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Nations seek aviation climate pact despite global tensions
Reuters, Published on 27/09/2022
» MONTREAL/PARIS: A United Nations (UN) body has begun global talks to hammer out a consensus on reducing airline emissions in the face of lingering discord over climate change and the impact of war in Ukraine.
City exodus could benefit community living, forum told
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 27/09/2022
» Forest conservation needs cooperation from all members of society, especially the young, according to experts at a forum organised on Tuesday as part of the Sustainability Expo 2022 at Queen Sirikit National Convention Center.
Extreme piercing cleanses souls at Phuket vegetarian festival
AFP, Published on 27/09/2022
» Taoist devotees had body parts pierced with objects ranging from skewers and swords to a model ship on Tuesday as Phuket's Vegetarian Festival returned from a two-year Covid-19 pandemic hiatus.
Italy's far-right Meloni begins tricky government talks
AFP, Published on 27/09/2022
» ROME - Italian far-right leader Giorgia Meloni and her allies began Tuesday what is likely to be a weeks-long process of forming a new government, with crises looming on several fronts.
Kremlin proxies to close polls in 'sham' Ukraine annexation votes
AFP, Published on 27/09/2022
» KYIV (UKRAINE): Annexation polls were due to close Tuesday in Kremlin-controlled regions of Ukraine, as officials in Moscow repeated warnings that Russia could use nuclear weapons to defend the territories from Ukrainian counter-attacks.
Will the final Khmer Rouge ruling close a dark chapter?
DW News, Published on 27/09/2022
» Last week, a UN-backed tribunal in Cambodia upheld a genocide conviction for 91-year-old Khieu Samphan, the last surviving leader of the Khmer Rouge regime.
Vietnam shuts airports, imposes curfews as Typhoon Noru nears
Reuters, Published on 27/09/2022
» HANOI: Vietnam closed airports, announced curfews and urged thousands more people evacuate on Tuesday as intensifying Typhoon Noru barrelled towards the country, two days after causing at least eight deaths and widespread flooding in the Philippines.
WTO chief: World economy edging into recession
Bloomberg News, Published on 27/09/2022
» The head of the World Trade Organization (WTO) added her voice to a growing chorus of observers who see the global economy headed into a recession.
Cabinet approves 3.85bn for Siriraj station and hospital facility
Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 27/09/2022
» The cabinet has approved 3.85 billion baht for the construction of Siriraj station and hospital facility, connecting the Light Red and Orange lines and making Siriraj Hospital the first in Thailand with direct access from a train station.
Scientists urge top publisher to withdraw faulty climate study
AFP, Published on 27/09/2022
» PARIS: A fundamentally flawed study claiming that scientific evidence of a climate crisis is lacking should be withdrawn from the peer-reviewed journal in which it was published, top climate scientists have told AFP.