensifies, Russia's war in Ukraine continues, and the world's major economic engines sputter.
UN seeks record $51.5bn aid 'lifeline'
Reuters, Published on 01/12/2022
» GENEVA: The United Nations and partners on Thursday launched an appeal for a record US$51.5 billion in aid money for 2023, with tens of millions of additional people expected to need humanitarian assistance.