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Barbados to remove Queen Elizabeth II as head of state
AFP, Published on 16/09/2020
» MIAMI: Barbados has announced its intention to remove Queen Elizabeth II as head of state and become a republic by November next year, as the Caribbean island nation seeks to move fully beyond its colonial past.
Council downplays impact of planned special visas
Business, Narumon Kasemsuk, Published on 16/09/2020
» Thailand cannot expect a big influx of tourists after the government launches a new visa scheme for long-term visitors, says a key trade group.
Art as our escape
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 16/09/2020
» This year's theme is at once hopeful and ironic: "Escape Routes" suggests a flight from our unusual times of pathological disruption and political cataclysm -- here, there and everywhere -- and yet the theme is an acknowledgment of those in-our-face uncertainties from which we struggle to find an exit.
Why the Covid-19 vaccine should be mandatory
Oped, Fauziah Zen, Published on 16/09/2020
» As governments, research organisations and pharmaceuticals race to find viable vaccines for the novel coronavirus, a recent survey published in The Lancet found that only 67% of the United States population would accept a vaccine for Covid-19 if it was recommended for them.