Most people believe planting trees is good for the environment, but in some cases, it can be a threat. At the exhibition "Paradise Lost", a video interview with botanist Assoc Prof Kitichate Sridith helps visitors understand that forests cannot be built.
Gamers around the world are ready to celebrate Mario Day which falls tomorrow. A once-a-year celebration of the world's favourite gaming franchise, Mario Day is March 10 because the date is written as Mar10, which looks like Mario.
Good news for job seekers wishing to work with top tech companies in Asia. More than 1,000 tech and digital companies are looking for staff at "Asia's Biggest Virtual Career Fair" which is running until Friday.
Urging the public to use private cars less often seems to be a sorely inadequate if not altogether irresponsible response to the oil price surge.
Every month, the Bank for International Settlements calculates and publishes the real and nominal effective exchange rates for major currencies. The most recent data, released in mid-February, contained a shock for Japan. They show that the yen's real effective exchange rate (Reer, representing roughly the purchasing power of the currency) is now as low as it was in the early 1970s when the yen...
The urgency to act on the climate crisis has never been greater. The ongoing Expo 2020 in Dubai focuses on creating sustainable links between food, agriculture, and livelihoods. And building on the outcomes of COP26, the upcoming Middle East and North America Climate Week will help regional stakeholders identify actionable climate change opportunities.
The legendary A&W fried chicken restaurant chain is to close on March 20 after almost four decades, after its SET-listed parent Global Consumer Plc (Glocon) threw in the towel because of accumulated losses and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Vimarn Suriya Co, the developer of the luxury mixed-use project Dusit Central Park, wants to tap potential buyers in Saudi Arabia through roadshows in the Middle East before the summer holiday.
Thai stocks extended their losses, falling below the support line to an intra-day low of 1,580.80 points before recovering to finish at 1,619.10 points, as investors fear the protracted Russia-Ukraine war and soaring oil prices will fan inflation and stunt global economic growth.
SET-listed WHA Corporation, Thailand's largest developer of built-to-suit logistics facilities, has launched a new smart and eco-friendly industrial estate in Rayong to serve investments under the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) scheme.
Progress will come when everyone asks themselves what they can do to help.
At the end of the third quarter of this fiscal, the Khaitans owned 4.84% stake in the Kolkata-based company, while the Burmans had 19.84%.
If you’re isolating at home, want to reduce your trips to the supermarket, or simply make your food dollars stretch further, there are some simple food safety tips that can help, says New Zealand Food Safety deputy director general Vincent ...
As the first sign of the zodiac, Aries is synonymous with the live birth of the universe.
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The chalk held in the Northeast Conference Tournament, as top seeds and the league’s two best teams — Bryant and Wagner — will square off in the final on Tuesday.
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Russia-Ukraine War, Europe
Russia’s delays on the ground have been accompanied by an intensification in the bombing campaign against major Ukrainian population centers.
Kiev’s defenders are bracing for a showdown with the forty-mile-long Russian convoy looming on the outskirts of Ukraine’s capital city.
The convoy sitting roughly fifteen miles outside Kiev has reportedly not moved for days. U.S. officials say the stall is partly due to logistical failures, including food and fuel shortages. Читать дальше...
WITH bad news dominating the headlines, thousands of us are experiencing sexual burnout. Topics including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Covid pandemic and the rising cost of living have taken a huge toll on the nation — with many of us too overwhelmed to even think about getting steamy between the sheets. In a […]
A VICAR has been sacked for carrying out a baptism in his boxer shorts. The Rev Clive Evans shocked a family with his antics in their home. A relative said: “Clive started to remove his shirt which I thought was fair enough seeing as he didn’t want to get it wet. “However when he started […]
STILL struggling to ignite the flames of passion in the bedroom? Colin Firth’s dripping-wet torso as he emerged from a lake set viewers’ pulses racing in 1995 during the hit TV series Pride And Prejudice. So much so, it seems to have inspired a raunchy new scene in Netflix’s period drama Bridgerton, as Anthony Bridgerton, […]
A BRAINY border collie which was separated from its owners after bolting in a park caught a bus home. Pepper walked two and a half miles to a busy town centre station — then hopped on the No.7 Arriva service. Stunned passengers watched as she sat for 15 minutes before getting up at her stop […]
MUSCLEMAN Arnold Schwarzenegger is put in the shade for once as he shakes hands with 2021’s World’s Strongest Man Tom Stoltman. The relaxed-looking Terminator star, 74, who is 6ft 2in, looked small next to 6ft 8in Tom, 27, at the 20th anniversary of a strongman contest in Columbus, Ohio. Scot Tom said: “I’ve wanted to […]
TWO massage girls who were the last to see Shane Warne alive have been quizzed by police. They were filmed on CCTV arriving at a villa where the cricket great was staying last Friday. But police are not linking them to his death from a heart attack in Koh Samui, Thailand. It is understood they […]
BRITAIN is poised to deploy hundreds more troops to the Baltics as part of a new defensive army to see off any Russian invasion. No 10 is backing calls by Eastern European nations to massively beef up NATO forces in response to Putin’s attack on Ukraine. Under the plan the number of soldiers in Latvia, […]
A GROUP of eco pests targeted hundreds of owners of petrol-hungry SUVs — by letting their tyres down. The mob, believed to be an Extinction Rebellion splinter group, deflated hundreds on Chelsea Tractors in night-time raids. Owners woke yesterday to find their tyres completely flat — and a leaflet on its windscreen reading: “Attention. Your […]
