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Michelin fetes 'resilient' French cuisine but calls for more women
AFP, Published on 23/03/2022
» COGNAC, France: The Michelin Guide launched its 2022 edition on Tuesday, celebrating the resilience of the French food industry after two difficult years of pandemic, but calling for more women chefs.
Hong Kongers rush to get haircuts as salons reopen
Published on 11/03/2022
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong residents have flocked to hair salons after they reopened following a month-long closure, but hairdressers and shop owners say they are worried about "inconsistent" social-distancing policies leading to financial uncertainties amid the city's fifth wave of coronavirus infections.
TikTok, YouTube and Snapchat defend impact on kids at US hearing
AFP, Published on 27/10/2021
» WASHINGTON: Three social media networks massively popular with the youngest users -- TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube -- tried to convince skeptical US lawmakers Tuesday they are safe as worry about Facebook's potential harms spills over to other platforms.
Reality check
Guru, Eric E Surbano, Published on 10/09/2021
» The malls are crowded again. The streets are lined with traffic. There seems to be more people (and motorcycles) on the sidewalk. Your eyes do not deceive you: the City of Angels has come back to life -- or at least slightly. Certain venues like fitness centres and theatres remain closed (sorry, Marvel fans hoping to watch Shang-Chi) but the city's ever-favoured shopping malls have returned and dining-in at restaurants is possible again, albeit in limited capacity. Does this bode well for Bangkokians? Should we expect the worst? Despite the relief we feel of finally being let out of our houses, are there still challenges? Guru speaks to people of different professions to gauge their opinions.
A fight on all fronts
Guru, Eric E Surbano, Published on 13/08/2021
» It sucks that we are still in the throes of this pandemic, that people are suffering in all kinds of ways because of it, that incompetence rules the roost when it comes to handling the crisis and it sucks that we are still moaning about it. Though we at Guru have listed things to make lockdown bearable and listed how you could help those in need, it's time to hear from of some the city's professionals on how the state of things has affected their lives.
Life in the time of Rona
Guru, Eric E Surbano, Published on 07/05/2021
» It's no mystery that the Covid-19 pandemic has upended the lives of people from all walks of life, all over the world. From children who were looking forward to their first day of school to people in retirement, there's not a single person who hasn't felt the effects of the coronavirus, even if they weren't necessarily infected.
Standout eateries of 2020
Life, Vanniya Sriangura, Published on 01/01/2021
» Even amid the pandemic, Life reviewed over 60 dining establishments this year. Here are some of the restaurants that especially stood out
Difficult roads ahead
Life, Published on 31/12/2020
» Thailand expects to face a long drought period in the international tourism market from now until the first half of next year, according to the Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn.
Re-telling 2020, with forecasts for Thailand's future
Life, Published on 30/12/2020
» As the year we all want to end finally does, Life asks leading people from various professions to reflect how Covid-19 affected their industry and to look ahead for the year to come
Beyond the call of duty
Life, Published on 29/09/2020
» Since late last year, the world has declared war against the novel coronavirus that has wreaked havoc on millions of the global population in many countries.