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Owners of Goa bar flee to Phuket after deadly fire
Bangkok Post and News Agencies, Published on 09/12/2025
» The owners of an Indian nightclub fled to Phuket hours after a fire ripped through a nightclub in the western state of Goa, killing 25, authorities in India say.
Giant floating balls in Hong Kong a bold message to men
Online Reporters, Published on 24/06/2025
» HONG KONG - A pair of giant inflatable testicles drifting across Victoria Harbour have caused a stir in Hong Kong, but they are there not for mischief, but for a mission.
Old places, new menus
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 18/03/2025
» Bored of eating the same thing twice? Fear no more, here's a list of restaurants that have shuffled things up to make sure you're never bored or short of choices while dining out.
What explains BJP's stellar rise?
Oped, Gaurav Dalmia, Published on 29/05/2024
» India, with 968 million eligible voters, is currently holding the largest exercise of democratic rights in the world. Elections are being held in India from April 19 to June 1, and the results will be declared next Tuesday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) -- the world's largest political party -- is widely expected to win.
The forsaken women of Afghanistan
Oped, Pinelopi Goldberg, Published on 17/09/2021
» Owing to the pandemic and other calamities, many referred to 2020 as a "biblical year". Now, however, it is starting to look like we are in a "biblical decade". Between the floods in Western Europe, the wildfires in Greece and Turkey, and the Delta and Mu variants of Covid-19, our planet and traditional way of life are coming increasingly under pressure.
The chips are down
Business, Published on 18/05/2021
» The worldwide semiconductor shortage will persist through 2021, and is expected to recover to normal levels by the second quarter of 2022, according to Gartner Inc.
Baht cools as central bank considers measures to temper rally
Bloomberg, Published on 20/11/2020
» The baht is heading for the first weekly drop in a month after the central bank pledged new measures to temper a rally that threatened to derail a nascent recovery in the trade-reliant nation’s exports.
Top AirAsia officials suspended as pilot alleges safety lapses
Bloomberg News, Published on 11/08/2020
» India’s aviation regulator suspended two senior executives at the local affiliate of AirAsia Group Bhd after a pilot alleged there were safety lapses at the airline and subsequently was fired.
Case of 'super-spreader' guru alarms India
AFP, Published on 28/03/2020
» NEW DELHI: At least 15,000 people who may have caught the coronavirus from a “super-spreader” guru are under strict quarantine in northern India after the Sikh religious leader died of Covid-19.
Regulators move to fine telecoms for selling location data
AFP, Published on 29/02/2020
» WASHINGTON - US regulators moved to impose fines Friday against the nation's four major wireless carriers for selling location data of customers without their consent.