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Floods devastate India's breadbasket of Punjab
AFP, Published on 16/09/2025
» GURDASPUR (INDIA) - The fields are full but the paddy brown and wilted, and the air thick with the stench of rotting crops and livestock -- the aftermath of record monsoon rains that have devastated India's breadbasket.
Grammy-winning jazz musician Chuck Mangione dies at 84
Published on 25/07/2025
» American two-time Grammy-winning jazz flugelhorn player Chuck Mangione, best known for his 1970s cross-over hit Feels So Good, died this week at age 84 at his home in Rochester, New York.
I heard it on the radio, a long time ago
Roger Crutchley, Published on 23/03/2025
» News reports suggest the future of Voice of America (VOA) is seriously in doubt. I haven’t listened to VOA in five decades but there was a time I tuned in during my teenage years back in the Stone Age. It might seem strange for a spotty English kid to switch on VOA so I will attempt to explain.
Radical wind-powered mast propels ship across Atlantic
AFP, Published on 17/03/2025
» KINGSTON UPON HULL, UK - A pioneering rigid shipping mast has set off on its first journey, harnessing the wind to propel a cargo ship from England to Canada and using less fuel to help reduce emissions.
'War has come': Russians shaken by Ukrainian drone barrage
AFP, Published on 11/03/2025
» RAMENSKOYE, Russia - As a drone smashed into the side of her apartment block early on Tuesday, Russia’s full-scale offensive on Ukraine literally came home to Svetlana in a suburb southeast of Moscow.
Guru's Weekly Buzz: Jan 31-Feb 6
Guru, Published on 31/01/2025
» Guru By Bangkok Post's pick of the most exciting products, activities, food and travel to indulge in.
Trump calls for end to daylight saving time
Published on 14/12/2024
» WASHINGTON - US President-elect Donald Trump says the Republican Party “will use its best efforts” to end daylight saving time, which he called “inconvenient, and very costly to our Nation”.
Guru's Weekly Buzz: Dec 13-19
Guru, Published on 13/12/2024
» Guru By Bangkok Post's pick of the most exciting products, activities, food and travel to indulge in.
From Fleet Street to the Big Chilli
Roger Crutchley, Published on 05/05/2024
» It came as a shock to learn that long-time friend and colleague Colin Hastings died on Monday in Bang Saray when he suffered heart failure and the car he was driving collided with a wall. He was 73. Here are a few personal memories of Colin, best known as publisher of Big Chilli magazine.
Guru's Weekly Buzz: Jan 26-Feb 1
Guru, Published on 26/01/2024
» Guru by Bangkok Post's pick of the most exciting products, activities, food and travel to indulge in.