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Entrepreneurs strive to export value-added products made from greater club-rush
Global New Light Of Myanmar
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August 3, 2025
People observe the value-added products displayed at the Myanmar booths at 2025 Style Bangkok in Bangkok, Thailand. Photos: Kanu Green Banana Myanmar, an entrepreneurial venture, will produce high-value consumer goods from greater club-rush...
WMO Coordination Mechanism (WCM): 500 co-designed and tailored solutions for UN and Humanitarian Agencies.
World Meteorological Organization
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August 4, 2025
WCM provides co-designed and tailored solutions for United Nations (UN) and Humanitarian Agencies (HA), curating authoritative weather, climate and water information and expert advice from WMO Members and Centres, advancing early action, enhancing...
Nepal monsoon attractions: 8 places to visit
OnlineKhabar
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August 4, 2025
File The monsoon in Nepal starts in June and lasts until August every year. It is delightful; if you want to have the best of nature and the finest travelling experience in Nepal, the monsoon is best suited. There are many reasons to take a trip...
Fire Services Dept to form Urban SAR Team
Global New Light Of Myanmar
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August 2, 2025
This photo showcases firefighters participating in an advanced search and rescue training course. The Department of Fire Services stated that an Urban Search and Rescue Team will be formed under the Myanmar Fire Brigade as per the standards and...
Conflict undermines cooperation
Bangkok Post
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August 4, 2025
The long-standing border dispute between Cambodia and Thailand has again escalated to actual conflict. Dozens of people have been killed, more have been injured, and more than 170,000 people have had to flee their homes. Cross-border trade and...
US to require up to $15,000 bonds for some tourists
Korea Herald
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August 5, 2025
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- The US could require bonds of up to $15,000 for some tourist and business visas under a pilot program launching in two weeks, a government notice said on Monday, an effort that aims to crack down on visitors who overstay...
Singapore: NTU’s Cyborg Insects Enhance Disaster Response
OpenGov Asia
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August 3, 2025
Researchers at NTU Singapore have unveiled a pioneering robotic system that automates the creation of insect-hybrid robots, marking a major breakthrough in the future of smart disaster response technologies. The new system, believed to be the...
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK: Offaly columnist asks 'who are we becoming'
Offaly Live
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August 4, 2025
“We are sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet enriching many; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.” – (2 Corinthians 6:10). We live in a world groaning under the weight of grief and teetering on the edge. The noise is relentless....
Coastal communities bear the brunt of Thailand’s LNG boom
The Third Pole
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August 4, 2025
Thailand is gradually moving away from coal and oil as part of its goal to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. A major part of this transition is the expansion of liquefied natural gas (LNG) infrastructure. But though cleaner than coal, LNG is...
Trump’s response to weak job numbers
CNN
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August 4, 2025
Follow When authoritarianism encroaches, apologists often present a strongman’s power grabs as rational — even imperative for the national good. Top Trump administration aides followed that playbook on Sunday, justifying the president’s abrupt...
The ASEAN-GCC-China Summit Marks the Transformation of China’s Diplomatic and Economic Strategies
Fair Observer
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August 4, 2025
At the end of May, I traveled to Malaysia to attend the ASEAN-GCC-China Summit. Although the official agenda centered on multilateral economic cooperation, it quickly became clear that geopolitics — particularly China’s growing assertiveness — had...
The Beginning of the 2025 Election Landscape — Not the Same as 2010
MoeMaKa
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August 1, 2025
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – July 31 Perspective (MoeMaKa, August 1, 2025) The Beginning of the 2025 Election Landscape — Not the Same as 2010 Four and a half years after the military coup, the junta—formally named the State Administration...
Ramsar COP15 concludes with strengthened global commitment to…
IUCN
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Zimbabwe served as an exceptional host, demonstrating strong commitment to the objectives of the Ramsar Convention. Set against the backdrop of one of the world’s most iconic World Heritage Sites – Victoria Falls, or as it’s called in the Lozi...
Massive Earthquake Could Strike Canada as Ancient Fault Line Wakes
ScienceAlert
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August 1, 2025
The Tintina fault stretches 1,000 kilometers (621 miles) across northern Canada, crossing the Yukon and ending in Alaska. The fault is thought to have been dormant for 40 million years, but that thinking is challenged by a new study that suggests...
What we’re watching: Weekly disaster update, August 4
Center for Disaster Philanthropy
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August 4, 2025
We know all too well that disaster can strike anytime, anywhere in the world. Some disasters make headlines; others do not. Here at the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP), we monitor the status of disasters worldwide and compile a list of the...
BD needs to focus on boosting trade among BIMSTEC countries: ICCB
The Financial Express Bangladesh
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Bangladesh, as the current chair of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC), needs to focus on boosting trade among member countries by easing visa rules, improving customs systems, and...
SMM Exclusive: Overview of China Metal Production in July 2025 and Forecast for August
Shanghai Metals Market
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SMM's monthly production data for base metals is released at the end of each month, aiming to uncover the true fundamentals for industry chain professionals and investors, and providing a clearer grasp of the future direction of the metals market....
Pilot projects for stronger, resilient communities discussed
Global New Light Of Myanmar
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July 28, 2025
The Working Committee on the Development of a Resilient and Strong Social Community organized its third coordination meeting in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday. Speaking at the meeting, Union Minister for Ministry 2 at the Office of the State Administration...
Dr. Dilip Chetry Urges India to Protect the Only Ape in India, Northeast’s Gibbons From Extinction
The Sentinel - Assam News
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Guwahati: The Western Hoolock Gibbon, India’s only Ape species, has been named one of the 25 most endangered primates at the 30th Congress of The International Primatological Society (IPS) held in Madagascar, where Dr. Dilip Chetry went as India’s...
Munich Re: natural catastrophe losses to 30 June 2025
Atlas Magazine
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According to Munich Re, natural disasters caused an estimated 131 billion USD in global economic losses in the first half of 2025, with 80 billion USD covered by insurers. Both figures exceed the ten-year average for the same period, which stands...