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From love of game to chasing bucks: The fall of NCAA football
Sports, Dave Wiggins, Published on 21/08/2024
» Time was when NCAA college football was Wiggins' World's favourite sport.
French actor Alain Delon dies aged 88, French media report
Reuters, Published on 18/08/2024
» PARIS: French actor Alain Delon, who melted the hearts of millions of film fans whether playing a murderer, hoodlum or hitman in his postwar heyday, has died, French media reported on Sunday. He was 88.
Ukraine's Kursk push -- a bold or risky move?
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 17/08/2024
» Ukraine's cross-border attack into the Kursk region of Russia last week has triggered the usual claims and counter-claims. First, former Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu said that Russia had taken 420 square km of territory from Ukrainian forces since June 14 along the old front line in the east.
Is AI a curse or a blessing for education?
Oped, Published on 17/08/2024
» My collegiate rowing coach at the University of Western Ontario was an eccentric West German named Dr Volker Nolte, a stocky and imposing figure who was only funny when he didn't mean to be. He was a biomechanics wizard, obsessing over the countervailing forces of the rower and shell, currents and winds, blades and water. In the early 80s, as part of his doctoral research, he designed a sliding rigger that moved along the hull of the boat on slides in tandem with the rower, which, when compared to a fixed rigger, effectively doubled the force and propulsion of every stroke. It made second-tier rowers competitive with the best in the world.
Your horoscope for August 16-22
Guru, Chaiyospol Hemwijit, Published on 16/08/2024
» Your spot-on horoscope for work, money and relationship from Guru by the Bangkok Post's famously accurate fortune teller. Let's see how you will fare this week and beyond.
River City Bangkok’s 40th Year of Artistic Excellence
Published on 16/08/2024
» Get ready to celebrate 40 years of River City Bangkok with an extraordinary showcase of art, antiques, and a multitude of exhibitions!
The Red King
Life, Published on 16/08/2024
» Rubies literally bloom in a secret garden as L'École Asia Pacific, School of Jewelry Arts organises its new exhibition at Les Jardins Secrets by Van Cleef & Arpels at Raffles Arcade in Singapore.
A taste of Parisian indulgence
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 15/08/2024
» With “Emily In Paris: Season 4" premiering on Aug 15, Häagen-Dazs has launched a collaboration with Paramount Consumer Products.
Who is "View" Kunlavut Vitidsarn, the Thai badminton athlete?
Published on 15/08/2024
» Key Info Name: Kunlavut Vitidsarn Nickname: "View" Born: 11 May 2001 Height: 1.77 m Nationality: Thai Known for: Thai badminton athlete Instagram: @kunlavut.v
Myanmar junta fails to sell Suu Kyi’s family mansion again
Bloomberg News, Published on 15/08/2024
» YANGON - The Myanmar military regime failed to sell a family mansion belonging to ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi in the country’s commercial capital.