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Carter's wisdom
Oped, Postbag, Published on 01/01/2025
» Re: "Jimmy Carter: president, global mediator, Nobel laureate", (World, Dec 30).
Lockerbie bombing and the questions that linger
Oped, Published on 20/12/2024
» I often wondered how much of our lives are predetermined by forces beyond our comprehension.
Trump to challenge global order
Oped, Published on 22/11/2024
» With President Donald Trump back in the White House, the fate of the liberal international order created by the US at the end of World War II is at risk.
Myanmar and South China Sea to test Asean relevance in summit
Reuters, Published on 08/10/2024
» VIENTIANE - Southeast Asian leaders will meet in Laos this week as Myanmar's civil war and mounting tensions in the South China Sea risk corroding the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) grouping's central role in the region.
War starts when deterrence falls short
Oped, Published on 02/03/2024
» On Feb 24, 2022, when I heard that Russia had invaded Ukraine, calling it a "special military operation", I thought that the war would not last beyond a month.
Fresh start for Thai, Saudi ties
News, Published on 26/01/2022
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has wrapped up a one-day visit to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday with a vow that a Thai-Saudi joint committee will be set up to restore diplomatic ties and promote economic cooperation and people-to-people contact.
Asean leaders meet under US-China trade war cloud
Published on 02/11/2019
» Southeast Asian countries must stick together in the face of a trade war started by US President Donald Trump, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Saturday at the start of a regional summit held in the shadow of US-China tensions.
Rigid airline ticketing helps cause spread of disease
News, Published on 06/08/2014
» Doctors Without Borders have declared the Ebola epidemic "out of control". The World Health Organisation's director-general Dr Margaret Chan, has said the Ebola outbreak is moving faster than efforts to control it and if it continues on this path, the consequences could be "catastrophic".
How to say a diplomatic no to Iran’s UN envoy
News, Published on 19/04/2014
» Both houses of the US Congress have voted unanimously to prevent Hamid Aboutalebi from entering the United States. Iran has appointed Mr Aboutalebi as its next ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations (UN) in New York. But the White House has indicated that Mr Aboutalebi will not be issued a US visa, even though the president has yet to sign the bill into law.
Prosecutors in an unwelcome light
News, Published on 02/11/2013
» Public prosecutors have been under the glaring eye of the public of late _ and they may not be in the most enviable of positions.