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On climate, most corporations more talk than action
AFP, Published on 13/02/2023
» PARIS - The world's biggest and richest companies are failing to deliver on their climate pledges, according to an in-depth analysis released Monday that calls on governments to crack down on corporate greenwashing.
'Fast Furniture' falls out of fashion
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 20/11/2022
» Americans bought piles of furniture during the pandemic, with sales on desks, chairs and patio equipment jumping by more than US$4 billion (149.3 billion baht) from 2019 to 2021, according to a market data company. And a lot of it won't survive the decade.
Choosing your next book
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 26/06/2022
» By some measures, the book business is doing better than ever. Last year, readers bought nearly 827 million print books, an increase of roughly 10% over 2020, and a record since NPD BookScan began tracking two decades ago.
Facebook changing with times a decade after stock debut
AFP, Published on 16/05/2022
» SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg rang the opening bell remotely to cheers 10 years ago as the beloved social network made its stock market debut, culminating an all-night hackathon that included street hockey, costumes and music.
The metaverse threat, 'TV will die with its audience'
AFP, Published on 07/04/2022
» CANNES, France: TV companies will need to radically adapt to the fast-evolving world of online entertainment if they hope to survive, experts have warned.
Journalists create their brands in growing 'direct' sales model
AFP, Published on 28/04/2021
» NEW YORK - Anna Codrea-Rado built a name for herself as a freelance journalist, building an audience of 2,500 for her email newsletter, "Lance," aimed at helping other independent writers.
Timeline: Ten years of war in Syria
AFP, Published on 15/03/2021
» PARIS: Syria's decade-long war has left more than 380,000 people dead and forced millions into exile.
Over 570,000 Uighurs in Xinjiang cotton coerced labour -report
AFP, Published on 15/12/2020
» BEIJING: Hundreds of thousands of ethnic minority labourers in China's northwestern Xinjiang region are being forced into picking cotton by hand through a coercive state labour scheme, a report has said.
'I selfie, therefore I am': Instagram 10 years on
AFP, Published on 02/10/2020
» PARIS - #Foodporn, #nofilter and #TBT: Little known to the general public a decade ago, Instagram has weaved its way into the daily lives of a billion people, changing the way we eat, travel and consume.
US TikTok users prepare for a possible exit from platform
AFP, Published on 19/09/2020
» NEW YORK - American TikTok users reacted with a collective shrug Friday to the US move to ban new downloads of the video-sharing app -- but many are already planning an exit to other platforms should the clampdown lead to an outright ban.