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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!
Student journalists need bigger seat at the table
News, Amanda Little, Published on 06/01/2024
» Last year dealt heavy blows to the American news industry -- with turmoil in legacy newsrooms, local papers disappearing, the collapse of BuzzFeed and other digital news giants, and major firings and record-low audiences at cable news outlets.
Two Thais set free, 17 ready to fly home
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 30/11/2023
» Two more Thai citizens held hostage by Hamas were released on Tuesday evening, while 17 other Thais released earlier will arrive in Thailand later on Thursday.
Four more Thai hostages freed
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 27/11/2023
» The government has affirmed its commitment to explore all avenues to secure the release of the remaining 18 Thai hostages after a second group of four Thais was released by Hamas late on Saturday night.
18 Thais now dead in Israel
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Wassana Nanuam & Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 11/10/2023
» The Thai death toll from the Hamas attack on Israel has risen to 18 while about 3,000 Thais in the country also want to return home, Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Jakkapong Sangmanee said yesterday.
Financing childhood growth
News, Joel E Cohen & John E Rogers, Published on 18/07/2023
» In 2020, chronic undernutrition stunted the growth of nearly a quarter of the world's children under five years old. Being too short for one's age, as a result of chronic undernutrition, can cause irreversible physical and cognitive damage and increases the risk of dying from common infections.
Navy buys Israeli UAVs, B4bn deal
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 23/09/2022
» The Royal Thai Navy has signed a contract to procure Israeli-made unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for about 4 billion baht.
It all began with a soapy TV 'moustache'
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 18/09/2022
» With Liz Truss becoming the 56th British prime minister, it got me thinking about how many PMs there have been in my lifetime. The answer is 16, going back to Clement Atlee, which is a bit scary. In fact, while I was still residing in the UK there were only six PMs.
Prayut meets CIA's Cohen
News, WASSANA NANUAM and MONGKOL BANGPRAPA, Published on 20/11/2021
» David Cohen, deputy director of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), had a closed-door meeting with Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Friday during which they are believed to have touched on a number of topics including the security situation in Myanmar and Thailand's provision of humanitarian aid to the country.
Israel ban irks Thailand
News, Kornchanok Raksaseri & Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 20/02/2020
» Thailand has called on Israel to review its decision to ban Thais from entering the country in a bid to control the spread of deadly coronavirus (Covid-19).