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New fires rage in Amazon as Brazil warplanes battle flames
AFP, Published on 26/08/2019
» PORTO VELHO (BRAZIL) - Hundreds of new fires have flared up in the Amazon in Brazil, data showed Monday, even as military aircraft dumped water over hard-hit...
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More fires flare up in Amazon as Brazil warplanes fight blazes
AFP, Published on 26/08/2019
» PORTO VELHO (BRAZIL) - Hundreds of new fires have flared up in the Amazon in Brazil, data showed Monday, even as military aircraft dumped water over hard-hit...
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Finance Ministry plans e-commerce tax next year
Published on 26/08/2019
» The Finance Ministry expects to introduce a value-added-tax on electronic businesses next year, aiming to collect between 3 billion to 4 billion baht a year,...
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G7 pledges millions to help fight Amazon fires
AFP, Published on 26/08/2019
» BIARRITZ (FRANCE) - The G7 has agreed to spend 20 million euros ($22 million) on the Amazon, mainly to send fire-fighting aircraft to tackle the huge blazes engulfing...
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Small plane crash lands in rice field, pilot safe
Gary Boyle, Published on 26/08/2019
» SUKHOTHAI: A small plane made a safe emergency landing in a rice field on Monday after an engine problem forced the pilot to end the flight.
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DR Congo unveils new government after months-long delay
AFP, Published on 26/08/2019
» KINSHASA - Nearly eight months after former opposition chief Felix Tshisekedi was elected president, the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday unveiled a coalition...
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China acts to curb pork price rises
Published on 26/08/2019
» The Chinese government has stepped in to support pig farmers and consumers in an effort to curb rising prices and supply shortages caused by African swine fever....
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Electronic tags found to be faulty
Published on 26/08/2019
» The Department of Probation has been told to seek compensation or consider scrapping the contract after the Justice Ministry's fact-finding panel found its electronic...
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Signs of hope as Trump says trade talks back on
AFP, Published on 26/08/2019
» BIARRITZ, France: There were signs of a thaw in trade-war tensions between China and the US on Monday as President Donald Trump said delegations would "very...
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Red-shirt chiefs will pay B30m 2010 protest arson bill
Online Reporters, Published on 26/08/2019
» Leaders of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) said on Monday they will comply with the Supreme Court's ruling to pay an estimated 30 million...