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Chagos: a 50-year-old UK-US crime
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 24/02/2022
» 'The object of the exercise is to get some rocks which will remain ours.... There will be no indigenous population except seagulls," wrote Sir Paul Gore-Booth, a senior official at the British Foreign Office, as the plan to expel the 2,000 Chagos Islanders from their homes was taking shape in 1966. "We must surely be very tough about this."
400-year-old Ecuadoran beer resurrected from yeast
AFP, Published on 04/08/2022
» QUITO: Inside an old oak barrel, Ecuadoran bioengineer Javier Carvajal found the fungus of fortune: a 400-year-old yeast specimen that he has since managed to resurrect and use to reproduce what is believed to be Latin America's oldest beer.
8-year-old Indian heiress becomes a nun
Published on 18/01/2023
» AHMEDABAD, India: An eight-year-old girl who stood to inherit a multi-million-dollar diamond fortune has instead been inducted as a nun in a strict religious order after renouncing worldly pleasures.
Iraq dig uncovers 5,000-year-old pub-restaurant
AFP, Published on 15/02/2023
» LAGASH, Iraq: Archaeologists in southern Iraq have uncovered the remains of a tavern dating back nearly 5,000 years they hope will illuminate the lives of ordinary people in the world's first cities.
Singapore detains 15-year-old on terror charges
Published on 21/02/2023
» Singapore has detained a 15-year-old student, the youngest person to be held under its Internal Security Act for terrorism-related activities. Another teen has had his movements restricted.
16-year-old girl busted for pimping minors
Post Reporters, Published on 08/08/2023
» Police arrested a 16-year-old girl on Tuesday in Kamphaeng Phet province for human trafficking and luring minors to be prostitutes.
58-year-old hippo to get birthday party
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 06/09/2023
» The public is being invited to help Mae Mali, the oldest living hippopotamus in the country, celebrate her 58th birthday at Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chon Buri this weekend.
Japanese police arrest 86-year-old hostage taker
Published on 31/10/2023
» TOKYO — Police arrested an 86-year-old man who had barricaded himself with a firearm inside a post office near Tokyo on Tuesday, while at a nearby hospital, two people were injured following gunshots.
Govt wants to sell 10-year-old rice
Gary Boyle, Published on 14/05/2024
» Commerce Minister Phumtham Wechayachai on Monday said that the government wants to sell the last stocks of decade-old rice.
Stolen 1,000-year-old artifacts returned to Thailand
Online Reporters, Published on 20/05/2024
» Two ancient bronze images, one of the Standing Shiva, were returned to Thailand on Monday by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.