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When societies rise, fall, and face catastrophe
News, Antara Haldar, Published on 11/10/2025
» When the United Nations emerged from the rubble of two world wars 80 years ago, it represented humanity's most ambitious attempt ever to turn catastrophe into cooperation. But while the scarred world of 1945 had hope following the Allied victory, that optimism has since curdled. The UN today is underfunded, risk-averse, and paralysed.
Trio wins Nobel Prize for chemistry
News, Published on 10/10/2025
» Stockholm: Three scientists won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry on Wednesday for developing a method of designing molecular structures.
Tide of theft; kiln stash; knives aplenty; free feed
News, Mae Moo, Published on 17/08/2025
» A laid-back lot
Police nab four burglars in Pathum Thani
News, Post Reporters, Published on 10/04/2025
» Four robbers from Colombia and Peru have been arrested for stealing valuables worth five million baht from a house in Pathum Thani.
Learning at druggie Dad's knee; pod puzzle; picky jogger thief
News, Mae Moo, Published on 26/01/2025
» They start early, these days
America can learn a lot from Botswana polls
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 06/11/2024
» Botswana's elections have always been seen as a model for Africa, but the one last week has a somewhat wider relevance. The way its politicians handled victory and defeat could serve as a model for politicians in the United States.
Lost diamond ring found in landfill after 30-hour search
News, Patanapong Sripiachai, Published on 29/10/2024
» A frantic search at a garbage dump finally unearthed a diamond ring worth more than 400,000 baht that the owner had accidentally thrown out with the rubbish.
Chef Aoi nabbed for fraud
News, Post Reporters, Published on 09/10/2024
» A Thai celebrity chef who owns a well-known noodle shop franchise in Thailand was arrested for diamond sale fraud, which allegedly caused her victim 2 million baht in damages.
Thai celebrity chef arrested for alleged B2m fraud
News, Post Reporters, Published on 08/10/2024
» A Thai celebrity chef who owns a popular noodle shop franchise has been arrested for alleged fraud in the sale of gold and diamond jewellery worth about 2 million baht.
Junk carbon offset addiction 'killing the planet'
News, Mark Gongloff, Published on 29/08/2024
» Before This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things was a Taylor Swift song, it was a punch line to a Paula Poundstone joke from the 1980s about how, as a kid, she once knocked a Flintstones glass off a table, making her mother say, "That's why we can't have nice things."