Новости за 11.05.2023

President Joe Biden gave the first indication on Tuesday that he would consider unilateral action on the debt ceiling, following his meeting with congressional leadership. Biden and the “four corners”—House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, and Minority Leaders Hakeem Jeffries and Mitch McConnell—agreed to nothing besides having a second meeting on Friday. In the meantime, their staff will continue to talk.

The new law also will confiscate Red Cross properties in Nicaragua and turn them over to the government.

Looking forward to this tonight.

Could be abit hot tempered.

Over 4.5 cards in the game seems a decent bet

well the earliest forms of football were rugby. The first official NFL game was actually a game of rugby for example.

But footy isn't a contact sport according to the laws I believe.

Just two weeks ago, Gold Derby’s odds did not predict “Dolly Parton’s Mountain Magic Christmas” would receive an Emmy nomination for Best TV Movie. But now, NBC and Peacock’s warm-hearted holiday telefilm has jumped up to the fourth-place position to win the category, behind likely challengers “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story,” “Prey” and “Fire Island” […]

Rangers kept alive their hopes of defending the Scottish Women's Premier League title with a 3-0 victory against Partick Thistle, while there were also wins for Hearts, Aberdeen and Spartans.

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Arne Slot is now just one step away from winning the Eredivisie title with Feyenoord, who have now managed an astounding 11 league wins in a row. If Slot does lead Feyenoord to the title, one can argue that it would be an even more impressive feat than Erik Ten Hag’s at Ajax, given that […]

THIS Morning hosts Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield are barely speaking off camera, The Sun can reveal.

Surgery beats targeted radiation for early-stage lung cancer. In a new trial, people who had their cancer surgically removed had a 71% five-year survival rate, compared with 56% for patients who were good surgical candidates but chose radiation therapy instead.…

BMW Group Thailand has recorded a growing preference for electric vehicles (EVs) among its corporate customers, with EV sales in this group increasing by 11.9% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2023.

Industry officials plan to inspect the Toyota factory in Chachoengsao this week to assure car buyers safety standards are followed by the giant Japanese automaker.

InterContinental Bangkok, part of IHG Hotels & Resorts, will fully reopen in June after a multimillion-dollar renovation.

With the chilly winter breeze subsiding, Taiwan is gaining favour with Thai tourists looking for short-haul affordable holidays. My recent trip to Taipei coincided with the launch of the "Taiwan The Lucky Land" campaign, which offers foreign visitors the chance to win NT$5,000 (5,470 baht) in coupons as pocket money until June 30.

Those wishing to study in France, work with French companies or those seeking new career opportunities are invited to the French Study And Job Fair at Alliance Francaise Bangkok, Witthayu Road, on Saturday from 9am to 5pm.

Cinema Diverse 2023 will be screening four thought-provoking films that explore various contemporary art issues in different contexts over two weekends from 2-5pm at the Auditorium, 5th floor of Bangkok Art and Cultural Centre, Pathumwan intersection.

After screenings in August last year, "Voices Of The New Gen", four short films by university students, are once again revisiting the gamut of social and political issues of 2022 on Netflix.

Last month, I undertook a 10-day trip along the Thai-Myanmar border. In part its purpose was to explore further the nature and workings of the local governance structures which Scott Guggenheim and I had argued needed to be supported by the international community in our piece entitled "Taking risk and supporting local governance", published in the Bangkok Post on March 24.

As voters go to the poll this Sunday, everything that matters for the people of this country is on the line, from structural reforms of political institutions and a constitutional rewrite to welfare policies to address income inequality.

The United Thai Nation Party (UTN) and pro-status quo elements like the army have launched a fear-mongering campaign, laden with ultra-nationalist content, in the lead-up to Sunday's election.

CIMB Thai Bank (CIMBT) plans to expand digital personal loans this year, targeting 500 million baht in total by focusing on the upper-income segment.

Marriott International remains upbeat about Thailand's labour crunch in the tourism sector as employment at its properties countrywide now almost matches the level recorded in 2019.

Thai energy conglomerate Bangchak Group is watching energy prices in the second quarter this year amid worries of a global recession, after posting a revenue increase of 16% in the first quarter.

The Thai women's 4x100m relay team won the gold medal at the SEA Games in Cambodia on Wednesday.

Business leaders across the globe are regularly asking themselves some form of the following four questions: