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4k US navy personnel join 'Cobra Gold'
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 04/02/2024
» The USS Somerset and USS Miguel Keith with more than 4,000 personnel will be deployed during Cobra Gold 2024, a joint military exercise to be held in Thailand from Feb 26 to March 8.
The Stones just keep rolling along
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 17/07/2022
» This past week marked the 60th anniversary of the Rolling Stones' first-ever gig which took place at the Marquee club in London. That makes me feel even more wrinkly than usual.
Warne's body to be sent home for funeral
News, Post Reporters, Published on 07/03/2022
» The body of former Australia cricket star Shane Keith Warne, who is thought to have died of a heart attack after being found unconscious in a villa on Koh Samui last Friday, will be repatriated after an autopsy.
Becoming Long John Silver just for a day
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 19/09/2021
» Important news. Today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day, on which everyone is encouraged to speak in the manner of a buccaneer, sea dog, corsair, picaroon or whatever you wish to call them. If you are desperate Captain Jack Sparrow impersonations will suffice.
The most dignified drummer in rock 'n roll
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 29/08/2021
» We sadly lost two legendary musicians last week with the passing of Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts (80) and singer Don Everly (84).
The secret to making democracy civil
News, Matt Qvortrup, Published on 16/08/2021
» 'When you take responsibility away from people you make them irresponsible," proclaimed English politician Sir Keith Joseph almost half a century ago.
It is not the US's job to protect Taiwan from China
News, John Mac Ghlionn, Published on 09/08/2021
» On Tuesday, July 27, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin warned the Chinese Communist Party to cease its aggressive operations in the Pacific. Speaking at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in Singapore, Mr Austin declared that the United States "will not flinch when our interests are threatened". One of these "interests", according to Mr Austin, involves the protection of Taiwan.
Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine will never find peace
News, Keith Lowe, Published on 30/01/2021
» The Yasukuni Shrine is an island of calm in an otherwise bustling city. Mature pines and cypress trees surround it, screening it from Tokyo's relentless traffic noise. Shady walkways, sacred ponds and dozens of cherry trees make it a public haven for the many Japanese people who come here to honour their ancestors.
Uncle let us down
News, Postbag, Published on 16/08/2020
» Did Uncle Tu (the prime minister) do anything he said he would do?
A triumph of imagination over intelligence
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 16/02/2020
» I am not a huge fan of Valentine's Day, but considering the awful events of recent weeks, a bit of "love", however contrived, was a welcome break from the daily diet of depressing news. So this week, it feels like an appropriate time to dwell on matters of the heart, as long as it is not a cardiac arrest.