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Stop the apologists
Oped, Postbag, Published on 30/07/2025
» Re: "One-sided suffering", (PostBag, July 28).
Social Security Office to press ahead with 2026 calendar
News, Post Reporters, Published on 29/07/2025
» The Social Security Office (SSO) is moving ahead with its 2026 calendar project, highlighting its role as a communication tool for insured members despite scrutiny over its 49-million-baht budget.
Soft power: BTS fans rally behind Korean international adoptees
AFP, Published on 17/06/2025
» SEOUL — Korean pop (K-pop) megaband BTS is back from military service, and their international fandom -- long known for its progressive activism -- is celebrating by rallying behind a cause: adoptees from South Korea.
Crosswalk gamble
Oped, Postbag, Published on 19/02/2025
» Re: "Pedestrian crossings need to be safer", (BP, Feb 17).
Singapore pledges cash handouts ahead of polls
Published on 18/02/2025
» Singapore has forecast a second year of budget surpluses despite Prime Minister Lawrence Wong announcing a long list of handouts, rebates and infrastructure investments ahead of national elections due later this year.
Sean Combs files defamation suit against man who said he had sex tapes
New York Times, Published on 23/01/2025
» Sean "Diddy" Combs, the music mogul facing sex trafficking and racketeering charges, filed a defamation lawsuit Wednesday against a man who said in interviews that he had been given videos that showed Combs in sexual encounters with celebrities, including assaults of people he said appeared to be minors.
Killer of ex-Cambodian MP won't reveal mastermind, fears for safety: police
Post Reporters, Published on 12/01/2025
» The gunman who killed a former Cambodian opposition MP in inner Bangkok last week refused to reveal the mastermind behind the assassination out of fear for his family's safety, according to police.
Police: Hitman confesses to killing former Cambodian MP
Published on 11/01/2025
» Authorities in Cambodia on Saturday handed over a Thai ex-marine accused of shooting a former Cambodian opposition MP to death in Bangkok earlier this week.
Forget American exceptionalism, it's a tri polar world
News, Published on 11/01/2025
» In 2024, the watchword in financial markets was "American exceptionalism", as the US economy and markets left the rest of the world in the dust. But as the calendar turns, it may now be time to remove these geographic blinders to consider the larger regional competition likely to reshape the global economy in the coming years. We may be in the midst of a long-term global growth cycle driven by intensifying competition in the critical areas of artificial intelligence, green technology, and security between the world's three dominant regions: the Americas, Asia and Europe. (It's what I refer to as the Tri Polar World.)
Biden launches new Chinese chips trade probe, will hand off to Trump
Reuters, Published on 24/12/2024
» WASHINGTON: The Biden administration announced on Monday a last-minute trade investigation into older Chinese-made "legacy" semiconductors that could heap more US tariffs on chips from China that power everyday goods from autos to washing machines to telecoms gear.