Author: Hayden Doyle

Thailand experienced a 42% increase in international MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions) travelers in 2024, with visitor numbers reaching 1.16 million. This brings the country close to its pre-pandemic record of 1.2 million MICE visitors in 2019. The top source markets included China, India, Malaysia, Vietnam, South Korea, and the U.S., alongside strong European contributions from Germany, the UK, and France. Among the MICE sectors, conventions saw the highest growth in 2024, with delegate numbers nearly tripling compared to 2023. Incentive travel, exhibitions, and meetings also recorded steady improvements, showcasing Thailand’s appeal as a global destination for business events.…

Democrats aren’t ready for the Kamala Harris honeymoon to end. Monday’s stock market plunge is reminding them it can’t last forever. The global stock market tumbles represented a dramatic reversal from the cooling inflation and steady growth economists had been heralding in recent weeks. It’s also an unnerving reminder to Democrats, on the eve of Harris’ vice presidential pick, that public gloominess over the economy could hurt the campaign. William Owen, a Democratic National Committee member from Tennessee, called the market slide a “tremendously huge problem” for the Harris campaign. He sent campaign and party officials an email on Friday…

BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 23. We are optimistic about the future development of Tajik-Azerbaijani relations, said Emomali Rahmon, President of the Republic of Tajikistan, in a joint press conference with Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Trend reports. “We have spoken in favor of continuing the practice of supporting each other’s initiatives within international and regional organizations. We welcome Azerbaijan’s holding this year’s regular session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29). I would like to emphasize that we are optimistic about the future development of Tajik-Azerbaijani relations. In conclusion, I would like to once again…

London (20/5 – 20)One academic was asked about the internet eating their young. This triggered a heated debate about the use of the internet the freedom in presents, the dangers of unfettered go for it all to the public, the rise of the left, the response by the right, and AI, or Artificial Intelligence. The seriousness of the debate can be seen at the UK sponsored conference on AI at Bletchley Park. Following this was the adaptation of the European law on Artificial Intelligence. 28 countries at the summit, including the United States, China, and the European Union, have issued…

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Beijing on Friday. Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said that currently China-U.S. relations have generally stabilized, avoiding further deterioration, but negative factors are still growing and accumulating. China’s attitude, stance and requirements have always been consistent, Wang said, adding that China views and develops China-U.S. relations from the global vision of building a community with a shared future for humanity, adheres to the principles of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation, and proposes…

Sydney Moore had just put her two young sons down for an afternoon nap when a deadly tornado tore through her hometown of Clarksville, Tennessee, over the weekend. Moore, 22, said she and her fiance Aramis Youngblood were standing in the living room of their mobile home when they heard a huge sound that she described as like an airplane flying directly over them. Moore said she and Youngblood went into “fight or flight mode” to save their sons Lord, 4 months, who was sleeping in a bassinet near the front of the home, and Princeton, 1, who was asleep in…

Rudy Giuliani has been ordered to pay nearly $150 million in damages to former Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, whom he defamed following the 2020 presidential election. But as with all major jury awards, the question is whether Freeman and Moss will see any of that money. Giuliani, the former New York mayor and onetime attorney to former President Donald Trump, has vowed to appeal the jury’s verdict. During the trial, he and his attorneys repeatedly said that he already doesn’t have funds to cover his various debts, but it’s unclear how much the former New York mayor actually…

NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. (LEX 18) — Fire officials are investigating after a home burned to the ground early Thursday morning. This happened on Allison Circle in Nicholasville just off Nicholasville Bypass. According to Nicholasville Fire, crews saw heavy flames coming from the back of the home when they got there, posing a danger to surrounding houses. NFD’s battalion chief says they were searching for a man they were told was trapped inside the home. That man was found dead at the scene, according to fire officials. The man who died was identified as 66-year-old Carl French. The house is considered a…

ATLANTA (TND) — Atlanta police released body camera footage of a traffic stop in August that led to the death of a 62-year-old church deacon that showed the man being shocked multiple times by the officer’s Taser after repeatedly saying he could not breathe. The footage was released Wednesday at the request of the family of the victim, Johnny Hollman Sr., who became unresponsive during his arrest on the night of Aug. 10. An autopsy determined his death was a homicide, with heart disease as a contributing factor, which has led his family to call for prosecutors to charge Officer Kiran Kimbrough with…

President Biden and first lady Jill Biden will travel to Georgia on Tuesday for a tribute service for former first lady Rosalynn Carter, who died Sunday at the age of 96, the White House said Wednesday. According to the Carter Center, the service will be at Glenn Memorial Church at Emory University in Atlanta with invited guests. Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff will also attend. Carter’s funeral service will be held Wednesday at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Georgia, according to the Carter Center. There will be a private interment at the Carter family residence. On Monday, there…