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Ministry urges calm post-strikes
News, Published on 05/01/2026
» Thailand has called for calm amid rising tensions between the United States and Venezuela, urging all parties to pursue a peaceful resolution in line with the UN Charter and international law.
Did COP29 fail women and girls?
News, María Fernanda Espinosa, Published on 13/12/2024
» The most recent United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) focused on finance, but it fell short in more ways than one. The contentious negotiations -- representatives from several developing countries walked out in protest -- defied the odds to produce a commitment -- the "Baku Climate Unity Pact" -- from developed economies to deliver $300 billion in climate funding annually to their poorer counterparts by 2035.
HM King, Queen to visit China
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 17/11/2024
» Their Majesties the King and Queen will visit China at the invitation of the Chinese government next year when the two countries will mark the 50th anniversary of their diplomatic relations, says Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra.
Prime Minister Paetongtarn advances key agendas at Apec forum
News, Post Reporters, Published on 15/11/2024
» Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping and other world leaders at the four-day 31st Apec Economic Leaders' Meeting, which began on Thursday in Lima, Peru.
Street vendors need space to make a living
News, Teresa Marchiori, Published on 16/11/2023
» A wave of evictions recently hit Dakar's bustling Liberté 6 market, a roughly 1.6-kilometre-long commercial hub that has served its community for more than 20 years. Hundreds of street vendors' stalls were bulldozed to make way for a new bus system. Authorities gave prior notice and an indemnity to help with the loss of business, but did not address the real problem: the lack of trading space.
Two eateries make top 50 list
News, Post Reporters, Published on 26/06/2023
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha thanked the nation's food and beverage industry after two Thai restaurants were included among the World's 50 Best Restaurants list this year.
'Bangkok Post' honours exceptional women
News, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 08/03/2023
» To mark International Women's Day today, 12 extraordinary personalities have been named as the Bangkok Post's Women of the Year.
Apec hails progress on free-trade area
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn and Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 20/11/2022
» All 21 leaders from Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) member countries and economic zones have decided to push the Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP), a regional economic integration.
Climate push needs female voice
News, Laura Chinchilla & María Fernanda Espinosa, Published on 28/03/2022
» The world is well aware that the climate crisis is one of the main stumbling blocks to sustainable development. And yet, despite the dramatic evidence of the lethal consequences of climate change, and despite possessing the knowledge, technologies and resources to fix it, we continue on the same high-carbon path that threatens our survival.
Venezuela needs a better endgame for Maduro
News, Mac Margolis, Published on 07/03/2019
» Spare a thought for the fate of Nicolas Maduro, the besieged Venezuelan president who presides over a cratering economy, a self-made humanitarian disaster and a hemisphere that's turned its back on him. His foreign minister stepped up to plead Venezuela's case at the United Nations last week and emptied the room. So where does the failing Bolivarian autocrat go from here?