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Long live the Dalai Lama, but who is next?
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 08/07/2025
» The whole business of succession would be a lot simpler if the Dalai Lama could just regenerate, like Doctor Who -- a long-running British science fiction series. When the time comes for The Doctor to stop looking like David Tennant and start looking like Matt Smith, there's flame coming out of his head and gushing out of his sleeves, and then he explodes. When the smoke clears, there's the new Doctor.
Rare leopard cat rescued after trapped in Mukdahan orchard
News, Online Reporters, Published on 05/07/2025
» A palm date farmer has found a rare leopard cat caught in a trap set for paddy field rats in Muang district, Mukdahan province.
Pentagon chief backs Trump on success of Iran strikes
AFP, Published on 26/06/2025
» WASHINGTON - US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth insisted Thursday that American strikes on Iranian nuclear sites were a success, backing President Donald Trump and berating the media for covering an intelligence report that questioned the results of the operation.
US to offer new defence of strikes on Iran nuclear sites
AFP, Published on 26/06/2025
» WASHINGTON - US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth is set to hold a news conference on Thursday to offer a fresh assessment of strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities, following a stinging row over how much American bombardment set back Tehran's nuclear program.
China decries CIA videos aimed at informants
Published on 06/05/2025
» BEIJING - China on Tuesday warned it would take all necessary measures to crack down on the “infiltration and sabotage activities of foreign anti-China forces”, in response to Chinese-language videos released by the US Central Intelligence Agency.
Vietnam: Fifty years since the Fall of Saigon
Oped, Published on 30/04/2025
» Fifty years ago, on April 30, 1975, North Vietnamese military units surged into Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, forcibly reuniting the country, thus ending 20 years of conflict.
Trump includes US troop costs in tariff talks with Asian allies
Published on 17/04/2025
» SEOUL/TOKYO - The tens of thousands of US troops stationed in South Korea and Japan appear set to be part of President Donald Trump's tariff negotiations, despite efforts by both countries to separate security talks from trade.
Russia, US swap prisoners in push for closer ties
AFP, Published on 11/04/2025
» WASHINGTON — A Los Angeles-based ballet dancer released by Russia as part of a prisoner swap landed safely in the United States Thursday night, the second swap under President Donald Trump as Moscow and Washington push to rebuild ties.
New movies out this week: April 10-16
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 10/04/2025
» New releases that hit cinemas in Thailand this week.
More details emerge of infamous Yemen attack chat
AFP, Published on 26/03/2025
» WASHINGTON - The Atlantic magazine on Wednesday published what it said was the entire text of a chat group mistakenly shared with a journalist by top US national security officials laying out plans of an imminent attack on Yemen.