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All shook up: How Elvis keeps Aussie outback town alive
AFP, Published on 23/01/2019
» PARKES (AUSTRALIA) - Once a year Parkes, a sleepy mining town in rural Australia, explodes into colour and song -- a veritable Graceland in the outback hosting a five-day extravaganza to celebrate 'the King'.
Chelsea, Spurs search for striking solutions as Man Utd crank up pressure
AFP, Published on 18/01/2019
» LONDON: Chelsea and Arsenal clash in the Premier League this weekend, with both managers looking nervously over their shoulders at a charging Manchester United as Tottenham adjust to life without the injured Harry Kane.
Itthipat ends drought with Boonchu title
Sports, Published on 14/01/2019
» Nakhon Ratchasima: Itthipat Buranatanyarat rediscovered the winning feeling, firing a seven-under-par 64 in the final round to claim the Boonchu Ruangkit Championship by two shots yesterday.
Kabul faces water crisis as drought, population strain supply
AFP, Published on 11/01/2019
» KABUL - Standing in his garden in Kabul, Baz Mohammad Kochi oversees the drilling of a new well more than 100 metres deep after his first water reservoir dried up. He is not alone.
Kiradech excited, Poom upbeat
Sports, Published on 10/01/2019
» Nakhon Ratchasima: Kiradech Aphibarnrat is thrilled to begin his 2019 campaign on home soil after a relaxing break at the season-opening Boonchu Ruangkit Championship, which starts today.
New festival celebrates the cultural riches of Isan
Life, Published on 08/01/2019
» Boasting its own colourful culinary, cultural and musical traditions, Thailand's Northeastern region of Isan is packed full of creative potential that will be unlocked and uncovered at the Isan Creative Festival 2019.
Bricked in by poverty, Cambodia's farmers fight debt bondage
AFP, Published on 02/01/2019
» PHNOM PENH: Bopha should be in school but instead toils seven days a week in a searing brick kiln on the outskirts of Phnom Penh -- a 14-year-old trapped in debt bondage in a boom industry preying on the poverty of Cambodia's farmers.
Climate change takes toll on French oyster farmers
AFP, Published on 31/12/2018
» CANCALE (FRANCE) - Gulping down oysters has long been a favourite New Year's Eve ritual for the French, but as winters get warmer and summers get drier many growers worry there will soon be fewer of the prized mollusks to go around.
'Worse every day': Afghans expect 2019 to be even deadlier
AFP, Published on 30/12/2018
» KABUL - After a year of record bloodshed, Afghans are bracing for an even deadlier 2019 with the threat of a US drawdown and a looming presidential vote likely to fuel violence.
Officials see declining 2019 rice shipments
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 28/12/2018
» The government is confident that Thailand will end the year exporting 11 million tonnes of rice as targeted, but shipments are forecast to drop to 10 million tonnes next year amid stiff competition and a domestic drought.