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How the world can escape the new Gilded Age
News, Daron Acemoglu, Published on 25/10/2024
» Tech billionaires such as Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk are not just among the richest people in human history. They also are exceptionally powerful -- socially, culturally and politically. While this is partly a reflection of the social status that our society attaches to wealth in general, that is not the whole story.
Ties hailed as US strike group docks
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 28/04/2023
» CHON BURI: The US Navy is prepared to go anywhere in the "free and open Indo-Pacific", said a spokesman for a carrier strike group visiting Thailand this week.
Shake hands on it… on second thoughts
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 15/03/2020
» I was at a recent gathering with friends in Bangkok where the customary handshakes were replaced by a variety of awkward fist bumps, elbow nudges, foot-shakes, waving of arms and other silly ways of saying "hello". But there were definitely no nose-to-nose greetings. Not shaking hands with your closest friends is probably the most noticeable example of how the Covid-19 crisis has affected everyday life. Even Britain's Queen Elizabeth has let it be known that she will not be shaking hands with anyone "for the foreseeable future".
Kin to collect diver's body
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 14/01/2020
» KRABI: Police are waiting for the relatives of an American professor who died on Friday while diving near Koh Pida Nok to retrieve and repatriate his body to the United States.
First US-Asean naval exercise begins
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 03/09/2019
» The first US-Asean Maritime Exercise (AUMX) officially began with a ceremony at the Royal Thai Fleet headquarters in Chon Buri's Sattahip district yesterday.
Varawut's ignorance
News, Postbag, Published on 26/08/2019
» After the death of yet another dugong, Environment Minister Varawut Silpa-archa, a former investment banker and football enthusiast, offered a public apology for failing to save Jamil's life.
Saving the far South
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 22/09/2018
» On Sept 1, the last lap of the road leading to Yala's Betong district was thick with cyclists who went on to celebrate their triumph after completing a mass "cyclothon".