Today: November 13, 2024
Today: November 13, 2024

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Food prices are rising as countries limit exports. Blame climate change, El Nino and Russia's war

Restrictions on food exports are spilling over from rice and wheat to other essentials

Food prices are rising as countries limit exports. Blame climate change, El Nino and Russia's war
Environment|News|World

Millions of children are displaced due to extreme weather events. Climate change will make it worse

A United Nations report says that storms, fires and other extreme weather events led to more than 43 million displacements involving children between 2016 and 2021

Millions of children are displaced due to extreme weather events. Climate change will make it worse
Asia|Business|Technology

Indonesia's president visits Vietnam's EV maker Vinfast and says conditions ready for a car plant

Indonesian President Joko Widodo has visited Vietnamese automaker VinFast’s factory and said that he would create the necessary conditions for the multinational to be able to build a plant and invest in Indonesia quickly

Indonesia's president visits Vietnam's EV maker Vinfast and says conditions ready for a car plant
Asia|Entertainment|Lifestyle|Travel|World

Water guns are in full blast to mark Thai New Year festivities despite worries about heat wave

It’s water festival time in Thailand where many are marking the country’s traditional New Year, splashing each other with colorful water guns and buckets in an often raucous celebration that draws thousands of people, even as this year the Southeast Asian nation marks record-high temperatures causing concern

Water guns are in full blast to mark Thai New Year festivities despite worries about heat wave
Environment|Technology

E-waste is overflowing landfills. At one sprawling Vietnam market, workers recycle some of it

The world is producing more electronic waste than ever — 62 million metric tons in 2022

E-waste is overflowing landfills. At one sprawling Vietnam market, workers recycle some of it
News|Political|World

Russia and North Korea sign partnership deal that appears to be the strongest since the Cold War

Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have signed a new partnership that includes a vow of mutual aid if either country faces “aggression.”

Russia and North Korea sign partnership deal that appears to be the strongest since the Cold War
Asia|Election|News|World

Mongolia's governing party wins only a slim majority in parliamentary election, early results show

The governing Mongolian People’s Party has won a slim majority in the country’s parliament, with the opposition Democratic Party making major gains in elections

Mongolia's governing party wins only a slim majority in parliamentary election, early results show
Asia|Election|News|World

What to know about Mongolia as it holds a democratic election in the shadow of authoritarian giants

Mongolia, where parliamentary elections are being held Friday, is a sparsely populated and landlocked Asian nation known for its bitter winter cold and independent spirit

What to know about Mongolia as it holds a democratic election in the shadow of authoritarian giants
Asia|Environment|News|World

Cambodia breaks ground on a China-funded canal and says it will be built 'no matter the cost'

Cambodia on Monday broke ground to build a controversial, China-funded canal to link the capital Phnom Penh to the sea despite environmental concerns and the risk of straining ties with neighboring Vietnam

Cambodia breaks ground on a China-funded canal and says it will be built 'no matter the cost'
Asia|News|World

Typhoon Yagi leaves at least 4 dead and scores injured in Vietnam

Vietnamese authorities say Typhoon Yagi has killed at least four people and injured 78 others after making landfall in the north of the country

Typhoon Yagi leaves at least 4 dead and scores injured in Vietnam
Asia|News

Death toll from Typhoon Yagi rises to 87 in Vietnam. Dozens remain missing

The death toll from Typhoon Yagi and its subsequent rain that triggered floods and landslides has climbed to 87 as 70 others remain missing and hundreds were injured, state media said

Death toll from Typhoon Yagi rises to 87 in Vietnam. Dozens remain missing
Asia|Business|Environment|Finance

Are Indonesia and Vietnam's multibillion-dollar clean energy deals stuck? Experts say not yet

Indonesia and Vietnam signed multibillion-dollar energy transition deals in 2022 that were heralded as drastic shifts in financing that would enable the coal-dependent countries to pivot to cleaner energy

Are Indonesia and Vietnam's multibillion-dollar clean energy deals stuck? Experts say not yet
Asia|Business|Crime|Finance

