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  • BUSINESS

    Facebook puts 'Instagram Kids' project on hold

    Business, Published on 29/09/2021

    » New York: Facebook Inc announced on Monday that it was pausing development of the children's version of its Instagram video-sharing social networking service, after widespread criticism and building worries the platform could damage young people's mental health.

  • LIFE

    Thai pride

    Guru, Eric E Surbano, Published on 15/11/2019

    » Thailand is well-known around the world for a number of things: beautiful beaches, great food and extremely friendly people, to name a few. It's also home to a variety of homegrown talent be it in the entertainment industry or elsewhere. Sure, you can probably name a bunch off the top of your head that people go gaga for right here in the country, but there's also a number of them who are pretty well-known internationally, some of whom you may not be aware of. Either way, these are people who are making their motherland proud and whose works are worthy to be celebrated. From make-up artists to cake designers, here are Thais who are getting recognition locally and internationally for their work.

  • BUSINESS

    Ignore the Scare Stories: Supplies of Christmas Trees Meet Demand

    Business, Published on 12/12/2022

    » A holiday tradition has emerged in recent years. As the last Halloween decorations come down and you start thinking about Christmas, you encounter a story warning of a Christmas-tree shortage.

  • WORLD

    Typhoon kills 11 in Japan, Kansai airport flooded

    Published on 05/09/2018

    » TOKYO: A powerful typhoon killed at least 11 people in western Japan and an airport company had to transfer some 3,000 stranded passengers by boats, public broadcaster NHK reported on Wednesday. More than a million homes were without power.

  • OPINION

    Truth via debate

    Oped, Postbag, Published on 31/07/2021

    » Re: "PM orders ban on 'fake news'," (BP, July 30).

  • OPINION

    Prepare for a spike

    News, Postbag, Published on 27/10/2021

    » Re: "Reopening glitz and glam needs a backup plan," (Opinion, Oct 26).

  • BUSINESS

    All hail Asean's warrior princess

    Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 08/03/2021

    » I couldn't believe that I hadn't been to the cinema for nearly a year. Blame Covid-19 for putting movie theatres off-limits, leaving us no choice but to entertain ourselves at home. It's no substitute for the pleasure of the big silver screen, but for the sake of my health, I had no choice.

  • BUSINESS

    Musk to Add 'Saturday Night Live' Host to His Résumé

    Business, Published on 27/04/2021

    » Elon Musk will soon be adding another unusual title to his résumé: Saturday Night Live host.

  • OPINION

    Fake faces peddling false news as US poll looms

    Oped, Published on 03/11/2020

    » It's hard to know what to believe these days, as weaponised tweets and deliberate disinformation spread around the world like wildfire, leaping from the internet to traditional press outlets, sowing confusion in the public commons.

  • LIFE

    David attenborough is back, And he brought the walruses

    Life, Published on 24/01/2020

    » Listing the nature programmes narrated, and sometimes written and produced, by the extremely industrious David Attenborough would take about all the space I have here. Just listing the major ones -- the Frozen Planets, the Blue Planets, the Planet Earths -- would be a stretch. Within the last year, he's added 15 more hours with the highly praised Our Planet for Netflix and now Seven Worlds, One Planet.

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