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Here's how to salvage COP28
News, Gordon Brown, Published on 30/11/2023
» The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai starts on Thursday. It has become increasingly clear that only a bold financing initiative spearheaded by the United Arab Emirates could provide essential funding and support to the Global South.
German aid for climate change fight
News, Post Reporters, Published on 07/11/2023
» Germany will provide €422 million (16 billion baht) to Thailand for projects aimed at addressing the impacts of climate change, Ernst Reichel, German Ambassador to Thailand, told the press on Monday.
Climate change is killing our summer
News, Niall Ferguson, Published on 31/07/2023
» Most of us have an idea of summer in our heads. It generally involves beaches. Americans head to their coasts -- avoiding only fog-shrouded San Francisco -- and Europeans to the Mediterranean or Aegean. We all strip down to near nakedness and sit around in the sun, occasionally frolicking in the ocean waves. We aim to return home tanned and toned. If you come from another planet and don't know what I am talking about, watch the Barbie trailer.
In search of some extreme heat relief
News, Editorial, Published on 23/04/2023
» Earlier this month, spirits were high as the nation celebrated its first full-fledged Songkran in four years. No fears of Covid-19 or the sweltering heat were going to scare people out of enjoying one of the country's most-cherished holidays.
Shaking off the laundromat blues
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 26/03/2023
» In last week's item concerning boutiques I wondered whether their influence could extend as far as the world of laundromats. My thanks to reader Jenifer Divine in Hamburg for informing me that in the German city's St Pauli district there is a laundromat dedicated to Jimi Hendrix which just about gives it boutique status.
UK lifts Thai arrivals ban
News, Bangkok Post, Published on 09/10/2021
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has thanked the Thai public and all involved in the nation's fight to contain the pandemic and restore international confidence which will be marked by the UK's removal of Thailand from its Covid travel red list on Monday.
Pedestrian roadkill
News, Postbag, Published on 23/02/2021
» I found Japanese ambassador Kazuya Nashida's observations about Thailand fascinating, especially when he contrasted the customary politeness of Thais to their behaviour when driving (BP, Feb 22).
Contrite Miss USA apologises for mocking Asian rivals
News, Post Reporters, Published on 15/12/2018
» The Miss Universe contestant from the United States has made a public apology after coming under heavy criticism for comments she made about Miss Vietnam and Miss Cambodia.
Transgender contestant tops online bet list
News, Post Reporters, Published on 07/12/2018
» The first transgender Miss Universe contestant, Angela Ponce from Spain, is leading as one of the contest favourites among online bookies, 10 days before the crown winner will be announced on Dec 17 in Bangkok.
Where will the disasters all end?
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 01/08/2018
» This is Armageddon Summer in the northern hemisphere: out-of-control wildfires all around the Arctic Circle (not to mention California and Greece), weeks-long heatwaves with unprecedented high temperatures, torrential downpours and Biblical floods. And yes, it's climate change.