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  • OPINION

    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.

  • OPINION

    It's feeling a bit on the warm side

    Roger Crutchley, Published on 07/04/2024

    » It was Oscar Wilde who observed that "conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative". He might have had a point but it means there are a lot of unimaginative people in Thailand at present. I can hardly recall a conversation lately without a reference to the heat. It has definitely been "a bit on the warm side".

  • WORLD

    Israel sacks two officers over aid workers’ deaths

    Published on 05/04/2024

    » JERUSALEM - The Israeli military has dismissed two officers and formally reprimanded senior commanders after an inquiry into the killing of seven aid workers in an air strike in Gaza found serious errors and breaches of procedure.

  • WORLD

    Israel pledges independent probe of Gaza NGO deaths

    Published on 02/04/2024

    » JERUSALEM - The Israeli military says an “independent, professional expert body” will investigate the deaths of seven people working for the World Central Kitchen (WCK) in Gaza, which the NGO said was the result of an Israeli air strike.

  • WORLD

    Indonesia buying two French submarines

    Published on 02/04/2024

    » PARIS - The Indonesian Navy has signed a contract to buy two Scorpene submarines made by the French state-owned shipyard Naval Group, the company said on Tuesday on its website.

  • GENERAL

    Thailand, UK upgrade economic ties

    Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 02/04/2024

    » Thailand and the UK have announced the elevation of economic, trade and investment relations to a strategic partnership, serving as a foundation for the development of a free trade agreement (FTA) in the future.

  • THAILAND

    Casino plan draws House opposition

    Published on 01/04/2024

    » The opposition Democrat Party on Sunday voiced strong opposition to government plans to legalise casinos by incorporating them into entertainment complexes, with a bill by the Pheu Thai-led government already said to be at the drafting stage.

  • OPINION

    Western armed forces facing a recruitment crisis

    News, Peter Apps, Published on 01/04/2024

    » Every morning on the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D Eisenhower, an unsuspecting crew member is called to the bridge, presented with a cookie and asked to sit in the captain's chair.

  • SPORTS

    Spireites spur promotion season

    Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 30/03/2024

    » As a result of the international break there has been little league football in England but that doesn't mean to say nothing has been happening. In fact last week witnessed the first promotion of the 2023/4 season with Chesterfield clinching the National League title to earn a return to League Two.

  • WORLD

    Pakistan investigates army meddling in judiciary

    Published on 28/03/2024

    » ISLAMABAD - Pakistan will set up an inquiry commission to investigate accusations by six High Court judges of interference and intimidation by the country’s powerful intelligence agencies in judicial decisions, the law minister said on Thursday.

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