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Zverev loses at US Open as Nadal faces former champion
AFP, Published on 03/09/2019
» NEW YORK: Alexander Zverev slumped to a last-16 defeat at Flushing Meadows on Monday while Rafael Nadal was set to battle Marin Cilic later in a clash of former US Open champions.
Former Wales captain Thomas reveals he has HIV
AFP, Published on 15/09/2019
» Former Wales and British and Irish Lions rugby captain Gareth Thomas has told the BBC that he is HIV positive.
A burning issue
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 16/09/2019
» One image shows a man lying on a hospital bed with his eyes rolled back. Another depicts the inside a person's mouth in a state of horrific rot, with the words "Smoking causes mouth cancer". There's also one with a little schoolgirl wearing a dust mask on her face, saying: "Daddy, if you love me, please quit smoking."
None more black
Life, James Hein, Published on 25/09/2019
» Accidental discoveries have been responsible for many useful items like rubber and penicillin. A couple of science types at MIT in the US wanted to see if they could grow carbon nanotubes on aluminium to increase its conductance properties. Instead they found they had made the blackest substance yet known to man. It absorbs 99.96% of the light from any angle making it 10 times blacker than the current options. Potential uses include telescopes, optical blinders and art. Carbon nanotubes, is there anything they can't do, eventually?
Sweden replaces China envoy in furore over bookseller
Reuters, Published on 14/02/2019
» STOCKHOLM: Sweden said on Thursday it had replaced its ambassador to China after accusations she held an unauthorised meeting in a quest to free dissident bookseller Gui Minhai.
New faces bring hope for wind of change
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 23/03/2019
» I have a strange feeling. I feel the wind of change is coming.
Celebrity Handbook
Guru, Pasavat Tanskul, Published on 10/05/2019
» Dear global celebrities, iconic superstars and social influencers,
Kiradech believes maiden PGA victory within reach
Sports, Published on 13/06/2019
» Pebble Beach: Thailand's Kiradech Aphibarnrat thinks he has found the secret to a winning breakthrough on the PGA Tour -- he needs to get out of his own way.
ONE Championship: Denice Zamboanga eyes Ayaka Miura in first title defence, dreams of Manila homecoming
Published on 16/05/2025
» Denice Zamboanga didn’t expect to become ONE Championship’s undisputed atomweight MMA queen this way – but she’s ready to own it.
BNK48 girl group 'educating on Holocaust'
News, Published on 30/05/2019
» BNK48, the super group which triggered outrage after a member wore a T-shirt emblazoned with a Nazi swastika, has been taking part in Holocaust education programmes.