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The problem with methanol poisoning is that it looks very much like alcohol poisoning. And delays in treatment can be fatal.
Two Australian teenagers have died after a suspected methanol poisoning in Laos. A pharmacologist explains what to know about this chemical compound.
Landmines are killing thousands in Ukraine. Clearing the land and making it safe for people is likely to take decades.
The US administration said that it had received ‘written assurances’ from Ukraine that it would use cluster bombs carefully. Nonetheless, the munition will provide an additional risk to civilians.
New evidence from contested Laos cave site shows humans reached Southeast Asia at least 68,000 years ago.
Their drawings and paintings often express a mix of horror, fear, hope and beauty.
Through its Belt and Road Initiative, China has become the world’s largest country-to-country lender. A new study shows that more than half of its loans threaten sensitive lands or Indigenous people.
Low levels of immunity and high levels of mixing are a perfect setting for the next big outbreak.
Images of the aftermath of the Xepian-Xe Nam Noy dam collapse in Laos went around the world. But many other dam projects harm locals and the environment in less visible ways.
While many of its Asian neighbours are striving to get smoking under control, Indonesia is the stubborn exception.
If the river islands are bombed away and if the riverscape is engineered into something more like a large artificial canal, then endangered species face extinction.
Community participation is vital to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. But at the moment it often comes too little, too late.
Despite impressive economic growth rates over the last decade, a third of Laos’s population still lives below the extreme poverty line of US$1.25 per day. Most of the extreme poor Laos are ethnic minorities…
Australians love to travel the world. In 2011 more than 7.5 million Australians (or more than one third of all Australians) travelled outside the country. Of course, most Australian travellers abroad have…
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