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Italy-Poland showdown headlines last-8 battles
Sports, Published on 03/09/2025
» The quarter-finals of the 2025 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship begin today with the Netherlands taking on Japan and Italy facing Poland.
Bolsonaro awaits Brazil coup-plot verdict
AFP, Published on 02/09/2025
» BRASILIA - Brazil’s Supreme Court began deliberations on Tuesday in the trial of former president Jair Bolsonaro, the Donald Trump ally accused of plotting a coup to retain power after he lost the 2022 election.
Bolsonaro verdict looms as Brazil coup trial closes
AFP, Published on 02/09/2025
» BRASíLIA — Brazil's Supreme Court will on Tuesday start passing judgment in the coup-plotting trial of former president Jair Bolsonaro, a case that has put the Latin American powerhouse in US President Donald Trump's sights.
Underdogs France shock mighty China to make historic last 8
Sports, Published on 02/09/2025
» France knocked out mighty China to set up a quarter-final clash with Brazil in the 2025 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship.
Isak on brink of Liverpool move on frantic Premier League deadline day
AFP, Published on 01/09/2025
» LONDON - Liverpool have reportedly agreed a British record fee of £125 million ($169 million) to sign Alexander Isak from Newcastle, with the deal set to be completed on a frantic final day of the summer transfer window.
Task force targets new markets for exporters
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 01/09/2025
» The Commerce Ministry is setting up a special task force to help Thai businesses tap into new markets, starting with business-matching events in Latin America.
What's to blame for inequality?
Oped, Published on 01/09/2025
» Over a decade ago, Nobel laureates Daron Acemoglu and James A Robinson, together with their co-author Thierry Verdier, contrasted America's "cutthroat" brand of capitalism with Western Europe's "cuddly" version. The qualities that make cutthroat capitalism more conducive to innovation, they argued, also lead to higher levels of inequality, while cuddly reward structures tend to lead to lower growth and higher welfare. Today, inequality is soaring, notably in the United States. Do policies aimed at boosting innovation risk making a bad situation worse?
In Guyana, remote dirt road seen as future economic lifeline
AFP, Published on 31/08/2025
» LETHEM (GUYANA) - Through the vast interior of Guyana, a historic red dirt road known as "The Trail" winds through rainforest, plains and hills, linking the capital Georgetown to Lethem in the south on the border with Brazil.
Exit of Thailand's volleyball team signals need for improvement
Sports, Published on 31/08/2025
» Thailand coach Kiattipong Radchatagriengkai insisted his players have a lot of room for improvement after the home team bowed out in the last 16 stage of the 2025 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship on Friday night.
US adds new $250 visa fee for travellers
Published on 30/08/2025
» NEW YORK - A new $250 “visa integrity fee” imposed on travellers to the United States risks piling more pressure on the struggling travel industry, as overseas arrivals continue to fall due to President Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigration and hostility to many foreign countries.