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Next chapter in Thailand's political saga
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 22/08/2024
» 'I consult with my father on all issues, whether on private matters or about work, and have done since I was young," said Paetongtarn Shinawatra, Thailand's new and youngest prime minister at 38 years of age. She is the third member of the Shinawatra family to hold this office, and part of the "evil cycle" that has paralysed the country's politics for the past 18 years.
The AI assembly line ends with the tech giants
News, Parmy Olson, Published on 22/03/2024
» It's almost impossible for an artificial intelligence startup to build anything as good as ChatGPT, but Inflection was getting there.
Wife killer sorry, lucky scrape, grisly end, mate saves day
News, Mae Moo, Published on 25/06/2023
» Let's do it over again
Long in the tooth and fearing the pain
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 21/02/2021
» Ever since the horrors of the school dentist who had an uncanny knack of hitting the nerve, I have always regarded dental visits with some trepidation. The very word "extraction" is enough to spark spasms of terror. So last week, as I was sitting in a dentist's chair in Bangkok about to have a misbehaving tooth extracted, I was not exactly a vision of joy.
Parina hacks away at Tim's marriage, diddled donors up in arms
News, Mae Moo, Published on 04/08/2019
» Palang Pracharath MP Parina Kraikup is refusing to apologise after attacking a rival MP accused by his former wife of spousal abuse, and in the process earning the ire of a TV presenter who is now threatening to sue.
Famous last words, some less famous
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 10/02/2019
» I nearly ended up in "The Great Newspaper in the Sky" recently when a thundering truck ignored the red lights at a Klong Toey junction and missed our taxi by a whisker. The taxi driver seemed to think the incident was amusing, while all I managed was to blurt out "bloody hell!"
China loses its Silicon Valley link
News, Shuli Ren, Published on 11/12/2018
» The death of a prominent Chinese scientist in the US has passed comparatively unnoticed beside the blizzard of global headlines devoted to the Huawei dispute, yet the tragedy bears upon another important aspect of Beijing's quest for technological leadership.
Tar's nasty parking spat, Patt's hubby woes, Mai's prickly friend
News, Mae Moo, Published on 25/11/2018
» Actor Navin "Tar" Yavapolkul and his wife are pressing ahead with legal action after a highly publicised incident in which a motorist parked them in on an outing to Bang Saen beach then allegedly smeared their name when challenged about it.