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Paris without filters: Chinese uncle’s photos go viral
Online Reporters, Published on 20/01/2026
» PARIS - A series of unfiltered photographs taken by an elderly tourist from Henan province in China has gone viral online, offering a starkly different — and unexpectedly refreshing — view of the French capital.
Vietnamese caught in Japan's illegal worker crackdown
AFP, Published on 07/01/2026
» TOKYO — For a decade, Vietnamese worker Minh did tough jobs like sandblasting ships and welding steel, helping address rapidly ageing Japan's dire labour needs.
ONE Championship: Mohammad Siasarani shoots down Liu Mengyang rematch – ‘It’s me who has to go to the title’
Published on 30/12/2025
» Mohammad Siasarani has dismissed the idea of a rematch with Liu Mengyang, insisting it is he – not the Chinese contender – who deserves to move straight into the ONE Championship title picture.
ONE Championship: Phetjeeja calls for Allycia Rodrigues title fight – ‘I can knock her out’
Published on 08/12/2025
» Phetjeeja has returned to her fearsome best in ONE Championship – and immediately called for a long-awaited showdown with atomweight Muay Thai champion Allycia Hellen Rodrigues.
'We chose it': PKK fighters cherish life in Iraq's mountains
AFP, Published on 02/12/2025
» QANDIL MOUNTAINS — A Kurdish militant picks his way along a switchback road in Iraq's mountains before pulling over to alert his comrades in a nearby hidden bunker that they are about to have company.
ONE Championship: Stamp Fairtex brushes off Kana’s warning – ‘How is she going to shock me?’
Published on 14/11/2025
» Stamp Fairtex insists she is unfazed by Kana Morimoto’s bold claim that she plans to “shock” her on Sunday in Tokyo – but the returning Thai superstar admits her long-awaited comeback at ONE 173 comes with nerves, pressure, and a sense of the unknown.
Humans ‘can no longer tell AI music from the real thing’
AFP, Published on 12/11/2025
» PARIS — It has become nearly impossible for people to tell the difference between music generated by artificial intelligence (AI) and that created by humans, according to a survey released on Wednesday.
In an Irish memorial, I see echoes of Palestine
Oped, Published on 03/10/2025
» The figures by the River Liffey in Dublin are more clothes than flesh. The Famine Memorial, created by Rowan Gillespie, holds in bronze a moment of suffering, the settling in of the Great Hunger, which would cut Ireland's population by more than a quarter, the gone either dead or emigrated.
Resisting industrial expansion
Life, Supara Janchitfah, Published on 02/09/2025
» It took pomelo farmer Nid Pairow a few years to get her crops officially recognised for their distinct quality under the Geographical Indication (GI) programme. Like famous French Champagne, the GI accreditation signifies the pomelo varieties Nid has grown are exclusive to her hometown of Prachin Buri and have one-of-a-kind taste and texture.
Hidden danger
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 26/08/2025
» Ecological Alert and Recovery Thailand (Earth), a nonprofit organisation, recently revealed the results of a national report titled "Lead In Solvent-Based Paints In Thailand". The study, which tested 55 paint samples from 45 brands sold in the country, revealed that more than 20% of samples had lead levels exceeding 100ppm (the standard set by the Thai Industrial Standards Institute, or TISI). Of these, many also had high lead concentration ranging from 10,000ppm to 64,000ppm.