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The generational shift in learning needs addressing
News, Mariano Miguel Carrera, Published on 22/04/2026
» Picking mangoes at home recently highlighted the generational shift in learning. My sons, 10 and 13, were not interested in the mangoes. After years of pushing, pleading and prompting, climbing the trees is a problem for them. Interest muted. They occasionally pick mangoes with a rod to eat, but the joy of climbing trees and picking mangoes by hand is not there. Convenience, interest and options make what was once a rite of passage, a joy, a form of exercise, learning, a communion with nature and more, a mundane -- meh.
Venture launches alcohol detection system
Business, Published on 22/04/2026
» Mobile Innovation Co Ltd, a fleet management systems, 5G solutions and digital innovation company, has joined forces with Human Technologies (Thailand) Co Ltd to launch an intelligent safety solution for the digital era called "Trac Online Alcohol Checker".
SCOTUS slaps down YouTube copyright actions
Life, James Hein, Published on 22/04/2026
» Following on from my previous observation of the music industry harassing content creators, the Supreme Court in the US just rewrote the rules of secondary copyright liability. On March 25, the Supreme Court unanimously held that simply knowing your users might infringe copyright is not enough to make you liable. This negated the old theory that "knowledge plus material contribution" was enough.
Unspoken truths
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 22/04/2026
» Chumpol Kamwanna is an artist renowned for his satire on society and political art. His latest exhibition "Unspoken", which is on display at Seacon Square Srinakarin, is his reflection on the importance of the things that are left unsaid.
Downing Street ‘exerted pressure to OK Mandelson’
AFP, Published on 21/04/2026
» LONDON - Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s office applied constant pressure on civil servants to approve the appointment of Peter Mandelson as UK ambassador to Washington and seemed to brush off security concerns, a sacked official told MPs on Tuesday.
Thai job broker accused of smuggling 'little ghosts' into S.Korea
Online Reporters, Published on 21/04/2026
» A Thai woman and a Korean chicken farmer face charges of smuggling illegal Thai workers, known as "little ghosts", into South Korea.
Who are the candidates running for UN secretary-general?
Reuters, Published on 21/04/2026
» GENEVA — The 10th United Nations (UN) secretary-general will be elected this year for a five-year term starting on Jan 1, 2027.
Scarce food, bleak futures spur Rohingya refugees to gamble with death at sea
Reuters, Published on 21/04/2026
» COX'S BAZAR — Rohingya refugee Rahila Begum spent two days adrift in the Andaman Sea this month, clinging to a wooden shard after her overcrowded boat capsized, one of the few survivors of a disaster that left 250 missing and feared dead.
EC submits clarification to court on barcodes in ballot papers
News, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 21/04/2026
» The Election Commission (EC) has submitted its written clarification to the Constitutional Court in response to allegations that barcodes and QR codes printed on ballot papers in the Feb 8 general election could undermine the secrecy of voting and violate the constitution.
UK PM denies misleading MPs, says officials hid Mandelson info
AFP, Published on 21/04/2026
» LONDON - Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday denied misleading parliament over the appointment of Peter Mandelson as UK envoy to Washington, and accused officials of deliberately hiding information that the Labour politician had been denied security clearance.