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  • OPINION

    Take this tea tale with a pinch of salt

    Roger Crutchley, Published on 18/02/2024

    » Last month a US scientist caused bit of a stir in Britain when she suggested adding a pinch of salt was the secret to a perfect cup of tea. Not surprisingly this bold assertion from someone across the pond did not go down too well with the traditional tea-drinking English public. In some cases the reaction almost reached "boiling point".

  • LIFE

    Researchers use AI to detect pancreatic cancer sooner

    Life, Published on 27/02/2024

    » DEAR DOCTORS: A dear friend was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. It was so advanced, he died just a month later. I recently saw a discussion on television about using AI to detect pancreatic cancer early, while it is still curable. How would that work?

  • OPINION

    The rise of consumer cryptocurrency

    News, Published on 26/02/2024

    » Since its inception with the launch of Bitcoin in 2008, blockchain technology has gone through numerous cycles of public attention. Over time, growing interest and investment in the best-known cryptocurrencies has led to greater acceptance, as highlighted by the US Securities and Exchange Commission's approval of a spot Bitcoin ETF (exchange-traded fund) in January. While blockchains and their associated "crypto" assets have yet to be adopted by a truly broad base of consumers, that is starting to change, owing to a shift in how these technologies are being used.

  • LIFE

    Nicole Kidman, who was caught in Hong Kong quarantine storm, back in US

    Published on 08/09/2021

    » HONG KONG: Hollywood star Nicole Kidman, who caused an outcry when she was exempted from quarantine upon arriving in Hong Kong for a shoot last month, has returned to the United States, her publicist has said.

  • BUSINESS

    US hot air and the Paris accord

    Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 11/11/2019

    » Does it matter that the United States has formally begun withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement? Given that it is the world's second biggest carbon dioxide emitter after China, some say that yes, it does matter, because it will now be free to pollute the planet even more.

  • LIFE

    Timeless love

    Life, Sawarin Suwichakornpong, Published on 13/08/2021

    » Kim Bo-young is one of the most prolific science fiction writers of East Asia. At home in South Korea, where she is currently based, she won the best novella award in the first round of the Korean Science & Technology Creative Writing Award with The Experience Of Touch, her first published book. She has also won the annual South Korea SF novel award twice. Kim has a forthcoming English translated short story and novellas in the United States. I'm Waiting For You And Other Stories is her first English translation work published in the UK.

  • GENERAL

    Insurance expected to flourish driven by auto, health policies

    Business, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 20/02/2024

    » The insurance industry could outstrip the Thai economy in terms of growth this year, thanks mainly to health and auto policies, as there are headwinds that could pose risks to the country's GDP outlook, leading insurance executives say.

  • LIFE

    Out of the shadow of the Cold War

    Life, Published on 24/09/2020

    » The Cold War saw the birth of the persuasive power of cinema. In the early 1950s, the United States decided that psychological warfare was needed to thwart communist threats in Southeast Asia and so it set up a propaganda unit to produce movies, documentary films, cartoons and pamphlets to provoke a red scare among the people. The United States Information Services (Usis) was also active in Thailand during this decade of sinister geopolitics. Its main responsibility was to produce a number of narrative and documentary films which would be screened around the country to promote American-style democracy and caution people against the deadly dominance of communism.

  • LIFE

    Dinosaur Jr. to stream live from Boston

    Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 28/04/2021

    » After a year-long lockdown, the music industry has slowly bounced back in the United States. As alternative rockers Dinosaur Jr. gear up for their upcoming North American tour in September to support their recently released album Sweep It Into Space, the band has decided to perform all tracks on the album for music fans around the world in a livestream format straight from the Sinclair in Boston, Massachusetts, on Sunday, May 2, at 8am (Bangkok time).

  • WORLD

    Pacquiao to those attacking Asians: 'Fight me instead'

    Published on 02/04/2021

    » HONG KONG: Filipino boxing legend Manny Pacquiao has emerged from training camp and senatorial duties to speak out against the recent spike in anti-Asian attacks in the United States.

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