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    The key to transforming a health crisis

    Oped, Published on 25/04/2024

    » Despite the relentless stream of bad news from around the world, there are still reasons for optimism. One notable example is the renewed push to localise pharmaceutical production in Africa, demonstrating how even catastrophic events like a pandemic can lead to positive, unforeseen outcomes.

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    An opaque situation

    Postbag, Published on 20/04/2024

    » Re: "Property tax rejig to amplify revenue", (BP, April 17).

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    Overcrowded prisons need reforming

    News, Published on 10/04/2024

    » Extreme overcrowding in Thai prisons forces inmates to endure deplorable conditions, stripping away their dignity and humanity. It's a humanitarian crisis that demands immediate action.

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    Public health needs more attention

    News, Published on 08/04/2024

    » April 7 marks the founding anniversary of the World Health Organization. It was on this day, in 1948, that the WHO constitution came into force for the first time.

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    'Brain drain' follows military coup

    News, Published on 08/04/2024

    » Three years after the coup on Feb 1, 2021, the Myanmar military government, aka the "Tatmadaw", has suffered significant losses as a result of the 1027 operation by the Three Brotherhood Alliance (3BTA), which started in October.

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    Democracies can win tech race

    Oped, Published on 04/04/2024

    » The world is on the precipice of a technological cold war. As authoritarian regimes develop new digital tools that endanger open societies and threaten democratic values, the West must decide whether to compete or concede. Today, the battle for freedom is being fought in Ukraine; but the frontline could one day be in Taiwan, a global technology hub, producing the world's most advanced microchips, and a flourishing democracy less than 160 kilometres off the coast of China, which seems bent on annexing the island.

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    2024 financial crisis may be a silent one

    Oped, Chartchai Parasuk, Published on 04/04/2024

    » When an economy faces a financial crisis, it can create a big bang like the mass collapse of financial institutions such as during the Great Depression of the 1930s, the Thai Tum Yum Kung crisis of 1997, the Japanese financial crisis in late 1997, and the US Hamburger crisis of 2008.

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    How to save the pandemic treaty

    Oped, Mariana Mazzucato, Published on 03/04/2024

    » Recent drafts of a global pandemic treaty have been widely criticised as "shameful and unjust". When the latest round of negotiations opened on March 18, it was clear that a key lesson of the Covid-19 pandemic was being ignored: public health and the health of the economy are interdependent.

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    Tough security law dims Hong Kong's lustre

    Oped, Published on 28/03/2024

    » There was no hint of dissent in Hong Kong's Legislative Council as its 88 members passed Article 23, a piece of draconian domestic Security legislation which "complements" Beijing's own 2020 Security stamp on the Special Administrative Region.

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    Unity is Europe's greatest asset

    Oped, Published on 28/03/2024

    » With the June European Parliament elections fast-approaching, the grand coalition of the European People's Party (EPP), the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D), and Renew Europe faces a watershed moment.

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