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Three shocks that shook us in 2025
Oped, Published on 24/12/2025
» This was the year that the remaining pillars of the late-20th-century order were shattered, exposing the hollow core of what passed for a global system. Three blows sufficed.
'A slap': US Ukrainians stunned by Trump-Zelensky showdown
AFP, Published on 04/03/2025
» ALLENTOWN, United States - The parishioners of St Mary's Ukrainian church in Allentown, Pennsylvania were still in shock at Sunday mass following US President Donald Trump's stunning "slap" of Ukraine's president.
Somkiat to start historic season with Sepang tests
Sports, Published on 29/01/2025
» Somkiat Chantra, who signed a two-year contract with the LCR Honda team last August to become the first MotoGP rider from Thailand, is set to begin his new journey at Sepang Shakedown early next month.
US lawmakers warn about ‘climate cartel’
Published on 14/12/2024
» WASHINGTON - A US House of Representatives committee says it has found “substantial evidence of collusion and anticompetitive behaviour” by the financial industry to “impose radical ESG goals” on American companies.
Chon Buri police chief moved pending B140m extortion probe
Published on 17/06/2023
» The Chon Buri provincial police chief is among eight senior officers who have been moved to inactive posts for allegedly colluding with civilians to extort 140 million baht from online gambling suspects.
'Cool drink' is code for cash in graft-ridden S.Africa
AFP, Published on 22/05/2023
» JOHANNESBURG - Casually leaning into the side-window of a car stopped at a routine checkpoint on a congested Johannesburg road, a South African policeman tells the driver he needs "a cool drink".
No vaping for smokers, no bail for 'extortion' police
Post Reporters, Published on 02/02/2023
» Six policemen accused of extorting a group of tourists caught with vaping devices have been denied bail while the Bangkok police chief has ordered a crackdown on illegal e-cigarettes that are widely available in the capital.
Tourists 'told to pay or go to jail'
Post Reporters, Published on 01/02/2023
» A Singaporean man who was with a Taiwanese actress who alleged earlier that her group was extorted said police told him to pay up or spend two days in jail for having vaping devices he'd bought in Bangkok.
Breen leads as night falls in Finland while Ogier struggles
AFP, Published on 02/10/2021
» JYVASKYLA, Finland: Craig Breen led Rally Finland on Friday at the end of the first day's racing with Sebastien Ogier, who could clinch an eighth world title this weekend, down in seventh.
Mogul vs Mogul: Australia's tech law pits Murdoch against Zuckerberg
AFP, Published on 22/02/2021
» SYDNEY: Australia's push to regulate tech giants has become a power struggle between two of the world's most powerful men, with Rupert Murdoch and Mark Zuckerberg locked in a generational battle for media dominance.