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A furry extravaganza awaits
Life, Published on 09/08/2023
» "Extreme Love: A Championship Field For Our Furry Friends" is the theme of Pet Expo Championship 2023 which will kick off tomorrow and run daily from 10am to 8pm until Sunday, at Queen Sirikit National Convention Center's Hall 7-8, Ratchadaphisek Road.
Disgraced entertainer Rolf Harris dead at 93
AFP, Published on 23/05/2023
» LONDON: The artist, presenter and musician Rolf Harris, who was one of the UK's best-loved entertainers before he was convicted of underage-sex crimes in 2014, has died aged 93, officials said on Tuesday.
Spreading culture through comics
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 23/03/2022
» Australia is known for diversity and multiculturism. Through comics, 33 Australian artists express their creativity and identity at the exhibition titled "Australian Comics – Promoting Culture Through Visual Story Telling", which is on view at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC). In collaboration with the Australian embassy and curator Jakub Mazerant of IllustrateYourLife, this series of retrospectives showcases the best and most original comic art from Down Under.
FamilyMart to deploy robots in Japan stores
Reuters, Published on 15/07/2020
» TOKYO: In August, a robot vaguely resembling a kangaroo will begin stacking sandwiches, drinks and ready meals on shelves at a Japanese convenience store in a test its maker, Telexistence, hopes will help trigger a wave of retail automation.
Aussies chide Tom Hanks over his quarantine Vegemite diet
AFP, Published on 16/03/2020
» GOLD COAST (AUSTRALIA) - Quarantined US actor Tom Hanks has prompted a wave of gentle ribbing from his Australian hosts concerned about his fervid use of their beloved Vegemite spread.
David attenborough is back, And he brought the walruses
Life, Mike Hale, Published on 24/01/2020
» Listing the nature programmes narrated, and sometimes written and produced, by the extremely industrious David Attenborough would take about all the space I have here. Just listing the major ones -- the Frozen Planets, the Blue Planets, the Planet Earths -- would be a stretch. Within the last year, he's added 15 more hours with the highly praised Our Planet for Netflix and now Seven Worlds, One Planet.
Australia urges tourists not to cancel holidays
DW News, Published on 22/01/2020
» Australian tourism operators have one message for visitors — "we are a massive country and we are open for business."
Experiencing Australia's rich and complex history
B Magazine, Thana Boonlert, Published on 13/10/2019
» Christopher Jakobi, an Aboriginal guide, squatted with his kangaroo-skin bag to burn native plants in a coolamon. They gradually caught fire and produced a cloud of white smoke. I stood in awe of the descendant of the Aboriginal people, who had lived in Australia for thousands of years before British explorer Capt James Cook arrived in the late 18th century.
Bountiful Brisbane
B Magazine, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 28/07/2019
» Brisbane is generally not the first city that comes to mind when people think of Australia. Tourists may even skip it altogether for a busier metropolis like Sydney or the artsy Melbourne. But a recent trip to this capital of Queensland became a revelation of what we've been missing out on.
'Wild boars' sculpture contests in Harbin ice festival
Nila Singkhiree, Published on 07/01/2019
» Thailand has created an ice sculpture showing international efforts in rescuing young footballers trapped in Tham Luang Tham Luang-Khun Nam Nang Non cave for a competition at the world's biggest ice festival.