Vietnamese real estate tycoon, already sentenced to death for fraud, faces trial on new charges

Vietnamese state media say the second trial for real estate tycoon Truong My Lan — who was sentenced to death for financial fraud in April — started on Thursday

Vietnamese real estate tycoon, already sentenced to death for fraud, faces trial on new charges
Asia|Economy|Environment|Science|World

Cambodian fishermen turn to raising eels as Tonle Sap lake runs out of fish

Fishermen in Southeast Asia’s largest freshwater fishery, the Tonle Sap lake, hope that raising eels will help them adapt to new realities stemming from climate change and environmental damage

Cambodian fishermen turn to raising eels as Tonle Sap lake runs out of fish
Asia|Business|Economy|News

Vietnam detains energy policy think-tank chief, human rights group says

Vietnam has detained the director of a think tank that works on energy issues in the country

Asia|Business|Crime|Finance

Vietnam sentences real estate tycoon Truong My Lan to death in its largest ever fraud case

A Vietnam court has sentenced real estate tycoon Truong My Lan to death in the country’s largest financial fraud case ever, state media Thanh Nien said

Vietnam sentences real estate tycoon Truong My Lan to death in its largest ever fraud case
Asia|Environment

Heavy snows and drought of deadly 'dzud' kill more than 7 million head of livestock in Mongolia

An extreme weather phenomenon known as the dzud has killed more than 7.1 million animals in Mongolia, endangering herders' livelihoods and way of life

Heavy snows and drought of deadly 'dzud' kill more than 7 million head of livestock in Mongolia
Environment

In Vietnam, farmers reduce methane emissions by changing how they grow rice

Vietnam aims to transform its rice sector, making it more resilient to climate change while also reducing its emissions of methane, a greenhouse gas far more potent than carbon dioxide

In Vietnam, farmers reduce methane emissions by changing how they grow rice
Business|Economy

Vietnam allows big companies to buy clean energy directly to meet their climate targets

Vietnam has passed a decree radically loosening the Communist Party-ruled state’s control on how electricity is sold to private companies

Vietnam allows big companies to buy clean energy directly to meet their climate targets
Asia|Crime|Economy|Finance

What to know about the Vietnamese real estate tycoon sentenced to death in fraud case

A Vietnamese real estate tycoon was sentenced to death in the country’s biggest ever financial fraud case, underlining an intensifying anti-corruption drive in the southeast Asian nation

What to know about the Vietnamese real estate tycoon sentenced to death in fraud case
Asia|Business|Economy|Technology|Videos

Vietnam's VinFast looks to tiny EV, priced at less than $10,000, to change its fortunes

Vietnamese automaker VinFast has a big problem: It just can’t sell enough cars

Vietnam's VinFast looks to tiny EV, priced at less than $10,000, to change its fortunes
Asia|Business|Technology

Apple CEO says that he wants to increase investments in Vietnam

Apple CEO Tim Cook said Tuesday that he wants to further increase investment in Vietnam a day after the company announced it would spending on suppliers in the Southeast Asian manufacturing hub

Apple CEO says that he wants to increase investments in Vietnam
Asia|Business|Technology

Vietnamese automaker VinFast to start selling EVs in Thailand

Vietnamese automaker VinFast plans to sell its electric vehicles in Thailand

Vietnamese automaker VinFast to start selling EVs in Thailand
Asia|Business|Technology

Vietnam's VinFast to build a $2 billion EV plant in India as part of its global expansion

Vietnamese automaker VinFast plans to spend up to $2 billion to build an electric vehicle factory in India, the world's third-largest auto market by sales

Vietnam's VinFast to build a $2 billion EV plant in India as part of its global expansion
Asia|Economy|Environment|Science

Asian economies must ramp up wind and solar power to keep global warming under 1.5C, report says

A German thinktank has reported that to prevent global warming from surpassing the critical threshold of 1.5 Celsius, major Asian economies must ensure they can get half of their total electricity from renewables by 2030

Asian economies must ramp up wind and solar power to keep global warming under 1.5C, report says

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