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Guru's Weekly Buzz: Sept 12-18
Guru, Published on 12/09/2025
» Guru By Bangkok's pick of the most exciting products, activities, food and travel to indulge in.
Prime minister, exile and now prisoner: Thai power broker Thaksin’s new chapter
New York Times, Published on 12/09/2025
» A year ago, Thaksin Shinawatra’s astonishing resurgence to power in Thailand seemed complete. One of his daughters had just been elected prime minister. And he was flaunting his influence, giving speeches on his “vision for Thailand.”
Familiar foes face off in Women's Rugby World Cup quarter-finals
AFP, Published on 12/09/2025
» LONDON - The Women's Rugby World Cup reaches the quarter-final stage this weekend, with four clashes between old rivals.
Invisible infrastructure: How Worldpay powers global travel payments
Published on 12/09/2025
» For the travel industry, complexity is a constant. Multi-leg itineraries, last-minute bookings, and fragmented regulations make payments anything but simple. Yet for travellers, the expectation is clear: fast, intuitive and local. Worldpay is the engine behind that seamless experience.
Epstein birthday book renews pressure on Trump, other former pals
AFP, Published on 12/09/2025
» WASHINGTON - A decades-old book of cheerful, often lewd birthday messages has set off a political bomb in Washington -- helping bring down the British ambassador and inflaming the most perilous scandal of Donald Trump's presidency.
Sea Thailand Leads Wishlist Financial Literacy Tournament
Published on 11/09/2025
» Bangkok, September 2025 – Building money skills through play, the second annual “Wishlist Thailand Tournament 2025” brings together Sea (Thailand)—the internet platform behind Garena, Shopee and Monee—and the Institute of Board Game for Learning. The competition promotes personal financial skills and resilience by expanding the reach of the “Wishlist: Allocate Money, Fulfill Your Dreams” board game among students, teachers and parents, and this year extends to youth, families and the general public. With a prize pool of more than 50,000 baht and prestigious trophies, the final round was recently held at EmSphere in Bangkok.
Chinese ringleader, ex-Thai wife arrested in multi-million baht scam bust
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 11/09/2025
» A Chinese ringleader of a scam network, his former Thai wife and 13 associates were arrested, with assets worth over 21 million baht seized during police raids across four provinces on Wednesday.
British envoy to US sacked over Epstein links
Published on 11/09/2025
» LONDON - Peter Mandelson, Britain’s smooth-talking ambassador to the United States, was sacked on Thursday after his long-term association with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein became a further distraction for under-pressure Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
China punishes popular app for ‘trivial’ content
Published on 11/09/2025
» China’s internet regulator said on Thursday it had ordered “warnings and strict punishment” to bosses at the popular social media app Xiaohongshu over its online content, slamming “trivial” and “negative” posts.
Z Fold 7: A smooth and elegant transition from bar type phones
Komsan John Jandamit, Published on 11/09/2025
» The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 has been out on Thai markets for about 2 months and has remained as one of the thinnest and most premium folding phones at the present. But competition has been fierce, with many Chinese phone companies releasing their top-of-the-line folding phones just lately, how is it holding up compared other folding phones in 2025?