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Containers of pesticide and weed killer containing paraquat and glyphosate on sale at a gardening shop in Bangkok

Thailand To Ban Glyphosate And Other High-profile Pesticides

Representatives of Thai farmers arrive at the Ministry of Industry in Bangkok to support certain pesticides, but the National Hazardous Substances Committee voted to ban glyphosate and the chemicals paraquat and chlorpyrifos, officials said
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A Krabi Pitakpracha Foundation snake handler holds the four-metre (13 feet) king cobra he pulled from a sewer in southern Thailand

Four-metre King Cobra Wrestled From Sewer In Thailand

A feisty four-metre (13-foot) king cobra was pulled from a sewer in southern Thailand in an hour-long operation, a rescue foundation said Tuesday, describing the reptile as one of the largest they had ever captured.Footage of the daring capture showed a man chasing the cobra -- the world's longest venomous snake -- into a dark and cramped drainage pipe.The cobra splashed around in water and tried to slither back into the pipe, but was pulled out by the tail after multiple attempts.
Around 30 kilograms of cocoons are processed every day by each silk worker in Vietnam's Co Chat village

Keeping The Thread Alive At A Vietnam Silk Village

Cocoons bob in boiling water as silk is rapidly teased out, spinning on reels skilfully operated by women in Vietnam's Co Chat village, where households have been making thread for more than a century.The village in Nam Dinh province, two hours south of the capital Hanoi, is nearing the end of silk production season.Dozens of workers, mostly women, in the bustling workshops stir the vats, gently unwinding the fibre from the cocoons through clouds of rising steam.

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