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Gulf spectacle masks strategic shift in US policy
Oped, Published on 22/05/2025
» With the showmanship of a Cecil B De Mille saga, President Donald Trump's state visit to three Arab kingdoms was uniquely paired with pomp and joint business incentives that focused on transforming the narrative from conflict to commerce and cooperation. The visits were set to the spectacular backdrop of casts of thousands, Arabian stallions, and camel cohorts marking the fanfare of the president's four-day trip to the region.
Trump signs bill cracking down on deepfake revenge porn
Bloomberg News, Published on 20/05/2025
» WASHINGTON — United States President Donald Trump signed a bill to force social media companies to remove non-consensual sharing of explicit sexual imagery online, calling it a "horribly wrong" situation.
Govt reduces rice export licence fees
Post Reporters, Published on 19/05/2025
» The government has relaxed export restrictions to allow small-scale farmers to sell rice to world markets as it seeks to end a monopoly in the sector.
China ‘open’ to boosting trade with Thailand
Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 17/05/2025
» China is welcoming more high-quality products from Thailand and other neighbouring countries into its vast market amid global uncertainty, according to Ambassador Han Zhiqiang.
Merz vows to rev up German economic ‘growth engine’
AFP, Published on 14/05/2025
» BERLIN - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Wednesday pledged reforms and investment for Europe’s biggest economy to transform it once again into a “growth engine” after two years of recession.
Defending our rights is now even deadlier
Oped, Published on 09/05/2025
» The harassment, detention, torture, and eventual murder in 2006 of Anna Politkovskaya, a Russian investigative journalist who exposed government corruption, the horrors of the Second Chechen War, and the increasingly autocratic regime of Russian President Vladimir Putin, is the subject of a new film, Words of War.
Brazil police foil Lady Gaga gig bomb plot
AFP, Published on 05/05/2025
» BRASíLIA - Brazilian police said Sunday they had arrested two people in connection with a foiled plot to attack Lady Gaga's packed mega-concert in Rio de Janeiro.
ABOUT POLITICS: A spanner in the works?
News, Published on 03/05/2025
» Many have made an ominous prediction after hearing Bhumjaithai Party secretary-general Chaichanok Chidchob say in parliament that the coalition government is living on borrowed time.
Life-saving campaign can also save 22.8 billion baht
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 02/05/2025
» The government has launched a nationwide health initiative against non-communicable diseases (NCDs), targeting more than 38 million citizens in a bid to save over 22 billion baht in national healthcare costs.
Liberals ride Trump backlash to victory in Canada
Published on 29/04/2025
» OTTAWA - Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberals staged a major political comeback to retain power in parliamentary elections, fuelled by a backlash against US President Donald Trump’s tariffs and comments about making Canada the 51st US state.