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Executing under pressure
Business, William Hicks, Published on 22/12/2018
» Amuch-repeated urban legend about golf says the name is an acronym: Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden. Yet the game is what gave Alexandra Reich the mindset to become one of Thailand's most prominent CEOs.
Rice to riches as Ubon eyes new tourist trail
News, Published on 22/12/2018
» Four villages in Ubon Ratchathani are home to a trove of information that can be presented as a model for developing products for tourists harnessed from their "living culture".
Third straight rout end worst weak for Dow, Nasdaq since 2008 crisis
AFP, Published on 22/12/2018
» NEW YORK - Wall Street ended its worst week in a decade with more bruising losses Friday, and with the tech-rich Nasdaq entering a bear market amid worries about trade wars and a possible US government shutdown.
US government shutdown begins
Published on 22/12/2018
» WASHINGTON: A partial shutdown of the US government took hold early Saturday after Democrats refused to meet President Donald Trump’s demands for $5 billion to start erecting his cherished Mexican border wall.
Tower of London Beefeaters switch tunics for yellow vests
AFP, Published on 22/12/2018
» LONDON - Beefeater guards at the Tower of London switched their traditional red uniforms for yellow vests on Friday as they went on strike with staff at other historic sites over pensions.
Canada, US call for 'immediate release' of two Canadians held by China
AFP, Published on 22/12/2018
» OTTAWA - Ottawa and Washington on Friday stepped up pressure on Beijing, calling for the immediate release of two Canadians detained in apparent retaliation for the arrest in Vancouver of a top Chinese tech executive on a US warrant.
WADA team leaves Russia without crucial lab data
AFP, Published on 22/12/2018
» MONTREAL - A five-person World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) team is returning from Moscow Friday without the raw laboratory data needed as part of the deal to reinstate Russia to WADA compliance.
Salah and Van Dijk seal Christmas top spot for Liverpool
AFP, Published on 22/12/2018
» WOLVERHAMPTON (UNITED KINGDOM) - Liverpool passed another stringent test of their Premier League title credentials as Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk gave them a 2-0 victory at Wolverhampton on Friday that guarantees top spot at Christmas.
Britons could face diet change under hard Brexit: report
AFP, Published on 22/12/2018
» LONDON - The British government could tell citizens to change their diets if importing food from the European Union becomes difficult under a no-deal Brexit, a report said Friday.
Two arrested over London airport drone disruption
AFP, Published on 22/12/2018
» LONDON: Two people have been arrested in connection with the "criminal use of drones" at London Gatwick Airport, police said Saturday, after three days of disruption in which and tens of thousands of people missed their flights.