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A new oud masterpiece
Life, John Clewley, Published on 30/08/2025
» This month's Transglobal World Music Chart has plenty of interesting new albums, with many released to coincide with the summer festival season in Europe and North America.
Guinea ex-dictator says gave no order in 2009 massacre
AFP, Published on 13/12/2022
» CONAKRY - Guinean ex-dictator Moussa Dadis Camara denied at a long-awaited trial on Tuesday that he had given any orders to initiate a 2009 massacre in which hundreds of people were slaughtered or raped.
Messi restricted in PSG draw as Man City, Liverpool win thrillers
AFP, Published on 16/09/2021
» PARIS: Lionel Messi made his first Paris Saint-Germain start in a 1-1 draw at Club Brugge in the Champions League on Wednesday, while last season's runners-up Manchester City and Liverpool won high-scoring thrillers.
Army seizes power in Guinea, holds president
AFP, Published on 06/09/2021
» CONAKRY - Guinean special forces seized power in a coup on Sunday, arresting the president and imposing an indefinite curfew in the poor west African country.
Guinea man at heart of cluster
News, Post Reporters, Published on 13/05/2021
» A Covid-19 cluster of at least 137 cases has been traced back to an African gem trader who travelled between Chanthaburi and Bang Rak district of Bangkok and often attended religious gatherings, the government revealed yesterday.
Mory Kante is gone, but not forgotten
Life, John Clewley, Published on 26/05/2020
» In 1987, the singer and kora (21-stringed African harp) player Mory Kante released his fifth studio album, Akwaba Beach. The Guinean-born musician included a number of interesting songs including an Islamic song, Inch Allah, but it was the 12-inch single from the album Yé Ké Yé Ké that caused a sensation as it became the first single from Africa to sell more than a million copies. The song swept into the charts across Europe, and if you were walking around the bars and clubs in Bangkok during that period, you could hear the song everywhere.
Sharks deal Buriram early blow at home
Sports, Tor Chittinand, Published on 24/02/2019
» Nine-man Chonburi put on a great fightback to shatter defending champions Buriram United's dream of a winning start to the new Thai League 1 season, salvaging a 2-2 draw in the away game on Saturday.
Papua New Guinea's 'gay village' offers sanctuary, hope
AFP, Published on 30/11/2018
» PORT MORESBY - As an openly gay man in Papua New Guinea, where sex between men is illegal and stigma and violence widespread, 24-year-old Kapera Patrick remembers thugs pelting him with abuse, stones and bottles.
Extortion suspect arrested
News, Post Reporters, Published on 23/10/2018
» Police have arrested a Taiwanese man accused of making death threats against a Taiwanese businessman and posting obscene images on the WeChat app in a bid to extort more than 10 million baht from him, Pol Maj Gen Surachate Hakparn, acting commissioner of the Immigration Bureau, said on Monday.
Klopp and Mourinho under immense pressure
Sports, Published on 12/08/2018
» Juergen Klopp declared that his mission in life was to make Jose Mourinho smile. But as the new Premier League season has begun, there is a chance that both the Liverpool and Manchester United managers will be frowning by their end of their respective campaigns.