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Guinea awaits future after coup leaders demand talks
AFP, Published on 06/09/2021
» CONAKRY - The West African state of Guinea awaited word on its future on Monday as a new military junta summoned the outgoing cabinet a day after toppling the president.
Thailand BOI Approves Measures to Support Carbon Reduction
Published on 06/09/2021
» The Thailand Board of Investment (BOI) at a meeting today approved incentives to encourage companies to reduce greenhouse gas emission as well as an enhanced scheme for electric vehicles and measures to mitigate Covid-19 impacts and support local vaccine development, Ms Duangjai Asawachintachit, Secretary General of the BOI, announced today.
Aug headline inflation dips for first time in 5 months on subsidies
Reuters, Published on 06/09/2021
» Thailand's headline consumer price index (CPI) unexpectedly dropped for the first time in five months, down 0.02% in August from a year earlier, due mainly to government subsidies, the commerce ministry said on Monday.
High inflation looms over European Central Bank meeting
AFP, Published on 06/09/2021
» FRANKFURT - Rising eurozone inflation provides the backdrop for the meeting of European Central Bank (ECB) governors Thursday, with markets hoping for hints when policymakers might start easing their massive pandemic-era stimulus.
Social cost of 2019's plastic more than GDP of India
AFP, Published on 06/09/2021
» MARSEILLE: The pollution, emissions and clean-up costs of plastic produced in 2019 alone could be $3.7 trillion, according to a report released Monday by wildlife charity WWF, warning of the environmental and economic burden of this "seemingly cheap" material.
Coexisting with disease
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 06/09/2021
» Over the past 18 months, the global spread of the pandemic has taken its toll on the economies of many countries. In Thailand, some believe a relief budget of 3 trillion baht may be inadequate.
Expanding support beyond pandemic
News, Published on 06/09/2021
» South Korea and Thailand have agreed to support each other in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, as the global health crisis has turned into one of the greatest challenges to humankind in the modern era.
Cannabis Researchers Seek to Unlock the Healing Power of Pot
Business, AMANDA CHICAGO LEWIS, Published on 06/09/2021
» Cannabis, the leafy group of plants including marijuana and hemp, is best known for the THC that gets people high. But cannabis can contain many other chemicals. Products with the non-intoxicating compound CBD, for example, have proliferated over the past five years. Now, pharmaceutical makers, product researchers and investors are wondering, what else do the plants have to offer?
SET recommends scrutiny of DELTA surge
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 06/09/2021
» The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) has warned investors to be cautious when trading Delta Electronics (DELTA) shares after its price spiked 33%, from 560 baht to 746 baht, over the past trading week.
At home in the mud and the blood
Life, Glenn Whipp©2021 The Los Angeles Times, Published on 06/09/2021
» Anya Taylor-Joy posted a brief Instagram video a few weeks ago during a car ride, her hair damp, her face smeared with dirt and her smile radiant as she laughed and announced, with a hint of astonishment: "Wow … today was a very good day." There were no words in the post's caption, just a volcano emoji bracketed by two ice cubes.