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Short circuit

Re: "Volvo fire on Thai motorway 'not a battery issue'", (BP, May 23).

Bangkok Post

Hidden benefits of being a nice neighbour

How well do you know your neighbour? If I were to ask your neighbours about you, what would they say? I am not being nosy, but rather pointing to an important socio-economic factor that many people overlook. Your relationship with your neighbour can save you money, time and more. The…

Bangkok Post

TikTok teaching trap

Last week, it was bringing e-sports into schools; this week, the Education Ministry is floating the idea of training teachers to produce short educational videos for TikTok.

Bangkok Post

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China reunification is an inevitable historical trend

Recently, the world's attention has been focused on the East. At the invitation of President Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, US President Donald Trump paid a state visit to China from May 13 to 15. These two major events have once…

Bangkok Post

Voices: If Labour wants to get back on track, it must listen to Tony Blair

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: In an extraordinary intervention, the most successful leader in the party’s history says it is only by embracing the ‘radical centre’ that either the party or the country can hope to hold off the threats coming down the tracks – Labour must focus on the ‘what’…

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Understanding why a ‘national game’ comes a distant second

A trip to India shows the importance of money, profile and political influence in advancing a sport - popularity doesn't happen by accident

Newsroom.co.nz

The Guardian view on support for youth: someone in government should grab hold of school sports

Editorial: With concerns about childhood obesity and screen use sky-high, cuts to primary PE are an unforced error

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The Guardian view on Britain’s economy: to profit politically a recovery must be felt in people’s pockets

Editorial: The chancellor can point to growth and lower inflation, but weak job data, flat living standards and uncertain productivity are no reason to cheer

The Guardian - UK

Know your onions about mushrooms

Comment from Auckland University: There is much about mushrooms to marvel at – they live in a world of colour, diversity and mystery

Newsroom.co.nz

Something is rotten in the House of Representatives

Opinion: Some MPs make it difficult not to conclude they come to Parliament not to serve the people but to squeeze them for as much as they can

Newsroom.co.nz

OPINION - Cologne, courtyards, and more clothes: How I would guide Britain through a heatwave

As heatwaves become more common with climate change, the way we work in the UK must adapt. From starting work earlier to rethinking architecture, Melanie McDonagh suggests how to cope with soaring temperatures

Evening Standard

Red light therapy claims to heal wounds, improve pain and reduce wrinkles. But the evidence for it working is dim

Without strong evidence, or at least one decent trial, we cannot know whether shining red lights on to your skin does anything

The Guardian - AU

Have you looked inside your water bottle? I was shocked and disgusted by what I found in mine

I stared into the abyss, and the abyss stared back – mouldily. This is what happens when you forget basic hygiene, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK

Tennessee’s attempt to execute Tony Carruthers failed. It must not try again

Carruthers’ court case was fraught with problems. A second execution attempt would be the kind of cruelty no decent society should countenance

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I’m trying to pick the best party tunes since 1966. Why are all the real bangers from 1989?

I never dreamed it would be so hard to put together a playlist for my friend’s 60th, writes Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK

War, what is it good for? Well, it’s a great way for Donald Trump to duck out of his son’s wedding

Some say project Iran is a disaster, but as a get-out-of-jail-free card it’s a winner, says the Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

Newslaundry

India’s GDP revisions explained: What changed and why it matters

Amidst the ongoing West Asia crisis, the Indian economy is expected to take a hit: the World Bank’s latest projections suggest that the country’s GDP growth could fall to 6.6 percent in this financial year.

France 24

End in sight? Hormuz, nukes at the heart of US-Iran sticking points

Three months into what was originally billed as four-week war, is an end really in sight? Donald Trump's messaging on bargaining with Iran was enough to push Brent crude oil below $100 a barrel for the first time in two weeks. Both Washington and Tehran are managing expectations of a…

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The curse of burnout Britain affects politicians as much as everyone else: give Carla Denyer a break

The Green MP’s decision to take time out has angered some – but many more will see endemic stress as a blight we must address, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

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Heatwaves are becoming the norm. This is what Britain will look like in the year 2052

People sleep outside because their houses are too hot to inhabit, water is scarce and supermarkets are for the wealthy, says climate academic Bill McGuire

Bangkok Post

Nato limits European sovereignty

The idea of a European Defence Union is gaining ground across Europe. But so long as Nato continues to dominate Europe's security, the prospect of building its own effective defence union will remain elusive. To become sovereign in defence matters (and more generally), Europe must terminate Nato -- a prospect…

Bangkok Post

Overcharging hurts tourism

A single mishap can be written off as an isolated incident. But when a problem repeatedly occurs across different locations, time and again, the failure is systematic. It indicates an inability -- or an outright unwillingness -- by stakeholders across the operational chain to intervene, driven either by institutional inertia…

Bangkok Post

Thailand-Vietnam ties in a 'new era'

When To Lam -- Vietnam's President and General Secretary of the Communist Party -- arrives in Bangkok tomorrow, he will find a different Thailand, one increasingly prepared to align itself with Vietnam's strategic and economic trajectory. Over the past two decades, bilateral relations have grown increasingly dynamic. It is no…

Bangkok Post

The curious case of nuclear weapons in Iran

Tulsi Gabbard, the recently resigned/retired/fired US Director of National Intelligence, told Congress just two months ago that US intelligence agencies had concluded Iran was not building nuclear weapons. Indeed, she added, experts also determined Iran had not resumed its suspended 2003 nuclear weapons programme.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on lenient sentences for rape: teenage survivors deserve more from the justice system

Editorial: Rehabilitation of young offenders is vital. But victims should not leave court wondering why they bothered

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