Thailand is the world’s second-largest exporter of rice but is likely to drop down the list this year.


Roving Correspondent
Thailand is the world’s second-largest exporter of rice but is likely to drop down the list this year.

They are making unprecedented demands for reform of the monarchy and for the political power of the king to be removed.

Brenton Tarrant, the attacker behind New Zealand’s worst mass shooting, has faced survivors and relatives on the third day of his sentencing hearing.

Despite arrests and charges against protest leaders, protesters say they will continue fighting for a better future.

Another peace conference has ended with little more than a plan to keep negotiating.

More than 20 armed groups have been demanding independence for decades.

Demonstrators are demanding new elections, an amended constitution, with some calling for reform of the monarchy.

The royal family is protected by laws designed to prevent criticism.

Protesters in Thailand say the arrest of two leaders will not stop their campaign to force the government out.

About eight million tonnes of plastic enter the world’s oceans each year and Thailand is one of the largest contributors.
