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CNA – Delhi has suspended most construction and demolition activities as air quality in the Indian capital is set to worsen from today because of calmer winds and other meteorological conditions, a government minister said. The city of about 20 million, the world’s most polluted capital, turns nearly unbreathable every winter as cold, heavy air […]
TOKYO (AFP) – Japan’s Finance Ministry said yesterday it spent USD43 billion in October to bolster the value of the yen, which has tumbled against the dollar this year to lows not seen since the 1990s. The ministry said it spent JPY6.35 trillion (USD43 billion) on forex intervention operations between September 29 and October 27, […]
AFP – Sprawled on rocky ground far from sea ice, a lone Canadian polar bear sits under a dazzling sun, his white fur utterly useless as camouflage. It’s mid-summer on the shores of Hudson Bay and life for the enormous male has been moving in slow motion, far from the prey that keeps him alive: […]
FRANKFURT, GERMANY (AP) – Inflation hit a new record in the 19 countries that use the euro currency, fuelled by out-of-control prices for natural gas and electricity due to the war in Ukraine. Economic growth also slowed ahead of what economists fear is a looming recession, largely as a result of those higher prices sapping […]
ANN/THE NATION THAILAND – A plastic cup was found inside the corpse of a Bruda whale found floating off Phuket, the Marine and Coastal Resources director-general said yesterday. Department Director-General Atthapol Charoenchansa said the rotting carcass of the 13-metre-long female Bruda whale was found floating in Laem Sai Bay to the south of Koh Racha […]