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Brutal cold tests New York's New Year's Eve party
Associated Press, Published on 01/01/2018
» NEW YORK: Dress in layers, lay off the booze and bring some hand warmers. Those are some of the tips offered for the huge crowd of revellers expected in Times Square for what could be one of the coldest New Year's Eve ball drops on record.
2 protesters killed in Iran, social apps blocked
Associated Press, Published on 01/01/2018
» TEHRAN: Iran on Sunday blocked access to Facebook's Instagram, and the popular messaging app Telegram used by activists to organise and publicise protests roiling the Islamic Republic cut off Iran from its network in response to a government request.
North Korea 2017: Hope to hostility
Associated Press, Published on 01/01/2018
» WASHINGTON: In the first month of Donald Trump's presidency, an American scholar quietly met with North Korean officials and relayed a message: The new administration in Washington appreciated an extended halt in the North's nuclear and ballistic missile tests. It might just offer a ray of hope.
Pope on 2018: forget life's useless baggage, work for peace
Associated Press, Published on 01/01/2018
» VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis on Monday recommended jettisoning life's “useless baggage” in 2018, including what he called “empty chatter” and banal consumerism, and focusing instead on building a peaceful and welcoming world, particularly for refugees and migrants.
Massive Liverpool fire melts hundreds of parked cars
Reuters, Published on 02/01/2018
» LIVERPOOL: Hundreds of cars were reduced to burned-out shells in a dramatic multi-story blaze in a car park on the waterfront of the northwestern English city of Liverpool on New Year's Eve, emergency services said on Monday.
270,000 researchers to drive innovation, industry
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 02/01/2018
» Thailand is marching toward innovation as it prepares to hire a raft of new researchers over the next two decades, according to plans announced Monday.
Rolling out the red carpet
Life, Life reporters, Published on 02/01/2018
» Music, movies, malls and more: What to expect in 2018.
Words of wisdom
News, Postbag, Published on 02/01/2018
» Re: "Regime's gifts must be of true value", (Editorial, Dec 31).
Lessons from Thai votes on Jerusalem
News, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 02/01/2018
» Thailand made a historic decision on 21 Dec to join 127 other United Nations member states in rejecting the US decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital. In the past, when push came to shove in a major diplomatic decision, Bangkok would normally duck the issue by practising "fence-sitting" to protect its perceived national interests.
13 monkeys die in fire at UK safari park attraction
Associated Press, Published on 02/01/2018
» LONDON: Officials say 13 monkeys have died in a fire at a safari park in England.