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Defence firms lure recruits with yoga, even condoms
Bloomberg News, Published on 03/09/2025
» LONDON — Rheinmetall AG has come up with a cheeky way to introduce itself to young job seekers.
One Bangkok: Where Celebrations Meet Spectacular Shows
Published on 18/10/2024
» Count Down to The One Bangkok Celebration with World-Class Spectacular Shows, 500+ Artists, and Year-Round Heart-Beating Excitement!
Ed Sheeran takes Sheerios across his discography at 'The +–=÷× Tour'
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 13/02/2024
» The return of Ed Sheeran last Saturday night for "The +–=÷× Tour" (pronounced The Mathematics Tour) at Bangkok's Rajamangala National Stadium is particularly noteworthy.
David Foster and friends to serenade fans on Aug 5
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 31/07/2023
» David Foster is bringing his signature tour to Bangkok once more. 'Thonburi Phanich Group Proudly Presents Hitman David Foster And Friends Bangkok 2023' is scheduled at Royal Paragon Hall on the fifth floor of Siam Paragon on Aug 5.
Irish singer Sinead O'Connor dies
AFP, Published on 27/07/2023
» DUBLIN: Irish pop singer Sinead O'Connor, who shot to worldwide fame in the 1990s, has died at the age of 56, Irish media reported on Wednesday.
Rice joins Arsenal in British transfer record
AFP, Published on 15/07/2023
» LONDON: Declan Rice became Britain's most expensive player on Saturday as Arsenal signed the England midfielder from West Ham for a reported £105 million ($137.5 million).
From slums to stardom: Uganda's Ghetto Kids
AFP, Published on 03/06/2023
» KAMPALA, Uganda: The sprawling slums of Kampala are a far cry from the glitzy stage of Britain's Got Talent, where a group of Ugandan street kids will be performing in Sunday's grand finale of the hit UK television show.
'Worst is over', Citi official says as bank looks to increase staff in Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, Published on 02/05/2023
» Citigroup, the biggest foreign lender in Hong Kong, will increase staff at its commercial banking unit in the city by 100 to tap growing opportunities in the Greater Bay Area, according to a senior executive.
Teodoro Obiang, Equatorial Guinea's iron-fisted ruler
AFP, Published on 27/11/2022
» LIBREVILLE - Confirmed for a sixth term as president, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo has ruled oil-rich Equatorial Guinea since August 1979, overseeing a regime notorious for crushing dissent and fearing coups.
Year of Turbulence
Asia focus, Published on 27/12/2021
» Pandemic drags on recovery: In the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, many Asian countries had enviable success, avoiding large-scale outbreaks and mass deaths. But the arrival of the more transmissible Delta variant this year and sluggish vaccine rollouts compounded by low availability sent cases surging. Combined with poor monitoring and easy movement among countries, often unofficially, Southeast Asia became a virus hotspot. The ballooning health crisis collided with churning political discontent in the case of Myanmar, Thailand and Malaysia. Economically, the new wave of infections, and attendant restrictions imposed to curb the spread, stalled recoveries. After nearly two years of strict border controls, many countries started to loosen up and live with Covid. But the rise of the Omicron variant now threatens to scuttle those tentative reopening plans and usher in a third year of economic anxiety.