Peak Bangkok moment: just watched a guy (in a Songkran Hawaiian shirt of course) ditch his taxi stuck in traffic and hop on a passing motorbike. 😂

AFP News Agency Cambodian villagers rave oxcarts to safeguard ancient tradition. By me :)

And remember that a 5 in NYC would be an 8 almost anywhere else in the country

The plaintive tone 😂

We worry about political deepfakes, but one study found that 98% of deepfakes are porn, and 99% of those targeted women or girls. Companies profit by humiliating them, Google directs traffic to these sites, and victims have no recourse. My weekend column: nyti.ms/3PwNOGs

British cancer surgeon Dr Nick Maynard, who has worked in Gaza, shared his experiences during a press conference at the UN, saying he saw ‘things at Al-Aqsa Hospital which I still wake up at night thinking about’.

Read more: trib.al/FjP2MaI

But there should be no confusion about whether it remains possible to 'avert' a famine at this point. That window has closed.

Famine level mortality is starting to rise and has a lot of momentum. This is now about containing the severity of the famine, not preventing it. //end

U.N. investigation finds an Israeli tank violated international law when it fired two 120 mm rounds at a group of 'clearly identifiable journalists' & killed our colleague, Issam Abdallah.

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Biden gave Israel five months of unprecedented support and Netanyahu, predictably, still spent a whole interview heaping contempt on him. The 'bear hug' strategy was doomed from the start, as anyone who knows Netanyahu could have told you in October politico.eu/article/israel…

A good day to share this AFP News Agency blog with the reflections of my Tokyo colleagues who covered Japan's devastating 3/11 triple disaster. correspondent.afp.com/remembering-ja…

'the extra 4GtCO2e from a second Trump term would negate – twice over – all of the savings from deploying wind, solar and other clean technologies around the world over the past five years.'

That's the stakes.

Visitors will be banned from entering private alleys in Kyoto's famous geisha district, a local representative told AFP News Agency on Thursday, as the ancient city tackles overtourism after the pandemic u.afp.com/5fef

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穏やかな陽気になりました。梅林のウメは早咲きも中咲きも盛りとなっています。# 織姫 はしとやかに、# 芳流閣 はしっかりと梅花をつけています。

Des #pruniers de notre jardin s’épanouissent plein.

#小石川後楽園 #JardinKoishikawaKorakuen

Bangkok tells city employees to work from home to avoid harmful air pollution, as a layer of noxious haze blankets the Thai capital

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😷 In recent days, the air quality in many parts of #Thailand has been extremely poor. Today, we are experiencing one of the worst smog days this year. At our school, I have just raised the red flag in the playground, indicating that all P.E. lessons for today are cancelled.

Bangkok climbed into the top ten of world’s worst air quality on Thursday.

Not sure this is the Valentine’s Day gift Srettha Thavisin’s environment team wanted to gift its citizens.

Please do something Mr Prime Minister, we’re counting on you!

Mmmm, now I'm craving thin pancakes with lemon and sugar.

Extraordinary and fiery press conference from President Biden - in which he denies being too old. Then - excruciatingly for his staff - he returned to the microphone and says Egyptian leader el-Sisi is president of Mexico, validating his critics.

Minutes before referring to Sisi as president of Mexico 😬