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MOSCOW (Reuters) - A fire broke out on Russia's Ob river in Siberia on Saturday due to a suspected accident on an underwater pipeline, Russia's Rosprirodnadzor state environment watchdog said. The scale of the accident near the city of Nizhnevartovsk in the oil-rich region of Yugra was not immediately clear. Large flames could be seen from a distance belching up smoke into the night sky with snow in the foreground in footage circulated by the RIA news agency. TASS news agency cited a Rosprirodnadzor source saying there had been a spill of oil products and that there were pipelines there owned by two different companies that could have been the source. (Reporting by Tom Balmforth and Anastasia Lyrchikova; editing by Christina Fincher) ... » Learn More about Fire breaks out on Siberian river after suspected pipeline accident – watchdog

A Honda logo is pictured as cars are displayed outside a Honda showroom of company’s headquarters in Tokyo on November 6, 2020. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP) TOKYO, Japan  – Honda launched the world’s most advanced self-driving car licensed for the road on Friday, releasing an initial batch of 100 models in Japan. The Legend is capable of adaptive driving in lanes, as well as passing and switching lanes under certain circumstances. The car also features an emergency stop function in case a driver is unresponsive to handover warnings, and Honda touts extensive safety testing. “Approximately 10 million patterns of possible real-world situations were simulated during system development, and real-world demonstration tests were conducted on expressways for a total of approximately 1.3 million kilometres (800,000 miles),” it said in a statement. Experts said the limited rollout would help determine whether there is sufficient demand for more autonomous vehicles. Vehicle autonomy ... » Learn More about Honda launches advanced self-driving cars in Japan

Companies are moving to remote work to prevent the spreading of the coronavirus pandemic, as well as the number of workers who are being laid off has started to creep up due to the economic upheaval caused by this outbreak. At the same time, someone might be wondering if they should continue to send out resumes or just assume that no one is hiring for the foreseeable future. Although economists are predicting an economic downturn, career experts say it’s best to keep networking and applying for new jobs. It is said that there is always a calm after the storm, so the reversible situation happening now won’t last forever. However, if we carefully handle the current uncertainty, the current situation could mean opportunity as well. So, here are three tips to turn the table for your job search in your favour. 1. Keep Searching, and Keep Searching some more Not every industry slows down in this economic downturn. Yes, certain sectors such as aviation or the hotel and ... » Learn More about Prepare for Job Searching during Uncertain Economic Times

How do we best prepare students for a rapidly changing future? This question has vexed educators the world over since time immemorial and it is a question that has been thrown into even sharper relief in recent years due to recent challenges, such as globalisation, mass migration, the Information Revolution, and of course the global pandemic which we are currently living through. Fundamental societal changes and challenges, such as these, raise existential questions for politicians, policy makers and educators alike. How we meet these moments, and the challenges they beget, dictates our present and determines our futures. Due to the interconnectedness of these issues, citizens and leadersneed: knowledge of their local context; a global mindset and aproblem-solving skillset that has international relevance. We, at Dulwich College Yangon, always endeavour to nurture the leaders of tomorrow. And it is to this end - creating globally-minded citizens and leaders - that ... » Learn More about Service Learning at Dulwich College Yangon

Thousands of residents in Songkhla, Yala and Narathiwat, in the very south of Thailand, have been evacuated from their homes due to flash flooding from nearly a week of almost continuous heavy rain. Local authorities say a total of 18,024 households across 19 districts have been impacted. In Yala, the Sai Buri River has burst its banks, flooding homes and farmland. The director of Yala’s Irrigation Project Office says they remain worried about the low-lying areas, adding that the total amount of rainfall to date has broken records set more than a decade ago. Landslides have also been reported but with no report of fatality or injuries. In Songkhla, 2 districts were flooded by rainwater coming down from the mountains, while some residences and farmlands on riverbank areas of Narathiwat were flooded. Local government agencies said food and other aid were already sent to the affected areas. Only essential travel is now allowed to and from the 5 coastal “red zone” provinces. ... » Learn More about Thailand News Today | Southern floods, Face mask fines, Thai Air Asia woes | January 8

