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News, Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Published on 29/05/2018
» On May 14, the World Health Organisation (WHO) called on all countries to make the world free of trans fats by 2023. A number of countries have already accomplished this, including a range of middle-and lower-income countries worldwide that have heavily restricted or eliminated trans fats altogether.
News, Editorial, Published on 29/05/2018
» One of the worst and most costly fraud cases in recent memory was wrongly declared over last week. The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) brought its investigation of the purchase of Alpha-6 fake narcotics detectors to a close. Astoundingly, this relatively simple case took the self-styled graft busters 10 years to conclude. The announcement that formally closed the books on the case echoed the supreme failure to tackle the case forthrightly, investigate honestly, act transparently and, finally, identify and bring accountability and the law to bear on those responsible.
News, Federica Mogherini, Published on 29/05/2018
» Europe and Asia have never been so close. Our economies are interconnected; our cultures are interconnected; and our security is connected: we face the same challenges, we confront similar threats, and we share an interest in preserving peace in our regions and international cooperation on a global scale.
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 29/05/2018
» The summit is on, it's off, it's sort of on again. It's amateur night every night at the White House, and the fate of the US-North Korean summit scheduled for Singapore on 12 June will be decided by the coin Donald Trump flips each day: heads three days in a row means "yes", tails three days in a row and the meeting stays cancelled.
News, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 29/05/2018
» It does not take long to find commonalities between US President Donald Trump's lies and Thai politics' platefuls of baloney. The same logic holds true for Mr Trump's war on the "deep state" and the outcry in Thailand over a "third hand" pulling the strings behind political happenings.
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 29/05/2018
» People told you to beware of fake news. Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha in particular has been so concerned he seems to have made a campaign against fraudulent or misleading information his personal crusade.