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Focus on prevention
News, Postbag, Published on 01/07/2018
» By the time you read this opinion I hope that the crisis involving the Chiang Rai cave rescue effort is over with great success.
Migrants face changing climate
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 01/07/2018
» The arrival of May once reminded Lin Na that the first rain of the year was on its way. The ground in her small village of Prey Veng province in southern Cambodia would start to soften, dampened by rainfall. This time each year, she would help her family cultivate a two-hectare rice field, the main source of food and income for them throughout the year.
'Lighter than average' rainfall predicted
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 02/07/2018
» Rainfall will be generally light across Thailand for the first half of this week but storms should be expected to resume from Wednesday into the weekend, according to the Meteorological Department.
Tow-an-iceberg plan floated to ease Cape Town drought
AFP, Published on 03/07/2018
» CAPE TOWN: It is a plan as crazy as the situation is desperate -- towing an iceberg from Antarctica to Cape Town to supply fresh water to a city in the grip of drought.
Danthai on the threshold of success
Sports, Published on 07/07/2018
» Kuching: Danthai Boonma birdied the last two holes in the third round of the Sarawak Championship yesterday to put himself in a good position to end a three-year title drought on the Asian Tour.
28m rai of farmland insured
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 13/07/2018
» Almost 28 million rai of rice farmland operated by 1.91 million farmers is insured for the 2018 crop year, while only 6% of the insured areas claimed compensation last year, says the chief of the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC).
Strong cities needed
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 15/07/2018
» Bangkok has attracted millions of migrants seeking economic opportunity. They will be forced to handle the impacts of climate change in coming decades.
The battle for greener cities
Asia focus, Tanyatorn Tongwaranan, Published on 16/07/2018
» Last week, images of Delhi residents wearing green saris and scarves and hugging tree trunks wrapped with cloth banners that read "Save Me" spread across social media. Citizens by the thousands had united to halt a government plan to develop residential projects that would axe thousands of trees in a single neighbourhood.
Iraqis demand change as protests run into second week
AFP, Published on 16/07/2018
» BASRA (IRAQ) - Protests in Iraq continued into their second week Monday following days of clashes that left six people dead, with demonstrators rallying to put social problems in the spotlight.
Kisner leads British Open as McIlroy, Woods prepare to begin charge
AFP, Published on 19/07/2018
» CARNOUSTIE (UNITED KINGDOM) - Kevin Kisner of the United States surged to the top of the early British Open leaderboard on Thursday as Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods prepared for afternoon starts at Carnoustie.