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Did George Floyd protesters miss their moment for change?
AFP, Published on 23/05/2025
» WASHINGTON — Outrage over George Floyd's killing by police catapulted Black Lives Matter (BLM) into one of the largest protest movements in United States history, with angry crowds chanting the slogan at rallies from Los Angeles to Washington.
Trump order targets 'improper ideology' at famed US museums
AFP, Published on 28/03/2025
» WASHINGTON — United States President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to remove "improper ideology" from the famed Smithsonian Museums -- and the National Zoo -- expanding his conservative clampdown on cultural institutions.
And the winner is...
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 28/02/2025
» The words and the verdicts on Oscars 2025.
Israel outraged after return of ‘wrong body’
AFP, Published on 21/02/2025
» JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday said he would ensure “Hamas pays the full price” for failing to hand over Israeli mother Shiri Bibas after the militant group released a body Israel said was not hers.
Kendrick Lamar brings viral diss track to Super Bowl stage
AFP, Published on 11/02/2025
» NEW YORK - Kendrick Lamar commanded one of the world's most high-profile stages Sunday as the Super Bowl's halftime headliner, yet another feather in the cap of the rap laureate who has ascended to new heights of pop stardom.
Trump’s ‘God squad’ holds sway at White House
AFP, Published on 08/02/2025
» WASHINGTON - Donald Trump said at his inauguration that he had been “saved by God”. Now he appears to be returning the favour with an increasingly conservative, religious focus in his second term as US president.
Crew of crashed Black Hawk were part of ‘doomsday’ team
Published on 01/02/2025
» WASHINGTON - The Black Hawk helicopter that collided with a passenger jet in Washington on Wednesday was on a training flight along a route core to a seldom-discussed military mission to evacuate senior officials to safety in the event of an attack on the US, officials say.
Facts, not fear
Oped, Postbag, Published on 01/02/2025
» Re: "Thai senator's 'live executions' proposal panned", (BP, Jan 29).
Frigates beat subs
Oped, Postbag, Published on 04/01/2025
» Re: "Sub deal 'complete in six months'", (BP, Dec 31, 2024) and "China agrees to supply ship instead of sub to navy", (BP, March 28, 2024).
New movies out this week: Sept 5-11
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 05/09/2024
» New releases that hit cinemas in Thailand this week.