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Trump declassifies JFK, RFK, Martin Luther King Jr assassination files
AFP, Published on 24/01/2025
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday declassifying files on the 1960s assassinations of president John F. Kennedy, his brother Robert F. Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
Indonesia leads Asean into Brics+
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 17/01/2025
» As the new year gets underway with the looming re-inauguration of United States President Donald J Trump, countries and entire regions are having to manoeuvre and realign in view of an accelerated breakdown of the post-Second World War rules-based liberal international order.
Party-pooping haze
Oped, Postbag, Published on 11/01/2025
» Re: "PM2.5 tipped to worsen until Monday", (BP, Jan 10).
Venezuela's Maduro to take presidential oath despite domestic, global outcry
AFP, Published on 10/01/2025
» CARACAS — Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, in office since 2013, is due to take the oath of office for a third term Friday despite a global outcry that brought thousands out in protest on the ceremony's eve.
Over in Canada, PM Trudeau bites the dust
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 09/01/2025
» Donald Trump excels in every field, including surrealism. Leonard Cohen sang "First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin!", but it's completely outclassed by Mr Trump's "First we take Greenland, then we take Canada!" And he's going to take the Panama Canal too!
Indonesia confirmed as full member of Brics
Published on 07/01/2025
» Indonesia has become the newest full member of the Brics group of developing nations, in a move that could further bolster the Global South as Donald Trump’s trade policies pose risks to world economy.
A deep dive into music history
Life, John Clewley, Published on 07/01/2025
» In 1965, Joe Boyd was stage manager at the Newport Folk Festival when Bob Dylan plugged in and went electric, shocking the conservative folk world. And having navigated that seismic shock, he went on to produce Pink Floyd, Nick Drake and Fairport Convention in the 1960s and 1970s.
Brics welcomes Thailand as newest partner nation
Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 01/01/2025
» Thailand has become a partner country of Brics starting on Wednesday, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).
Jimmy Carter: president, global mediator, Nobel laureate
AFP, Published on 30/12/2024
» WASHINGTON - Jimmy Carter held a unique place in US politics: he was the oldest former president and a Nobel peace laureate, but his one term in office was forever tainted by his inability to end the 1979 Iran hostage crisis.
Historic upshots and heartbreaks mark 2024
Sports, Tor Chittinand, Published on 26/12/2024
» Thailand is a football-crazy country and 2024, which is drawing to a close, had more than its fair share of stories to keep the local fans of the sport engrossed throughout the year.