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Talks to end Hollywood actors' strike collapse
AFP, Published on 13/10/2023
» LOS ANGELES - Talks between Hollywood actors and studios over an ongoing strike have collapsed, in a blow to hopes for a swift end to a crisis that has crippled the entertainment industry.
Harnessing heritage
Life, Published on 09/10/2023
» Consecrated by rich history and exalted by the faith of its local community, Wat Prayurawongsawas (known colloquially as Wat Prayoon) inspires awe with the grandeur of its towering Phra Borommathat Maha Chedi (principal stupa), whose pleasing bell-shaped proportions find glorifying aesthetic resonance in the 18 subsidiary stupas that punctuate the encircling gallery.
Under the weather
Oped, Editorial, Published on 07/10/2023
» The collapse of a fabric roof at Indoor Stadium Huamark has stoked fears about the safety of operating in public buildings.
Azerbaijan offensive takes advantage of global turmoil
AFP, Published on 21/09/2023
» PARIS - Azerbaijan has taken advantage of a ripe political moment to bring the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh back under its control, experts say.
Music for the soul
Life, John Clewley, Published on 29/08/2023
» Highlife was one of the first popular styles to emerge in post World War II sub-Saharan Africa. It came out of Ghana's clubs and bars in the 1950s, where big swing bands, pioneered by the "King of Highlife" ET Mensah, whipped up one of West Africa's best loved urban dance genres.
BMA urged to pay victims of overpass mishap
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 18/08/2023
» The Consumer Council on Friday called on the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration and a construction company to pay compensation to those affected by a recent accident at an overpass at Bang Kapi intersection.
Can democracy survive the polycrisis?
Oped, George Soros, Published on 16/06/2023
» We are living in troubled times. Too much is happening too fast. People are confused. The Columbia University economic historian Adam Tooze has, indeed, popularised a word for it. He calls it a "polycrisis".
Major US highway collapses after vehicle fire
AFP, Published on 12/06/2023
» WASHINGTON - A fire caused an overpass on one of America's busiest highways to collapse early Sunday in Philadelphia, authorities said, as reports attributed the cause to a truck that burst into flames under the bridge.
Potential tricks and results in Thai poll
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 12/05/2023
» The fundamental risk in Thailand's election this Sunday is that ruling incumbents, spearheaded by coup-maker-cum-prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and underpinned by the powers-that-be, are headed for a big loss. Yet they are unlikely to go away without distortion, subversion, and confrontation, as has been the case in the recent past. Unless the poll results are clear and unassailable, it is likely that more funny business will be put in motion after the election.
27 hurt in Finnish footbridge collapse
AFP, Published on 11/05/2023
» ESPOO, Finland: Some 27 young people, mostly children, were injured in Finland on Thursday when a temporary footbridge near a construction site collapsed and they fell several metres onto a road, officials said.