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Musk's Starship: If it sounds too good to be true...
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 06/12/2025
» Elon Musk promised to build a spaceship that would put people and cargo into Earth orbit at one-hundredth of the current cost per kilo and even enable human beings to create a colony on Mars. A great many people were seduced by the idea, including me.
ISB hosts tribute ceremony in honour of Queen Mother
News, Jutamas Tadthiemrom, Published on 13/11/2025
» Thailand's longest-established international school, the International School Bangkok (ISB), hosted a remembrance ceremony yesterday in honour of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit The Queen Mother.
Pattaya fireworks festival to take place under mourning theme for Queen Mother
News, Amporn Sangkaew, Published on 27/10/2025
» The city of Pattaya will proceed with its International Fireworks Festival 2025 as scheduled next month, with adjustments made to reflect the period of national mourning for Her Majesty Queen Sirikit, The Queen Mother.
Elusive Moon Moth seen in Phetchaburi
News, Published on 17/10/2025
» A rare and striking species of moth has been discovered at Panoen Thung in Kaeng Krachan National Park, Phetchaburi province.
In a world on fire, workers get burned
News, Sally Tyler, Published on 13/10/2025
» In these chaotic times that many characterise in terms of rollback, regression, and retreat, there is one measure that continues to surge ahead -- global temperature. The year 2024 was the hottest ever since worldwide temperature recording began. Though climate occupied a major space in discussions at the UN General Assembly in New York City last month, significant progress did not emerge from the fractured international environment.
The need to address fossil fuels beyond the ICJ
News, Jemilah Mahmood & Adam Farhan, Published on 06/09/2025
» In July 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued a landmark Advisory Opinion: states may be violating international law by facilitating fossil fuel consumption, subsidising production, and issuing permits that enable expansion of extraction and use.
Foreign Ministry heralds Colours of Africa event
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 06/09/2025
» The fifth edition of the Colours of Africa event will take place on Monday and Tuesday at CentralWorld in Bangkok, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said.
Cabinet approves B2bn for Tomorrowland festivals
News, Online Reporters, Published on 26/08/2025
» The cabinet has approved a budget of two billion baht to hold the electronic dance music festival Tomorrowland in Thailand for five years, with expectations of generating at least 12 billion baht in spending from visitors.
Mekong River scenic road project now 16% complete
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 07/08/2025
» The Naga Withi project, a new scenic road along the Mekong River in the Northeast, is 16% complete ahead of its slated completion in 2027, said the Department of Rural Roads (DRR).
More missiles, memes, and the new resistance
News, Imran Khalid, Published on 19/07/2025
» There was a time, not so long ago, when Walter Cronkite's sombre baritone could turn battlefield dispatches into moments of collective reckoning. Even the first "television war" of 1991, piped in grainy bursts from Baghdad, felt slow enough for shock to sink in. These days, the missiles that streak above Natanz or Esfahan arrive on TikTok between latte art tutorials and kittens sliding off sofas. The effect is less shock-and-awe, more scroll-and-shrug.