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Why Myanmar’s war matters, even if the world is not watching
New York Times, Published on 20/04/2024
» SEOUL — An escalating civil war threatens to break apart a country of roughly 55 million people that sits between China and India. That has international consequences, but the conflict has not commanded wide attention.
‘Captain Condom’ turned the tide in war on Aids, overpopulation
New York Times, Published on 06/08/2022
» Mechai Viravaidya twice saw Thailand in desperate trouble — first from a ruinous population explosion and then from the Aids epidemic — and he responded to both crises the same way: with condoms and his own considerable charisma.
Google suspends advertising in Russia
New York Times, Published on 04/03/2022
» Google said Thursday night that it had suspended all advertising in Russia after the country’s internet regulator demanded that the company stop showing what it considered ads displaying false information about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
First Ukraine city falls as Russia strikes more civilian targets
New York Times, Published on 03/03/2022
» ODESSA, Ukraine: Russian forces on Wednesday seized the first major Ukrainian city in their onslaught, the strategic port of Kherson, as they stepped up bombardment of civilian targets across the country, put other cities under siege and pushed to encircle and cut off the capital, Kyiv.
World unprepared for next pandemic, report says
New York Times, Published on 09/12/2021
» Nearly two years into the Covid-19 pandemic, the world remains “dangerously unprepared” for the next major outbreak, according to a new report.
Fed goes all-in with new, unlimited bond buying
New York Times, Published on 23/03/2020
» The Federal Reserve said it would buy as much government-backed debt as needed to soothe fraught markets and unrolled a series of programmes meant to shore up both large and small businesses, unveiling a whatever-it-takes effort to cushion the brutal economic blow of coronavirus.
As 737 Max crisis festers, Boeing fires its leader
New York Times, Published on 24/12/2019
» NEW YORK: Boeing said on Monday that it had fired its chief executive, Dennis A. Muilenburg, who was unable to stabilise the company after two crashes involving its best-selling 737 Max plane killed 346 people and set off the worst crisis in the manufacturing giant’s 103-year history.
In fragrant street food, city planners see a mess
New York Times, Published on 15/12/2019
» The coconut wood pestle hits the mortar, and the chili fumes rise in a cough-inducing haze. The lime rind bruises. Salted crab releases its funk, along with bits of claw and carapace.
Brexit proving good news for discounters
Business, New York Times, Published on 05/08/2017
» At the vast Sainsbury's grocery store in south London's Tooting Broadway neighbourhood, a basket of milk, eggs, bread, cornflakes and butter will cost shoppers £4 and 70 pence, or about $6.15. A short walk away at Aldi and Lidl -- two German discount grocery stores -- those same items amount to £3.92.
Trump presses Xi on ‘growing threat’ of North Korea
New York Times, Published on 03/07/2017
» President Donald Trump spoke with President Xi Jinping of China on Monday to appeal for his help with what he called the “growing threat” posed by North Korea’s nuclear weapons program, the White House said.