FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 73 - Caught on Camera

Lamp verdict welcome

Twelve years after the scandal emerged, the arm of justice has finally reached the controversial procurement of Kinnaree sculpture-style lampposts in Samut Prakan province.

Bangkok Post · Jul 8

Disneyland's campaign to make robots loveable

In the 1950s, automation promised to liberate humans from "drudgery" and reorient us on the "human use of human beings", in the words of computer scientist Norbert Wiener. On the 1956 campaign trail, incumbent Republican Vice President Richard Nixon predicted that Americans could look ahead to a four-day work week…

Bangkok Post · Jul 8

Tackling the cancer crisis in poorer nations

In Nigeria, a cancer diagnosis is often a death sentence. Nearly 130,000 Nigerians receive one each year, and nearly 80,000 die of the disease. An average of 33 women per day in Nigeria are infected with cervical cancer, and 22 women per day die from it. The problem is not…

Bangkok Post · Jul 8

The Guardian view on Marine Le Pen’s candidacy: a dangerous gamble

Editorial: The far-right leader has reached for the Trumpian playbook in plotting a possible path to the Élysée. The consequences are alarmingly unpredictable

The Guardian - UK · Jul 8

The Guardian view on the flamingo revolution: Albanians are standing up for their rights, as well as for nature

Editorial: Plans for a mega-resort, backed by Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, have spurred broader questions about who politics is serving

The Guardian - UK · Jul 8

Superstars have always had huge egos – but from Cristiano Ronaldo to Taylor Swift, it’s getting ridiculous

I was famous once, and I’m sure I let my self-regard race ahead of my talent, writes Adrian Chiles. Adoration has its limits, though, and everyone would do well to remember that

The Guardian - UK · Jul 8

After losing to the Mail, Prince Harry seems doomed to a sad life in California. And he did it to himself

As the family travails worsen, it’s a wretched time to lose to his tabloid tormentor. Epic battle, epic fail, says author and former royal correspondent Stephen Bates

The Guardian - UK · Jul 8

Datacentres are a ticking timebomb. We must make sure AI’s benefits outweigh the costs

They suck up energy and water, and blast out heat. Just who is better off from all this investment – aside from tech bros?

The Guardian - AU · Jul 8

Farage told me he would quit politics after Brexit. Now, mired in scandal, he should do it and mean it

His byelection stunt shows he is clearly rattled by a perilous position. Wildcards rarely endure: his future is behind him, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK · Jul 8

Do you need a word to describe how you feel in the heat? I nominate ‘natsubate’

It refers to the total burnout experienced during periods of extreme heat and humidity – and never have we needed it more, writes Polly Hudson

The Guardian - UK · Jul 8