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Kunlavut, Supanida lead Thai charge
Sports, Published on 08/05/2025
» Kunlavut Vitidsarn has been drawn to face China's Lei Lanxi in the first round, while Supanida Katethong will begin her title defence with an all-Thai clash at the BWF Toyota Thailand Open 2025 next week.
Costly inaction on gender parity
News, Published on 08/05/2025
» As I sat in the gender parity session at the WEF's Annual Meeting in Davos early this year, a familiar frustration washed over me.
Violence tests peace hopes
News, Editorial, Published on 08/05/2025
» The escalating violence in the restive South in recent weeks is abominable. The random killings of almost a dozen people, mostly civilians, have seen the office of Chularajmontri -- the highest-ranking Thai Muslim cleric, who generally stays neutral -- joining condemnation of such acts.
Woman accused of B3.6m air ticket scam has vanished
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 07/05/2025
» SURAT THANI - A woman who sold discounted air tickets online is accused of defrauding about 50 people of 3.6 million in total.
A taste of Potong at Shake Shack
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 07/05/2025
» Shake Shack has collaborated with Pichaya "Chef Pam" Soontornyanakij, World’s Best Female Chef 2025 and Michelin-starred Potong's chef patron, to introduce a limited-time menu consisting of four new items until July 6 at all branches in Bangkok and via the application Grab.
Indonesia's 'silvermen' beg to make ends meet
AFP, Published on 07/05/2025
» JAKARTA - On a rainy day in Indonesia's capital Jakarta, three men coated in metallic paint known as the "manusia silver", or silvermen, brave the elements at an intersection near a mall to ask drivers for change.
Motown legend Smokey Robinson sued for sexual assault
AFP, Published on 07/05/2025
» LOS ANGELES — Motown legend Smokey Robinson was facing a multimillion dollar lawsuit on Tuesday from four former housekeepers who allege the soul singer repeatedly raped and sexually assaulted them.
Pope Francis the shepherd on the animal kingdom
Oped, Peter Singer, Published on 07/05/2025
» When Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected pope in 2013, many liberals had high expectations. Would priests be allowed to marry? Or, more radical still, perhaps he would open a path for women to be ordained? There were even some hints that he might recognise same-sex unions.
Zhao makes history as China's first World Snooker champion
AFP, Published on 06/05/2025
» SHEFFIELD — Zhao Xintong became the first Chinese player to win the World Snooker Championship as the qualifier completed his stunning march to the title with a 18-12 victory against Mark Williams in the final on Monday.
French Resistance members reunited 80 years after end of WWII
AFP, Published on 06/05/2025
» WASHINGTON — Renee Guette, 98, laughed as she looked at her computer screen in Texas. On the other end of the video call was 97-year-old Andree Dupont, living in France.