thejapantimes, 11 months ago to random

Pita Limjaroenrat has failed to reach the needed majority to become Thailand's next prime minister. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/13/world/pita-loses-thailand-pm-bid/?utm_content=buffer151ff&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #news #worldnews #election #thailand #pitalimjaroenrat

thejapantimes, 11 months ago to random

The past three days were quite likely the hottest in Earth’s modern history, as an astonishing surge of heat across the globe continued to shatter temperature records from North America to Antarctica. | via The New York Times https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/07/world/science-health-world/global-heat-records-broken/?utm_content=buffer44b8c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #news #worldnews #climatechange #heatwaves #elnino

thejapantimes, 11 months ago to random

Several billions of dollars left in a project to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to the world’s poorest could be diverted to prepare for other pandemics, COVAX's partners have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/06/27/world/covid-vaccine-initiative-billions-left-over/?utm_content=buffere560b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #news #worldnews #health #who #covid19

thejapantimes, 1 year ago to random

Business tycoons see Brazil as a leader in the green hydrogen economy for one simple reason: the abundance of renewable energy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/06/30/world/brazil-aim-green-hydrogen-export-market/?utm_content=bufferb596c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #news #worldnews #energy #brazil #trade #renewables #hydrogen

thejapantimes, 1 year ago to random

Here’s what you need to know about the Wagner Group, its role in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and why its leader is accused of mutiny. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/06/24/world/russia-wagner-group-explainer/?utm_content=buffer210ce&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #news #worldnews #vladimirputin #russia #ukraine #yevgenyprigozhin #russiaukrainewar #wagnergroup

glassbottommeg, 1 year ago to random

Woah, they're doing a coup in Russia. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/06/23/russia-war-ukraine-based-on-lie-yevgeny-prigozhin/ (EDIT: non-paywalled link: https://archive.ph/zdagh )

Wagner's chief (aka the only remotely competent military over there EDIT: yes they also do lots of war crimes) is moving against Putin. This being the same "elite military" branch that Putin basically sent out to die in Ukraine, so, um, I imagine they have grievances.

EDIT: The people replying to this are much smarter about tank-and-gun stuff than I am, so for better context of what's tanking and gunning over there please see replies, heh

#News #WorldNews #Russia

thejapantimes, 1 year ago to random

The United States has granted its first ever approvals to two companies to sell chicken grown directly from animal cells, becoming only the second country to allow lab-grown meat to be offered to consumers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/06/22/world/us-approves-lab-grown-chicken/?utm_content=buffera5907&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #news #worldnews #us #food