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Mutual respect 'key' to violence prevention

One polite request to lower the volume on a Bangkok BTS train has become one of Thailand's most discussed incidents in the past week. Much of the debate has centred on nationality, tourism and whether the foreign visitors involved should have behaved differently.

Bangkok Post · Jul 26

Malaysia holds key to peace in South

It has been an open secret in southern Thailand, especially in Yala, Narathiwat and Pattani provinces, that Malaysia has long served as a second home for many insurgents seeking refuge when they face military crackdowns.

Bangkok Post · Jul 26

John Healey had one clear demand on defence spending. Now he’s chancellor, it’s all gone quiet

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The nearest the chancellor has got to discussing spending plans was in the relative merits of pork scratchings with the prime minister in a pub

The Independent UK · Jul 26

The Guardian view on a new director at Tate: an old institution must tackle fresh issues

Editorial: A decline in visitor numbers, staff strikes and budget cuts – Jessica Morgan faces many challenges as she takes on the biggest job in the British arts scene

The Guardian - UK · Jul 26

An act of kindness, or mitzvah, teaches us to be part of something bigger than ourselves

More than anything, I want my kids to grow into people who notice others and who care about the world around them

The Guardian - AU · Jul 26

The Pitt is powerful – but it’s the rawness of The Bear that truly portrays hospital work

Both restaurant work and medicine involve abusive training and relentless devotion to minutiae – and the joy of offering comfort

The Guardian - US · Jul 26

I was a terrible teen. Now my son is turning into one, karma is coming for me

My mum loves to remind me how sullen, furious and monosyllabic I was. Now she can’t wait to see how I’ll handle parenting an adolescent, writes Polly Hudson

The Guardian - UK · Jul 26

From the strait of Hormuz to the North Sea, a global maritime war rages around us – and more than the price of oil is at stake

The collapse of the rules-based order is not confined to the land: we’re imperilled as centuries of maritime cooperation sink beneath the waves, says foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

The Guardian - UK · Jul 26

Am I a chicken-shop lefty? Here’s what a French fast food row taught me about politics

Feathers are flying over the halal chicken chain Master Poulet opening a branch in gentrified Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine – it’s an issue of wealth and class we know only too well, says writer and podcaster Coco Khan

The Guardian - UK · Jul 26

Always remember how Macquarie built its millionaires on outrageous tolls and charges

As Shemara Wikramanayake retires with shares worth hundreds of millions, the public is left counting the cost of high prices for utilities, roads and airports

The Guardian - AU · Jul 26