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Just not feasible
Postbag, Published on 27/07/2024
» Re: "Chemical solution", (PostBag, July 25) and "Halting tilapia invasion 'a priority'", (BP, July 23).
A new zoo vision?
Oped, Postbag, Published on 24/07/2024
» Re: "Dusit Zoo successor to open next year", (BP, July 22). Although the new zoo is a most welcome development in principle, I can't picture Babar and his odd choice of chums cooperating in this Arcadian fantasy.
Rwanda confirms Kagame’s landslide win with 99.2% of vote
Bloomberg News, Published on 23/07/2024
» KIGALI - Rwanda's President Paul Kagame secured a fourth term after winning 99.2% of the vote, extending his two-and-a-half-decade rule of the East African nation.
Global court says Israel's occupation of territories violates international law
New York Times, Published on 20/07/2024
» THE HAGUE - The International Court of Justice said Friday that Israel's occupation of the West Bank and east Jerusalem, and its settlements there, violated international law — the most sweeping stance laid out by the world's highest court on an issue that has been the subject of debates and resolutions at the United Nations (UN) for decades.
Missing the point
Oped, Postbag, Published on 09/07/2024
» Re: "No doubles for expats", (PostBag, July 8). Is it possible that Songdej Praditsmanont is completely missing the essential point that most recent contributions to PostBag have so far highlighted very loudly on this topic? Over his many attempts at justifying the current proposal by the Head of the Revenue Department to tax foreigners on their worldwide income, he has systematically ignored the elephant in the room, being the blatant unfairness associated with such a policy.
Tracing loss and legacy
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 03/07/2024
» Last year, Marisa Srijunpleang, an artist from Surin, created the art exhibition "T360174" which showed how the Khmer Rouge genocide directly and indirectly affected her family. Recently, Marisa created the photo exhibition "Blooms With The Wind Blows", a continuation of her previous work.
Half a million in Gaza face starvation
New York Times, Published on 26/06/2024
» NEW YORK - The Gaza Strip is at high risk of famine and almost half a million people there face starvation because of a catastrophic lack of food, a group of global experts said Tuesday, though it stopped short of saying that a famine had begun in the enclave as a result of the Israel-Hamas war.
Spain's twin city project ignites local democracy
Oped, Published on 26/06/2024
» In 1992, Barcelona, Spain, announced the creation of a new, 11th district of the city.
The bigger game: Israel and Saudi Arabia vs Iran
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 22/06/2024
» Gaza, IDF, Hamas, Mr Netanyahu, famine, terrorism, genocide, and on and on: the loud, incessant clatter of local issues and tactical moves almost drowns out the low, grinding noise as the Middle East shifts inexorably into a new strategic alignment. But it's happening, and it's still about oil, sort of.
