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Beyond words: '67' crowned 'Word of the Year'
AFP, Published on 31/10/2025
» WASHINGTON - A double-digit combination set the social media sphere ablaze among teens in 2025, leaving parents and teachers befuddled -- and now it has officially been crowned Dictionary.com's "Word of the Year": 67.
Beyond words: '67' crowned 'Word of the Year'
AFP, Published on 30/10/2025
» WASHINGTON — A double-digit combination set the social media sphere ablaze among teens in 2025, leaving parents and teachers befuddled -- and now it has officially been crowned Dictionary.com's "Word of the Year": 67.
Bangkok Music Society honours Queen Mother with Fauré's Requiem
Life, Published on 30/10/2025
» This coming Saturday at 4.30pm in Christ Church on Convent Road, the Bangkok Music Society Choir will perform Requiem In D Minor by Gabriel Fauré, known for its serene and gentle character, in gratitude for the life of HM Queen Sirikit The Queen Mother, who sadly passed away last Friday.
Forget Canada. Better invade Venezuela first!
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 29/10/2025
» Question: Why do some Canadians want Mr Trump to invade Venezuela?
UN picks rights council members with bad records
Oped, Published on 23/10/2025
» In a ritual of near-farcical folly, the UN General Assembly has elected 14 new members to join the Geneva-based Human Rights Council on Oct 15.
Sanae Takaichi becomes Japan's first female prime minister
Reuters, Published on 21/10/2025
» TOKYO — Conservative nationalist Sanae Takaichi was appointed Japan's first female prime minister on Tuesday in a parliamentary vote that handed her a majority in the lower house.
The time I really put my foot in it
Oped, Roger Crutchley, Published on 19/10/2025
» A half-hearted spring-cleaning session at home during the week came to a welcome halt when I unearthed a couple of my father's wartime RAF books under a pile of disintegrating paperbacks. The Air Ministry books, published more than 80 years ago, always serve as a reminder of when as a kid I made a faux pas of embarrassing proportions.
The history of Siamese erotica
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 18/10/2025
» In high school, Artyasit Srisuwan saw his friends bring erotic books to class. Teachers confiscated the material and scolded them, but Artyasit did not take the genre seriously until over a decade ago when he got to know Luang Vilaspariwat, known as Kru Liam, a pioneer of erotic literature in the early 20th century, and wanted to write a thesis about it. Due to the lack of primary sources, his adviser convinced him to change the topic.
The Speak Easy
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 15/10/2025
» Paradox, a cocktail-forward bar opened early this year in Mumbai, India and is headed by Ankush Gamre. From the same team that created Masque, India’s No.1 restaurant on Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2025 list, Gamre also does the cocktails and the cocktail pairing at Masque.
Haunted logic
Postbag, Published on 15/10/2025
» Re: "PM defends border tactics", (BP, Oct 14) & "Border tactics need review", (Editorial, Oct 14).