Randy Thanthong-Knight

International education is a roughly $200 billion global business, with the U.K., Canada and Australia three of its biggest players.

European governments are targeting international students to curb surging immigration—but it’s costing universities billions

By Swati Pandey, Randy Thanthong-Knight, and others

Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau in Warsaw, Poland on March 10, 2022 (Photo by Mateusz Wlodarczyk/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Google blinks first in its war with Canada by agreeing to pay $74 million annually for online news after threatening to block it

By Randy Thanthong-Knight and Bloomberg

EDMONTON, CANADA – AUGUST 26, 2023:<br />
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau addresses local Liberal Party supporters at a private fundraiser organized in the Edmonton Convention Center, on August 26, 2023, in Edmonton, Canada.<br />
PM Trudeau hosted an exclusive fundraiser in Edmonton, during which he highlighted national vision and unity. He brought his daughter Ella-Grace on stage, discussed challenges and unity, and praised Albertans while emphasizing the Liberal Party’s commitment to inclusive economic growth amidst complex issues. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Meta and Alphabet would owe at least 4% of annual revenue in Canada to news outlets under draft regulations pushed by Justin Trudeau

By Randy Thanthong-Knight and Bloomberg

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23, 2019– Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before the U.S. House Financial Services Committee during An Examination of Facebook and Its Impact on the Financial Services and Housing Sectors hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., the United States, on Oct. 23, 2019. (Photo by Liu Jie/Xinhua via Getty) (Xinhua/Liu Jie via Getty Images)

Meta starts blocking news on Facebook and Instagram in Canada after law passes requiring payment of local outlets

By Randy Thanthong-Knight and Bloomberg

25 May 2023, Berlin: Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, attends a press event to announce Google as the new official partner of the Women’s National Team at Google Berlin. Photo: Christoph Soeder/dpa (Photo by Christoph Soeder/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Google is so against paying for news that it’s removing Canadian news publishers from its search engine

By Randy Thanthong-Knight and Bloomberg

Arriving passengers wait for a PCR swab test to be taken at the arrival area at Phuket International Airport as Thailand welcomes the first group of tourists fully vaccinated against the Covid-19 coronavirus without quarantine in Phuket on November 1, 2021. (Photo by Mladen ANTONOV / AFP) (Photo by MLADEN ANTONOV/AFP via Getty Images)

Thailand ends quarantine for vaccinated tourists from over 60 countries in Asia’s biggest reopening gamble

By Randy Thanthong-Knight, Prim Chuwiruch, and others

12 September 2021, Thailand, Bangkok: Clouds are in the sky above the Bangkok skyline. The mega-metropolis was one of the most visited cities in the world before the Corona pandemic. (to “Bangkok expected to welcome tourists again in November”) Photo: Carola Frentzen/dpa (Photo by Carola Frentzen/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Thailand to ease travel restrictions for vaccinated tourists

By Randy Thanthong-Knight, Suttinee Yuvejwattana, and others

Surin beach in Phuket. While some travellers have started to arrive on the island after meeting the strict entry requirements, the island is still reeling from the devastation the pandemic has inflicted on the tourism industry. (Photo by Thomas De Cian/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Thailand has less than 100 days until it fully reopens to tourists. It may not be ready

By Randy Thanthong-Knight and Bloomberg

PHUKET, THAILAND – APRIL 21: An aerial view of speedboats berthed along the beach at Chalong Pier, the center for day trips to surrounding islands around Phuket on April 21, 2021 in Phuket, Thailand. Thailand’s tourism-driven economy has been battered by the country’s borders being closed for a prolonged period, and a recent rise in Covid-19 cases has caused further concern as the government imposed fresh restrictions to control the outbreak. (Photo by Sirachai Arunrugstichai/Getty Images)

Phuket may show how other Asian tourist hotspots can reopen

By Randy Thanthong-Knight and Bloomberg