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The right to clean air
Oped, Editorial, Published on 26/09/2020
» If the city's air quality over the past few years is any guide, the haze season is fast approaching, which usually sets off a PM2.5 crisis. Haze season is the outcome of a combination of man-made environmental destruction paired with the forces of nature. During this season, low air pressure from China causes air stagnation, which leads to more air pollution as particles from factory emissions and vehicle engine fumes hover in the atmosphere.
Cast votes with care
Oped, Postbag, Published on 13/11/2020
» Scandinavian Democrat says it all when he points out what has gone before in Thai politics since 1932 (PostBag, Nov 10). I hope for reform but there is no will to see it happen in a fair way. Thailand swaps one corrupt government for another year after year, be they ex-army or "democratic" candidates, it matters not.
"Investing in the rule of law for a better future"
Published on 25/09/2018
» The Thailand Institute of Justice (TIJ), in collaboration with the Institute for Global Law and Policy (IGLP) at Harvard Law School, has announced an upcoming workshop on the rule of law and policy, which aims to provide a platform for scholars and emerging leaders from around the globe to engage with and learn from like-minded peers in the public and private sectors on cross-cutting legal and policy issues. The TIJ-IGLP Workshop for Emerging Leaders on the Rule of Law and Policy seeks to provide them with crucial analytical and practical skills through the exchange of innovative ideas and alternative approaches to understand the rule of law in all its complexities for the realization of sustained and equitable growth.
Judge temporarily halts Trump block on foreign students at Harvard
AFP, Published on 24/05/2025
» NEW YORK — A judge suspended Friday the Trump administration's move to block Harvard from enrolling and hosting foreign students after the prestigious university sued, calling the action unconstitutional.
Covid reinfection rare, more common over 65: study
AFP, Published on 18/03/2021
» PARIS - Surviving Covid-19 protects most people against reinfection for at least six months, but elderly patients are more likely to be laid low by the virus a second time, researchers reported Thursday.
US university to pay over $1bn in gynecologist sex abuse settlement
AFP, Published on 26/03/2021
» LOS ANGELES: A top California university has agreed to pay more than $1 billion to hundreds of women who accused a former campus gynecologist of sexual abuse, lawyers representing plaintiffs said Thursday.
India arrests 'doctor' conman who married 18 women
AFP, Published on 21/02/2022
» Bibhu Prakash Swain believed in soulmates and true love, or so he told at least 18 women he allegedly married and conned across India before his arrest -- weeks before his next two weddings.
Poland asks Germany for war reparations of 1.3 trillion euros
AFP, Published on 01/09/2022
» WARSAW - Poland on Thursday estimated the financial cost of World War II losses to be 1.3 trillion euros (dollars) and said it would "ask Germany to negotiate these reparations".
Two dead in shopping mall shooting
Gary Boyle, Published on 03/10/2023
» Police have arrested a 14-year-old boy who went on a shooting rampage inside Siam Paragon shopping mall, killing two people and injuring five others — two of them critically — on Tuesday afternoon.
Korean coffee memories
Gary Boyle, Published on 18/03/2020
» A South Korean professor and his son share their knowledge with Thai students.