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Myanmar kids need 'rights for all'
Oped, Puttanee Kangkun and Patrick Phongsathorn, Published on 19/06/2025
» When armed conflict breaks out, it is the innocent and helpless, especially children, who suffer the most. Therefore, as we approach World Refugee Day tomorrow, Thai authorities must make a substantial effort to grant refugee children, and the parents who support them, equal rights and dignity in law and practice.
Aid must reflect vulnerabilities
Oped, Patrick Guillaumont, Abdoul Salam Bello & Arnaud Buissé, Published on 13/02/2024
» Last October, at the Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group (WBG) and the International Monetary Fund in Marrakesh, member countries emphasised the urgency of scaling up development finance. In recent years, an extraordinary confluence of health, climate, and security crises has worsened global inequalities and eroded the economic and social gains of the last few decades, especially in many African countries.
The secrets Hamas knew about Israel’s military
Patrick Kingsley and Ronen Bergman, The New York Times, Published on 14/10/2023
» ALONG THE ISRAEL-GAZA BORDER - The 10 gunmen from Gaza knew exactly how to find the Israeli intelligence hub — and how to get inside.
'Fast Backward Alliance' set to govern
Oped, Kheetanat Synth Wannaboworn & Walden Bello, Published on 01/09/2023
» After more than three months of Thailand being put on hold as the country’s political adversaries tried to figure a way out given the surprising results of the May 14 national election, a solution was finally reached among contending parties in the third week of August. It was a victory for the establishment and a modus vivendi for its various factions.
D-Day for Pita, but change inevitable
Oped, Kheetanat Synth Wannaboworn & Walden Bello, Published on 12/07/2023
» Tomorrow will probably be the most decisive day in Thailand after nearly a decade of military rule. The key question on everyone’s lips is: Will the conservative forces allow the young leader of the Move Forward Party (MFP), Pita Limjaroenrat, to become the next prime minister? And the question which naturally follows is: If Mr Pita is blocked, what will happen? Will people go out to the streets in protest? Will soldiers be sent to disperse them? Will the violence of over ten years ago, which led to the military’s ouster of a civilian government installed by popular vote, return to Bangkok?
Credit Suisse Cuts Business With SoftBank and Its Founder, Son
Business, Margot Patrick & Phred Dvorak, Published on 21/06/2021
» Credit Suisse Group AG and SoftBank Group Corp. chief executive Masayoshi Son recently dissolved a longstanding personal lending relationship and the bank clamped down on transactions with his company, according to regulatory filings and people familiar with the matter.
European Banks Use the Pandemic to Clean House
Business, Patricia Kowsmann & Margot Patrick, Published on 16/02/2021
» European banks are using the pandemic to make changes investors have wanted for years: slash jobs, shut branches and force customers online.
Europe's Banks Rush to Restructure
Business, Margot Patrick & Simon Clark, Published on 25/08/2020
» At beleaguered European banks, coronavirus is fast-tracking plans for fundamental restructuring after years of poor performance.
Covid-19 Pay Cuts Are Coming to an End at Some Companies
Business, Patrick Thomas & Chip Cutter, Published on 24/08/2020
» Some companies are beginning to restore cuts they made to managers' salaries and bonuses in the early, bewildering days of the pandemic shutdowns, a sign that some industries--and their white-collar workers--are benefiting from glimmers of a recovery while millions of others continue to endure job and income losses.
Why cultural restitution by Europe really matters
News, Patrick Gaspard, Published on 06/12/2019
» French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe recently presented an antique sabre to Senegalese President Macky Sall at the presidential palace in Dakar. But it was not a gift. The sabre was coming home, more than a century after it had been stolen.