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Sanctioned Myanmar tycoons find shelter in Singapore
Published on 18/10/2022
» Frangipani plants and coconut trees front the three-story villa on Sentosa Island where Myanmar tycoon Tay Za stays when he’s in Singapore. It’s one of two houses his family owns in a development overlooking the South China Sea known as a playground for the wealthy. A short drive away is the Marina Bay Sands casino, where he would often show up carrying a duffel bag stuffed with cash. On a sunny day in June, a yellow Ferrari F8 Spider and a Mercedes were parked outside one of the villas.
The Best Headphones in Thailand – How to Choose?
Published on 18/10/2022
» With Thailand’s occasionally unpredictable weather, especially during the rainy season, headphones can be a really tricky purchase to get right. You have to consider many things, mainly where you want to use them – gym, running, study, music at home etc. – the list goes on.
In Lula's home state, Brazilian rodeo riders lean left
AFP, Published on 18/10/2022
» CABROBO: Brazil's powerful agribusiness industry may back far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, but at the "Grab the Bull Bush Rodeo" in runoff rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's home state, the death-defying cowboys love the leftist ex-president.
Floods likely to set back main rice harvest
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 18/10/2022
» Floods ravaging vast plots of farmland in many areas nationwide are likely to delay by two weeks harvesting of the main crop of the country's 2022-23 season, limiting output for the season which usually gets underway in early November.
Tourism, consumption lead GDP growth
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 18/10/2022
» The economy is on course for continuous recovery driven by increasing tourism activities and active private consumption, with the growth rate expected to return to pre-Covid level by the end of this year or beginning of 2023, according to Anucha Burapachaisri, the government spokesman.
ICS unveils plan to launch healthcare centre in Iconsiam
Business, Pitsinee Jitpleecheep, Published on 18/10/2022
» ICS Co, the developer and operator of the ICS mixed-use lifestyle town project, has teamed up with Siriraj Hospital to launch Thailand's first comprehensive health service centre outside the hospital.
US plans for Indo-Pacific 'misguided'
Oped, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 18/10/2022
» To ensure a free, open, prosperous, and secure world, the United States must be the winner in the race for global supremacy. For the US, the biggest challenge now is to compete with China, while at the same time containing Russia. That was the key message of the US' national security strategy, which was released last Wednesday, at a time when the US no longer has the same agency to tackle the myriad of challenges it faces around the globe the way it used to.
GERD is more than just heartburn
Life, Published on 18/10/2022
» DEAR DOCTORS: I'm a 44-year-old man, and I'm a bit overweight. I've been having trouble with what I thought was heartburn, but my doctor says it's actually something called GERD. How is that different from heartburn? She prescribed medication, but I wonder what else I can do that might help.
Jihadist fears cast shadow on Niger-Benin border
AFP, Published on 17/10/2022
» GAYA (NIGER) - Observers of troubled West Africa have long fretted that jihadists who have rampaged across the Sahel are eyeing a southward push to the Gulf of Guinea.
Phuket at risk of more flooding until Friday
Published on 17/10/2022
» Phuket residents still reeling from Sunday's major flooding are being warned that more heavy rain and possible flooding is forecast over the next five days.