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Lost hikers found safe on Koh Phangan
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 29/01/2025
» SURAT THANI - Two tourists who lost their way while hiking on Koh Phangan were found safe on Tuesday night after being lost in the dark for about five hours.
Manslaughter probes worsen vaccination turmoil
News, Reuters, Published on 25/03/2021
» When alarm about potential side effects of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 shot halted vaccinations around Europe this month, many people worried this would damage public trust in the vaccine. In Italy, legal action has added to the turbulence.
Racism helps keep US safety net in weak state
News, Noah Smith, Published on 01/06/2020
» Last week, the economics profession lost one of its leading lights -- Harvard professor Alberto Alesina. The Italian economist, who died of a heart attack at age 63, helped revolutionise the field of political economy.
2019 ushers in era of state control
News, John Lloyd, Published on 07/01/2019
» A signature theme of the new year is the possibility of a malign confrontation between the world's greatly enhanced capacity for electronic surveillance and the weakening of democratic control. The antidote to that risk is the democratic spirit and civil freedoms -- both of which are suffering worldwide. These are not dead, but they are unwell, at times untended.
Mexico gets its very own Trump
News, Jorge G Castañeda, Published on 04/07/2018
» US President Donald Trump has been the world's worst headache for the past 18 months, and arguably no country has suffered more than Mexico. Of the three main contenders in Mexico's just-completed presidential election, none was as ill-prepared as the winner, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador -- Amlo, as he is known -- to manage the bully in the White House. Nonetheless, the Mexican people have chosen him, and he will have to deal with Mr Trump for much (if not all) of his six years in office.
Empty rituals
News, Published on 09/06/2018
» Re: "Buddha's path must guide reform of clergy", (Opinion, June 7).