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End of the Dubai dream for Europe's drug lords?
AFP, Published on 16/12/2024
» PARIS - Drug lords like Sean McGovern, a top lieutenant of the Kinahan cartel, and Faissal Taghi -- son of the infamous head of the Dutch-Moroccan Mocro Maffia -- used to hang out and party in Dubai's glitzy hotels and restaurants without a care in the world.
Illegal camp site faces demolition
News, Post Reporters, Published on 31/05/2024
» SARABURI: Authorities have ordered Phu Nab Dao Cafe & Glamping in Muak Lek district to demolish structures it built illegally on its Sor Por Kor land within 30 days.
Boss café opens its doors at Siam Center
Business, Pitsinee Jitpleecheep, Published on 16/06/2023
» Suntory PepsiCo Beverage (Thailand) Co, the distributor of Pepsi-Cola in Thailand, recently launched Boss café in an effort to enhance the brand's recognition and promote coffee consumption in the country.
Asia's food mecca
Business, Pitsinee Jitpleecheep, Published on 12/06/2023
» Every year, hungry travellers from Thailand and around the world visit Italy, the UK, Singapore, China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan to indulge in renowned dishes from these countries.
Italy's 'Fourth Mafia', little-known but extremely violent
AFP, Published on 17/03/2023
» FOGGIA (ITALY) - It took a loaded pistol pointed at Lazzaro D'Auria's head for the Italian landowner to finally say yes to the country's newest and most violent mafia.
The perils of going grey
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 05/03/2023
» Lisa LaFlamme had barely settled in at the back of the cafe when two women approached her in quick succession. You're so beautiful, said the first, while the other slipped LaFlamme a note on yellow-lined paper.
Ghosts of the past haunt empty pub
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 16/10/2022
» There's an old Irish pub in Manhattan's financial district, Jim Brady's, that closed at the start of the pandemic and has been sitting empty ever since. The stockbrokers and construction workers who once drank there now walk past with indifference.
Iraqi news anchor makes history
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 21/02/2022
» Randa Abd Al-Aziz was relaxing in a Baghdad cafe, making her friends laugh by reading a cosmetics pamphlet aloud in classical Arabic, the exaggeratedly formal language of speeches, official decrees -- and TV anchors.
Martin Sorrell's Comeback Plan: Take Down WPP and Other Giants
Business, Published on 03/02/2022
» Martin Sorrell built WPP PLC into the world's largest advertising agency over three decades through a combination of impatience, drive and the occasional angry outburst.
Inspired by Navalny, Russian bloggers stand up to corruption
AFP, Published on 01/02/2022
» KOROLYOV, Russia: Armed with only a phone and selfie stick, blogger Igor Grishin has set himself the task of fighting corruption in his hometown beyond Moscow, following in the steps of imprisoned Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.