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Zoo breeds first black swan chicks
News, Chakkrapan Natanri, Published on 23/02/2024
» Khon Kaen Zoo has, for the first time, succeeded in breeding black swans, with three cygnets born recently.
Taming the 'black swan' for sustainable recovery
Oped, Don Pramudwinai, Published on 19/02/2021
» The year 2020 was truly a disruptive time in world history. The fast-spreading Covid-19 pandemic managed to halt even the wave of globalisation and compelled governments to go into lockdown. Businesses were forced to close, in some cases leading to furloughs or unemployment, and further widening the existing social inequalities. Everyone came to the realisation that business would never again be the same, and began to accept the concept of a "new normal."
Is the Wuhan 'devil virus' a 'black swan'?
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 14/02/2020
» China officially went back to work on Monday, after an extended two-week Lunar New Year holiday, while the authorities struggled to get the spread of the new coronavirus under control. But a lot of Chinese are not going back to work yet, and the spread of the "devil virus" (as President Xi Jinping called it) is manifestly not under control.
Swan Late: Mourning bird delays 23 German trains
AFP, Published on 29/12/2020
» BERLIN: A swan mourning the death of its companion on a German railway track held up 23 trains for almost an hour and had to be removed by firefighters using special equipment.
Swan on tracks halts bullet train services in northeastern Japan
Published on 03/12/2025
» Bullet train services on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line in northeastern Japan were temporarily suspended on Wednesday morning after a swan was spotted on the tracks, the railway operator said.
Miyazaki's likely swan song charms Toronto as film fest opens
AFP, Published on 08/09/2023
» TORONTO (CANADA) - The Toronto International Film Festival opened Thursday with admiring applause for "The Boy and the Heron," Japanese animation master Hayao Miyazaki's likely last movie -- a meditation on love, loss and the horrors of World War II.
Black hot
Life, Published on 13/10/2020
» Familiar with the dark side of black, it's unimaginable how the colour can be a skin brightener. Kanebo's research and development team, however, has formulated make-up bases in black as well as red and white.
Black markets
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 23/02/2018
» More than half of the approximately 1,000 markets operating across Bangkok are running illegally, city governor Aswin Kwanmuang says, as authorities ramp up efforts to address the problem.
Black pride
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 27/03/2019
» The savoury aroma of jambalaya, jerk chicken and corn bread filled the century-old chambers of Bangkok's US Ambassador's Residence recently. The dining room of African-American expats waiting for the feast listened intently to Joanne Hyppolite, a Haitian-American curator from the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC). Hyppolite, who's an expert in African-American and African-diaspora material and expressive culture, was explaining how these famous African-American dishes came to be.
Black box recovered from crashed Indonesia jet
AFP, Published on 01/11/2018
» JAKARTA: One black box from the crashed Lion Air jet has been recovered, the head of Indonesia's National Transportation Safety Committee said Thursday, which could be critical to establishing why the brand new plane fell out of the sky.