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Flood resilience a national imperative
Oped, Srinivasa Popuri and Kotchakorn Voraakhom, Published on 18/12/2025
» The twin cyclones Senyar and Ditwah that struck South and Southeast Asia in November caused unprecedented flooding across the region, with Thailand among the most severely affected.
How to succeed in the age of AI
News, Nuthasid Rukkiatwong & Kotchakorn Khwamchareon, Published on 08/08/2018
» Recent waves of technological innovation will have a deep impact on the labour market due to their rapidly expanding ability to perform human tasks and the declining cost of implementing them. Some of the most disruptive advances occur in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), where machines learn to perform tasks in a similar way to humans.
397 more cases in China, 142 in S.Korea
Reuters and AFP, Published on 22/02/2020
» BEIJING/SEOUL: China had 397 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infections on Friday, the country's National Health Commission said on Saturday, down from 889 cases a day earlier.
Afghans hail US-Taliban pact
AFP and Reuters, Published on 29/02/2020
» DOHA: The United States signed a landmark deal with the Taliban on Saturday, laying out a timetable for a full troop withdrawal from Afghanistan within 14 months as the country seeks an exit from its longest-ever war.
Scissor-switch keyboards return in new MacBook Air
Business, Bloomberg and Reuters, Published on 20/03/2020
» Apple Inc launched an updated version of its MacBook Air on Wednesday, modifying keyboards on its laptop line that have faced criticism for typing-related problems.
Country legend Kenny Rogers dies at 81
AFP and Reuters, Published on 21/03/2020
» LOS ANGELES: Country music legend Kenny Rogers, whose career spanned six decades, has died at the age of 81, his family said.
UK Labour Party picks centrist leader
Reuters and Bloomberg, Published on 04/04/2020
» LONDON: Keir Starmer was elected as the leader of Britain’s main opposition Labour Party on Saturday, pledging to bring an end to years of bitter infighting and to work with the government to contain the raging coronavirus pandemic.
European tourism dips a toe in the water
Bloomberg and AFP, Published on 16/05/2020
» On the Greek island of Mykonos, Mayor Kostas Koukas is desperately trying to revive the tourism that is the lifeblood of the local economy.
Many feared dead in Karachi plane crash
Reuters and Bloomberg, Published on 22/05/2020
» KARACHI: A Pakistani plane with nearly 100 people on board crashed into a residential area in the southern city of Karachi on Friday, killing several people on the ground.
Vietnam's lychee farmers bemoan slumping prices
Business, AFP and Reuters, Published on 10/06/2020
» BAC GIANG, Vietnam: Hundreds of lychee farmers sorted and graded huge piles of the tropical fruit at a busy wholesale market in northern Vietnam yesterday, but many bemoaned slumping prices as foreign traders were held up in quarantine.