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On top of the world in Kathmandu
Roger Crutchley, Published on 14/09/2025
» I was sorry to read about the unrest in Kathmandu this week. As a kid in the UK during the 1950s I used to daydream about far away places with strange-sounding names. One of those places was Kathmandu.
The precarious life of gorillas
Oped, Assaf Levy, Published on 27/09/2023
» Have you ever wondered what it is like to stand face to face with a creature so powerful yet so achingly human in its gaze? Imagine, for a moment, to be in the heart of Africa's mystical forests, surrounded by towering trees and the ethereal sounds of nature. And there, in that sacred realm, you find yourself in the presence of gorillas -- these gentle giants, our kin in the animal kingdom, who hold a mirror to our own humanity.
Who will take over when Putin regime ends?
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 29/05/2023
» Let us suppose that the current Russian regime collapses, with or without a Ukrainian military victory to give it a final shove. Who would be the least objectionable candidate to take over in Moscow?
PM2.5 nightmares
Oped, Postbag, Published on 18/03/2023
» Re: "PM2.5: Endless deja vu in Thailand", (Opinion, March 12).
Whose rule of law should the world follow?
News, Antara Haldar, Published on 03/01/2023
» In the early 2000s, there was a near-unanimous consensus among academic lawyers that the absence of the rule of law was strictly a "Third World problem" -- meaning one that the advanced economies of the Global North had solved. Yet, just over a decade later, the United States elected as president a man who would go on to incite an insurrection at the US Capitol, conspire to overturn an election that he lost, abscond with classified documents when he finally left the White House, and then call for the "termination" of the US Constitution.
Between the lines
Oped, Postbag, Published on 23/07/2022
» Re: "Keeping democratic institutions weak", (Opinion, July 22).
Guessing games
Oped, Postbag, Published on 06/01/2022
» Re: "Cambodia: Asean's spoiler or saviour?" (BP, Jan 4). Once again, Mr Kavi's forecast about Cambodia's role in Asean is like any horoscope.
More equal marriage bluster
News, Postbag, Published on 21/11/2021
» Re: "Govt aims to expedite gender bill," (BP, Nov 19).
Chasing quick cash
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 23/11/2020
» On Sep 16, I could have been a lucky birthday girl had I bought the lottery with five and seven as the last two digits. Although my intuition told me to buy these numbers which represented my age, I didn't.
Spare boys a media circus, learn instead
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 06/07/2018
» Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai may be labyrinthine and pitch black but there is light at the end of the tunnel for the 12 boys who spent their 13th night there Thursday.