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  • WORLD

    Italy tests lockdown; global cases near 110,000: Virus update

    Published on 09/03/2020

    » Italy started its first working day after a government decree sought to curb movement within the country’s financial hub. Germany plans to boost investment to help its economy and the Trump administration is drafting measures to blunt the economic fallout from the outbreak.

  • LIFE

    Italian top wine summit amid the Alps

    Life, Prapai Kraisornkovit, Published on 11/09/2015

    » One of Italy's most prestigious wine events, VinoVip Cortina 2015 took place recently at Cortina D'Ampezzo, a famous tourist town situated amid the Dolomite Alps in the Veneto region of northern Italy. The town, nicknamed "Queen of the Dolomites" is one of Europe's most popular ski resorts with its magnificent Unesco World Natural Heritage landscape.

  • OPINION

    Torture uncommon?

    Oped, Postbag, Published on 16/09/2021

    » Re: "Anti-torture bill overdue," (Editorial, Sept 14).

  • THAILAND

    What's in a name?

    Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 02/11/2016

    » For "smooth cultural integration", Thai international study agency Smart NZ Education advises that students with nicknames like Poo, Pee and Porn consider alternatives. The issue made headlines earlier last month after a report by the New Zealand Herald indicated that students might get "harassed if nothing is done". That's not unlikely, despite the fact that "faeces", "urine" and "pornography" -- the formal English words for the aforementioned nicknames -- weren't exactly those parents' intention when their children first came into the world.

  • THAILAND

    King bestows royal pardons

    News, Published on 13/08/2022

    » More than 100,000 inmates serving time in jails nationwide will be released early or see their sentences reduced on Saturday under a royal decree to mark His Majesty the King's 70th birthday on July 28 and Her Majesty Queen Sirikit The Queen Mother's 90th birthday on Friday.

  • OPINION

    False jab promises

    Oped, Postbag, Published on 04/09/2021

    » Re:. "Asean's vaccination tally", (BP, Sept 1).

  • LIFE

    Entrepreneur in overdrive

    Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 22/04/2019

    » Do you remember what you were doing when you were 13? Aaron Tan, a teenage prodigy in Singapore, was running his first tech startup. He then went on to set up two more companies before turning 21. Today he is the CEO of Singapore-based Carro, an automotive marketplace and services portal that started from his love of trading cars, not driving them.

  • THAILAND

    Getting the green light on electric cars

    Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 30/10/2016

    » As of Sept 30, Thailand had 52 electric sedans on the road. There are roughly 1.3 million electric cars on the roads worldwide, but with fears batteries will flatten in traffic or flooding will lead to lasting damage, Thai drivers have been slow on the uptake.

  • OPINION

    Ban toxic glyphosate

    News, Postbag, Published on 26/05/2018

    » According to a May 24 report, the Hazardous Substance Committee, in reference to a ban on three toxic pesticides, said "there were insufficient studies confirming they were health hazards", and thus have allowed their continued use. One of the three is glyphosate, known as "Roundup".

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