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BangkokPost.com 

Renowned jazzer Dan Costa to play in Bangkok

World-class jazz pianist Dan Costa will take everyone on a journey through beautiful melodies and exciting rhythms during his piano solo concert at Sala Sudasiri Sobha, Lat Phrao Soi 41 yaek 7-2, on Sunday at 4pm.

BangkokPost.com 

Bangkok Street Performer fest returns

Public areas in the heart of the capital will be transformed into centres of music and arts for the Bangkok Street Performer Festival 2024, which will run for one day only on Saturday, from 1pm to 9pm.

BangkokPost.com 

Choi Jin-hyuk to meet fans in Bangkok

This Saturday, fans of Choi Jin-hyuk can meet him at "2024 Choi Jin-hyuk Fan-Con Tour In Bangkok". Organised by 247 Entertainment, the event will take place at Aksra Theatre King Power.

BangkokPost.com 

The world's babies need antibiotics

Over the last half-century, the number of children who die before reaching the age of five has fallen dramatically, from around 20 million in 1960 to 4.9 million in 2022, largely owing to the Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI). Established by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1974, the EPI has been extraordinarily successful in providing the youngest people with access to vaccines,...

BangkokPost.com 

Sizing up Chiang Mai

The mobile cabinet in Chiang Mai tomorrow is not just another routine meeting of cabinet ministers. Rather, it is an early bugle call for the ruling Pheu Thai Party to fight and win the local election in this northern province in February.

BangkokPost.com 

Household debt plan has many flaws

It is unanimously agreed that household debt is one of the major economic problems of Thailand. Non-performing loans (NPL) from household debt amount to 1.2 trillion baht according to the National Credit Bureau (NCB). If it includes Special Mentioned (SM) debt (31-90 days of default), the bad debt level would rise to 1.7 trillion baht, or about...

BangkokPost.com 

Pricey policies to curb climate change 'dead'

The latest climate summit has been as hypocritical and dysfunctional as every one before, with most world leaders not even bothering to turn up. Still, 50,000 people flew in from across the world, while essentially telling the rest of us to stop flying. Poor-country politicians performatively staged a "walk-out", and rich nations ended up promising a climate slush fund of...

BangkokPost.com 

BKI trims premium target for 2024

Bangkok Insurance (BKI) has downgraded its 2024 premium target to 32 billion baht based on the decline in the motor insurance business as the automotive industry sags, claims rise, government spending is delayed and economic growth slows.

The Verge 

The best Black Friday phone deals I’d actually recommend to real people

Big phones, big discounts. | Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge

Black Friday, you may have noticed, is no longer a specific date on the calendar. This year especially, with a late Thanksgiving in the US, it’s a vibe. The deals started arriving well before Friday and they’ll last all weekend, just like turkey leftovers. If the new vibes-based Black Friday means shopping for discounted phones and accessories online any day you please rather than standing in line at the mall, well, that’s a vibe I can relate to. Читать дальше...

The Daily Dot 

‘I’m done with fast food’: Wendy’s customer demands answers after seeing what happened to her Salted Caramel Frosty

Most people probably understand that a dairy-based drink is unsafe to consume if it has been stored improperly overnight. Still, they probably expect that drink to be the same color as when it was first made. A Wendy's customer purchased a Salted Caramel Frosty. And lots of questions were raised after the seasonal beverage turned bright green when she left it out overnight.

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The New Yorker 

Rae Armantrout Reads Dorothea Lasky

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “Mother,” by Dorothea Lasky, and her own poem “Finally.”

Google.com 

NASA's Europa Clipper probe deploys 1st science instruments en route to Jupiter - Space.com

  1. NASA's Europa Clipper probe deploys 1st science instruments en route to Jupiter  Space.com
  2. Europa Clipper deploys instruments on journey to icy moon of Jupiter  Space Daily
  3. Get Cosmic With the Europa Clipper Exploration Watch by Anicorn  Design Milk
  4. "The Science of the Europa Clipper Mission" at Caltech  coloradoboulevard.net
  5. Astrobiology Explorer Europa Clipper’s Trajectory To Jupiter  Astrobiology News