THE THAI Defence Ministry denied that Thailand is using the holding of Cobra Gold 2027 military exercise to wrestle tariff reduction from the US with the war games being held as planned while still studying letting US set up a drone manufacturing plant here, TV Channel 7 said this afternoon (Aug. 13). RADM Surasan
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Fire at Rayong waste plant contained after nine hours
A BIG fire at a waste treatment plant in Rayong that raged for nine hours was contained to a limited area by around 8 p.m. last night (Dec. 2) with firefighters continuing to fight the blaze, Amarin TV said. The fire broke out at a warehouse belonging to Chang Steel Recycling Co., Ltd. at
Read morePattaya seawater blackened with waste discharge not oil slick
PATTAYA City authorities explained that the seawater at Pattaya Bay got blackened because wastewater from a sewage treatment plant overflowed for a few hours and not due to an oil spill as has been feared, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (June 16). This followed the circulation of a video clip showing a boat sailing
Read moreCash-strapped Bangladesh shuts power plant as heatwave hits
By AFP and published by CNA Dhaka – Cash-strapped Bangladesh shut its biggest power plant on Monday (June 5) because it was unable to afford the coal to fuel it, as a sweltering heatwave creates surging electricity demand. The 1,320-megawatt government-run Payra Power Plant in southern Bangladesh had already slashed production last month due
Read moreFears of a radiation leak mount near Ukrainian nuclear plant
By AP and published by Washington Post Kyiv, Ukraine – Authorities began distributing iodine tablets to residents near Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant today (August 26) in case of a radiation leak, amid mounting fears that the fighting around the complex could trigger a catastrophe. The move came a day after the plant was temporarily
Read moreUkrainian nuclear power plant fire extinguished
By BBC and Reuters via MSN News UKRAINIAN emergency services have confirmed they have managed to put out the fire at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant – a huge relief to everyone in the area and beyond. To recap, Ukraine said in the early hours of Friday that a Russian attack on the nuclear plant
Read morePlant being sold for 8 million baht at Hat Yai fair
BEING sold for a whopping 8 million baht at the southern region’s World Plant and Cactus Fair that was launched today (Jan. 27) in Hat Yai city is a beautiful Philodendron Black Cardinal No.1 plant, Naewna newspaper said. With over 10,000 species of plants on show it is this 8-million-baht dazzler that is the
Read moreTo beat the heat, Vietnam rice farmers resort to planting at night
By Minh Nguyen for Reuters, published by US News Hanoi (Reuters) – Under a pitch-black night sky, a group of Vietnamese farmers planted rice this week in a paddy field on the outskirts of the capital Hanoi using head lamps to illuminate the water-logged ground in front of them. The farmers of the Tam Thanh
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