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    Taylor Swift's Eras tour confronts climate crisis

    News, Published on 22/11/2023

    » Taylor Swift, one of the world's most successful and wealthiest pop stars, has come face to face with the climate crisis in Brazil during her global Eras tour.

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    Consultancy 'warp' drive deepens crisis of capitalism

    News, Published on 13/03/2023

    » In recent years, McKinsey & Company has become a household name -- but for all the wrong reasons. One of the "Big Three" consulting firms, its work for major corporations and governments has increasingly become a source of scandal and intrigue around the world.

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    The coming storm

    Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 20/02/2023

    » Climate change is an invisible killer. A family that lived in a hill station in India, an area known for its colder climate, took their sick child to the hospital. Nobody thought of dengue until a diagnosis confirmed it. Warmer temperatures in India and elsewhere make conditions more favourable for mosquitoes.

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    Grim logic

    Oped, Postbag, Published on 12/11/2022

    » Re: "Financial injustice" and "What a cop out", (PostBag, Nov 11).

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    The varieties of climate-driven medical risk

    Oped, Published on 04/08/2022

    » When natural disasters force people to pack a bag and flee to safety, important items are often forgotten. Following California's 2007 wildfire season, estimates were that for every household at least one person left behind prescription medication during evacuation. Likewise, when Hurricane Harvey threatened to flood my own mother's Texas home in 2017, she forgot to grab her medication in her rush to escape the storm's path -- even though she was normally meticulous when packing for a trip.

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    Gates Questions Musk's Goals for Twitter, Approach to Misinformation

    Business, Published on 06/05/2022

    » Bill Gates said that he isn't sure of Elon Musk's motives in buying Twitter Inc. and that social media must play a role in curbing the spread of misinformation.

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    A year like no other

    Asia focus, Published on 28/12/2020

    » In a world under siege from a relentless virus, Asia's resilience was tested to the utmost. Asia Focus staff look back at key events

  • News & article

    Innovation on tap

    Asia focus, Published on 27/11/2017

    » Being able to drink water straight from the tap in your kitchen is a brilliant solution that can save you the hassle of buying plastic bottles and lugging them home every week. And of course, using less plastic is good for the environment. But can you trust the quality of the water, will it taste as good as bottled water, and can you afford it?

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    Reform on the menu

    Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 05/06/2017

    » Southeast Asia faces challenges of food security and nutrition as population growth and rising affluence increase food demand and competition for resources. Longer-term challenges include changes in consumption patterns, volatile food prices, climate change impact, conversion of agricultural land to industrial uses, and migration of labour from rural to urban areas.

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