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  • THAILAND

    Falcon Insurance Hosts Fairfax Asia Summit, Fostering Regional Collaboration

    Published on 08/12/2023

    » Falcon Insurance Public Company Limited, a subsidiary of Fairfax Financial Holdings, hosted the Fairfax Asia Summit 2023 at the Sindhorn Kempinski Hotel in Bangkok. The conference brought together high-level executives from Fairfax Financial Holdings in Canada and management representatives from Fairfax Asia companies across 8 countries, including Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, China, India, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, and Thailand. Peter Clarke, President & Chief Operating Officer of Fairfax Financial Holdings, presided over the event. The summit provided a platform for senior executives to discuss and exchange insights and successes in the field of property and casualty insurance in their respective countries. The discussions aimed to explore collaboration to set strategic directions for business operations in both Thailand and the broader Asian region. The event also included the presentation of the Fairfax Asia Ambassador Award to employees in the Asian region who have actively promoted the Fair and Friendly culture of the Fairfax Group.

  • OPINION

    Cities can drive climate solutions

    Oped, Published on 06/12/2023

    » Nation-states, presidents, and prime ministers are the players who garner the biggest headlines and the most media attention at each year's UN Climate Change Conference. Yet for the past decade, and with far less fanfare, cities, states, and regional governments (known as "subnationals") have been implementing the Paris climate agreement's guidance, even when their national governments have not. This has meant investing in clean-energy systems and other urban innovations to reduce emissions locally and sharing what works through networks like C40 and the Global Covenant of Mayors to accelerate progress on a larger scale.

  • OPINION

    COP28 won't admit real cost of net zero

    News, Bjorn Lomborg, Published on 06/12/2023

    » The spectacle of another annual climate conference is getting underway in Dubai. Like Kabuki theater, performative set pieces lead from one to the other: politicians and celebrities arrive by private jets; speakers predict imminent doom; hectoring NGOs cast blame; political negotiations become fraught and inevitably go overtime; and finally: the signing of a new agreement that participants hope and pretend will make a difference.

  • THAILAND

    Charity Ballet Performance: 'La Bayadère & Snow White 2023'

    Published on 04/12/2023

    » The Government Lottery Office, The Australian Teachers of Dancing International, The ATOD Children & Youth Development Association, Taokaenoi Food & Marketing Public Company Limited, Thai Lion Air, O.C.C. Public Company Limited, and The Podology Clinic Chiang Mai have organised the charity performance "La Bayadère & Snow White 2023," which will be held at Chiang Mai University Convention Center in Chiang Mai on Sunday, December 17th, 2023. The showtimes are 12:00 PM and 3:00 PM.

  • WORLD

    Russia voices indifference over OSCE's future as summit concludes

    AFP, Published on 02/12/2023

    » SKOPJE (REPUBLIC OF NORTH MACEDONIA) - The world largest regional security organisation concluded its annual summit Friday with Russia expressing indifference over the body's future.

  • WORLD

    COP28 should seek total fossil fuel 'phaseout': UN chief to AFP

    AFP, Published on 30/11/2023

    » UNITED NATIONS (UNITED STATES) - The COP28 climate conference should aim for a complete "phaseout" of fossil fuels, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told AFP on Wednesday, warning of "total disaster" on humanity's current trajectory.

  • OPINION

    Here's how to salvage COP28

    News, Published on 30/11/2023

    » The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai starts on Thursday. It has become increasingly clear that only a bold financing initiative spearheaded by the United Arab Emirates could provide essential funding and support to the Global South.

  • OPINION

    Oh no, he's put his foot in it again!

    Oped, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 29/11/2023

    » Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin is no stranger to verbal gaffes, which may hurt the feelings of Thais or, worse, inflict political damage. His latest "slip of the tongue" at a meeting of the Pheu Thai Party's executive and MPs over special favours for police promotions is a case in point which could also expose him to legal action.

  • WORLD

    Japan, Vietnam to deepen security cooperation amid China's rise

    Kyodo News, Published on 28/11/2023

    » TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong agreed Monday to deepen maritime security cooperation between the two nations in the face of China's growing military assertiveness in the Asia-Pacific region.

  • TRAVEL

    Traversing the alps on a train

    Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 18/11/2023

    » One of the most scenic train journeys in the world, the Bernina Express in Switzerland connects the north of Europe to its south.

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