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Sabalenka, Gauff on Melbourne tennis collision course in quarters
AFP, Published on 19/01/2025
» MELBOURNE - World number one Aryna Sabalenka swept into the Australian Open quarter-finals on Sunday and was joined by Coco Gauff, while Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz can later set up a blockbuster clash.
Alcaraz through at US Open as Sabalenka, Vondrousova advance
AFP, Published on 01/09/2023
» NEW YORK - World number one Carlos Alcaraz edged closer to a US Open rematch with Italy's Jannik Sinner on Thursday as Grand Slam winners Aryna Sabalenka and Marketa Vondrousova booked their places in the third round.
Unfair trade
News, Post Reporters, Published on 28/05/2023
» Re: "30% not a majority", (PostBag, May 25).
Djokovic delivers 'best performance of year' to book Murray clash
AFP, Published on 04/05/2022
» MADRID: Top seed Novak Djokovic described his straight-sets opening win over Gael Monfils in Madrid on Tuesday as his "best performance of the year" as he set up a showdown with Andy Murray.
Djokovic eyes third round on Wimbledon's worrying Centre Court
AFP, Published on 30/06/2021
» LONDON - Five-time champion Novak Djokovic renews his long-standing Wimbledon rivalry with Kevin Anderson on Wednesday as serious questions are asked over the quality of the fabled Centre Court where Serena Williams suffered her tournament-ending injury.
Ethnic inequality 'extreme', says study
News, Published on 21/02/2019
» In the spirit of Sustainable Development Goal 10, which seeks to reduce inequality, Thailand's first major national study on differences in development by ethnicity was recently published.
Thai universities in drastic decline
News, Published on 19/02/2018
» Thai universities are failing abysmally, according to this year's Asia University Rankings (AUR). Seven of the top 10 Thai universities scored lower than last year, while two obtained the same ranking and only one advanced.
Trapped in a gilded cage of complacency
News, Published on 08/02/2018
» Across the globe, democracy, freedoms and the rule of law are collapsing. Our planet is suffering from increasing uncontrolled migration due to resource extraction limits and global climate change which is compounding rising authoritarianism and xenophobia in countries like Myanmar. Thailand, a key middle power in Southeast Asia with great potential to lead, remains trapped in a golden cage of complacency.
Geopolitics of fusion at risk in reactor saga
News, Published on 11/01/2018
» Making steady progress, the internationally funded International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) has announced that it will begin experimenting in producing fusion energy via the same processes as our sun around 2035. Yet, there are fears that the move will be eclipsed by recent developments by private companies, which have invested massively with the hope of commercialising fusion energy decades ahead of bureaucratically run ITER.
Prosperity by a grand societal compromise
News, Published on 21/12/2017
» Capitalism has been a great invention of humanity. It has enabled countless entrepreneurs to develop new products and is a major reason why we have modern advancements such as aeroplanes, cars, and mobile phones. Yet, limitless capitalism has its problems. As the French economist Thomas Piketty's influential Capitalism in the Twenty-First Century describes, over an extended period, capitalism invariably leads to ever-growing wealth among the rich at the expense of the poor, causing class cleavages. As Thailand expects to return to normal politics next year, the country must address the potential instability extreme wealth inequality produces.