Thai plastics crisis puts SME factories at risk as costs surge
Saran Srimanoch, managing director of Grand Polymers Inter Co., Ltd., said Thailand’s plastics industry was worth more than…
Maverick Photographer’s Wildlife Images From the 1960s Document Animals in Crisis
Peter Beard, Roping Rhinos with Ken Randall in Hunting Block 29, 1964 © The Estate of Peter Beard,…
Brussels backs windfall tax on big firms to ease pain from energy crisis – POLITICO
This wouldn’t be the first time that EU capitals have raided the profits of energy companies to ease…
Asian governments turn to subsidies to cushion energy crisis pain
Iran war Price supports, tax cuts and cash handouts are the most popular measures Workers load gas cylinders…
Trump’s rage at NATO allies is binding them together — against him – POLITICO
Nordic table talk In Helsinki last week, 10 European leaders met for a private dinner without their officials…
Emergency room waits for mental health care are still too long
As of 2024, there were fewer mental health patients stuck waiting in hospital emergency departments than in 2022.…
Zelenskyy decries ‘blackmail’ by Europe over Druzhba oil pipeline – POLITICO
Budapest has accused Kyiv of deliberately blocking progress on repairing the infrastructure in order to engineer an energy…
Myanmar’s full store shelves hide crisis for importers
Myanmar Crisis Foreign goods are increasingly scarce as regime blocks most international trade Shelves in Myanmar supermarkets, like…
Iran war oil shock has markets betting on two Reserve Bank of NZ interest rate hikes
But since the Gulf crisis, the volatile overnight indexed swap (OIS) market now points to a 70% chance…
Middle East crisis shows why energy independence is a matter of national security – Ed Harvey
Most New Zealanders will shrug and pay it. They’ve done it before. We saw it with Ukraine in…
Oil prices surge on Middle East crisis; Thailand warns of possible sharp pump hike by March 4
“The accelerating trajectory of global oil prices will inevitably affect retail prices in Thailand because we are tied…
Europe swaps climate rhetoric for energy security talk to defuse MAGA backlash – POLITICO
“Renewable energy is not about tackling climate change, it’s about economic growth and affordable and low energy prices,”…