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Phuket boat shows
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 04/01/2018
» Two international boat shows will be organised in Phuket.
SET index kicks off new year with a bang
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 04/01/2018
» The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) index rang in the first trading day of the year on an upbeat note, with the gauge posting an all-time closing high of 1,778.53 points, eclipsing the previous record of 1,753.73 set on Jan 4, 1994.
Food for thought
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 05/01/2018
» A corporal motorcycle courier on the Western Front during World War I, Hitler fancied himself the German Napoleon Bonaparte. While he had good political instincts, a military genius he was not. Still, he had several first-rate strategists and tacticians on his staff.
US East Coast braces for a deep freeze
Associated Press, Published on 05/01/2018
» BOSTON: East Coast residents are bracing for a deep freeze a day after a massive winter storm slammed the region with heavy snow, hurricane-force winds and coastal flooding.
Can Thailand meet the challenges of 2018?
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 06/01/2018
» The military government ended 2017 by saying that this year -- supposedly its last in power -- it will wage war on poverty.
Cold Comfort
B Magazine, Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 07/01/2018
» It was 7.30am and I queued for a much-needed coffee as commuters bustled around the city's central train station. But even though the day was well under way, the streets outside were cloaked in darkness -- for this was the depths of winter in the capital of Finland.
Democracy is key for uniting disparate Europe
News, John Lloyd, Published on 08/01/2018
» The European political year, grinding back into gear for 2018, is full of doubt, even woe. In the continent's major countries politics are stuck, or likely to stick, in cul-de-sacs from which exit is difficult. Only in France, under the banner not so much of the tricolour as the injunction En Marche! (Let's Go!), is there official optimism and vigour.
US expansion catches eye of Banpu, PTTEP
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 08/01/2018
» Thai energy firms Banpu Plc and PTT Exploration and Production Plc (PTTEP) are reacting to the announced increase in petroleum production by the US by increasing their investment in the Marcellus and Utica shale regions.
Iran arrests, jails 3,700 to halt protests
Associated Press, Published on 10/01/2018
» DUBAI: Iranian security forces arrested some 3,700 people during widespread protests and unrest over the past two weeks, a lawmaker said Tuesday, offering a far higher number than authorities previously released.
Koh Tao's mountain of garbage to be cleared away
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 10/01/2018
» SURAT THANI: The mountain of garbage, 45,000 tonnes of it, that is polluting Koh Tao island is to finally be removed with the signing of a contract with a new firm that has promised to properly dispose of it all.