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Korea tightens rules for lithium batteries on planes
Published on 01/03/2025
» SEOUL - South Korea has tightened rules on carrying lithium batteries on planes, highlighting a growing risk to flights worldwide from the batteries used in everything from mobile phones to e-cigarettes which can malfunction to produce smoke, fire or extreme heat.
Your horoscope for Aug 23-29
Guru, Chaiyospol Hemwijit, Published on 23/08/2024
» 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.
Israeli mother of hostages torn between hope and despair
AFP, Published on 02/11/2023
» KIRYAT ONO (ISRAEL) - When Israeli mother Maayan Zin scrolls through her phone, she sees her worst nightmare and her only glimmer of hope as she desperately awaits news of her two young daughters, believed held hostage by Hamas.
‘The ocean saved my life,’ says Hawaii fire survivor
AFP, Published on 15/08/2023
» KAHULUI, Hawaii: Surrounded by flames on Hawaii's scenic Lahaina boardwalk with cars exploding in the heat around her, Annelise Cochran decided jumping into the sea was her only choice.
Pandemonium
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 30/09/2022
» The first shot of Athena will be discussed in every writing about the film. A bravura choreography of movement that begins with an intimate close-up of a face and ends, after 10 blood-rushing minutes, with an explosion of revolutionary rage -- a la Les Miserables and Do You Hear The People Sing? transported to a predominantly-Muslim Paris suburb -- that opening shot is so hypnotising and immersive in its non-stop kineticism that we're led to forgive that it's also an earnest show-off, a proud enshrinement of style and attitude over everything else. Romain Gavras, a filmmaker known for making music videos for Jay Z and M.I.A, will cement that approach with many similar shots throughout the film -- long, seemingly uninterrupted shots with parkour camerawork full of angry bodies -- more than enough for aspiring filmmakers of the world to slobber over.
Untold Covid victims
Oped, Postbag, Published on 12/03/2021
» Before the coup in Myanmar, there were 50,000 food delivery riders -- Food Panda, Grabfood, Yangon Door2Door, Food2U, and so on -- who provided a crucial service to the stressed homebound population of Covid-affected Yangon. Today there are less than 2,500 of them. Many have returned to their hometowns and villages. Their loss of income will be greatly felt in the coming months.
Major blast hits Nashville after chilling bomb warning
AFP, Published on 26/12/2020
» WASHINGTON: A huge blast tore through a section of downtown Nashville early Friday, after police responding to reports of gunfire discovered a parked motorhome blaring a warning that it carried a bomb.
Wuhan next-of-kin accuse China of blocking Covid lawsuits
AFP, Published on 17/09/2020
» WUHAN, China: Pensioner Zhong Hanneng endured every parent's worst nightmare when coronavirus claimed her son in February, and now she and other bereaved relatives want to sue the local government she blames for his death.
Rugby legend Kirwan tackles COVID-19 mental health
AFP, Published on 21/04/2020
» WELLINGTON - After years battling his own demons, All Black legend John Kirwan is attempting to help fellow Kiwis struggling through COVID-19 lockdown by releasing a mobile phone app he calls "a mental wellbeing coach in your pocket".
Cameroon army blames accident for village 'massacre'
AFP, Published on 17/02/2020
» YAOUNDé - Cameroon's army on Monday denied opposition charges that it had massacred villagers in a restive anglophone region, blaming instead an "unfortunate accident" caused by an explosion of fuel during a firefight.