THAILAND, Myanmar and Laos have launched a Joint Plan of Action, under the name of “CLEAR Sky Strategy” to pre-empt and prevent the annual dry-season haze and smog caused largely by forest fires and agricultural burning. While the joint effort may help mitigate the problem to some extent, speakers at the session admitted that
Day: November 1, 2024
Thais, foreigners flee Pattaya condo fire
NEARLY a hundred Thais and foreign tourists rushed out of a luxury condominium in Pattaya in panic after a fire broke out at 3 a.m. this morning (Nov. 1) with three foreigners and a rescue worker getting injured, Amarin TV said. Upon being alerted of a fire breaking out at a seven-storey condominium in Bang
Read moreUS calls Vietnam’s blogger sentence harsh, deeply troubled by abduction reports
By Reuters and published by US News & World Report Washington – The United States said on Thursday (Oct. 31) it was concerned by Vietnam’s conviction and “harsh” sentencing of blogger Duong Van Thai, and deeply troubled by reports he was abducted by Vietnamese authorities in Thailand. The Committee to Protect Journalists cited media
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