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UK pianist Alexis Ffrench bids to change image of classical music
AFP, Published on 24/02/2020
» LONDON - British composer and pianist Alexis Ffrench, a rising black star in the overwhelmingly white world of classical music, is on a mission "to change the narrative" that the genre is stuffy and outdated.
Romanian boxer inspires girls to knock out poverty
AFP, Published on 20/02/2020
» BUZAU (ROMANIA) - Steluta Duta was a teenaged orphan living on the streets when, one cold January day in 2002, she stepped through the door of a boxing gym in the town of Buzau and embarked on her unlikely path to becoming an elite athlete.
Suffering in silence
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 13/01/2020
» Chai* was 12 when he was first molested by his much older brother's male friend. The abuse continued for months on the pretext that the experience would make him a man.
When religion is law
News, Postbag, Published on 11/01/2020
» Re: "Concentric Mideast wars and prospects", (Opinion, Jan 10).
Immortal Icons by Patrick Manthe
Published on 10/01/2020
» On show until 9 February at Room 237 and 243 (2nd fl.)
Back from the brink and growing strong
Business, Kanana Katharangsiporn, Published on 21/12/2019
» Perseverance, integrity and passion are three words that describe how Praweerat Dheva-Aksorn helped clear her family's debt from the property business and built up her own empire.
Educating children with special needs: the inclusive approach
Published on 18/12/2019
» Following our article published in this series on 18 November entitled “Early Childhood Learning: It’s never too soon to start”, we asked Rose Marie Wanchupela and Khun Wanchai Chaiyasit to comment on their activities to help young children with learning difficulties, a field in which they have well-renowned expertise.
All screens great and small
Life, Published on 18/12/2019
» Life evaluates the year's best in cinema, streaming and television
Double burden of obesity, undernourishment stalks world: report
AFP, Published on 16/12/2019
» PARIS: Low- and middle-income countries risk seeing their development progress slashed by the double-edged sword of obesity and undernutrition, both caused by a lack of access to affordable healthy food, a report in The Lancet warned Monday.
Challenges to human rights in Asia
News, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 12/12/2019
» Cooperation between Europe and Asia offers much-needed opportunities to strengthen human rights education. The opportunities complement the global impetus to propel human rights education exemplified by various commitments in the recent past, ranging from the United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education to the World Programme for Human Rights Education and the UN Resolution on Human Rights Education and Training.