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    Taxi Timeline

    Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 11/06/2021

    » Taxi service in Thailand is about to enter a new drive after the Cabinet recently approved a draft regulation to allow the use of private cars for transport apps. The draft by the Ministry of Transport is expected to be put to use this month or within July. When enacted, vehicles with up to seven seats that are registered as personal cars can double as taxis via the apps.

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    It's time for 'cautious cuddling' in the UK

    News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 16/05/2021

    » PostScript recently discussed how the month of May is looked upon fondly in Britain, partly because it heralds warmer weather. Admittedly summer in the UK can be rather brief, especially if the occluded fronts start misbehaving. It's no coincidence that the most common forecast in the British summer is "outlook changeable".

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    Don't silence deep thinkers

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 22/04/2021

    » The recent termination of employment, work permit and related visa of David Streckfuss, an American academic who has worked at Khon Kaen University for the past 27 years, has intensified fears over suppression of academic freedom.

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    Animal welfare is a measure of moral progress

    News, Published on 21/06/2021

    » 'The greatness of a nation and its moral progress," Mahatma Gandhi said, "can be judged by the way its animals are treated."

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    Cornish pasty has its moment in the sun

    News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 20/06/2021

    » The most important outcome of last week's G7 summit in Cornwall was undoubtedly the appearance of tempting new versions of the traditional Cornish pasty. One bakery came up with a large pasty called "Biden's big-un", while also on offer were "Merkel's minted lamb'', "Macron's mixed veg", and the cheese-filled "Boris' Stilton".

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    The milkman who became a secret agent

    News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 08/11/2020

    » To briefly escape from the US election mayhem, an appreciation of actor Sean Connery who died last week aged 90, seems to be in order. I had somehow thought Connery would go on forever, just like the Bond films. It is an intriguing tale of an Edinburgh milkman who became the most famous fictional spy in the world.

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    The everlasting appeal of Mrs Peel

    News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 20/09/2020

    » I was saddened to learn of the death of actress Dame Diana Rigg at 82, best known by people of my vintage for her role as Emma Peel, the dynamic comrade of dapper secret agent John Steed in the idiosyncratic BBC series The Avengers. Rigg only appeared in two seasons, 1965-67, but she certainly made her mark, displaying a winning combination of charm, fashion, sophistication and martial arts. She was particularly proficient at karate chops.

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    There's nothing special about democracy in US

    Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 08/01/2021

    » If I have to read one more hand-wringing article about the "crisis of American democracy" and what it means for the world, I'm going to retch.

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    New norms that don't make much sense

    Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 05/06/2020

    » The phrase "new normal" has become the new cliché as Thailand eases restrictions on businesses and activities. You can go to a cinema without having to worry if anyone will see you bawl your eyes out during an emotional scene since the seats around you are empty. As we learn to live with new norms of everyday life, you may come across some that don't seem to make much sense. Here are a few for your entertainment.

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    Donald Trump's last stand for 'apartheid America'

    News, Published on 29/10/2020

    » The ferocity of the 2020 presidential election in the United States is not about Donald Trump per se, but about what he represents: the racist structures of power that have persisted in America for centuries, though sometimes in mutated form. The long history of America's state-sponsored racism will draw to an end in the coming generation, which is why Mr Trump is so strikingly reactionary in his attempts to prolong it. Yet the damage that Mr Trump's brand of white nationalism could still cause to the US and the world if he wins a second term makes the election easily the most important in modern American history.

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