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Thailand celebrates New Year with 35 millionth visitor in 2017
Online reporters, Published on 01/01/2018
» New Year’s celebrations took place all over Thailand - without any reported major hitches - after a record number of arrivals were recorded in 2017.
Pope on 2018: forget life's useless baggage, work for peace
Associated Press, Published on 01/01/2018
» VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis on Monday recommended jettisoning life's “useless baggage” in 2018, including what he called “empty chatter” and banal consumerism, and focusing instead on building a peaceful and welcoming world, particularly for refugees and migrants.
10 Americans dead in Costa Rica air crash
AGENCIES, Published on 02/01/2018
» SAN JOSE, Costa Rica: Ten Americans on vacation and two crew members died Sunday when their small charter plane crashed and burst into flames shortly after take-off, officials said.
Trump rips, threatens to cut 'foolish' US aid to Pakistan
Reuters, Published on 02/01/2018
» WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Monday that the United States has "foolishly" handed Pakistan more than $33 billion in aid over the last 15 years while getting nothing in return and pledged to put a stop to it.
Premier League: Man United break losing streak
Reuters, Published on 02/01/2018
» Manchester United climbed back up to second in the table in Monday night's Premier League matches, after second-half goals by Anthony Martial and Jesse Lingard earned a 2-0 victory at Everton -- their first win in five games in all competitions.
Patama confident of better show in 2018
Sports, Published on 02/01/2018
» Badminton boss Khunying Patama Leeswadtrakul expects the Thai athletes to break into the world's top 10 in all categories and is also confident that the home stars will deliver the goods at the Thomas & Uber Cup this year.
Zero interference 'a pipe dream'
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 02/01/2018
» A police reform proposal to have investigators work without the interference of powerful bosses has been met with criticism that such a plan is not practicable.
Thailand prepares to show Asean leadership
News, Kornchanok Raksaseri, Published on 02/01/2018
» As Thailand climbs back onto the world stage its foreign policy is likely to take on a more prominent role this year, when the kingdom celebrates 200 years of ties with the United States and Bangkok prepares to take over the chair of Asean in 2019.
270,000 researchers to drive innovation, industry
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 02/01/2018
» Thailand is marching toward innovation as it prepares to hire a raft of new researchers over the next two decades, according to plans announced Monday.
A classical holiday feast for all
Life, Michael Proudfoot, Published on 02/01/2018
» Arturo Toscanini and Wilhelm Furtwängler were two of the greatest conductors of classical music of the last century. Their approaches to performance were quite different. Toscanini believed in faithful adherence to the score, reproducing scrupulously the original tempi, the composer's written markings, the time signatures and so on. Furtwängler, on the other hand, was more spontaneous, responding to the particular circumstances of a concert: the concert hall's acoustics, the orchestra, the responses of the audience, while always, at the same time, keeping the overall architecture of the piece in mind. No two Furtwängler performances of the same work were alike.