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The air war: plywood and Styrofoam
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 20/09/2025
» 'Nato is responding with unity and strength," said British defence secretary John Healey. "If you've got drones that are putting Polish lives at risk, then Nato will take them out. There's no firm confirmation on intent, but in the end that's not the point. It's still reckless. It's still dangerous."
Why banks keep lowering their climate targets
News, Alastair Marsh, Published on 12/03/2025
» When Morgan Stanley moved the goalposts back on its climate targets in October, members of the industry's biggest climate alliance were caught off guard.
Songkran kept in check
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Supoj Wancharoen and Wassana Nanuam, Published on 15/04/2023
» Police on Friday decided to open only one entrance to Khao San Road, the city's most popular Songkran celebration site, while allowing visitors to leave through eight alleys designated as exits to prevent the place getting as overcrowded as on Thursday night.
Addicted to debt
News, Published on 13/03/2023
» Re: "The country needs to change," (Opinion, March 9).
It seemed a good idea at the time
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 27/11/2022
» The annual elephant festival in Surin attracted more than the usual attention last week after featuring an attempt to enter the hallowed Guinness Book of Records. Alas, the only record achieved was that hundreds of student "volunteers" roasted in the sun, exposed for hours to high temperatures reaching 39C.
Halloween tragedy tests Seoul's unpopular leader
News, Gearoid Reidy, Published on 03/11/2022
» A nightmarish disaster whose victims were predominantly the young. A right-of-centre leader whose popularity is sliding. A political flashpoint potentially in the making once the nation absorbs the tragedy.
Prayut saddened by Seoul tragedy
News, Bangkok Post, Published on 31/10/2022
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Sunday he was deeply saddened to learn of the crowd surge that killed more than 150 people, including one Thai national, during Halloween celebrations in Seoul's Itaewon district.
Tech 'cold war' will split the world
News, Tim Culpan, Published on 27/05/2019
» The US-China tech cold war is about to spread, and that will force leaders to make some difficult decisions.
A lovely weekend of silly hats, headlines
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 27/05/2018
» I'm not exactly a fan of weddings, but it was almost impossible to escape last week's knees-up at Windsor Castle with ball-by-ball coverage on the major cable stations. Horses, hats, castles, queens, princesses, lords and ladies, dukes and duchesses and Elton John. Even the weather behaved. The Brits still know how to put on a good show. At least it was more entertaining than the FA Cup final which followed.
Mahathir must temper market scorn
News, Andy Mukherjee, Published on 18/05/2018
» Mahathir Mohamad blamed everyone except himself and his policies for his country's entanglement in the 1997 Asian crisis. It appears two decades haven't been enough to mellow the Malaysian leader.