DUBAI (REUTERS) - An offensive by Yemen's Houthi group to take Marib city, the last stronghold of the internationally recognised government, threatens to displace hundreds of thousands and complicate a renewed diplomatic push to end the war, UN officials say. The gas-rich region of Marib has been a refuge for hundreds of thousands of people fleeing violence during Yemen's six-year-old war, expanding its main city rapidly. A frontline is now roughly 30km away to the city's west, a government official told Reuters, and humanitarian concerns are growing. "An assault on the city would put two million civilians at risk, with hundreds of thousands potentially forced to flee - with unimaginable humanitarian consequences," UN aid chief Mark Lowcock said on Tuesday (Feb 16), urging de-escalation. The recent push towards Marib by Houthi forces, who control Yemen's most populous areas, comes alongside intensified drone attacks into Saudi Arabia by the Iran-aligned group. Riyadh leads a ... » Learn More about Houthi offensive on Yemen’s Marib threatens mass displacement, UN warns

Photo by Dávid Simon A new exhibition by photographer Dávid Simon shows a magical journey Ladakh - a region in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir - is called the Land in the Clouds for a reason. On his journey from Himachal Pradesh to Leh, Dávid had to clear five passes above 5,000m of altitude on the highest drivable road in the world. He crossed rivers on the back of his bike, had conversations with amazingly friendly locals, met the local police force, kayaked in the Indus river, got saved by a military doctor and took hundreds of selfies with soldiers in the highest mountain military base in the world. An exhibition of Dávid's photos opens in Bangkok on Saturday, March 14 at Restaurant Cajutan near Asoke. for more details, visit the event page . All proceeds go towards supporting the programmes of Courageous Kitchen , Thailand. Photo by Dávid Simon Photo by Dávid Simon ... » Learn More about Land in the clouds

ASUNCION (Reuters) - The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) has decided to suspend this month's double header of World Cup qualifiers for Qatar 2022 amid concern over the COVID-19 pandemic and strict quarantine restrictions. The 10 South American teams were due to play two games on March 25/26 and March 30 but CONMEBOL acknowledged tightening lockdown and quarantine regulations mean many of the European-based players will be unable to travel. Among the matches affected are Brazil's games against Argentina and Colombia, and the River Plate derby between Argentina and Uruguay. "The decision is due to the impossibility...of counting on all the South American players," the Paraguay-based confederation said in a statement. "FIFA will analyse the rescheduling of the round in coordination with CONMEBOL and the members associations." Each team have played four of their 18 qualifiers. The top four in the 10-team group qualify automatically for Qatar and the ... » Learn More about CONMEBOL suspends March World Cup qualifiers due to pandemic

Mr Teerawut says Brother no longer focuses exclusively on sales, adding a subscription service for on-demand printing. Brother Commercial Thailand, the local unit of the Japanese printing tech firm, has set a fiscal 2021 growth target of 8% because of rising demand for single-function and medium-sized printers, as well as expansion to a subscription model. "We have seen a rapid change in the behaviour of consumer and corporate customers during the pandemic," said Teerawut Supapunpinyo, managing director of Brother Commercial Thailand. "Consumers are spending more time at home, so they demand entertainment as they observe social distancing measures." For fiscal 2020, which closes at the end of this month, Brother expects to see revenue growth of less than 1%, or about 12 million baht more than its revenue for fiscal 2019. The company's GTX garment printer and BMB karaoke system saw sales growth of 30%, he said. Demand for face masks also pushed up sales of the firm's sewing ... » Learn More about Brother sees 8% growth for fiscal 2021

When Somphote Ahunai returned to Bangkok after completing an MBA degree in the US, he had $200 left in the bank. Today the renewable energy and electric vehicle company he founded has a market value of $5.6 billion and testifies to Thailand’s highly successful advance into green and sustainable industries. After initially working as a securities trader, Somphote first entered the renewables business when he started producing biodiesel fuel from a palm oil plantation he had acquired. Then he moved his company, Energy Absolute Pcl, into solar and wind farms, growing to become the nation’s number two publicly-listed electricity supplier. Now Somphote has become a key figure in Thailand’s efforts to steer its highly successful automobile manufacturing industry – the world’s 11th largest – beyond the internal combustion engine era into the design and production of electric vehicles and the lithium-ion batteries and charging stations that will power them. On his journey to becoming an ... » Learn More about Thailand powers towards a Green Economy