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LIFE

Robert Redford, Hollywood’s golden boy with a Midas touch

AFP, Published on 16/09/2025

» With his all-American good looks, Robert Redford, who died on Tuesday at age 89, was the eternal “Sundance Kid”, a US screen legend both in front of and behind the camera.

LIFE

US entertainment giants sue Chinese AI firm

Published on 16/09/2025

» Walt Disney, Universal and Warner Bros Discovery have filed a copyright lawsuit against a Chinese firm alleging that its video-generating AI app was built from intellectual property stolen from the three major Hollywood studios.

LIFE

Hollywood icon Robert Redford dies at 89

Bloomberg News, Published on 16/09/2025

» Robert Redford, the quintessentially handsome leading man who starred in acclaimed movies, won an Academy Award as a director and was hailed as the “godfather of indie films” for founding the Sundance Film Festival, has died. He was 89.

BUSINESS

Gold and baht causing headaches for central bank

Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 16/09/2025

» The increase in errors and omissions in Thailand’s balance of payments may be linked to gold trading and the baht’s appreciation against the US dollar, says the head of the Bank of Thailand.

PROPERTY

New Bangkok condos being offered at 2015 prices

Kanana Katharangsiporn, Published on 16/09/2025

» Some new condominiums launched recently in Bangkok have been priced at levels similar to those seen a decade ago, as developers settle for slim margins to draw buyers with limited purchasing power, according to the Thai Condominium Association.

WORLD

Afghan gets life for jihadist knife murder in Germany

AFP, Published on 16/09/2025

» STUTTGART, Germany - An Afghan man was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday for a jihadist stabbing spree in Germany last year that killed a police officer and left five people wounded.

WORLD

Floods devastate India's breadbasket of Punjab

AFP, Published on 16/09/2025

» GURDASPUR (INDIA) - The fields are full but the paddy brown and wilted, and the air thick with the stench of rotting crops and livestock -- the aftermath of record monsoon rains that have devastated India's breadbasket.

BUSINESS

Generali Thailand Targets Growth with Customer FIRST Strategy 

Jutamas Tadthiemrom , Published on 16/09/2025

» Generali Thailand is reinforcing its commitment on customer value, wider distribution and people development as it pursues growth in a challenging landscape marked by an ageing population, rising living costs and rapid technological change. Chief executive Arsh Kaumi said Thailand remains a strategic market in Southeast Asia with a mature, well-developed insurance sector, but one where protection gaps are widening—especially for retirees and those approaching retirement. Many Thai seniors are finding their savings depleted roughly a decade into retirement, underscoring the need for long-term financial planning. 

BUSINESS

Gold hits fresh record ahead of expected rate cut from Fed

Bloomberg News, Published on 16/09/2025

» Gold hit another fresh record, as investors bet on a Federal Reserve rate cut this week and weighed the scope for more monetary easing in coming months.

LIFE

Oxbo Bangkok launches 'Friends On Fire' culinary collab

Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 16/09/2025

» Oxbo Bangkok at Millennium Hilton Bangkok has recently launched "Friends On Fire", a culinary collaboration series where chef Oliver Afonso Gonzales of Oxbo Bangkok joins forces with a guest chef of note.