Thai April factory output drops 0.36% on year, below forecast

Thai April factory output drops 0.36% on year, below forecast

BANGKOK, May 28 (Reuters) – Thailand’s manufacturing production index dropped 0.36% in ‌April from a year earlier, ‌the industry ministry said on Thursday, weaker than ​analysts’ forecasts. • The April reading compared with a year-on-year increase of 0.2% forecast in a Reuters poll, and ‌followed a revised ⁠rise of 1.30% the previous month. • Thai…

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All the Films in Competition at Cannes 2026, Ranked from Best to Worst

All the Films in Competition at Cannes 2026, Ranked from Best to Worst

12. “Coward” After winning awards and generating controversy at Cannes for “Girl” (2019) and “Close” (2023), two queer coming-of-age dramas that veer between exquisite sensitivity and near-exploitative cruelty, the Belgian filmmaker Lukas Dhont returned this year with his third and strongest feature, set during the First World War. Emmanuel Macchia and Valentin Campagne shared the…

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Zelensky vows new strikes inside Russia

Zelensky vows new strikes inside Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced plans on Wednesday for further counter-strikes deep inside Russian territory following talks with Ukraine’s military leadership. In his evening video address released in Kiev, Zelensky said the attacks were intended to show Moscow that it would “have to pay for the war with its own losses.” Russian oil industry facilities…

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Technical outage hits police systems, traffic lights in German cities

Technical outage hits police systems, traffic lights in German cities

A technical outage lasting several hours disrupted key systems in several cities in Germany’s North Rhine-Westphalia state on Tuesday, affecting police operations, traffic lights and businesses, authorities said. The disruption affected the dispatch system used by the control centre and police stations of the Wuppertal police headquarters, police said. Emergency phone services, however, remained reachable.…

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The Revolutionary Force of Sonny Rollins

The Revolutionary Force of Sonny Rollins

The album is called “A Night at The ‘Village Vanguard’ ”; it features Rollins in a trio, with only bass and drums, no piano, the effect of which is to maximize the saxophonist’s solo time and to omit the pianist’s habitual chordal signposting during his solos. He had done this in a studio session, earlier that…

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