IN FOCUS: From life-giving source to murky brown water, is there hope for Nepal’s Bagmati river?
“I has been thinking that it wouldn’t last long, but no matter what, we had to start anyhow. Let’s give it a try . We were amazed, there have been lots of people on the initial day, more than three hundred, ” recalled Dr Shakya. “I don’t keep in mindContinue Reading
Commentary: What could help Singapore embrace plant-based meat and lab-grown chicken?
Malaysia’s chicken export ban shows Singapore cannot take food security for given, but plant-based meat and other alternative healthy proteins have more to do in order to win consumers over, says McKinsey’s Tomas Laboutka.Continue Reading
Mario Lopez is helping lead the search for a new generation of Menudo
Latin child band Menudo is definitely eyeing a return with a brand new generation of talent, and Mario Lopez is lending the hand in the research.Continue Reading
Amber Heard asks court to declare a mistrial in Johnny Depp defamation case over issue with juror
Attorneys for Silpada Heard have asked the court to declare a mistrial and order a brand new trial in the defamation case with her ex-husband Johnny Depp.Continue Reading
Drug ‘queen pin’, partner busted with luxury cars
The supposed leader of a main drug network plus her drug-felon boyfriend were arrested along with assets worth a lot more than 100 million baht seized from the girl in Nonthaburi recently.Continue Reading
State of emergency extended by 60 days
The federal government has extended the state of emergency another two months, until the finish of September, to keep to facilitate Covid-19 controls and protect people’s lives, based on a spokesman.Continue Reading
Downturn hits tycoon pockets
Amid a slow economic recovery, the collective wealth of tycoons over the 2022 Forbes list of Thailand’s 50 richest fell nearly 6% to US$151 billion dollars from a year ago.Continue Reading
Abe assassinated on campaign trail
Japan’s former prime ressortchef (umgangssprachlich) Shinzo Abe was assassinated while campaigning for a parliamentary election in the city of Nara yesterday, shocking the country in which politics violence is uncommon and guns are usually tightly controlled.Continue Reading
Ministry to keep schools open for kids
The Education Ministry has said that it will not announce a school closure policy in spite of a recent surge in Covid-19 cases among students.Continue Reading
RTAF beefs up border security, adds jets
The government has been carefully monitoring the Thai-Myanmar border to guard against any impact dripping over from the adjoining country’s domestic issue after the incursion of a MiG-29 fighter jet in Tak’s Phop Phra district upon June 30, according to the Defence Ministry.Continue Reading