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Quarantine in Thailand: The good, the bad and the boring
Published on 27/11/2020
» At eight in the morning, the doorbell rings and a familiar voice announces that my breakfast is ready. Like every morning in the past nine days, I open the door to find no one in sight — just a plastic container of food on a small table.
Beware the online culture warriors
News, John Lloyd, Published on 22/10/2018
» The news media in the Western world remains dominated by newspapers, magazines and broadcasters still known as the mainstream. The most vivid proof of their continued reign over public opinion is in the figure of US President Donald Trump, whose repeated attacks on "failing" publications like The New York Times and the Washington Post as "enemies of the people" is a backhanded tribute to their continued power.
Data security a foreign concept
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 22/04/2018
» You'd think that just about the worst thing that could happen in today's charged smartphone-internet intersection is the theft of many thousands of the most important identification documents and personal details of mobile phone owners. But you'd be wrong.
Trump tweets show disturbing side of social media
News, John Lloyd, Published on 06/02/2017
» Last March, three months before Britons voted to take the United Kingdom out of the European Union, then Prime Minister David Cameron asked Daily Mail proprietor Lord Rothermere to fire the newspaper's editor, Paul Dacre. The press baron, descendant of the family which did more than any other to create the British tabloid press, refused, and did not even tell Dacre of the request until after the result of the referendum. The incident, reported by the BBC, has not been denied by any of the parties involved.
Bee clinches deal to buy into AC Milan
Published on 03/08/2015
» Bee Taechaubol has confirmed he reached a deal to buy 48% of the AC Milan football club for €480 million (18.48 billion baht).
Japan outraged as video purportedly shows hostage beheaded
Published on 01/02/2015
» TOKYO — Japan and other nations condemned with outrage and horror on Sunday the beheading purportedly by the Islamic State group of Kenji Goto, a journalist who sought through his coverage of Syria to convey the plight of refugees, children and other victims of war.
Controversial decision gives Kaew silver
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 12/08/2012
» Kaew won gold in the eyes of the crowd, analysts and Thai viewers, but the judges decided for his Chinese opponent, so the Kamphaeng Phet fighter settles for silver. Reuters photo