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Why tourists baulk
Postbag, Published on 28/06/2025
» Re: "Israeli market poised to contract amid war", (Business, June 21).
Kosovo's 'hidden Catholics' baptised as Pope Francis mourned
AFP, Published on 22/04/2025
» LLAPUSHNIK, Kosovo - Around the time the Vatican announced the death of Pope Francis, music floated out from a church in a Kosovo valley where dozens of Muslims were participating in an unusual ceremony: they were converting to Catholicism.
Paris Olympic torches, other memorabilia auctioned off
AFP, Published on 14/04/2025
» PARIS - Torches used in the 2024 Paris Olympics, and numerous other official memorabilia were auctioned off on Sunday, with fans and a museum among the keen bidders.
Europe games industry on edge as 'Assassin's Creed' hits shelves
AFP, Published on 20/03/2025
» PARIS - Thursday's release of action-adventure epic "Assassin's Creed Shadows" marks a make-or-break moment not just for struggling French games heavyweight Ubisoft, but for the entire European gaming ecosystem.
In a political year, some deaths spoke to the struggles for democracy
Published on 01/01/2025
» In a year saturated with politics in an ever more polarised world, where the obituary many feared they’d be reading would be that of democracy itself, one death seemed to encapsulate the historical moment we’re in: that of Alexei Navalny.
Remembering a Southeast Asianist
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 26/07/2024
» It is not often these days to find scholars of Southeast Asia with exceptional breadth and depth, prescience, and commitment who stick to their creed until the end. In the pantheon of such rare scholars, Benedict O'Gorman Anderson, who died in 2015, would have led the way. James C Scott would be right beside him in a distinctly different fashion.
Bridging cultures
Life, John Clewley, Published on 18/06/2024
» In 2011, Iraqi musician, actor and writer Ahmed Moneka was working as an artist and actor. He studied at Baghdad's Institute of Fine Art and, according to Canada's The Globe And Mail, he was the first black TV presenter in the country. His father, also a well-known comedy actor, was the pioneer. Moneka went into the "family business".
Altitude, Creed, and Scientex Launch Premium Townhomes
Published on 17/05/2024
» Altitude Development Company Limited, a leading real estate developer in Thailand operating under the “ALTITUDE” brand, has forged strategic alliances to expand its business footprint by collaborating with renowned real estate investment partners from Japan and Malaysia, Creed Group and Scientex. Together, they have initiated the development of the ALTITUDE Kraf Vibe Bangna project. Positioned as a premium townhome-style venture boasting a minimalist design, the project strategically occupies a promising location in Bangna. Geared towards meeting the preferences of the new-generation workforce, the project offers units starting at THB 2.99 million.
Economics, at its core, is irredeemably sexist
Oped, Published on 05/04/2024
» Economics has an intractable "women problem". High-school girls avoid it. Female undergraduates abandon it. And the problem runs deeper than the difficulty of attracting enough women to mathematics, science, and engineering. Even women who have reached the discipline's summit, like Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank, consider economists "a tribal clique" and their models defective.
Virtual adventures
Life, Komsan John Jandamit, Published on 13/09/2023
» The PICO 4 is a stand-alone virtual reality headset that is not exorbitantly expensive. Currently, it has plenty of apps to choose from and lasts long enough before needing to be plugged back in for more juice.