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Leeds Rhinos • Round 23 | Cats at Home

Rugby League Supporters Association Online 

Great performance tonight, think people are harshly judging the first half after a cynical spoiling Catalan side

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Gavin Newsom’s 1-minute fact-check on Fox News is a work of art

Daily Kos 

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has made a recent pastime of humiliating right-wing luminaries like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. So it’s no surprise that when he appeared on Fox News Thursday night, Newsom made quick work of host Brett Baier’s attempts to push the sexist right-wing talking point that Vice President Kamala Harris is a soft-on-crime commie.

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Raimon Land vows to take action against shareholder claims

BangkokPost.com 

SET-listed developer Raimon Land (RML) has confirmed its full compliance with the regulations of the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), adding it plans to take legal action against false claims made by a shareholder.

Will humans survive the next 100 years?

BangkokPost.com 

In May, experts from many fields gathered in Montenegro to discuss "Existential Threats and Other Disasters: How Should We Address Them." The term "existential risk" was popularised in a 2002 essay by the philosopher Nick Bostrom, who defined it as referring to risks such that "an adverse outcome would either annihilate Earth-originating intelligent life, or permanently and drastically curtail...

Court image in the dock

BangkokPost.com 

It is unusual for Thais to criticise courts and jurists. But such anxiety comes with good reason. Thai law levies hefty penalties on those found to be in contempt of court -- imprisonment of one to seven years and fines of 2,000-14,000 baht.

Thaksin reclaims political centre stage

BangkokPost.com 

As the Pheu Thai Party was busy forming a new cabinet, Thaksin Shinawatra re-consolidated his power in the blink of an eye. Few, if any, political observers would have imagined this phenomenon in almost two decades of colour-coded politics that saw Thaksin, for much of that time, living in self-imposed exile.

The yen strikes back

BangkokPost.com 

The Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index, which measures volatility on the S&P 500 index, rose to an intra-day high of 66% on Aug 5.

Traders on sidelines awaiting signals from Fed chief

BangkokPost.com 

RECAP: Trade was subdued in most Asian stock markets yesterday while the dollar rebounded from one-year lows, as investors were cautious ahead of a major speech by US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell.

Event organisers play both sides

BangkokPost.com 

Event organisers and venue operators have urged the government to carefully manage the influx of cheap Chinese goods to protect Thai manufacturers.