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US and EU “CHIPS Acts”: Wrong Solution to Phantom China Tech Threat
Robert Lewis, Published on 30/12/2021
» US and EU authorities have called the current semiconductor supply chain crisis a major national and economic security risk, citing a “dangerous” over-dependence on Asian foundries to source state-of-the-art chips.
Revealed: the craven corruption behind the Myanmar coup
Poppy McPherson, Reade Levinson, John Geddie, Wa Lone, Simon Lewis and Stephen Grey, Published on 08/09/2021
» BANGKOK/LONDON: A week after the Burmese military seized power, a Twitter account that had lain dormant for nearly a decade flickered back into life.
Cannabis Researchers Seek to Unlock the Healing Power of Pot
Business, AMANDA CHICAGO LEWIS, Published on 06/09/2021
» Cannabis, the leafy group of plants including marijuana and hemp, is best known for the THC that gets people high. But cannabis can contain many other chemicals. Products with the non-intoxicating compound CBD, for example, have proliferated over the past five years. Now, pharmaceutical makers, product researchers and investors are wondering, what else do the plants have to offer?
Vaccine 'hope' plays on US stocks
Oped, Lewis Krauskopf, Published on 25/09/2020
» Optimism that vaccines are on the way to end the coronavirus pandemic has been a major factor in this year's US stock resurgence. That will face a critical test in coming weeks, as investors await clinical data on whether they actually work.
A new era for refugee protection in Thailand?
News, Themba Lewis & Daniel Davies, Published on 19/03/2020
» On Sept 26, 2016, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha pledged to establish a national screening mechanism to distinguish people in need of international protection from other migrants in Thailand, implicitly acknowledging Thailand's responsibility towards refugees for the first time. Now, in 2020, Thailand is poised to make good on the commendable commitments made. The National Screening Mechanism will come into effect in June, legally recognising, for the first time, a category of non-citizens who would be at risk if deported. Human rights advocates, refugees and Thai civil society are cautiously optimistic that the much-anticipated policy could usher in a new era of humanitarianism in Thai immigration policy.
Why Hakeem al-Araibi matters
News, Themba Lewis, Published on 04/03/2019
» Only recently, Thailand became the focus of global attention when a decision was taken to release Hakeem al-Araibi from administrative detention and allow his return to Australia. The case galvanised the world and challenged Thailand's relationship with Australia, Bahrain, Fifa, and international law. It captured front-page headlines, innervated human rights advocates, and ignited a ground-up movement across the world of international football.