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    US TikTok ban not the right move

    Oped, Published on 27/03/2024

    » On March 13, the United States House of Representatives passed the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act. It is no secret that the bill takes aim at TikTok. The massively popular video-sharing platform is owned by Beijing-based ByteDance and is thus subject to the laws of the People's Republic of China and potentially to the control of the Communist Party of China (CPC), despite assurances to the contrary from company executives.

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    The middle path for US foreign policy

    Oped, Kasit Piromya, Published on 22/03/2024

    » For decades, the United States' positioning in the international arena has been a battle between the desire to remain isolated within the confines of its own territory and the urge to extend beyond its boundaries to induce and cajole others on the values and benefits of democracy, freedom and a free market.

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    It's just so over the top

    Postbag, Published on 17/03/2024

    » Re: "Even Photoshop can't erase royals' latest PR blunder", (Commentary, March 13).

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    Hope on horizon for starving Palestinians?

    Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 14/03/2024

    » Good news! The US logistical support ship General Frank S. Besson Junior has just sailed from Norfolk, Virginia, carrying the equipment needed to build a temporary pier off the coast of Gaza. That will enable the US to deliver food to the starving (yes, literally starving) Palestinian population of the Israeli-occupied Gaza Strip.

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    Leaping lizards on a Sunday afternoon

    Roger Crutchley, Published on 10/03/2024

    » Last Sunday I was sitting on the garden porch of my Bangkok abode grappling with the crossword and watching the birds hopping around the garden. My wife, who was away in Chaiyaphum, had just called and I had reassured her that everything was fine and very tranquil... a perfect Sunday afternoon.

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    It's a good time to be working

    News, Published on 07/03/2024

    » The pandemic was so bad for working women, especially mothers, that it was known in some quarters as the "she-cession". But the recovery -- and can we please not call it the "she-covery" -- has been pretty good for them.

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    US, Asian partners walk complex line with drills

    News, Peter Apps, Published on 04/03/2024

    » As Nato troops including up to 25,000 Americans continued their largest military exercises since the end of the Cold War in Europe last week, one of America's most established Asian multinational drills was getting under way in Thailand.

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    Time to calm down about plastics

    News, David Fickling, Published on 29/02/2024

    » How to deal with the waste generated by the half-billion metric tonnes of plastic manufactured each year? One approach is to consume fewer polymers, recycle them more, and stop the rest from getting into the natural environment. Another is to declare the whole process a scam and hope the problem will somehow go away of its own accord.

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    Take this tea tale with a pinch of salt

    Roger Crutchley, Published on 18/02/2024

    » Last month a US scientist caused bit of a stir in Britain when she suggested adding a pinch of salt was the secret to a perfect cup of tea. Not surprisingly this bold assertion from someone across the pond did not go down too well with the traditional tea-drinking English public. In some cases the reaction almost reached "boiling point".

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    Will Cupid's aim improve this year?

    Oped, Published on 14/02/2024

    » Cupid may be hitting the mark in the shopping aisle, but he's not having much luck coaxing couples down the wedding aisle. Although Valentine's Day spending on significant others will reach a record high in the United States this year, fewer Americans are marrying and having sex, leading to fewer babies being born. But there is evidence to suggest that Cupid's aim will improve in coming years. If we want to survive as a species, we should be rooting for the pudgy cherub's success.

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