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US senators search for off-ramp as shutdown kicks in
AFP, Published on 01/10/2025
» WASHINGTON - The United States entered a government shutdown Wednesday with President Donald Trump and Democrats in an acrimonious stand-off and banking on the other side to blink first in what could be a prolonged crisis.
Beach Boy Brian Wilson, surf rock poet, dies at 82
AFP, Published on 12/06/2025
» NEW YORK - Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys co-founder who masterminded the group's wild popularity and soundtracked the California dream, has died, his family announced on Wednesday. He was 82.
Guru's Weekly Buzz: May 3-9
Guru, Published on 03/05/2024
» Guru By Bangkok Post's pick of the most exciting products, activities, food and travel to indulge in.
Zelensky, in Washington, wins US air defence arms but faces aid battle
AFP, Published on 22/09/2023
» WASHINGTON - Ukrainian President Volodmyr Zelensky won a promise of "significant" new air defence weapons from the White House Thursday but he warned Kyiv could lose the war with Russia if Republican lawmakers cut the flow of billions of dollars in US military aid.
And ya don't stop!
Life, John Clewley, Published on 16/08/2023
» On Aug 11, New York City celebrated the 50th anniversary the birth of hip-hop with exhibitions, concerts and street art across the five boroughs.
Chefs Gaby and Megan tee off their collaborated menu at Topgolf Megacity
Guru, Suthivas Tanphaibul, Published on 03/07/2023
» Tee up your taste buds and swing into Mexican street food as Topgolf Megacity has teamed up with the kitchen compadres chefs Gaby Espinosa Real and Megan Leon for the "Taco Takeover" menu.
Marmot death overshadows Canada Groundhog Day
AFP, Published on 03/02/2023
» NEW YORK - A Canadian woodchuck cast a different type of shadow over "Groundhog Day" Thursday -- just hours before he was due to predict spring's arrival, Fred la Marmotte was found dead.
Big trouble in Little Loving County, Texas
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 14/08/2022
» In America's least populated county, the rusting ruins of houses, oil drilling operations and an old gas station interrupt the sun-blanched landscape. A hand-painted wooden sign still promises good food at "Chuck's Wagon" to drivers along State Road 302, though the proprietor died months ago and the wagon is gone.
Biden to Allow More Ethanol in Gas This Summer in Bid to Lower Prices
Business, Published on 14/04/2022
» The Biden administration said Tuesday it would allow high-ethanol content gasoline to be sold in the hot summer months, in an effort aimed at lowering prices at the pump that could pay political dividends in farm-country states.
Dismissing more moderate voices, Biden is Putin's accuser-in-chief
AFP, Published on 13/04/2022
» WASHINGTON - A "war criminal" and "butcher" who "cannot remain in power": over recent weeks, US President Joe Biden has made a series of unscripted remarks that have raised the temperature in his relations with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.