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PTT explores LNG supply deal with 8 Star Alaska to secure Thailand’s energy future
TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 2025
On Monday (June 23), Dr Prasert Sinsukprasert, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Energy (third from left), presided over the signing ceremony of a joint study agreement on long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) procurement between PTT Plc and 8 Star Alaska, LLC.
Energy Ministry eyes importing 3–5 million tonnes of LNG from Alaska
WEDNESDAY, MAY 07, 2025
Thailand eyes importing 3–5m tonnes of LNG yearly from Alaska under joint project talks with US to boost energy security and become Asia’s LNG hub.
Alaska Airlines halts Boeing 737 Max 9s for maintenance post blowout
MONDAY, JANUARY 08, 2024
Alaska Airlines again grounded all of its Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliners on Sunday after federal officials indicated further maintenance might be required to ensure that another inflight blowout like the one that damaged one of its planes doesn’t happen again.
Boeing's 737 Max under scrutiny after plane sustains side hole
SUNDAY, JANUARY 07, 2024
Boeing faces new scrutiny about the safety of its best-selling plane after federal officials announced the temporary grounding of some Boeing 737 Max planes on Saturday, following a harrowing flight in which an Alaska Airlines jetliner was left with a gaping hole in its side.
COVID-19 hospitalizations hover in record territory in U.S. Alaska
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2021
Alaskas case rate per 100,000 over the last week remains the highest in the nation, according to data by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Snow, rugged terrain hinder recovery of Alaska helicopter crash that killed five, including one of Europe's richest people
TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 2021
A helicopter crash in the Alaskan wilderness killed five people, including one of Europe's richest residents, after the chopper went down on Saturday during a backcountry heli-skiing trip.
Biden administration begins chilly faceoff with China in snow-covered Alaska
FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 2021
WASHINGTON - The Biden administration's first faceoff with China began in Alaska on Thursday with a testy exchange between Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who chided Beijing for "cyberattacks on the United States" and "economic coercion toward our allies," and China's top diplomat, Yang Jiechi, who detailed America's own human rights problems, citing recent Black Lives Matter protests.
Mine executives detail sway over politicians from Alaska to White House
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2020
A direct line to the White House, but routed through a third party to hide it from public view. Easy access to Alaska's governor, as well as the state's two U.S. senators. A successful push to unseat nine Republican state lawmakers who opposed their plan to build a massive gold and copper mine - the biggest in North America - near Bristol Bay in Alaska.
Trump administration seeks to drill on more than two-thirds of nation's largest swath of public land
FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 2020
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration proposed on Thursday to open more than two-thirds of the nation's largest piece of public land to oil and gas drilling, removing wildlife protections for the Alaskan tract that have been in place for more than four decades.
New Trump administration plan could boost oil drilling on remote Alaska reserve
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2019
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration announced a plan Thursday that could allow oil drilling on over three-quarters of the nation's largest piece of unprotected wilderness, overhauling a 2013 plan that limited development on the Alaskan reserve.