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Breaking News

One Racist Christo-Fascist Homeland Under God

By Samantha Johnson / May 21, 2026
Breaking News

This Gun Shop Stayed Open Despite Repeated Violations. Then a Cop Was Killed With One of Its Guns.

By Samantha Johnson / May 20, 2026
Breaking News

Ken Paxton Wanted to Crack Down on Forum Shopping. Now Lawyers Say He’s Improperly Seeking Out Favorable Courts.

By Samantha Johnson / May 20, 2026
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Bang Tao Beach Clubs - Foreign-Owned Nightlife vs. Thai Law
Corruption Investigations

Bang Tao Beach Clubs: Foreign-Owned Nightlife vs. Thai Law

By Samantha Johnson / May 21, 2026
Corruption

Scanlon Introduces Corporate Crime Legislation

By Jameson Harper / May 20, 2026
Corruption Investigations

Bang Tao Beach Clubs: Foreign-Owned Nightlife vs. Thai Law

By Samantha Johnson / May 21, 2026

Bang tao illegal nightclubs and beach clubs, mostly owned by foreigners, operating in an area officially designated as residential.

Breaking News

One Racist Christo-Fascist Homeland Under God

By Samantha Johnson / May 21, 2026

In retrospect, Sunday’s taxpayer-funded blasphemy fest to “rededicate” America as a Christian nation though it’s not and never was looks ever more obscene amidst an…

Current Affairs

Jailed banker ties roil Flavio Bolsonaro’s Brazil presidential hopes

By Samantha Johnson / May 21, 2026

Brazil’s right-wing presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro was riding high in the polls until the news broke of his ties to a banker jailed over a…

Current Affairs

Police probe theft of HK$8 million in luxury wines, other items from seaside home

By Samantha Johnson / May 21, 2026

Hong Kong police are investigating a burglary at a seaside luxury house in Tai Po, where a businesswoman lost an estimated HK$8 million (US$1.02 million)…

Current Affairs

Anxiety, depression plague up to two-thirds of subdivided flat tenants: NGO

By Samantha Johnson / May 21, 2026

As many as two-thirds of 158 subdivided housing tenants supported by an NGO in Hong Kong have shown signs of anxiety or depression, highlighting calls…

Current Affairs

Alibaba signals next phase of AI growth from investment to commercialisation

By Samantha Johnson / May 21, 2026

Alibaba Group Holding’s heavy investments in artificial intelligence have moved beyond the “initial” phase and entered “full-scale commercialisation”, the Chinese e-commerce and cloud computing giant…

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