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Netanyahu's long game ensnares Trump
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 14/03/2026
» Donald Trump is caught in the trap that he helped to build, and he is starting to flail against his fate. His "war of choice", "Operation Epic Fury", was supposed to end in "unconditional surrender" by Tehran in just a few weeks, but if Mr Trump ever had a plan beyond "use massive force", it isn't working.
Central banks caused own woes
News, Otmar Issing, Published on 02/08/2025
» US President Donald Trump's fierce attacks on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell have attracted global attention, rattled markets and, perhaps most importantly, sparked debate about the wisdom of central-bank independence -- a complex issue with constitutional and economic implications.
More action sought against 'Buddha's son'
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 18/03/2025
» A former Democrat MP Tankhun Jitt-itsara is urging the authorities to take further action against the so-called mind-connection cult after a picture of its nine-year-old leader claiming to be a son of Lord Buddha resurfaced online.
Musk’s lost boys and Trump’s mean girls
News, Maureen Dowd, Published on 12/02/2025
» Tom Stoppard wrote in The Real Thing, his enticing play about infidelity: “To marry one actress is unfortunate. To marry two is simply asking for it.”
Court bans controversial teachings
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 29/08/2024
» A Surat Thani court on Wednesday ordered a couple to halt teaching their version of Lord Buddha's teachings to followers and take their eight-year-old son, whom they claim has mind-connecting powers, to see a psychiatrist.
Technology Crime Suppression Division summons 'cultists'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 21/08/2024
» The Technology Crime Suppression Division (TCSD) has summoned members of the so-called "mind-connection" cult, which is led by an eight-year-old boy, to appear for questioning on Sept 11, lawyer Ananchai Chaidet said on Tuesday.
The sameness of the Modi 3.0 govt is a mirage
News, Andy Mukherjee, Published on 15/06/2024
» The new cabinet of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is much the same as his old. The ministers for finance, defence, home, and foreign affairs have been retained, giving the impression of policy continuity.
Parents of ‘Buddha’s son’ told to stop profiteering
News, Post Reporters, Published on 04/06/2024
» Authorities on Tuesday ordered the parents of an eight-year-old boy known as Nong Nice, who they claim to be Buddha’s reincarnated son, to stop using their child to make money.
India's exit polls may be more noise than signal
News, Andy Mukherjee, Published on 04/06/2024
» Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set for a landslide victory in India's general election. Or so claims nearly every exit poll released since the end of voting on Saturday evening. Yet, these surveys have proved spectacularly wrong in the past, and they must be read even more cautiously this time around because of the Modi government's outsize sway on the television stations that commission them.
Buddha never taught supernatural powers, says NOB
News, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 18/05/2024
» The National Office of Buddhism (NOB) insisted that telepathy is not part of the Buddha's teachings, despite claims to the contrary by a cult run by eight-year-old "Nong Nice", his parents and other individuals -- who are now facing a police investigation.