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Brics membership advances
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 25/12/2024
» The cabinet yesterday acknowledged Thailand's successful bid to join the Brics alliance, government spokesman Jirayu Houngsub said.
No Brics membership for kingdom yet
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 01/11/2024
» Thailand has not yet been confirmed as a member of the Brics international organisation, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).
UN rights body picks again raises eyebrows
News, John J Metzler, Published on 16/10/2024
» The UN General Assembly held its annual elections for the Human Rights Council last week.
Record lithium site in Phangnga 'unconfirmed'
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 20/01/2024
» The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment said it has not confirmed a claim that Thailand is home to the world's third-largest site of lithium. However, the ministry's top authority confirmed that the deposits in the country's southern province of Phangnga have a higher content of lithium than many other key deposits around the world.
An Opec for critical minerals?
News, Ludovic Subran, Published on 06/09/2023
» We know that the future will be powered by metals, but it remains to be seen if those metals will be fenced in by iron curtains. After all, most critical minerals come from only a handful of countries: China controls nearly all heavy rare-earth materials (including 91% of magnesium and 76% of silicon metal), the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) accounts for over 60% of the global cobalt market, and South Africa controls 71% of the world's platinum supply.
Latin America seen as ideal partner for BCG
News, Apichin Chitviriyakul, Published on 25/03/2023
» Thailand and Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) hope to enhance economic outcomes by collaborating in a Bio-Circular-Green (BCG) economy transition, according to Pornpimol Kanchanalak, Adviser to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand.
Why does Biden want to buy Venezuelan oil again?
News, John J Metzler, Published on 13/12/2022
» The fix is in. During the Thanksgiving holiday, the Biden administration announced it was quietly reversing policy and allowing limited petroleum imports from Venezuela. The Treasury Department lifted restrictions permitting a six-month deal to ease sanctions so that Chevron petroleum may buy and then ship Venezuelan crude oil to American refineries.
3 steps forward, but 2.5 back for populism
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 10/10/2022
» The reports about Luiz Inácio 'Lula' da Silva's impending comeback as Brazilian president verged on the ecstatic in the week before the vote on Oct 2. He was after all, fourteen points ahead of his populist rival, incumbent president Jair Bolsonaro, in the last opinion poll before the vote.
Thailand can't shake off IPR watch list placing
News, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 03/05/2022
» Despite the progress it has made towards improving intellectual property rights protection last year, Thailand remains on the United States Trade Representatives' (USTR) Watch List this year, the Department of Intellectual Property (DIP) said on Monday.
Trump in hospital as positive tests grow
News, News Agencies, Published on 03/10/2020
» WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has been admitted to hospital for treatment of Covid-19, while a former senior adviser, his campaign manager and at least two senators have tested positive after attending a White House event.