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This month commemorates the 30-year anniversary of the Bloody May events in 1992 that witnessed extensive violence against street demonstrators and the subsequent fall of the military-linked government that had come to power due to the 1991 coup. What then are some of the lessons to remember, resonating from the past to the present and the future?

Covid-19 has taken at least 18 million lives by some accounts, and it is anyone's guess how many of those deaths were due to a lack of medical oxygen. Governments don't want to talk about the issue, because that could mean admitting that thousands -- or even hundreds of thousands -- of their citizens died unnecessarily. But unless health systems take steps to ensure a sufficient supply of oxygen...

Pro-democracy activists and relatives of those who died in the bloody crackdown of May 1992 gathered at Thammasat University yesterday to mark 30 years since one of the most terrible days in modern Thai history.

The Thai outbound market is expected to rebound in the second half as Japan is starting to ease travel rules for tourists, starting with limited tour groups.

The global cryptocurrency market saw its value plummet amid heavy sell-offs, with the collapse of TerraUSD (UST), one of the biggest stablecoins, sending shockwaves throughout the digital asset market.

Oman occupies an extraordinarily significant geographical position in the world and thus is of equally significant political importance to the two global power blocs: the U.S. and its allies on the one hand, and the China-Russia axis and its allies on the other. The Sultanate has long coastlines along the Gulf of Oman and along the Arabian Sea, away from the extremely politically sensitive Strait of Hormuz, through which passes at least one third of the world’s crude oil supplies. These coastlines... Читать дальше...

Don't be afraid of failure – it's often the key to success.

Two of the things I most enjoy reading and writing about here at Jalopnik are new electric vehicles and fire trucks. EV design is full of creative solutions for the future of transportation, while fire trucks are, arguably, the coolest utility vehicles out there. So, you can imagine my excitement when the Los Angeles…

In 1986, Audrey Williams Pride laid her infant son to rest. She blamed herself for his death—but it was actually the government’s fault. The authorities at Camp Lejeune, the North Carolina Marine Corps base Audrey called home, had contaminated the drinking water. Audrey is not alone. From 1953 to 1987, more than a million men,...

This policy change could allow the price of your app subscriptions to double in just two years.

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Manel Kape will still be able to fight at UFC 275 despite a recent drug-testing scare.

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Netflix is having a hard time right now. Or rather, it’s going through a transition period. Better yet, entering a new phase.

Liverpool ensured the Premier League title race will go to the final day of the season as the under-strength quadruple chasers survived a scare to beat Southampton 2-1 on Tuesday. After Liverpool defeated Chelsea on penalties in a gruelling FA Cup final just three days earlier, Jurgen Klopp took a gamble with nine changes at…

The country's second largest telecom operator posted an Ebitda (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation) margin of 50.8% against 49.9% in the preceding quarter. The consolidated Ebitda was up 7.33% to Rs 15,998 crore, aided by tariff hikes.

Will Lincoln High's Dajaz Defrand rewrite the state's record books? That's one story we're following ... but it's not the only one.

OMAHA — BNSF railroad is tweaking its strict new attendance policy that upset workers, but the unions that challenged the rules since they took effect in February say the changes don't go far enough.

A report from the education committee found that prison education is ‘chaotic’ with a lack of special educational needs support.

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Levi Bellfield is serving a whole life term for the murder of three people, including a child of 13, and the attempted murder of another and now wishes to get married to someone who has been visiting him.

SIR Keir Starmer insists he has never flouted Covid laws – but today The Sun shows him happily mask-free indoors at the height of lockdown. The embattled Labour boss boasts he is “Mr Rules”, a rule taker not a breaker — but not in Cafe Nero, Horse Market, Darlington on 13 August 2020. Strict pandemic […]

ERIK TEN HAG will need plenty of support if he's to be a success at Manchester United.