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The poverty puzzle

The government's latest review of the state welfare card scheme should be welcomed, instead of being condemned.

Bangkok Post

Refugee management needs more work

Thailand has provided a safe haven to large numbers of refugees since World War II, offering refuge to people fleeing persecution or war across borders. However, until recently, it was hesitant to adopt more comprehensive refugee policies and practices.

Bangkok Post

The Guardian view on perceptions of superpowers: the world isn’t Chinamaxxing, it’s America-avoidant

Editorial: Startling new research shows that in many countries – including old US allies – the public prefers Beijing to Washington

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The Guardian view on pubs: football gave them a boost – now they need another

Editorial: Communal spaces where people can share big moments are a vital part of our shared life

The Guardian - UK

AI job worries grow. But some human skills can’t be replaced by machines

The fear of becoming obsolete is a rising source of anxiety as artificial intelligence emerges in the workplace. Staying strongly connected with others will help

The Guardian - AU

When Maga’s power fades, we cannot abandon those ICE killed

When this is all over, people will tell us to move on. But those who perpetrated this reign of terror must be held accountable

The Guardian - US

Going offline is fun. Living offline was not – just ask a child of the 90s

The neo-luddites are fighting the good fight. But my life before smartphones felt lonelier and more dangerous, writes Emma Beddington

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The Andy Burnham I’ve met over the past 20 years gives me hope for British politics

You hear the word ‘empathy’ a lot when people talk about our next prime minister. I can see why, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

Trump is invoking foreign election interference to justify his own

The president no longer treats the people who defeated him as voters. He treats them as suspects

The Guardian - US

Want a relaxing start to your summer holiday? Get an airport divorce

My husband has a personality transplant within a five-mile radius of any airport. There is no chatting, no dawdling, no time to buy water or go to the loo. But I have happened upon a better way to travel, writes Polly Hudson

The Guardian - UK

The case of the fancy lampposts

Over the years in Thailand we have become familiar with tales of malfeasance involving such unlikely items as parliament clocks, school pianos, kindergarten toys, illegal onions and even disappearing cows. Then, a dozen years ago along came a new one …the humble lamppost.

Bangkok Post

When schools protect predators

We send our children to school to learn, grow and be safe. Instead, two schools have become hunting grounds for sexual predators. Last week, that grim reality was exposed twice -- just two days apart. Two schools, dozens of children, and the people accused of shattering their lives were their…

Bangkok Post

When Pauline Hanson and Tommy Robinson met, hatred was a given. More disturbing was the spectacle

One Nation’s polling popularity is proof we live in an upside-down world which surpasses substance and vaults reason

The Guardian - AU

On screen, Sam Neill ‘gave shape to our shadows, dignity to our unease’

“He inhabited roles that gave voice to the ambivalent, often uncomfortable feelings that constitute New Zealand’s cultural identity.”

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Explained: Can the government force-feed a hunger striker? What Indian law says

Climate activist and innovator Sonam Wangchuk was forcefully removed from Delhi's Jantar Mantar protest site by Delhi Police on Saturday, July 18, and shifted to a government hospital after 21 days of indefinite hunger strike. Police said the decision was based on medical advice and a Delhi High Court order…

The Guardian - US

When Trump accuses others of wrongdoing, you can bet he’s up to something himself

Thursday’s speech about election integrity was a case in point, as the president seeks to undermine the system

The Guardian - US

The Paramount-WBD merger: bad news for Hollywood, great news for Tennessee?

Yet more consolidation means one less studio, inevitable redundancies and a blow to this city’s cultural heritage

Bangkok Post

No more lessons to learn

While one can feel only the deepest of sympathy for the pain and terror experienced by those present at Thailand’s most recent bar fire, as well as for the many more lives impacted by the needless tragedy, this writer must also admit to selfish feelings of frustration and annoyance.

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The Guardian - UK

Trump, not Iran, is the world’s greatest danger. He’s a one-man weapon of mass destruction

As the bombing starts again, it’s clear the president has dragged the US into a limitless fiasco – and the world into an economic quagmire, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

Evening Standard

OPINION - Vick Hope: Books gave me the tools to understand my world — today’s children need that gift

The most important thing that we gain from reading is empathy — you learn to walk a day in someone else’s shoes

The Guardian - UK

The hill I will die on: Parisian waiters are not rude – they’re just badly misunderstood

After living here for years, I can see through that old stereotype. My tip: if your server is not full of bonhomie, why not try saying ‘bonjour’? says journalist and editor Helen Massy-Beresford

The Guardian - US

Trump has declared war on elections in the name of protecting them

The president’s Orwellian speech on Thursday was just the latest instance of his denialism. It is up to us to resist

Bangkok Post

Lessons from the Lat Phrao fire

The deadly fire at a beer hall in Lat Phrao has left the public with a haunting image: a long jet of flame bursting through the upper part of the main entrance like a fire-breathing dragon, even as people at floor level were still trying to escape.

Bangkok Post

King of scams

Re: "5,814 caught in exam scandal" & "Honeymoon ends for PM Anutin", ( BP, July 16).

Bangkok Post

World Cup proves soccer is here to stay in America

The day after Belgium knocked the United States out of the 2026 World Cup, the post-mortems began. There were the tired snickers, the familiar quip that soccer is "the sport of the future and always will be," and the usual banter about how America's men can't compete because our best…

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