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Typhoon Podul blows through southern Taiwan
News, Reuters, Published on 13/08/2025
» TAIPEI - Typhoon Podul blew through southern Taiwan on Wednesday, packing winds of up to 191 kph (118 mph) and leaving one person missing, as a large area of the island shut down and hundreds of flights were cancelled.
Loss of power, Franco-Spanish interconnection failure led to grid collapse
News, Reuters, Published on 29/04/2025
» MADRID: A massive blackout that hit most of the Iberian Peninsula on Monday was due to a sudden, large drop in power supply that caused the grid interconnection between Spain and France to trip, according to Spanish grid operator REE.
World 'on brink' of recession
News, Reuters, Published on 12/01/2023
» WASHINGTON: The World Bank slashed its 2023 growth forecasts on Tuesday to levels teetering on the brink of recession for many countries as the impact of central bank rate hikes intensifies, Russia's war in Ukraine continues, and the world's major economic engines sputter.
Vietnam: No agreement with Thailand on rice prices
News, Reuters, Published on 23/09/2022
» HANOI: Vietnam said on Thursday it had no deal with Thailand to jointly raise rice prices.
Leaders pay tribute to Elizabeth
News, Reuters, Published on 19/09/2022
» LONDON: World leaders on Sunday convened in London to pay their respects to the coffin of Queen Elizabeth in London. Among them, US President Joe Biden was one of hundreds of thousands of people who filed past the late British monarch as she lay in state before her funeral, which happens today.
No Thailand travel, says Philippines
News, Reuters, Published on 24/07/2021
» MANILA: The Philippines will suspend travel from Thailand and Malaysia, as well as tighten restrictions in the Manila area, in a bid to prevent the spread of the contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus, the presidential spokesman said on Friday.
Landmark ruling compensates Myanmar workers
News, Reuters, Published on 16/01/2019
» The Supreme Court ordered Tuesday that compensation be paid to 14 migrant workers from Myanmar whose accusations of abuses against a chicken farm sparked a landmark legal case for migrant labourers.