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NKorea test-fires new 'long-range cruise missile'
AFP, Published on 13/09/2021
» SEOUL - North Korea has test-fired what it called a new type of "long-range cruise missile" over the weekend, the country's state Korean Central News Agency reported early Monday, amid a long standoff with the United States over denuclearization.
Lawmakers debate long-awaited legislation on torture, abductions
Reuters, Published on 15/09/2021
» Parliament on Wednesday started debating draft legislation outlawing torture and enforced disappearance, following years of delay and civil society outrage over alleged abuses and impunity among law enforcement personnel.
Becoming Long John Silver just for a day
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 19/09/2021
» Important news. Today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day, on which everyone is encouraged to speak in the manner of a buccaneer, sea dog, corsair, picaroon or whatever you wish to call them. If you are desperate Captain Jack Sparrow impersonations will suffice.
Thai path to modernity likely long and fraught
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 16/11/2021
» If the current regime of constitutional monarchy began with a grand compromise between a burgeoning democracy and traditional absolute monarchy back in 1932, the question before us now could be where to strike a balance between these partly contradictory concepts in 2021, as this legacy-laden bundle threatens to unravel at the seams?
Benitez the fall guy for Everton's long malaise
AFP, Published on 05/12/2021
» LIVERPOOL - If any Everton manager could ill afford the club's worst home defeat to Liverpool for 39 years, it was Rafael Benitez.
Evergrande shares rise after day-long trading suspension
AFP, Published on 04/01/2022
» HONG KONG - Shares in the embattled Chinese property giant Evergrande rallied on Tuesday after a day-long suspension, as the company confirmed it has been ordered to demolish part of a resort in Hainan province.
Cinephiles to get a week-long French treat
Life, Published on 05/01/2022
» The French Embassy, in partnership with HAL Distribution, presents "Celine Sciamma Retrospective (2007-2022)", which will bring five selected movies of the French screenwriter and film director to theatres in Bangkok and Chiang Mai, from Sunday to Jan 16.
Researchers studying cause, treatment for long Covid-19
Life, Published on 11/01/2022
» DEAR DOCTORS: When are treatments for long Covid going to be available? I had Covid-19 in the very beginning, when there were no tests for it yet, and I've never really recovered. Is long Covid still happening to people who are getting sick now?
Long pandemic is giving way to 'virus fatigue'
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 14/01/2022
» The most dangerous consequence of Covid fatigue, however, is the magical thinking that it induces even in some health professionals. “It’s been so long; surely it will be over soon” is a wish, not a scientific statement.
The BBC is dead, long live the BBC
Published on 28/01/2022
» LONDON: For years the BBC and its financing model have belonged to that small category of things that make no sense in theory but work well in practice. Now that model is imperiled, and the BBC will be forced to abandon its traditional role and find its place in the modern media landscape.