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Biden eyes climate progress as Brazil leader joins Americas summit
AFP, Published on 09/06/2022
» LOS ANGELES - Joe Biden sought Thursday to step up action on climate at an Americas summit with hopes for at least small progress with Brazil, whose far-right leader will hold a potentially tense meeting with the US president.
Europe's 'largest predatory dinosaur' found by UK fossil hunter
AFP, Published on 09/06/2022
» PARIS - A giant crocodile-faced dinosaur discovered on the Isle of Wight by one of Britain's best fossil hunters was probably the largest predator ever to stalk Europe, scientists said on Thursday.
Hong Kong set to double levy on plastic bags
South China Morning Post, Published on 09/06/2022
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong is set to double a levy on plastic bags in late December and charge producers or suppliers extra for glass beverage bottles in the first quarter of next year under a waste-reduction target.
Tatum, Brown spark Celtics over Warriors for NBA Finals lead
AFP, Published on 09/06/2022
» BOSTON - Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown combined for 53 points as the Boston Celtics outmuscled the Golden State Warriors 116-100 to take a 2-1 lead in the NBA Finals on Wednesday.
Biles, Raisman, other top US gymnasts file $1 bn claim against FBI
AFP, Published on 09/06/2022
» WASHINGTON - Simone Biles, Aly Raisman and other star US gymnasts filed a $1 billion claim against the FBI on Wednesday for mishandling of the investigation into sexual abuse by predatory former team doctor Larry Nassar.
Strangers, neighbours, others
Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 09/06/2022
» For me, the word "ritual" evokes tradition and cycle. And there's plenty that is traditional and cyclical at this year's Singapore International Festival of Arts (Sifa). But with a new festival director, Natalie Hennedige, the programme under the theme "Anatomy Of Performance: Ritual" also embraces questions of the future and the digital space.
Unfair laws in tourism need overhaul
Oped, Khemmapat Trisadikoon, Published on 09/06/2022
» For the past two years, Thailand's tourism industry has been in a coma due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Kofi Annan's lessons in global leadership
Oped, Nane Annan, Mark Malloch-Brown, Comfort Ero, Susana Malcorra and Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, Published on 09/06/2022
» The world is facing a set of acute crises without recent parallel: a war in Europe that could escalate into a nuclear conflict, skyrocketing food prices that are hitting the poor the hardest, the Covid-19 pandemic and the climate emergency. We need principled statesmen and women to forge bold, morally consistent responses to these and other global problems. Sadly, such leaders are in short supply.