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Re: "Eight dead in Nonthaburi school shooting", (Online, Aug 7).

Bangkok Post · Aug 7

Thai diplomacy at a crossroads

Thailand's foreign policy is running amok in questionable directions inconsistent with its longstanding and crafty geostrategic balancing. From signing a joint statement to appease Beijing on its "reunification" with Taiwan and criticising a United Nations special rapporteur on his assessment of the Thai-Cambodian border situation, the Anutin Charnvirakul-led government has…

Bangkok Post · Aug 7

The Guardian view on Jason Arday: diversity advocates must stand firm

Editorial: Serious failings by one academic, and his bosses at the University of Cambridge, should not be allowed to undermine wider progressive goals

The Guardian - UK · Aug 7

OPINION - WFP (working from playground) is not a solution to the summer childcare crisis

New research reveals that 33 per cent of parents are taking Zoom calls beside the monkey bars. Eilidh Dorgan reports on the crippling childcare costs leading to this

Evening Standard · Aug 7

Trump is laying waste to the agency that keeps hospital patients safe

Few have heard of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, but it has saved tens of thousands of lives and billions of dollars

The Guardian - US · Aug 7

With their assault on science, Trumpists aren’t just harming America – they’re harming themselves

The administration is subjugating science to political imperatives, a major blow to US soft power and technological progress

The Guardian - US · Aug 7

I stand to defend vertical drinking. Is a pub that doesn’t allow it a real pub at all?

The time-honoured tradition of standing up with a drink, gossiping and putting the world to rights is under threat. If councillors ban it, we’ll all lose out, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK · Aug 7

Why are ultra-processed food firms panicking and suing? Because they know time is running out

As the harm caused by their products becomes more evident, manufacturers are resorting to denial and lawsuits to keep regulation at bay, says former Guardian special correspondent Felicity Lawrence

The Guardian - UK · Aug 7

Anti-reservation rhetoric is rising, management quota stays invisible

When the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) protests put the Union government on the back foot, the big news channels along with several social media handles began a curious campaign against caste-based affirmative action to discredit the protests.

Newslaundry · Aug 7

As a Tory, I say things are looking up. Farage is fading, and the looming threat to No 10 is called Kemi

My party has seen difficult times – but with a few canny moves, the leader is finally cutting through, says former Conservative party chief whip Simon Hart

The Guardian - UK · Aug 7