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The coming storm
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 20/02/2023
» Climate change is an invisible killer. A family that lived in a hill station in India, an area known for its colder climate, took their sick child to the hospital. Nobody thought of dengue until a diagnosis confirmed it. Warmer temperatures in India and elsewhere make conditions more favourable for mosquitoes.
Fortuner gets 2022 update
Life, Kingsley Wijayasinha, Published on 08/08/2022
» Toyota has introduced 2022 updates for the popular Fortuner, which commands a 45% market share in the PPV (Pickup Passenger Vehicle) segment.
Affordable luxury
Life, Kingsley Wijayasinha, Published on 17/01/2022
» While the original Terra PPV (Pickup Passenger Vehicle) launched in 2018 did not create as big an impact as Nissan would have liked, the Japanese automaker has made sure that the current updated version gets whatever is required to turn things around.
Toyota refreshes family-friendly Fortuner
Life, Kingsley Wijayasinha, Published on 03/01/2022
» Although Toyota has not launched an all-new model for over a year, the Japanese automaker is refreshing its existing line-up with special models called GR Sport.
Bright side of the Moon
Life, Noko, Published on 24/09/2021
» With this week's Mid-Autumn Festival and the auspicious Full Moon on Tuesday, Elite Life updates on the lunar novelties launched this year.
Point of no return
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 01/03/2021
» The world has about six years and 10 months left before its carbon budget -- the amount of carbon dioxide that can be released into the atmosphere at the current rate -- will be completely depleted. Unless human beings join hands to limit global warming under the 1.5C safe threshold, they will face worsening famines, disasters, and displacement. The climate clock by two artists, Gan Golan and Andrew Boyd, in Manhattan's Union Square, is a stark reminder of how destructive and fragile we are.
The perils of sharenting
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 07/12/2020
» In China, a three-year-old girl was forced to eat in front of a camera until she became obese. Even though she told her parents to stop feeding her, they didn't. It is one of the many cases where a child is abused by parents who want him or her to be a social media star.
Repainting the tourism landscape
Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 08/06/2020
» Following the third stage of relaxing the lockdown, inter-provincial travel has been allowed and some tourist destinations have come back to life as people are allowed to leave home to enjoy leisure activities.
George Lucas's tops Forbes list of richest US celebrities for Star Wars empire
Life, Reuters, Published on 20/12/2018
» Filmmaker George Lucas's Star Wars empire -- the movie franchise, not Darth Vader's fictional galactic government -- planted him firmly atop Forbes magazine's third annual ranking of the wealthiest US celebrities, which was released this week.