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A Bigger Splash allows actors room to shine
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 15/07/2016
» Four characters, white and privileged, play out their favourite game of seduction. They frolic in the sun, nurse their ego, indulge in excesses, splash in the pool of a luxurious villa on an island in the Mediterranean -- also the island where dark-skinned migrants arrive like phantoms after their perilous journey across the sea.
Renaissanceof the X-ray
B Magazine, Michael Ruffles, Published on 29/05/2016
» While Peng Janthasorn's work looks like Rembrandts that have been X-rayed, there is a major difference between the young artist and the Dutch and Renaissance masters she loves. Peng cannot paint.
French 19-year-old commits suicide live on Periscope
AFP, Published on 11/05/2016
» PARIS - French prosecutors launched an investigation Wednesday after a 19-year-old woman committed suicide by throwing herself in front of a suburban train near Paris and streamed the act live on Periscope.
SEC is on a roll
News, Postbag, Published on 19/03/2016
» Re: “Anti-graft actions speak louder than words at SEC”, (Opinion, March 18).
Refugees documentary in frame for Berlin film fest prizes
AFP, Published on 20/02/2016
» BERLIN - "Fire at Sea", a harrowing documentary about Europe's refugee crisis, looked the favourite to clinch the Berlin film festival's Golden Bear top prize Saturday from a jury led by Meryl Streep.
Jakarta attacks confirm regional fears over IS: analysts
AFP, Published on 14/01/2016
» JAKARTA - A "Paris-style" suicide strike on the Indonesian capital Thursday confirmed Southeast Asian governments' worst fears -- that citizens returning from fighting alongside the Islamic State group in the Middle East could launch attacks at home.
Istanbul bomb threatens tourism
Bloomberg News, Published on 13/01/2016
» ISTANBUL - A suicide bomb in the heart of Europe's largest city didn't just target innocent tourists, it also hit a $32 billion industry already caught up in the conflict next door.
France's Le Pen under investigation for tweeting grisly IS images
AFP, Published on 17/12/2015
» PARIS - French far-right leader Marine Le Pen was under investigation Wednesday after tweeting graphic images of Islamic State atrocities, among them a photo of the decapitated body of US reporter James Foley.
Fighting for women and children: an urgent need for change
News, Mark Hughes, Published on 10/12/2015
» The girl was aged just 10, heavily pregnant and carrying HIV after being raped by a merchant seaman in Recife, Brazil. She was also homeless.
End this feverish media frenzy
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 26/11/2015
» It looks like the entertainment news correspondents, who are spending day after day at Ramathibodi Hospital covering the fate of Channel 3 actor Thrisadee "Por" Sahawong, whose life is now hanging by a thread due to severe dengue haemorrhagic fever, have finally learned how to respect the rights and privacy of the 37-year-old heartthrob.