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'Outrage' as LGBTQ Pride flag removed from Stonewall monument
AFP, Published on 11/02/2026
» NEW YORK - The removal of an LGBTQ rainbow pride flag from the United States' most prominent gay monument after new rules issued by the Trump administration sparked an outcry and a noisy protest on Tuesday.
After deadly floods, Spaniards fight to save photos
AFP, Published on 21/10/2025
» VALENCIA (SPAIN) - Hundreds of photographs hang to dry at a laboratory, fragile reminders of birthday celebrations and summer vacations nearly swept away by last year's deadly floods in Spain.
Pawol becomes first woman to umpire in MLB
AFP, Published on 10/08/2025
» WASHINGTON - Jen Pawol made history by becoming the first woman to umpire in a regular-season Major League Baseball game on Saturday -- and she says she is aware of the "magnitude" of the moment.
New releases for your streaming pleasure: May 21-27
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 21/05/2025
» Looking for a title to binge-watch this weekend? Here's our pick!
Slow horses playing a strange game
Roger Crutchley, Published on 02/03/2025
» Last week's account in PostScript of the painfully slow horse I bet on at the Epsom Derby back in the Dark Ages prompted a reader to enquire if I had seen the British television series Slow Horses. I'm pleased to say I have and for those who are unfamiliar with the production I should point out that it has nothing do with the equine world but is an absorbing British spy thriller laced with dark humour.
Ethics in Thailand's elephant tourism?
Published on 23/02/2025
» An elephant experience is one of Thailand's most popular tourist attractions; however, tourists should exercise caution and adopt ethical practices by refraining from touching the elephants when visiting elephant camps.
Enjoy romcoms under the Bangkok sky
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 13/02/2025
» This Valentine's, take romance to new heights with Skyline Film Bangkok, an open-air cinema on the roof of River City Bangkok. Rather than a conventional movie theatre, opt for an enchanting evening under the night sky where love stories come to life against the backdrop of the city skyline.
‘Catwoman’ famed for plastic surgery dies at 79
AFP, Published on 02/01/2025
» PARIS - Swiss socialite Jocelyne Wildenstein, also known as "catwoman" due to her extensive plastic surgery, has died aged 79, her partner said on Wednesday.
Man U's new boss Amorim faces his first test at Portman Road
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 23/11/2024
» When Sir Alec Ferguson held the Premier League trophy for the 13th time at the end of the 2012-13 season few would have predicted that no more league titles would be coming to Old Trafford in the following 11 years.
There's no happy ending for the Chagos Islands
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 25/10/2024
» If you believe the British government (which you should never do), a new agreement will bring justice for the people of the Chagos Islands, who have lived in exile for more than half a century after the main island, Diego Garcia, was turned into a giant American airbase in the middle of the Indian Ocean.