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A titanic evening of Mehler
Life, Stan Gayuski, Published on 18/10/2025
» Earlier in October, Somtow Sucharitkul informed this reviewer that he was about to conduct Gustav Mahler's Titan with the Siam Sinfonietta.
Exile songs resurface
Life, John Clewley, Published on 27/09/2025
» From the early 1970s to the 80s, Mogadishu boasted one of the Horn of Africa's liveliest night scenes with groups from this "Golden Era" like Dur Dur Band entertaining at clubs and hotels across the city. A coup in 1991 and subsequent civil war put a stop to the music and musicians had to go underground or migrate. Those who went by the latter route took their music and culture across the Somali diaspora (one of Africa's largest).
Vietnamese caught smuggling rhino horn at Suvarnabhumi
News, Online Reporters, Published on 08/09/2025
» A Vietnamese passenger travelling from Angola was arrested at Suvarnabhumi airport attempting to smuggle rhinoceros horn through Thailand from Africa to Laos.
A new page as France quits key bases in Africa
News, Published on 02/08/2025
» It's a turning of the page in Franco-African diplomatic relations. For the first time since the decolonisation of the French colonies in the 1960s, there will be no formal French military bases on the African continent.
Versailles orchestra plays New York in 'Affair of the Poisons'
AFP, Published on 23/07/2025
» NEW YORK — Acrobatics, fortune tellers, opulent gowns and palace intrigue: the New York debut of the Versailles Royal Opera Orchestra was a performance befitting the era it recalls.
Nestlé Marks 10 Years of Water Stewardship
Published on 11/07/2025
» Ayutthaya, July 8, 2025 — Nestlé (Thai) Ltd. is marking the 10th anniversary of its Nestlé Waters Cares for Water project, a long-term sustainability initiative centred on the Khanom Jeen canal in Ayutthaya Province. Led by Nestlé Pure Life, the project adopts a holistic water stewardship model based on three core pillars: Educate, Protect, and Restore. Over the past decade, the initiative has successfully regenerated both the quantity and quality of local water resources while enhancing biodiversity and improving the livelihoods of surrounding communities. The site was recently selected as a national pilot location for Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures (OECMs), underscoring its significance as a model for sustainable freshwater conservation in Thailand.
Man gored and seven others bruised in Spain's bull running festival
Reuters, Published on 08/07/2025
» PAMPLONA — A man was gored and seven others lightly injured on Tuesday, the second day of Pamploma's San Fermin festival in which thousands of people line the mediaeval city's narrow streets for the centuries-old tradition of running with bulls.
Concert presents a fresh take on Thai classical music
Life, Published on 02/07/2025
» Contemporary Thai classical music will be reimagined through unique voices of oboe and English horn during "Thai Mai" concert, at Sala Sudasiri Sobha, Lat Phrao 41 yaek 7-2, on Sunday, at 4pm.
Woman suffers after shock from mall parking ticket machine
Online Reporters, Published on 16/06/2025
» A woman has spoken out after suffering an electric shock from an automated parking ticket dispenser at a popular shopping mall, which saw her in and out of hospital for several days and unable to work.
Train kills 2 teenage girls on motorbike in Songkhla
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 08/06/2025
» SONGKHLA: Two teenage girls were killed when a train hit their motorcycle in tambon Klong Pia of Chana district Saturday evening.