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Ukraine survives 'the most difficult winter'
AFP, Published on 01/03/2023
» KYIV: Ukraine said it had survived a months-long winter onslaught of Russian strikes on water and energy infrastructure, as it marked the first day of spring Wednesday.
Myanmar's military takeover falters
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 03/02/2023
» Global news headlines this month will be focused on the one-year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which falls on Feb 24. This external aggression, where a bigger state unilaterally takes territory from a smaller neighbour by force, can be juxtaposed to an internal subjugation in Myanmar, where a military coup took place two years ago this week. Whether the aggression is externally between states, or internally within a state, the oppressors behave the same way and pursue similar objectives of conquest and dominance. Reversing an internal subjugation is as morally compelling as turning back an external aggression. What Myanmar's civilian-led resistance coalition needs is a fraction of the aid the Ukrainians have been receiving.
Man cashed his dead mum's social security cheques for 26 yrs in US
New York Times, Published on 03/12/2022
» A Missouri man pleaded guilty this week to stealing his dead mother’s Social Security payments for more than a quarter century, accumulating nearly US$200,000 in the process, federal prosecutors said.
Robots? Some Companies Find Only Humans Can Do the Job
Business, Published on 05/11/2022
» Robots are the future. In certain sectors, however, that's not anytime soon.
Heady days of 2006
Oped, Postbag, Published on 22/09/2022
» Re: "Thaksin, 16 years on: Coup was a stab in the back", (BP, Sept 19).
Antony scores on debut as Man Utd end Arsenal's perfect start
AFP, Published on 05/09/2022
» LONDON: Antony scored on his dream debut for Manchester United as the Brazilian's clinical strike and Marcus Rashford's double inspired a 3-1 win that ended Arsenal's perfect start to the Premier League season on Sunday.
Don't blame me, says Anupong
News, Post Reporters, Published on 09/08/2022
» Interior Minister Anupong Paojinda said local authorities must take responsibility for Friday's inferno at the Mountain B pub in Chon Buri's Sattahip district that killed 15 people and injured 38.
Dead rivers: The cost of Bangladesh's garment-driven economic boom
AFP, Published on 21/06/2022
» DHAKA: Bangladeshi ferryman Kalu Molla began working on the Buriganga river before the patchwork of slums on its banks gave way to garment factories -- and before its waters turned pitch black.
Left hopes for historic win in Colombia's 'change election'
AFP, Published on 27/05/2022
» BOGOTA - Colombians go to the polls Sunday in a deeply polarized election that could see a leftist -- and ex-guerrilla -- become president for the first time in the history of the violence- and inequality-plagued country.
In slap at China, US praises SAfrica's detection of new Covid strain
AFP, Published on 28/11/2021
» WASHINGTON - The United States praised South Africa Saturday for quickly identifying the new Covid strain called Omicron and sharing this information with the world -- a barely veiled slap at China's handling of the original outbreak of the novel coronavirus.