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Buri Ram is ablaze
Oped, Postbag, Published on 10/02/2024
» Re: "Too early to call a PM2.5 victory", (Editorial, Feb 4).
Gambling Russians arrested in Phuket
Gary Boyle, Published on 23/01/2024
» Four Russian gamblers were arrested while playing poker at a luxury villa in Phuket.
West leaves a legacy in Kabul
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 16/07/2023
» There's a glimmer of the old Kabul hiding in the new one -- if you know where to look.
Vibrant nightlife enlivens townships
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 29/01/2023
» At night, quiet and darkness shroud much of Khayelitsha, a township outside of Cape Town. But along a roughly 400-metre stretch of Spine Road, a major thoroughfare, blue-and-yellow lights glow from bare wooden structures that vibrate with the electronic beats of the wildly popular South African genre amapiano.
Good chance of being caught on the hop
Oped, Roger Crutchley, Published on 22/01/2023
» To mark this weekend's Chinese New Year celebrations for Year of the Rabbit it seems appropriate to dedicate today's column to our cuddly cottontail friends, otherwise known as bunnies. Let's hope not too many of them end up in a pie or stew. As a precaution, just be careful when you order "today's special".
Homeless boy sent to juvenile centre after found smoking ganja
Published on 02/12/2022
» PATTAYA: A 10-year-old runaway has been sent to a detention centre in Rayong province after he and another boy were photographed smoking marijuana from a hookah at a pier in south Pattaya last week.
Cardi B pleads guilty to two charges in strip club brawl case
AFP, Published on 16/09/2022
» NEW YORK - Cardi B on Thursday pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor charges in New York court, avoiding jail time in a deal that closes a years-long case alleging her involvement in a strip club brawl.
Hubble-bubble trouble: Hookah ban leaves Malians divided
AFP, Published on 24/08/2022
» BAMAKO - "Shisha-abana," exclaims Bilal, a grocer in Mali's capital Bamako, in the national language Bambara: "Shisha is finished."
A railway from the past
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 26/06/2022
» Astride century-old tracks that cut through the modern metropolis of Amman, a historic train blared a horn to announce its departure. That sound spurred families bearing bags of food, pots of coffee, coolers of soda, grills, hookahs and lots of children into action, scrambling up iron ladders to settle into the train's wooden cars.
Visitors trickle back to Syria citadel used by jihadists
AFP, Published on 09/06/2022
» QALAAT JAABAR (SYRIA) - An ancient lake-side fortress once used by jihadists to launch attacks is slowly regaining its status as a key cultural destination, attracting visitors from across war-torn Syria.