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It's getting too hot to vote in India
News, David Fickling, Published on 24/04/2024
» How do you run a democracy when the mercury rises above 40 degrees Celsius? That's the problem faced by voters in India. A swath of the country's east is sweltering under a heatwave. The city centre of Kolkata has emptied out, schools have cancelled classes, and one TV presenter collapsed on air with heat stroke.
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The trials and tribulations of Melania Trump
News, Maureen Dowd, Published on 23/04/2024
» Outside my office, there is a picture of the Slovenian Sphinx visiting the Egyptian Sphinx, taken during a 2018 photo shoot in Giza nine months after Melania Trump was blindsided by the steamy news about her husband and Stormy Daniels.
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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.
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Cadmium plan lacking
Oped, Editorial, Published on 16/04/2024
» In an effort to quash the public health scare that followed the discovery of illegal cadmium tailings that were illegally transported from Tak to several locations around the capital, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has ordered the toxic waste be returned to its source.
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'60-Minute' Lunchtime Face Lift
Published on 10/04/2024
» ‘A LUNCHTIME FACE LIFT FOR TOP CELEBRITIES IN ONLY JUST 60 MINUTES TO ACHIEVE THE AGELESSNESS LIKE THE STARS’ AT NIDA ESTH’ MEDICAL CENTRE
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Lululemon partnership with stylish twist at Masters
Sports, Published on 10/04/2024
» I'm excited to get back to Augusta National for the Masters Tournament as it is a very special event. You're treated so well when you're on property and it's just different to every other golf tournament. It's traditional and old-school where not many people are allowed in the locker room, and you're not allowed on your phone on the golf course, which makes the fans more engaged. It has a really professional and prestigious feel about it.
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Thai-Laos QR payments to boost tourism
News, Published on 08/04/2024
» Tourist spending on both sides of the Thai-Laos border looks set to increase after the Bank of Thailand (BoT) and the Bank of Lao (BoL) on Sunday launched a new QR payment system to support electronic transactions.
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Will AI create more fake news than it exposes?
News, Tyler Cowen, Published on 08/04/2024
» The best large-language models can already write like humans, especially if prompted properly. Photos and images can be faked at low cost. Yet-to-be-released technology can create convincing voice simulations. There are signs that some academic papers contain traces of GPT-4. If even professors are faking it, then surely the dam has burst.
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In Russia, the really dangerous ones are sane
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 08/04/2024
» There are plenty of crazies in Russian politics who make bizarre claims about their country's victim status ("the evil West made us do it") and issue blood-curdling but implausible threats about using nuclear weapons on their enemies. But the really dangerous ones are quite sane.
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Big Tobacco is now falling under the 'Zynfluence'
News, Published on 30/03/2024
» For Big Tobacco, the ideal user of one of its nicotine pouches is an older ex-smoker who indulges in the tiny packets to get their daily dose of the stimulant.
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