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Ex-IMF chief Rato gets four-year jail term in Spain for tax crimes
AFP, Published on 20/12/2024
» MADRID - A Madrid court sentenced ex-IMF chief and Spanish economy minister Rodrigo Rato to more than four years in prison for tax crimes, money laundering and corruption, it said Friday.
Paul and Ringo reunite for trip down memory lane
AFP, Published on 20/12/2024
» LONDON - Beatles drummer Ringo Starr was a surprise guest at the final gig of former bandmate Paul McCartney’s London tour, with the pair reuniting to play some of the Fab Four’s greatest hits.
Tourist arrivals to China surge as visa relaxations fuel travel searches
South China Morning Post, Published on 20/12/2024
» Within minutes of China announcing its latest relaxation of visa rules for foreign travellers this week, searches on travel platform Trip.com skyrocketed.
Trump threatens tariffs If EU doesn’t buy more US oil and gas
Bloomberg News, Published on 20/12/2024
» WASHINGTON — United States President-elect Donald Trump has threatened the European Union (EU) with tariffs if its member countries do not buy more American oil and gas.
Better late than never
Oped, Editorial, Published on 20/12/2024
» It is better late than never, they say. As such, the Medical Council's belated decision to launch an in-depth investigation into the professional ethics of doctors who treated former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra at the Department of Corrections' hospital and Police General Hospital deserves some praise.
Two wasted decades in Thai politics
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 20/12/2024
» Now that Thaksin Shinawatra appears actively back in Thai politics, it is demoralising to look back at Thailand's wasted time and opportunities. Once a promising country on the way from democratic transition to consolidation in the late 1990s, Thailand has become semi-autocratic, and its rocky political trajectory over the past two decades is now structural. The traditional institutions of power that grew out of the Cold War have been calling the shots in earlier decades and are just unwilling to let the country move forward in the immediate years ahead.
The high cost of Yoon's martial law
Oped, Takatoshi Ito, Published on 20/12/2024
» When South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol abruptly declared martial law late on Dec 3, claiming that it was necessary to enable him to eliminate "anti-state" forces, street protests erupted almost immediately.