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Illegal shisha seller busted near Phuket school
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 20/11/2025
» PHUKET - Authorities have arrested a shop owner for illegally selling shisha and smoking equipment near a school in Kathu district on this tourist island following a raid on Wednesday night.
Hope and hate: how migrant influx has changed Germany
AFP, Published on 29/08/2025
» BERLIN — Men sit outside shisha bars and women in hijabs push strollers past Middle Eastern restaurants and pastry shops in Berlin's Sonnenallee, a wide avenue which has become a symbol of how much Germany has changed in the last decade.
End of the Dubai dream for Europe's drug lords?
AFP, Published on 16/12/2024
» PARIS - Drug lords like Sean McGovern, a top lieutenant of the Kinahan cartel, and Faissal Taghi -- son of the infamous head of the Dutch-Moroccan Mocro Maffia -- used to hang out and party in Dubai's glitzy hotels and restaurants without a care in the world.
Dusit Hotels and Resorts debuts in Nepal with not one, but two new properties
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 05/08/2023
» Dusit Hotels and Resorts under Dusit International, one of Thailand’s leading hotel and property development companies, debuts in Nepal with the opening of Dusit Princess Kathmandu and Dusit Thani Himalayan Resort Dhulikhel, which opened just one week apart.
Turkmenistan vows to end smoking within two years
AFP, Published on 08/06/2023
» ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan: Turkmenistan's authoritarian leader launched an "unprecedented" anti-smoking crusade on Thursday, ordering the Central Asia country to rid itself completely of tobacco within two years.
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."
Centara formally launches first hotel property in UAE
Business, Published on 21/10/2021
» Centara Hotels & Resorts celebrated the grand opening of the Centara Mirage Beach Resort Dubai with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Centara to debut UAE hotel on Oct 14
Business, Published on 05/10/2021
» Centara Mirage Beach Resort Dubai is set to debut its 607-room beachfront hotel and waterpark nestled in the United Arab Emirates' Deira Islands on Oct 14.
Two Australian cities eye end of virus lockdowns
AFP, Published on 26/07/2021
» MELBOURNE: Coronavirus lockdowns are likely to be lifted in two major Australian cities this week, authorities said Monday, as outbreaks of the Delta variant were brought under control.
'Talibanned': From kite-running to breakdancing, Afghan pastimes again under threat
AFP, Published on 05/07/2021
» KABUL - The Taliban outlawed dozens of seemingly innocuous activities and pastimes in Afghanistan during their 1996-2001 rule -- including kite flying, TV soap operas, pigeon racing, fancy haircuts, and even playing music.