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Onosato, 24, promoted to sumo grand champion in record time
AFP, Published on 28/05/2025
» TOKYO — Sumo crowned a new grand champion in record time on Wednesday as Onosato became the fastest to attain the exalted rank of yokozuna in the Japanese sport's modern era.
Druggie injures two in random stone attacks
Online Reporters, Published on 27/05/2025
» AYUTTHAYA – A 20-year-old man was arrested after reportedly throwing stones at passers-by in a drug-induced delusion, injuring two people – including a woman whose attack was caught on security camera.
Wrist-worn Warhols
Life, Published on 23/05/2025
» In 1973, Andy Warhol added the oversized 15102, released in the previous year, to his collection of Piaget watches. With a 45mm case and gadroons curving around the bezel, this model was his seventh and favourite.
Glam in Cannes
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 16/05/2025
» In 1985, the Happy Clown pendant with diamonds and coloured stones twirling inside its tummy, designed by Caroline Scheufele, took Chopard into the realm of jewellery-making.
King Rama VI play shines as a grand opera
Life, Published on 13/05/2025
» It has been 25 years since National Artist Somtow Sucharitkul was commissioned to compose an opera based on the much-loved play Madanabadha by King Vajiravudh, Rama VI. The play is dedicated to the king's wife Queen Indrasakdi Sachi who, in a remarkable tie-in, also happens to be maestro Somtow's great-aunt.
Australia and Thailand aim for sustainable trade
Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 10/05/2025
» Thailand and Australia are seeking to reinforce sustainable and stable regional trade, with a focus on increasing the value of automotive exports and maintaining Thailand’s position as the top exporter of pickup trucks to Australia, Commerce Minister Pichai Naripthaphan said on Saturday.
Connect with manufacturers at jewellery expo
Life, Published on 21/04/2025
» Entrepreneurs, businesspeople and manufacturers in the jewellery and gemstone industry are invited to unlock their potential during Jewellery & Gem Asean Bangkok 2025, which will take place at Hall 5-7, LG floor of Queen Sirikit National Convention Center, Ratchadaphisek Road, from Wednesday to Saturday.
Ranger drowns in cave looking for tourist's dropped phone
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 16/04/2025
» KANCHANABURI - A park ranger drowned while trying to retrieve a mobile phone a visitor dropped into the stream inside Tham Sao Hin cave in Thong Pha Phum district on Tuesday afternoon.
US must change course with Myanmar
Oped, Brahma Chellaney, Published on 11/04/2025
» Myanmar needs help. After more than four years of brutal civil war, the country has been hit by a 7.7-magnitude earthquake, the strongest it has suffered since 1946. The resulting humanitarian crisis is dire, and continues to escalate, but despite an extraordinary appeal for international aid from Myanmar's military ruler, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, the US has largely failed to deliver.
Irish school trains thatchers to save iconic roofs
AFP, Published on 04/04/2025
» PORTNOO — A new school in Ireland is training up a fresh generation of thatchers in a bid to save the country's disappearing thatched roofs, an iconic feature of the Irish landscape.