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How to help the world's poor most effectively
News, Bjorn Lomborg, Published on 22/12/2025
» As 2025 draws to a close, it's natural to turn our thoughts to the good we can do in the coming year -- not just for our families and communities, but for the world at large. The holidays are a moment not just for personal resolutions but for asking a bigger question: how can we help the world's poor as effectively as possible?
Hat Yai flood a saga of merry fools
Oped, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 01/12/2025
» Most people are aware of the complete failure of the Anutin administration's failure to handle the flood disaster in Hat Yai.
Only courts can deal with Thaksin
Oped, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 30/06/2025
» The rally at the Victory Monument on Saturday to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra resembled the so-called "Bangkok Shutdown" held in 2014 by the People's Democratic Reform Committee to demand the ouster of the government of then prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, Ms Paetongtarn's aunt.
Caribbean states step up calls for slavery reparations
Published on 20/02/2025
» Former colonial powers must apologise and pay compensation for their historic role in the enslavement of Africans, Grenadian Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell has told European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
A tale of love and survival
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 16/08/2024
» Exploring the harsh realities of poverty and homelessness, Lolo And The Kid is a new Filipino drama on Netflix that seeks to tug at the heartstrings with a tale of an unlikely bond between an adult hustler and a child.
Literacy hurdles
Oped, Postbag, Published on 15/03/2024
» Re: "Education woes aren't about funding", (Opinion, March 13).
The risks that are threatening India's rise
News, Published on 23/11/2023
» A few decades ago, India was a relatively minor player on the world stage. Despite its size and vast population, it grappled with what became pejoratively known as the "Hindu rate of growth," with GDP increasing at a tepid annual pace of 4%, or 2% per capita from 1947, when it gained independence, until the 1980s.
Learning that counts
Postbag, Published on 13/08/2023
» Re: "New take on Mother's Day", (Editorial, Aug 12).
Niger coup leaves France facing range of dilemmas
AFP, Published on 02/08/2023
» PARIS - The coup in Niger has left former colonial master France with an array of headaches ranging from how to extract its citizens in the face of a deteriorating security situation to future French military strategy.
Afghan women stopped from entering universities after Taliban ban
AFP, Published on 21/12/2022
» KABUL: Hundreds of young women were stopped by armed guards on Wednesday from entering Afghan university campuses, a day after the nation's Taliban rulers banned them from higher education in another assault on human rights.