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Leaders appeal for 'urgent action' on environment
AFP, Published on 14/03/2019
» NAIROBI - World leaders gathered in Kenya on Thursday to lend political muscle to UN environment talks, calling for "urgent action" to slow the destruction of natural habitats and accelerate funding for green development.
British MPs set to vote on delaying Brexit
AFP, Published on 14/03/2019
» LONDON: British MPs will vote Thursday on whether to ask the European Union for an extension to the March 29 Brexit deadline, with the whole process mired in chaos.
Vietnamese woman in N. Korea murder case loses bid for release
AFP, Published on 14/03/2019
» SHAH ALAM (MALAYSIA) - A Vietnamese woman suspected of assassinating the North Korean leader's half-brother lost her bid for immediate release Thursday as Malaysian authorities refused to drop a murder charge, days after her Indonesian co-accused was freed.
Fire fighters sent to national park, 379 hotspots found
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 14/03/2019
» KANCHANABURI: Forest fire fighters have been sent to combat outbreaks in Khuean Srinagarindra National Park in Sri Sawat district, where hundreds of hotspots have been discovered this month.
ERC introduces 100MW household solar scheme
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 14/03/2019
» Energy policymakers are ready to allow new solar power projects for households, with a plan to buy an initial capacity of 100 megawatts, offering a feed-in tariff of 1.68 baht per kilowatthour (unit) for 10-year contracts.
Key parties push renewable power
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 14/03/2019
» Encouraging and promoting the development of renewable energy in the industrial sector should be a top priority to improve the economy over the next decade amid increasingly sophisticated disruptive technology, according to major political parties.
Satun bombs linked to last year's blast
News, Wassana Nanuam & Waedao Harai, Published on 14/03/2019
» Police suspect the bomb attacks in Satun and Phatthalung last week were carried out by the same group responsible for last year's bombing of Songkhla's iconic mermaid statue.
Key parties push renewable power
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 14/03/2019
» Encouraging and promoting the development of renewable energy in the industrial sector should be a top priority to improve the economy over the next decade amid increasingly sophisticated disruptive technology, according to major political parties.
NASA chief acknowledges more trouble with SLS rocket
AFP, Published on 14/03/2019
» WASHINGTON - The US space agency NASA on Wednesday cast a shadow on the future of its new heavy-lift rocket, the SLS -- acknowledging development delays on a project that is already years behind.
Democracy, sustainability, sufficiency economy
Oped, Peter Boothroyd, Published on 14/03/2019
» Thailand’s road to democracy is of universal interest for two reasons. First, the country is in the process of creating and testing new structures for a democratic government. Second, the kingdom explicitly calls for moderation and immunity in its endorsement of the Sufficiency Economy Philosophy (SEP).