Northeast braces for Noru

Specialists are on high alert for rapidly accelerating Typhoon Noru that is expected to be reduced to a tropical storm just before reaching Thailand’s Northeast on Thursday plus exacerbate woes within already flooded areas that lie in its path.Continue Reading

Thailand to legalise abortion up to 20 weeks

BANGKOK: Thailand will legalise abortion up to 20 weeks, the government said on Tuesday (Sep 27), relaxing pregnant people’s access to the previously restricted medical procedure. Terminations remained illegal in the kingdom – except under incidents of rape or threat to the mother’s life – until February last year when itContinue Reading

New US nuclear sub made for China, Russia war

The US is designing its SSN(X) next-generation nuclear attack submarine in a significant shift from procuring Virginia class SSNs to a new class by the 2030s. The program addresses maintenance woes in its current nuclear attack submarine fleet and reorients US undersea warfare capabilities to great power competition from China and Russia. The designation “SSN(X)” […]

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