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Thailand's quarterly GDP growth rate was 1.2% in the third quarter of 2025, rising to 2.5% in the fourth quarter and further to 2.8% in the first quarter of 2026, according to the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC).

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Musical chairs at the UN Security Council

The UN General Assembly has a busy year ahead. First, the members have chosen their new president to preside over the 81st General Assembly. Then, the 193 members picked five new non-permanent members to serve on the 15-member Security Council. Later in the year, the full Assembly will choose a…

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AI push mirrors green transition

The AI race is already generating forces that are transforming the global economy. That makes it surprisingly similar to the green transition, given the potential of both to upend traditional industries, labour markets, and geopolitical balances. Both call for trillions of dollars in upfront investments in exchange for significant benefits…

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After Belfast, Reform UK has shamed itself once again

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The party is so desperate to fend off the threat from Rupert Lowe’s insurgent Restore Britain that it has squandered a chance to unequivocally condemn violence for the sake of wrong-headed rhetoric

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Has France failed its children? Outrage over murder of 11-year-old Lyhanna

Here in France, outrage over the apparent failure to stop the murder of 11-year-old Lyhanna. The suspect – a 41-year-old father of one of her schoolmates – had previously been flagged over suspected paedophile offences but was never questioned. We'll ask what went wrong and examine why a string of…

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The Guardian view on far-right violence: digital radicalisation is threatening democracy

Editorial: Violence on the streets of Northern Ireland is the real-world expression of a sinister mechanism that goes unchecked online

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the men’s World Cup: the build-up was unedifying, but now the football takes over

Editorial: Rows over US visas and excessive ticket prices have overshadowed flawed tournament preparations. But fans will still hope for a gripping spectacle

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Social cohesion means different things to Clark and Luxon, both flawed

Comment from Auckland University: The concept is a distraction from more material concerns of inequality and its effects, writes Dr Nicolas Lewis.

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Pump-action soap dispensers are a disgrace – and I won’t put up with them any longer

Enough is enough, writes Adrian Chiles. Either give us a simple squeezy bottle that actually works or bring back the tried-and-tested solid bars

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There are no guardrails now on the right of UK politics: where Restore Britain goes, others will follow

In the UK – and across the west - incendiary language and white supremacist policies are entering the political mainstream, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

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The slush fund is gone – but Trump’s IRS agreement is a new level of self-dealing

The president’s immunity from continuing audits made fewer headlines than the ‘anti-weaponization fund’, but it’s no less egregious

The Guardian - US

Trump is stripping Americans of their citizenship at a shocking rate

This month, the administration is seeking to denaturalize 17 people, part of an effort unprecedented in modern US history

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Cars burn in Belfast, bricks fly in Southampton – and the ubiquitous cry of ‘civil war’ goes up again

For most, what we see in real life is mundane. But those who wish to fan the flames of anti-immigrant feeling share a different image online, says Guardian columnist John Harris

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America’s 250th birthday celebration is replacing history with toxic myth

This year’s events will be a mélange of Trumpian egotism, Maga populism and Christian nationalism

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Want to be my friend? There is one dining rule you must adhere to

A woman taking weight-loss drugs asked her friend if she could pay less, as she had eaten less. That friendship seems doomed to me

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The most inclusive World Cup ever? Tell that to Omar Artan, the Somali referee just banned by Trump’s US

This episode feels symbolic of a World Cup where the global game has been sacrificed to Fifa’s cynical money-making – and Trumpian whim, says Morgan Ofori, reporter and subeditor for the Guardian’s The Long Wave

The Guardian - UK

We economists have done the maths: ‘growth’ is a doomed strategy – there is a better way

Our roadmap has been shaped by experts across the world. We call on political leaders at all levels to use it, says Olivier De Schutter and others

The Guardian - UK

A question for Nigel Farage – why is your nationalist party so obsessed with destroying British jobs?

Claims that our prosperity depends on oil and gas are bunkum – unless you’re a Reform backer with fossil fuel interests, of course, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Putin and Trump are both trapped in losing battles against reality

The Ukraine and Iran wars are very different, but a common authoritarian delusion unites the men who started them, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Independent UK

Kemi Badenoch should be praised for defending the Equality Act

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The Conservative leader is trying to score points by fighting ‘wokeism’, but only confirms that we need the 2010 law

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Unbreakable Kim? China's Xi visits Russia-backed North Korean leader

It takes convincing these days to get China's leader to go abroad. Xi Jinping has just wrapped up what was only his first foreign visit of 2026. Why Pyongyang? It's hard to deduce from official readouts of that two-day state visit to neighbouring North Korea. Was it politeness after a…

Bangkok Post

Debt-free energy transition is possible

Thailand's energy transition is on the agenda, but in the most expensive way possible. On May 9, the government published an emergency decree authorising the Ministry of Finance to borrow up to 400 billion baht, of which half is for energy crisis relief and the other half (200 billion baht)…

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The pope and the artificial intelligence profiteers

The Tower of Babel is the biblical story of how humanity, united by a single language and a single ambition, attempts to build a tower to heaven. The project ends in collapse, with God punishing the builders for their hubris by fragmenting humanity into different languages and cultures. The parable,…

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Tilling the soil before planting

As Thailand navigates a complex and rapidly changing global landscape, the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC) has opened a vital public dialogue regarding the draft framework of the 14th National Economic and Social Development Plan (2028–2032). Among its core pillars, "Pillar 3: Upgrading Human Capital", stands out as…

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Solar storms: One thing less to worry about?

Solar storms are not even in my top five list of threats to humankind (nuclear war, asteroid strikes, super-volcano eruptions like Yellowstone, a supernova within 30-50 light years, and intergalactic pirates), but they are still worth talking about. Especially because there may be an easy way to protect ourselves from…

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