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Winning the battle against TB
News, Aaron Motsoaledi & Bjorn Lomborg, Published on 27/02/2025
» US President Donald Trump's spending freeze on foreign aid marks a significant challenge for the international development community, and many experts warn that diseases will surge.
Zuckerberg lifts US content guardrails in bias shift
News, Kurt Wagner and Riley Griffin, Published on 09/01/2025
» It was no accident that Meta Platforms Inc chose Donald Trump's favourite TV news show, Fox and Friends, to discuss its decision to ditch outside fact-checking.
Global business leaders to join Forbes CEO meet
News, Published on 20/09/2024
» Forbes Media will hold the 22nd Forbes Global CEO Conference in Bangkok on Nov 20-21.
Why do gamblers love to bet on football so much?
News, Aaron Brown & Richard Dewey, Published on 13/02/2023
» Billions of dollars will be wagered on the Super Bowl today, spotlighting the popularity of betting on football. A big part of the appeal is the scoring system, which was developed nearly 150 years ago by the "father of football," Walter Camp, and is unique among the globally popular team sports.
Police arrest wanted UK drug trafficker who fled 11-year jail term
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 12/02/2023
» An international drug trafficker wanted in the United Kingdom was arrested by police in Bangkok, Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) commissioner Pol Lt Gen Jiraphob Puridej said on Saturday.
Hotline clears Covid-19 barriers
News, Kanpirom Wiboonpanich, Published on 07/05/2020
» When Maw la Myine, 45, was a child growing up in poverty-stricken Mon state in Myanmar, he dreamed of becoming a lawyer to help his people understand the law and seek justice.
Assange hearing takes cues from Pentagon Papers
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 26/02/2020
» The cost of being a whistle-blower is going up. When Daniel Ellsberg stole and published the Pentagon Papers in 1971, revealing the monstrous lies that the US government was telling the American public about the Vietnam war, he was arrested and tried, but the court set him free.
Spectre of debt leaves migrant workers ill at ease
News, Dana Graber Ladek, Published on 15/06/2019
» The International Day of Family Remittances -- celebrated on the 16th of June each year -- recognises the efforts of 200 million migrants across the world who send home billions of dollars which sustains 800 million people in their home countries. Remittances are a major contributor to development and approximately 40% of them go to rural areas where poverty is a pressing issue.
The trade war hurts US more than China
News, David Fickling, Published on 07/05/2019
» Trade wars are good, and easy to win. So President Donald Trump said last year as he embarked on his first round of tariffs on foreign imports.
Business can join trafficking fight
News, Dana Graber Ladek, Published on 02/07/2018
» The recent upgrading of Thailand's status to Tier 2 of the US Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP) is a positive development that will be welcome by many. While Thailand has yet to fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking, the report recognises the significant counter-trafficking efforts the Thai government has undertaken.