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Encourage the development of MSME businesses
Global New Light Of Myanmar
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August 4, 2025
Micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) are the main driving force behind the development and growth of a country’s economy and society. Hence, it is essential to promote and support the development and expansion of MSME businesses....
Deck to the future!
SuperyachtNews
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August 4, 2025
Image courtesy of Feadship Let’s be honest, there is a timelessness to teak and a reason why it’s endured. Its sleek, golden honey-brown grain has become synonymous with what we consider a yacht is supposed to look like. It’s tactile, elegant and...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Munich Re Reports Insured Losses Hit $80B in First Half of Year, Driven by US Claims
Claims Journal
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July 29, 2025
Natural disasters across the globe cost insurers $80 billion during the first half of 2025, up from $64 billion in H1 2024, according to Munich Re’s mid-year natural disaster report. On the other hand, overall economic losses (which include...
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...
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 $15,000 for some tourist and business visas under a pilot program launching in two weeks, a government notice said on Monday, an effort that aims to crack down on visitors who overstay...
Coastal communities bear the brunt of Thailand’s LNG boom
The Third Pole
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August 4, 2025
Thailand is gradually moving away from coal and oil as part of its goal to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. A major part of this transition is the expansion of liquefied natural gas (LNG) infrastructure. But though cleaner than coal, LNG is...
US natural catastrophes dominate global losses in the first half of 2025
Insurance Biz South Africa
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30-07-25 / Kwanele Sibanda US natural catastrophes dominate global losses in the first half of 2025 Munich - Worldwide, natural disasters caused overall losses of around US$ 131bn in the first half of 2025 (previous year, adjusted for inflation:...
Trump's tariff turmoil highlights the influence of non-trade factors
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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August 1, 2025
Myanmar, Laos, Serbia and Syria. They seem unlikely targets for some of the most aggressive moves in Donald Trump's war on the global trading system. Yet these small and troubled nations are among those facing the highest tariffs from the United...
Boxing Day Tsunami: 14 Countries Forever Changed On December 26, 2004
News18
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July 30, 2025
Last Updated:July 30, 2025, 13:57 IST The 2004 earthquake and subsequent tsunami, among the deadliest natural disasters in recent history, resulted in the loss of over 230,000 lives across 14 countries, including India Fourteen countries,...
Violent conflict and cross-border lending
VoxEU
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August 2, 2025
Although the world has enjoyed a relatively peaceful period since the carnage of WWII, peace has been the exception rather than the rule throughout much of human history. Russia's war on Ukraine, escalating hostilities in the Middle East, and...