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Illegal migrants die attempting to cross English Channel
Published on 23/04/2024
» PARIS - At least five migrants died in an attempt to cross the English Channel from an area near the town of Wimereux, local newspaper La Voix du Nord said on Tuesday.
Suvarnabhumi can shine again
Editorial, Published on 10/03/2024
» When it was opened to the public in 2006, Suvarnabhumi Airport reflected the mood and aspirations of the entire nation. The airport's main terminal -- a sprawling glass-and-steel structure that covered an area of about 500,000 square metres before its subsequent expansions -- was designed to look like a floating pavilion, its undulating canopy creating an illusion of space. The airport's design language is worlds apart from Don Mueang's, and the message to arriving passengers that Thailand, like its gleaming, brand-new airport, is open and ready to take a step into modernity was clear.
Which Blackpink member has the most successful solo career?
South China Morning Post, Published on 01/04/2023
» Blackpink is widely regarded as the biggest K-pop girl group on the planet. It seems that anything the girls touch turns to gold, as the quartet - both individually and as a group - continue to smash records on international music charts. Currently in the middle of a world tour with tickets for shows constantly selling out, the girls have, without a doubt, amassed crazy success together.
Riding the South Korean wave
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 28/12/2021
» Looking back on the year in music, the global phenomenon BTS helped propel the fan base expansion of K-pop groups into the United States. BTS, the seven-member boy band, continues to break recording history and open new frontiers for Asian artists. In March, IFPI, the organisation that represents the recorded music industry worldwide, named BTS as its Global Recording Artist of the Year 2020. The septet won over Taylor Swift, Drake, The Weeknd and Billie Eilish, who ranked second to fifth place respectively. The boy band was the first Asian artist to win the IFPT Global Recording Artist of the Year Award.
Melania didn't 'care,' but Jill Biden wants to show she does
AFP, Published on 04/02/2021
» WASHINGTON - The backdrop of flowers, teapot and US flag said it all: Jill Biden will be no Melania Trump as America's new first lady.
I'm so glad we finally met
Life, Vanniya Sriangura, Published on 13/03/2020
» 'It's a shame that I passed by this restaurant every day and never considered checking it out," I said to my friend during our first lunch visit to Met Cafe.
'European' Lagerfeld saw 1920s Germany as 'spiritual homeland'
AFP, Published on 19/02/2019
» BERLIN - German designer Karl Lagerfeld, based in Paris from the 1950s until his death Tuesday, described himself as a "European", hailing the interwar Germany he never knew as a "spiritual homeland" that was destroyed under Nazism.
Slimane goes super skinny in Paris Celine men's debut
AFP, Published on 21/01/2019
» PARIS - Paris men's fashion week finished late Sunday with superstar designer Hedi Slimane's first menswear collection for Celine, which has up to now only dressed women.
Designer brands shed big bucks to stave off copycats
Oped, Published on 13/01/2018
» Thailand is on a drive to clamp down on black market branded goods with its "Stop Fake Goods" campaign aimed at tourists, which started at the end of last year.