Thai cave boys: the psychology of surviving underground

Thai cave boys: the psychology of surviving underground
Sarita Robinson
Found after nine days. Now rescue plans have begun. Royal Thai Navy/EPA

Stranded Thai team could be evacuated in next three or four days, as further rain and rising carbon dioxide pose grave threat

Stranded Thai team could be evacuated in next three or four days, as further rain and rising carbon dioxide pose grave threat

Assessment came hours after the 25-year-old coach of the team, which has been trapped for two weeks, offered his ‘apologies to the parents’ of the boys in a scrawled note released by the Thai Navy



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Conditions are “perfect” to evacuate a young football team from a flooded Thai cave in the coming days before fresh rains and a possible rise in carbon dioxide further imperil the group, the rescue mission chief said on Saturday.

Έλον Μασκ: Υποβρύχιο φουσκωτό τούνελ για τον απεγκλωβισμό των παιδιών στην Ταϊλάνδη

Έλον Μασκ: Υποβρύχιο φουσκωτό τούνελ για τον απεγκλωβισμό των παιδιών στην Ταϊλάνδη

Το προτείνει ο δισεκτομμυριούχος μηχανικός, εφευρέτης και εξερευνητής του διαστήματος
Ο δισεκατομμυριούχος μηχανικός, εφευρέτης και εξερευνητής του διαστήματος Έλον Μασκ ανακοίνωσε την Παρασκευή ότι θέτει στη διάθεση της κυβέρνησης της Μπανγκόκ την τεχνογνωσία των επιχειρήσεών του του για τη διάσωση των 12 αγοριών και του προπονητή τους που έχουν παγιδευθεί σε μια σπηλιά πλημμυρισμένη με νερό, σε βόρεια επαρχία της Ταϊλάνδης.

WHITE ELEPHANT WAR PITS THAILAND AGAINST MYANMAR

WHITE ELEPHANT WAR PITS THAILAND AGAINST MYANMAR (PART 5)



A Buddhist monk protests against a decision by a Thai court, Yangon, Myanmar, 4 March 2017 (AP Photo/Thein Zaw)
Part 5
White Elephants Bring “Peace, Stability, Prosperity”… and War

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The US Is Waging Cyber Warfare In Thailand Under The Guise Of Activism

The US Is Waging Cyber Warfare In Thailand Under The Guise Of Activism

The US use of cyberterrorism in Thailand and beyond should come as no surprise. It augments already ongoing efforts by US-backed opposition in Thailand to destabilize and upend Thailand’s political order.
Joseph Thomas

The threat of cyberterrorism has competed for center stage in American politics with fears of “Russian hackers” disrupting everything from elections to electrical grids. And yet as US policymakers wield threats of cyberterrorism to promote a long and growing list of countermeasures and pretexts for expanding its conflict with Moscow, it is simultaneously promoting very real cyberterrorism globally.

Worst of all, it does so under the guise of “activism.”

$1bn worth of seized narcotics spectacularly burnt by Thailand, Myanmar & Cambodia

$1bn worth of seized narcotics spectacularly burnt by Thailand, Myanmar & Cambodia
Published time: 26 Jun, 2017 15:57
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Seized drugs are burnt by Myanmar police during a ceremony on the outskirts of Yangon on June 26, 2017. © Sai Aung Main / AFP

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Thailand, Myanmar, and Cambodia have burned nearly $1 billion worth of seized narcotics in a joint campaign marking the UN day against drug abuse and trafficking. Meanwhile, authorities in those countries are struggling to curb a flood of illicit drugs.