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Why sanctions against Russia are failing
Oped, Published on 23/01/2024
» When bilateral talks fail to resolve disputes between sovereign countries, aggrieved parties may turn to an international judicial body, such as the International Court of Justice in The Hague. Alternatively, treaties or agreements often incorporate provisions for arbitration or mediation of disputes by a pre-designated entity.
Gene therapy could curb stray cat problem
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 02/07/2023
» For all the cats who share our homes as companion animals, there is a vast shadow world of strays -- a sprawling and fast-breeding crowd.
Thailand should legalise prostitution
Oped, Published on 20/07/2022
» Thanks to the hit biopic Gangubai Kathiawadi on Netflix, the plight of Thai sex workers and their needs for legal protection are back in the spotlight.
Shall we spend?
Asia focus, Pattama Kuentak, Published on 24/05/2021
» Covid-19 has upended the life we know. The protracted global pandemic has stripped income and jobs from millions, forcing consumers to change their behaviours amid health concerns, and to reconsider how to spend their money amid an uncertain economic outlook.
Air pollution caused 160,000 deaths in big cities last year: NGO
AFP, Published on 18/02/2021
» KUALA LUMPUR - Serious pollution caused around 160,000 premature deaths in the world's five most populous cities last year, even as air quality improved in some places due to coronavirus lockdowns, an environmental group said Thursday.
Is this the turning point?
Business, Piyasak Manason, Published on 25/07/2020
» In our last column we warned about the great uncertainties surrounding the divergence of the economic and investment worlds, and how they may converge due to the rise of those uncertainties. It is possible that we may begin to see a turning point this month.
Help with strings attached
Asia focus, Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 30/03/2020
» When Europe was on the verge of collapsing after the carnage of World War II, countries in the region were at risk of drifting into the communist orbit of the Soviet Union. To contain the threat, the United States government in 1948 created a recovery programme worth US$12.7 billion -- $128 billion in today's money.
CIMBT: Monetary policy takes lead while cabinet unformed
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 03/07/2019
» With the cabinet line-up unsettled and fiscal policy handcuffed, CIMB Thai Bank (CIMBT) expects the Bank of Thailand to loosen monetary policy by cutting the benchmark rate twice by the first half of next year in a bid to boost economic growth and curb hot-money inflows.
Amid privacy firestorm, Facebook curbs research tool
AFP, Published on 14/06/2019
» WASHINGTON: Facebook has curbed access to a controversial feature allowing searches of the vast content within the social network -- a tool which raised privacy concerns but was also used for research and investigative journalism.
Hungary's Orbanomics leaves some of poorest behind
News, Gergely Szakacs, Published on 03/04/2018
» The pre-election fanfare over Hungary's stellar growth and surging wages hardly registers with Laszlo Reisch, an employee in a government works programme who is stuck on the wrong side of a growing social divide.