Can ASEAN put its foot down on intransigent Myanmar?
TOKYO -- Once regarded as the world's most successful regional organization, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations is losing its luster. This year's ASEAN summit in Phnom Penh in November clearly showed its bright and dark sides. The bright side is the bloc's decision to add East Timor as its…#cambodia #associationofsoutheastasiannations #phnompenh #asean #tokyo #easttimor (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 3, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Who Made Your World Cup Jersey?
As the World Cup in Qatar kicked off last week, millions of fans pulled on jerseys costing $90 to $150 that were sold by Nike and Adidas, the official outfitter of this year’s tournament. Players, wearing new, brightly colored uniforms, slipped into shiny cleats and shoes that can retail for more…#jerseyscosting #pouchen #myanmar #adidas #qatarkicked #union #conditions #qatar #soccer #garment (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 1, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ending unmet need for family planning in a world of 8 billion: The innovations enabling access for all
YANGON, Myanmar/PORTEL, Brazil– Access to contraceptives and family planning has long been a complicated matter. But the COVID-19 pandemic made matters worse. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - November 29, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Junta holding Aung San Suu Kyi in a concrete hut in the jungle
Australian adviser offers rare insight into the captivity of Myanmar’s deposed leader#offersrare #rareinsight #myanmar #australian #offers #rare #insight #captivity #deposed (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 27, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A jet built by China and Pakistan may soon be the most widely operated combat aircraft in the world
A JF-17 Thunder at Kamra Aeronautical Complex northwest of Islamabad in March 2007. AAMIR QURESHI/AFP via Getty Images China and Pakistan jointly developed the JF-17 combat jet, which first entered service in 2007. As of October 2021, some 145 JF-17s were in service with Pakistan, Myanmar, and…#pakistan #kamraaeronautical #airforce #jet #pakistaniair #air #aamirqureshi #service #aeronauticalcomplex #pakistani (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 24, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Vicky Bowman: Former UK ambassador among prisoners freed in Myanmar
Vicky Bowman is among nearly 6,000 prisoners being released by the military junta. #militaryjunta #prisoners #myanmar #vickybowman (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 17, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Here ’ s How Carbon Offsets Can Live up to Their Bold Promises
This article is part of a series on key topics in the climate crisis for time.com and CO2.com, a division of TIME that helps companies reduce their impact on the planet. For more information, go to co2.com (Source: TIME: Science)
Source: TIME: Science - October 28, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Taylor Moore Tags: Uncategorized climate change Evergreen Explainer finance healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Graft convictions extend Suu Kyi's prison term to 26 years - The Associated Press
BANGKOK — A court in military-ruled Myanmar convicted the country’s ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, on two more corruption charges Wednesday, with two three-year sentences to be served... #myanmar #bangkok #theassociatedpress #suukyi (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 12, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Violent conflict in Myanmar linked to boom in amber studies - Ortega RP.
For the past decade, paleontologists have increasingly been using a unique window to peer into the past: amber--blobs of hardened tree resin--that preserves in exquisite detail insects, plants, tiny lizards, and bits of larger organisms, such as the feathe... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 11, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Risk Factor Prevalence, Injury Occurrence Source Type: news
This is how pythons can devour enormous prey
The expression "so hungry I could eat a horse" might not be just a figure of speech — for the Burmese python, at least. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - October 7, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
This is how pythons can swallow enormous prey
The expression "so hungry I could eat a horse" might not be just a figure of speech — for the Burmese python, at least. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - October 7, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Outcry as British researcher is given ANOTHER grant by NIH to investigate COVID
EcoHealth Alliance's five-year project will investigate 'the potential for future bat coronavirus emergence' in southeast Asia, with scientists set to trawl caves in Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - October 3, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Violent conflict in Myanmar linked to boom in fossil amber research, study claims
For the past decade, paleontologists have increasingly been using a unique window to peer into the past: amber—blobs of hardened tree resin—that preserves in exquisite detail insects, plants, tiny lizards, and bits of larger organisms, such as the
feathered tail from a dinosaur
.
Recent papers have analyzed samples taken from one of the world’s richest amber deposits, dating to 99 million years ago during the height of the Cretaceous and located in what is today Myanmar. But that country is riven by political conflict. Now, a new study suggests paleontological research has directly benefited from the ...
Source: ScienceNOW - September 29, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: news
Myanmar court jails Suu Kyi, Australian economist for 3 years - source
A court in military-ruled Myanmar on Thursday jailed deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her former economic adviser, Australian Sean Turnell, for three years for violating a secrets law, a source... #courtjails #proceedings #australian #seanturnell #myanmar #aungsansuukyi (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 29, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Developing Countries Must Grow More FoodClimate change and war on Ukraine a wake-up call
CHINA - Constructing an irrigation network in Qinghai Province. Workers were paid part of their wages in food supplied by the World Food Programme. Credit WFP/Sarah ErringtonBy Trevor PageLETHBRIDGE, Canada, Sep 8 2022 (IPS) As our planet continues to heat up, extreme weather has affected many of us. From the west coast of North America across Europe, the Middle East and Asia to Pakistan and New Zealand, wildfires and flash floods have destroyed homes and property and disrupted the daily lives of millions.
Supply chains, already badly affected by COVID, have been further complicated by drying rivers and waterways. In the ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - September 8, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Trevor Page Tags: Armed Conflicts Climate Change Combating Desertification and Drought COVID-19 Development & Aid Environment Food and Agriculture Food Security and Nutrition Global Headlines Labour Migration & Refugees TerraViva United Nations IP Source Type: news
