Middle East war threatens energy crisis worse than 1970s oil shocks
TEHRAN – The world faces an energy crisis worse than both 1970s oil shocks combined if the Middle East war drags on, the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) warned on Monday (March 23), as Israel launched fresh strikes on Tehran and threatened weeks more fighting. As the war grinds into its fourth […]
Read MoreSilver price soaring like gold amid global uncertainty
JUST as gold skyrocketed to giddy heights recently, so has silver amid global political uncertainty mainly sparked by US President Donald Trump’s tariff threats rising 55% in the first month of this year, PPTVHD36 said today (Feb. 1). Ms. Thipa Navawattanaprasert, CEO of YLG Bullion and Futures Co., Ltd., said after opening at US$71.58 […]
Read MorePM concerned over potential world boycotts against Thailand over scammers
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER ANUTIN Charnvirakul today (Nov.3) expressed concern over Cambodia-based scamming/money-laundering networks which, he said, could possibly prompt the world community to declare potential boycotts against Thailand if those rogue, transnational criminals were not arrested and brought to justice by the Thai authorities. The prime minister who concurrently performs as […]
Read MoreAmazon’s cloud services hit by hours-long global outage
By Agencies and published by CNA A GLOBAL outage hit Amazon’s cloud services for several hours on Monday (Oct. 20), the subsidiary of the US tech giant said, disrupting many websites and services, including Amazon Prime, Perplexity, Fortnite, Alexa, Snapchat and Duolingo. The maintenance site for Amazon Web Services (AWS) said it took some […]
Read MoreThaksin slams some coalition parties for skipping key cabinet meeting
By Naewa and Reuters – published by CNA DE FACTO Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra blasted some coalition partners for not attending a cabinet meeting on Wednesday (Dec. 11) where a draft legislation to collect the global minimum corporate tax was approved telling them they don’t have to stay in the coalition but if […]
Read MoreNo hope for global peace as ‘merchants of death’, mostly American, rake in billions
THE Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri), the world’s leading think-tank tracking global military expenditure, on Dec. 2 released new data on revenues earned by the 100 largest companies dealing in weaponry and military services. What’s that got to do with Travel & Tourism? Everything. The shocking statistics and trends unveiled in the report […]
Read MoreWHO again declares mpox a global public health emergency
By Reuters and published by CNA THE World Health Organization on Wednesday (Aug. 14) declared mpox (previously known as monkeypox) a global public health emergency for the second time in two years, following an outbreak of the viral infection in the Democratic Republic of Congo that has spread to neighbouring countries. An emergency committee […]
Read MoreThai airports back to normal after global tech meltdown
THAI airports started functioning normally again today (July 20) after yesterday’s global tech outage led to some airlines using the Departure Control System being unable to check-in passengers and allow seat reservation for all their flights across the world, Thai Rath newspaper said. Mr. Keerati Kijmanawat, president of Airports of Thailand (AOT) which operates […]
Read MoreGlobal tech outage eases after widespread disruption, new focus seen on risks
By Reuters and published by Yahoo!Finance SERVICES from airlines to healthcare, shipping and finance were coming back online on Friday (July 19) after a mistake in a security software update sparked hours-long global computer systems outages, another incident highlighting the vulnerability of the world’s interconnected technologies. After the outage was resolved, companies were dealing […]
Read MoreGlobal tech chaos hits Thai airports, banks, offices and stores
THE GLOBAL IT outage that has led Microsoft Windows users seeing a blue screen, informally called the “Blue Screen of Death”, has also affected Thailand with ground service at airports delayed while employees at some banks and offices were unable to use their computers and even IT payment system at some department stores not […]
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