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'Alarm bells' as African elephants see sharp decline: conservationists
AFP, Published on 25/03/2021
» GENEVA - Decades of poaching and shrinking habitats have devastated elephant populations across Africa, conservationists said Thursday, warning that one sub-species found in rainforests was a step away from extinction.
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Rate hikes coming to emerging markets with debt at records
Bloomberg News, Published on 15/03/2021
» Alarm bells are starting to ring across emerging markets as countries brace for a new era of rising interest rates.
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A knee-jerk reaction
Oped, Postbag, Published on 13/02/2021
» I take a somewhat different view from that of David Brown in his Feb 11 letter on what Australia's reaction to the latest Myanmar coup should be.
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France, UK boost vaccine campaigns, Britain shuts travel corridors
AFP, Published on 18/01/2021
» PARIS: France and Britain on Monday joined a growing list of nations starting mass vaccinations for all elderly citizens as the UK began demanding all arrivals quarantine to try and halt the spread of a new Covid-19 variant.
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Singapore's virus-hit economy suffers worst decline in 2020
AFP, Published on 04/01/2021
» SINGAPORE: Singapore's economy suffered its worst ever annual contraction in 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic hammered the city-state's vital trade and tourism sectors, official data showed Monday.
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Fortinet: Government being proactive on cybersecurity
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 24/12/2020
» The rise of cyberthreats is setting off alarm bells among state and local governments, forcing them to pay attention to the problem and invest in cybersecurity measures, says Fortinet Thailand, a local unit of the US cybersecurity firm.
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Britain holds crisis meeting over virus travel ban
AFP, Published on 21/12/2020
» LONDON: Prime Minister Boris Johnson was to chair a crisis meeting Monday as a growing number of countries from France to Argentina blocked flights to Britain over a new highly infectious coronavirus strain the UK said was "out of control".
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We need to do more
News, Postbag, Published on 21/12/2020
» The detection of 548 new cases of Covid-19 infection in one day in Samut Sakhon is truly alarming. The 548 new cases are 12% of Thailand's 4,331 cumulative diagnoses of Covid-19 since January this year. This is also the largest single outbreak of the virus in Thailand, exceeding even the army-owned Lumpinee Boxing Stadium cluster, with more cases surely to be found in Samut Sakhon in coming days.
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Last month the hottest November on record: EU
AFP, Published on 07/12/2020
» PARIS: Last month was the hottest November on record as Europe basked in its highest Autumn temperatures in history, the European Union's satellite monitoring service said Monday.
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UN sees emergency aid needs exploding due to pandemic
AFP, Published on 01/12/2020
» GENEVA: The UN said Tuesday that $35 billion would be needed for aid in 2021, as the pandemic leaves tens of millions more people in crisis, and with the risk of multiple famines looming.
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