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Trump restores names of military bases honouring Confederates, with a twist
AFP, Published on 11/06/2025
» WASHINGTON - United States President Donald Trump said Tuesday he has ordered the restoration of the names of several US military bases that honored officers who fought for the Confederacy in the American Civil War.
How India's past helped shape 3 US political leaders
Oped, Published on 17/10/2024
» On Aug 15, 1947, my father, George Mayer, celebrated India's freedom from 300 years of British colonial rule by flying kites with his friends off Howrah Bridge over the Hooghly River in Kolkata.
US House approves removing Confederate statues from Capitol
AFP, Published on 23/07/2020
» WASHINGTON - The US House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a measure removing from Capitol Hill statues of people who served in the Confederacy during the country's bitter 19th century Civil War.
'American Gangster' Frank Lucas dead at 88
Published on 01/06/2019
» NEW YORK: As the Vietnam War raged in the late 1960s and early 1970s, a potent heroin called “Blue Magic” flooded into New York City and New Jersey from a mysterious Southeast Asian connection. It destroyed lives, and it turned a gangster named Frank Lucas into one of America’s most notorious drug kingpins.
A unique bond
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 21/05/2018
» If Zack Blackmon Jr were to tell you that he's a direct descendant of the original Siamese Twins Eng and Chang Bunker, there's no way you'd believe him. White skinned, blue eyed and with a delightfully thick North Carolinian accent, Blackmon Jr, 67, is surprisingly in fact, the great-great grandson of Eng.
3 dead, dozens injured in violent white nationalist rally
Associated Press, Published on 13/08/2017
» CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va: A car rammed into a crowd of protesters and a state police helicopter crashed into the woods Saturday as tension boiled over at a white supremacist rally. The violent day left three dead, dozens injured and this usually quiet college town a bloodied symbol of the nation's roiling racial and political divisions.
Drug case in the limelight
News, Editorial, Published on 08/02/2017
» Several police agencies were pleased with the arrest on Jan 20 of the alleged drug lord Xaysana Keopimpha. In particular, there were four discrete agencies involved in the case. The main office of the Royal Thai Police, the Narcotics Suppression Bureau (NSB), the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) and the independent Anti-Money Laundering Office (Amlo) have all clung tenaciously to the case. Mr Xaysana is said to be the biggest kingpin arrested in Thailand in more than 40 years. Unfortunately, authorities are treating the case more like a local soap opera instead of the three-nation cross-border crime it appears to be.
The news that's not fit to print as it hides a scam
News, Published on 19/12/2016
» The news media has been abuzz for a few weeks about the proliferation and effect of fake news. Facebook Inc is changing how it handles news from dubious sources, while Twitter Inc is rethinking how to respond to bots promoting fabricated articles. Alphabet Inc (Google) has rejiggered its algorithms to fight phony stories.
Weighed down by heavy metals
B Magazine, Published on 12/06/2016
» Few things wake you up more sharply when reading a scan of toxin levels in your body than the words ARSENIC: HIGH.
China barely notes golden jubilee of Cultural Revolution
News, Published on 17/05/2016
» Exactly 50 years ago, China embarked on what was formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, a decade of tumult launched by Mao Zedong to revive communist goals and enforce a radical egalitarianism. The milestone was largely ignored yesterday in the Chinese media, reflecting continuing sensitivities about a period that was later declared a "catastrophe".