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Thai athlete, 105, unrivalled but not lonely at World Masters Games
AFP, Published on 23/05/2025
» TAIPEI — Sawang Janpram is in a league of his own at the World Masters Games in Taiwan -- at 105 he is the oldest competitor and the only person in his age group.
Railway market back on track post-pandemic
AFP, Published on 08/06/2022
» SAMUT SONGKHRAM: A train bell rouses a Thai grandmother dozing in her fruit and flower stall, sending her rushing to fold in her awning before the locomotive slowly rumbles past, so close it almost touches her wares.
Monkey business at Lopburi fruit festival
AFP, Published on 28/11/2021
» Their table manners were shocking, but the guests of honour at a special banquet in the central town of Lopburi on Sunday loved monkeying around.
Durian sparks Canberra 'gas leak' emergency
AFP, Published on 15/10/2021
» SYDNEY: Canberra firefighters rushed to a store in Australia's capital Friday after reports of a gas leak — only to find the smell was caused by the penetrating waft of durian fruit.
Fruity energy, spidery lenses: Nature-inspired solutions in 2020
AFP, Published on 24/12/2020
» PARIS - Climate change and biodiversity loss are laying bare our dependence on the natural world for everything from the food we eat to the air we breathe.
Chinese hunger for durian threatens Malaysian forests
AFP, Published on 06/02/2019
» RAUB, Malaysia: Soaring demand for durians in China is being blamed for a new wave of deforestation in Malaysia with environmentalists warning vast amounts of jungle is being cleared to make way for massive plantations of the spiky, pungent fruit.
Passengers create stink over pungent planeload of durian
AFP, Published on 07/11/2018
» JAKARTA: A cargo of pungent durian fruit led an Indonesian plane to be delayed for an hour after passengers turned their noses up at the funky freight and refused to fly.
Final Fruit-ier: Thailand sends durian into space
AFP, Published on 01/06/2018
» It's one small step for Thailand, one giant leap for Southeast Asia's smelliest fruit.