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Coming clean on murky air pollution data
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 22/02/2018
» Inescapably, those of us who live in Bangkok are resigned to the fact that pollution is part of our way of life. But the threat of air pollution in recent weeks seems too much to bear. And the state reaction is questionable. Leaving the city, the country's beating economic heart, is not possible for most of us.
Developers storm Ratchayothin
Business, Published on 22/02/2018
» One of the most popular locations for condominium development in Bangkok in the past year has been the area around the Ratchayothin intersection. While the area has always been a popular residential location, condo development peaked in 2009-10 and then went quiet until 2017, with more activity also foreseen this year.
More than 100 girls 'missing' after Boko Haram school attack
AFP, Published on 22/02/2018
» DAMATURU (NIGERIA) - More than 100 girls were missing on Wednesday, police said, two days after a Boko Haram attack on their school in northeast Nigeria that has raised fears of a repeat of the 2014 Chibok kidnapping that shocked the world.
Florida students turn up heat on lawmakers for gun action
AFP, Published on 22/02/2018
» TALLAHASSEE (UNITED STATES) - Student survivors of the Florida school shooting that saw 17 people killed in a hail of bullets last week descended on the state capital Wednesday to ramp up the pressure on lawmakers to enact tougher gun control measures.
Influential US preacher Billy Graham dies at 99
AFP, Published on 21/02/2018
» WASHINGTON: Reverend Billy Graham, the influential Southern preacher who became a spiritual advisor to several US presidents and millions of Americans via their television sets, has died, his family said Wednesday. He was 99.
For global water crisis, climate may be the last straw
AFP, Published on 21/02/2018
» PARIS - Before man-made climate change kicked in -- and well before "Day Zero" in Cape Town, where taps may run dry in early May -- the global water crisis was upon us.
Would Bangkokians tolerate a vehicle ban to ease toxic haze?
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 21/02/2018
» A vehicle ban is needed to tamp down Bangkok's growing haze problem as the health of city residents is being put at risk, a local expert on pollution said Tuesday.
1.6 Development looks to lay luxury cornerstone
Business, Published on 21/02/2018
» Tanyatip Chearavanont is betting her eight-month-old real estate firm, 1.6 Development, can take on the country's large players in the ultra-luxury sector as it launches a 5.5-billion-baht mixed-use project at the entrance of Soi Thong Lor in 2021.
Peru court orders Fujimori tried for 1992 mass killing: official
AFP, Published on 20/02/2018
» LIMA: A Peruvian court ordered former president Alberto Fujimori on Monday to stand trial for the 1992 killings of six farmers, arguing that he lacks immunity despite a recent pardon for a different crime.
5% cap proposed in windfall tax bill
Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 19/02/2018
» The new windfall tax will likely be capped at 5% of the increases in land valuations before and after a state project is built in an area, according to a tax official.