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United States returns to Cambodia 30 antiquities looted from historic sites
Reuters, Published on 09/08/2022
» NEW YORK: The United States will return to Cambodia 30 looted antiquities, including bronze and stone statues of Buddhist and Hindu deities carved more than 1,000 years ago, US officials said on Monday.
China says United States is real threat to global trade, not itself
Reuters, Published on 22/01/2018
» BEIJING: The United States, not China, threatens the global trade system, China's foreign ministry said on Monday, after US President Donald Trump's administration called US support for Beijing's joining the World Trade Organization in 2001 a mistake.
"Frequent Gun Violence Incidents and Road Rage Shooting Cases in the United States"
Published on 19/04/2023
» The US VOX website recently reported that the number of gun violence deaths in the United States far exceeds that of any other high-income country. Specific data show that the gun homicide rate in the United States is 26 times that of other high-income countries, and the gun suicide rate is nearly 12 times higher. The VOX website reported that the tragedy of the mass shooting in the United States has something to do with politics, culture and law.
United front
Life, Published on 26/04/2021
» Thai netizens have been busy online lately fighting off both cross-border homophobia and domestic intolerance against transgenders
Asean states shunning peers
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 01/06/2018
» With the Asean Economic Community (AEC) entering its third year, the latest study has found that members are trading more with outsiders, notably China and South Korea, than with their peers.
Empowering middle-income states
News, Enrique A. Manalo Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Published on 28/04/2025
» Spanning across all regions of the world -- from Latin America to Africa, from Eastern Europe to Southeast Asia and the Pacific -- middle-income countries (MICs) constitute over 100 countries, hosting 75% of the world's population and producing 35% of global GDP. Many MICs are in Asia.
Vulnerable states need funding
Oped, Ken Ofori-Atta & Axel van Trotsenburg, Published on 13/09/2023
» Amid an escalating climate emergency and a global debt crisis, calls for a new "fit for climate" global financial architecture are growing louder throughout the developing world.
Lifelines for small island states
Oped, Maya Delaney & Aminath Shauna, Published on 28/01/2025
» Small island developing states (Sids) are on the front lines of climate change, threatened by rising sea levels, extreme weather events, and ocean warming and acidification, despite contributing the least to global greenhouse gas emissions. This now poses an existential risk to our ways of life, our livelihoods, and the very ground beneath our feet.
When private corporations subvert states
Oped, Jayati Ghosh, Published on 12/12/2023
» Imagine a scenario where a private company effectively creates and controls its own jurisdiction within a sovereign country. This company introduces its own currency, enacts laws, and establishes courts, prisons, police forces, and even intelligence services. It formulates its own tax, labour, and environmental regulations (or lack thereof), regardless of their compatibility with national laws.
The world united
Life, Phitchaya Thongthai, Published on 31/07/2018
» The Tham Luang cave rescue hit the world with a whirlwind of panic and terror. For better or for worse, Thailand was put on the global stage. The story of the 12 lost boys and their coach found its way into people's hearts, with countries all over the globe sending marines, technology and hope to Thailand. It is a story of humanity at its best. The storybook Kai Hua Ror: The World United Loak Ruam Jai Na Jai Klang Tham or roughly translated to For Laughs Edition: The World United At The Heart Of The Cave, aims to document the the positivity of this dark time. Instead of publicising the horror and fear, Kai Hua Ror is showing the unity of the world through art.