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Indonesia village grapples with trash brought in by tides
Reuters, Published on 19/03/2024
» TELUK - Solikah, an Indonesian housewife living in the fishing village of Teluk, was in tears as she pointed to piles of trash strewn on a beach close to her home of 40 years.
Sri Lanka approves free tourist visa for Thailand, 6 other countries
Reuters, Published on 24/10/2023
» COLOMBO - Sri Lanka's cabinet approved issuing free tourist visas to visitors from seven countries including China, India and Russia, a statement issued by the media ministry said on Tuesday, to boost tourism and help revive its crisis-hit economy.
Southeast Asia lags in EVs. Can it catch up?
Reuters, Published on 23/02/2023
» KUALA LUMPUR: For self-confessed tech geek and adrenaline junkie Farhan Abdul Rahim, becoming one of the first Malaysians to own an electric car in 2020 was a no-brainer - but he did not simply stop there.
Thailand beats 2022 tourism target with 11.15m arrivals
Reuters, Published on 24/01/2023
» Thailand received 11.15 million foreign visitors in 2022, a surge from just about 428,000 the previous year when broad travel curbs were in place, tourism ministry data showed on Tuesday.
Torrential rain causes havoc in New Zealand, hundreds forced from homes
Reuters, Published on 19/08/2022
» WELLINGTON: Torrential rain hit parts of New Zealand for a fourth day on Friday, forcing hundreds of people from their homes as rivers overflowed their banks and waterlogged ground becomes unstable.
Sydney beaches close after first fatal shark attack in 60 years
Reuters, Published on 17/02/2022
» SYDNEY: Several Sydney beaches, including the iconic Bondi and Bronte, were shut down on Thursday after a swimmer was killed in a shark attack, the first such fatality at the city's beaches in nearly six decades.
Oil spill reaches shoreline in Rayong
Reuters, Published on 29/01/2022
» Some of the oil that leaked from an underwater pipeline in the Gulf of Thailand washed up on a beach in Rayong province late on Friday, a senior official said.
Thailand allows visitors back to Maya Bay
Reuters, Published on 04/01/2022
» PHI PHI LEH, Thailand: Thailand has reopened Maya Bay, a white sand beach made famous by the 2000 film "The Beach" starring Leonardo DiCaprio, more than three years after closing it to allow its ecosystem to recover from the impact of thousands of visitors each day.
How much plastic are you eating?
Asia focus, Reuters, Published on 28/12/2020
» What's for dinner? Lego sushi, credit card burgers, or a well-done piece of PVC pipe?
Vietnam races to prepare devastated central region as typhoon nears
Reuters, Published on 27/10/2020
» HANOI: Vietnam was rushing to ensure more than half a million people were out of harm's way on Tuesday, ahead of the arrival of a powerful typhoon set to dump more heavy rain on a central region devastated by weeks of intense weather.