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Health data systems to help curb cancer
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 18/10/2025
» Berlin: Among non-communicable diseases (NCDs), cancer remains one of the most critical threats to public health, both in terms of mortality and economic burden. In Thailand alone, the National Health Security Office (NHSO) spent more than eight billion baht last year on cancer treatment.
Can a country build its own social media?
News, Sebastian Vogelsang, Published on 26/07/2025
» When I built my first website back in 1998, the internet felt expansive. You could publish something in Berlin, and someone in Boston or Belgrade might stumble on it within seconds. But today, as a small number of tech monopolies hoover up attention and strangle innovation, that spirit of connection has been lost.
Thailand eyes B10bn from foreign film production
News, Online Reporters, Published on 19/07/2025
» The Thai government expects 10 billion baht in full-year revenue from foreign film productions, deputy government spokesperson Sasikan Watthanachan said on Saturday.
No German engines for submarines
News, Post Reporters, Published on 15/05/2025
» The Chinese-made submarines that Thailand ordered will not contain engines from Germany as the country is a member of the European Union and is so barred from exporting arms to China, says Germany's defence ministry.
Tackling the global divide over the Ukraine war
News, Brahma Chellaney, Published on 17/03/2025
» At a time of rising geopolitical tensions and deepening global fragmentation, the Ukraine war has proved particularly divisive. From the start, the battle lines were clearly drawn: Russia on one side, Ukraine and the West on the other, and much of the Global South hoping only for the conflict to end. Now, however, alignments are shifting. Whether this will advance efforts to resolve the conflict and strengthen global stability remains to be seen.
Ardent advocate for Thai athletes
News, Published on 11/03/2025
» Khunying Patama Leeswadtrakul is a visionary leader, philanthropist, and a champion of Thai sports. Her contributions have left an indelible mark on the country's sporting landscape and beyond.
PM sets out tourism vision at Berlin event
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 07/03/2025
» Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra outlined a vision to promote Thailand as a world-class tourism destination at a global travel trade show in Berlin on Wednesday.
Over in Canada, PM Trudeau bites the dust
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 09/01/2025
» Donald Trump excels in every field, including surrealism. Leonard Cohen sang "First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin!", but it's completely outclassed by Mr Trump's "First we take Greenland, then we take Canada!" And he's going to take the Panama Canal too!
Allies jumpy as US waltzes into Trumpworld 2.0
News, Peter Apps, Published on 21/11/2024
» As America's allies digested the news and scale of Donald Trump's election victory, four US B-52 strategic bombers over a week ago landed at Britain's RAF Fairford having flown the Atlantic and conducted joint training missions over Scandinavia with Finnish and Swedish jets.
Former Merkel rival aims to become chancellor
News, Sarah Marsh, Published on 24/09/2024
» Squeezed out of top-level politics by his arch-party rival Angela Merkel more than two decades ago, Friedrich Merz is on course to land his first-ever government job as Germany's next chancellor. The conservative Christian Democrat Party (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party, which together are topping nationwide polls, last Tuesday agreed to nominate Mr Merz, 68, as candidate for chancellor in next year's federal election.