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French cultural awards held for first time in Thailand
News, Published on 06/03/2026
» The Grand Prix du Rayonnement Français Association, with support from the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, held the Grand Prix du Rayonnement Français 2026 ceremony at Alliance Française Bangkok on Wednesday, marking the first time the awards have been presented outside France.
China's tech revolution pushes new frontiers
News, Jutamas Tadthiemrom, Published on 07/11/2025
» Amid rapid modernisation, major Chinese cities are confronting widening digital disparities. And in Changsha, the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) is stirring concern across generations.
'Forever chemicals' deserve far more scrutiny
News, Faye Flam, Published on 20/03/2023
» Most of us are walking around with an array of poorly understood chemicals in our bloodstreams and livers -- an unintended consequence of the great 20th century heyday of chemical innovation. They're so stable they've been dubbed "forever chemicals". That means that even if we stop producing them today, some might still course through people's veins centuries from now. We're barely regulating them, even though their harms have become better-known.
Spivs, wide boys and dodgy kipper ties
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 22/11/2020
» Every now and again a word pops up which I have not heard for ages. That was the case recently with an email from a London-born friend who complained about "spivs" who had contributed to ruining his local football club's finances.
Thais drop guard as fears ease
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 01/06/2020
» As the number of new Covid-19 infections in Thailand has fallen and the third phase of lockdown easing begins today, some people have begun to let their guard down by ignoring social-distancing and public-health warnings, experts say.
The girl from the Black Country
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 01/03/2020
» My thanks to readers who pointed out that Janice Nicholls, who featured in last week's column, did not have a Brummie accent at all, but a Black Country lilt, hailing from Wednesbury, just west of Birmingham.
Crimes that shocked the nation in 2019
News, Post Reporters, Published on 28/12/2019
» There were plenty of high-profile criminal cases that captured the public interest in 2019. The year saw a serial killer strike again, a string of violent courthouse incidents, coordinated bomb blasts in Bangkok and Nonthaburi, a brutal murder driven by greed for money, and the tragic case of model-for-hire 'Lunlabelle' who was found dead in disturbing circumstances.
Anthem angst and hits the singers hate
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 01/12/2019
» Rod Stewart is currently on tour in the UK belting out all his old songs, including Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?, which is admittedly pushing it a bit for someone the age of 74. The old rocker has confessed in the past that he dislikes singing that number, but the fans always demand it. This appears to be an occupational hazard among singing stars.
Nothing to celebrate at Kachin Thanksgiving
News, Carleton Cole, Published on 28/11/2019
» Four score minus seven years ago, on Abraham Lincoln's birthday, the leaders of four of Myanmar's main ethnic groups -- the majority Burmans, plus Kachin, Chin and Shan -- committed to creating a country conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all people are created equal. The year before independence from Britain in 1948, the legacy Panglong Agreement created conditions for a multicultural country including "a separate Kachin State within a Unified Burma … [I]t is agreed that such a State is desirable".
American, Thai wife still in ICU
News, Post Reporters, Published on 08/11/2019
» An American inmate and his Thai wife who escaped from custody were still being treated in an intensive care unit yesterday as their condition remained serious, a doctor said.