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Journeys of discovery
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 16/08/2021
» Sipping green tea after having a Thai lunch at his house, Farid Bidgoli looks relaxed yet energetic, and ready for an interview. From his appearance and accent, the 42-year-old executive looks exactly like someone from the UK where he was born, though he is half Iranian with a spirit inherited from his father.
Couch surfing
Guru, Eric E Surbano, Published on 30/07/2021
» Most of us dream of walking down the aisle -- the airplane one -- and the awkwardness that comes with trying to find your seat while avoiding people putting their bags in the overhead bins.
New Zealand backpacker killer revealed as serial predator
AFP, Published on 22/12/2020
» WELLINGTON: The New Zealand man who murdered British backpacker Grace Millane committed violent sex crimes against at least two other women, a court revealed Tuesday, as police urged any more victims to come forward.
Ready, set, Zoom: India gypsy dancers take their art online
AFP, Published on 30/08/2020
» JODHPUR, India: As a blackout plunged her desert dwelling into darkness, Suwa Devi, a dancer belonging to India's Kalbeliya gypsy community, asked her neighbour to turn on his jeep's headlights so she could continue teaching her Zoom class, outside.
Body found in Australia search for British backpacker
AFP, Published on 26/11/2019
» SYDNEY: Australian police on Tuesday found a body they believed to be that of a British backpacker who ran from a campsite on the weekend, prompting an intensive search.
New Zealander guilty of British tourist's 'Tinder murder'
AFP, Published on 22/11/2019
» WELLINGTON: A New Zealand man was found guilty Friday of murdering British backpacker Grace Millane in Auckland last year after a jury rejected his defence that she was accidentally choked in a sex game gone wrong.
Backpacker's drowning death confirmed
Published on 01/11/2019
» PHNOM PENH: An autopsy has determined that a British backpacker whose body was found at sea a week after she disappeared had died from drowning, the governor of Preah Sihanouk province said on Friday.
Cambodia police chief fears British tourist has drowned
Published on 30/10/2019
» KOH RONG, Cambodia: The police chief for the Cambodian province where British tourist Amelia Bambridge disappeared last week says he fears she has drowned, but land and sea searches for her will continue.
Cambodian police keep up search for British backpacker
Associated Press, Published on 29/10/2019
» KOH RONG, Cambodia: A top Cambodian police official involved in the search for a missing British backpacker says the mission will not end until she is found.
Hong Kong protesters in standoff with police after rally tear-gassed
Reuters, Published on 27/10/2019
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong police fired volleys of tear gas to disperse thousands of protesters, many wearing banned face masks, who had converged on the Kowloon harbour-front tourist district on Sunday to denounce perceived police brutality over months of unrest.