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China needs to resolve its underlying data discrepancy
News, Christopher Balding, Published on 24/09/2018
» China's economic data, never easy to track in the best of times, has become almost indecipherable in 2018. While the headline numbers on GDP growth, retail sales and debt tell reassuring stories that (unsurprisingly) match government objectives, the underlying statistics paint a very different picture. What does this tell us about the state of the economy?
China seizes Uighurs, abducts children as 'orphans'
Associated Press, Published on 24/09/2018
» ISTANBUL: Every morning, Meripet wakes up to her nightmare: The Chinese government has turned four of her children into orphans, even though she and their father are alive.
Health care wake-up call
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Sutthiwit Chayutworakan and Kornchanok Raksaseri, Published on 23/09/2018
» The recent case of a six-year-old student who died after suffering an acute stomach ache at school and was delayed for four hours at a healthcare station instead of immediately being transferred to a hospital has come as a wake-up call for schools and healthcare centres nationwide to pay more attention while providing services to children.
'Terrorists' kill at least 29 at Iran military parade
News Agencies, Published on 22/09/2018
» TEHERAN: Twenty-nine people, including women and children, were killed and 57 wounded by militants who opened fire on a military parade in southwestern Iran on Saturday, local media reported.
Even dictators can't monopolise a poll
News, Chaiyapong Samniang, Published on 22/09/2018
» Four years under the military regime headed by Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha, the country has encountered a new socio-political phenomenon in which the men in green have tried to maintain their power.
Falling roll, staff numbers hit schools
News, Sittpoj Kaboui, Published on 21/09/2018
» PHICHIT: Thirteen more schools are facing the prospect of being merged with others, after three small schools were shut down recently due to teacher shortages and declining student numbers, according to a provincial education official.
Putting Thai food to the test
Life, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 21/09/2018
» The clock on the wall turned 10am. The ambience around the student centre building at a Nairobi university was dormant and calm, except a training kitchen where groups of young people, all wearing aprons and caps, busily made a dish. Some measured ingredients while their buddies read recipes out loud; others putt meat into the pot. The scene was almost chaotic with sounds of utensils clanking and bite-sized meat sizzling on frying pans.
Thai scientist to join polar research team in Antarctica
News, Post Reporters, Published on 20/09/2018
» A Thai scientist will join a Polar Research Institute of China team in a five-month research project covering astronomy and pole science to begin on Nov 10 and end on April 10, next year in Antarctica.
Knights of the tripe: French food cults defend local fare
AFP, Published on 19/09/2018
» BAGNOLES-DE-L'ORNE (FRANCE) - On a Saturday morning in September in the Normandy countryside a group of men and women gather for an ancient French initiation ceremony.
AI risks devastating developing world economies
News, Kai-Fu Lee, Published on 19/09/2018
» Most studies of the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on jobs and the economy have focused on developed countries such as the US and Britain. But through my work as a scientist, technology executive and venture capitalist in the US and China, I've come to believe that the gravest threat AI poses is to emerging economies.