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Pyeongchang ceremony shines spotlight on unity
The Associated Press, Published on 09/02/2018
» PYEONGCHANG: In an extraordinary show of unexpected unity, North and South Korea sat side by side on Friday night under exploding fireworks that represented peace, not destruction, as the 2018 Winter Olympics opened on a Korean Peninsula riven by generations of anger and suspicion.
US Senate passes bill to reopen government
Associated Press, Published on 09/02/2018
» WASHINGTON: The Senate voted early Friday to reopen the government and pass a $400-billion budget deal, handing the measure off to the House for a pre-dawn debate where success is not assured.
Prayut tells US polls will be on Thai terms
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 09/02/2018
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has assured the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff that Thailand is on track toward democracy, but it will be achieved by adopting a "Thailand First" approach.
A healthcare no-brainer for Mr Trump
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 09/02/2018
» It began, as so many things do these days, with a Donald Trump tweet. Frustrated by his inability to kill the “Obamacare” expansion of public healthcare provision in the United States, Mr Trump seized on a protest about the under-funding of Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) in London last Saturday to trash the entire concept of universal healthcare paid out of taxes and free at the point of delivery.