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Black holes dissolving like aspirin: How Hawking changed physics
AFP, Published on 14/03/2018
» PARIS - When Stephen Hawking postulated in the mid-1970s that black holes leak radiation, slowly dissolving like aspirin in a glass of water, he overturned a core tenet of the Universe.
Weakened Merkel to launch her fourth German government
AFP, Published on 14/03/2018
» BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel, bruised by half a year of post-election coalition haggling, on Wednesday starts her fourth and likely final term at the helm of Europe's biggest economy.
Media Intelligence predicts 6% ad spending hike for 2018
Business, Nanat Suchiva, Published on 14/03/2018
» Media industry spending is expected to rebound this year, based on the growing online and out-of-home media outlet segments, as well as a positive outlook for Thailand's economy, says researcher Media Intelligence (MI).
The political economy of a regime
News, Suranand Vejjajiva, Published on 14/03/2018
» The bottom-line performance of any government is measured by its success in managing the economy and putting money into its citizens' wallets. In Thailand, as long as the current ruling regime can deliver on the economic front, it can remain authoritarian and generally safe from mass uprisings against it.
Smashing on deaf ears
News, Editorial, Published on 14/03/2018
» Manit Intharapim probably shouldn't have hit and cracked the glass door to the elevator entrance at Asok BTS station. But if he had not "lost it" in frustration on Monday, would the wheelchair-bound activist have got the attention of the media, City Hall and the BTS operators?
Thai TV wins licensing fee battle, no damages
News, Mongkol Bangprapa and Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 14/03/2018
» The Central Administrative Court has ordered the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) to return bank guarantees worth 1.5 billion baht to a loss-ridden digital TV operator, but it turned down the company's demand for damages.
Green groups urge city to come clean on trees' fate
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 14/03/2018
» Urban tree conservation groups are pressuring city authorities and construction firms to explain what they will do with trees along mass transit construction sites.