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Preparing for AI-enabled bioweapons
Oped, Published on 11/03/2026
» We don't know when the next epidemic or pandemic will hit, or where the next infectious threat will emerge. But we do know that the nature of the threat is constantly evolving. One of the most sobering takeaways from this year's Munich Security Conference was that AI-enabled gene editing has radically lowered the barrier to developing genetically engineered bioweapons. We must prepare to live with even deeper uncertainty about whether emerging infectious threats are natural or man-made, and whether they have been accidentally or deliberately released.
Planning for the inevitable
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 11/03/2026
» Death Fest, a fair promoting meaningful well-being and peaceful death, returns for its second year from Friday until Sunday at Impact Exhibition Center, Hall 6. Death Fest is organised by Peaceful Death, an expert group on illness, care and death; The Cloud, an online magazine; and Choojai & Friends, a creative agency.
Italy buys rare Caravaggio portrait for €30 million
AFP, Published on 10/03/2026
» ROME - Italy has paid 30 million euros for a Caravaggio painting of the future pope Urban VIII, the culture ministry said on Tuesday, adding that the work would enter the Barberini museum collection in Rome.
Two arrested for stealing luxury watches from Pattaya home
Gary Boyle, Published on 10/03/2026
» Two men have been arrested for allegedly breaking into a luxury home on in South Pattaya and stealing luxury watches worth more than 6.4 million baht.
Two arrested for stealing B6.4m worth of luxury watches from Pattaya home
Online Reporters, Published on 09/03/2026
» CHON BURI — Two men have been arrested for allegedly breaking into a luxury home on Khao Phra Tamnak in South Pattaya and making off with high-end watches worth more than 6.4 million baht.
Trader laments fertiliser shortage, but govt says there's plenty
Published on 09/03/2026
» BURI RAM - A local chemical fertiliser trader has complained he is running out of stock and blames it on the war in the Middle East, but the Ministry of Commerce says Thailand has a five-month supply on hand.
Shelter rankings and shower-timing apps: Israelis, Palestinians adjust to Iranian rockets
AFP, Published on 09/03/2026
» JERUSALEM - What is Israel's best bomb shelter? And when is the best time of day to shower without interruption from a missile alert?
It's never been more important to strengthen ties
Oped, Published on 09/03/2026
» Australia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) face a defining moment. Intensifying great-power competition, climate crises and economic fragmentation are reshaping the Indo-Pacific, raising urgent questions about how the two sides can build a truly resilient partnership.
Young Chinese parents tighten belts as childcare costs rise
AFP, Published on 08/03/2026
» LANGFANG (CHINA) - New mother Zhang Xiaofei wanted to be financially secure before having a baby, wary of high childcare costs that have been softened only a little by Chinese government cash incentives to boost record-low births.
Tehran fuel dumps burn as Iran warns it can fight for months
AFP, Published on 08/03/2026
» TEHRAN - Huge fireballs and clouds of thick smoke erupted over Tehran on Sunday after US-Israeli air strikes hit fuel depots in the city, as Iran's Revolutionary Guards vowed to fight on for months to come.