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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
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.

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