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Study shows kilos return quickly after ending weight-loss drugs
AFP, Published on 08/01/2026
» PARIS - When people stop taking the new generation of weight-loss drugs they pile the kilos back on four times faster than they would after ending diet and exercise regimes, new research found Thursday.
Szalay wins Booker Prize for tortured tale of masculinity
AFP, Published on 11/11/2025
» LONDON - British-Hungarian writer David Szalay won the Booker Prize on Monday for his novel Flesh, a tortured story of a Hungarian emigre who makes and loses a fortune.
Pride and Prejudice Reimagined: In Her Room
Published on 31/10/2025
» Six women. One room. Choices that bind them together—yet drive them apart. This is the emotional core of Pride and Prejudice: In Her Room, the latest creation from Aim-ei Polpitak, the visionary director and playwright behind AORTA’s acclaimed Before 2475. As the world celebrates the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth in 2025, Aim-ei returns with a bold reinterpretation of one of literature’s most beloved works—this time, refracted through a distinctly modern lens.
Record-breaking India upset Australia to reach World Cup final
AFP, Published on 31/10/2025
» MUMBAI — Jemimah Rodrigues hit an unbeaten 127 as India pulled off a record chase of 339 against Australia on Thursday to set up a World Cup final against South Africa.
Autistic adults push back on 'fear-based' Trump rhetoric
AFP, Published on 24/10/2025
» NEW YORK - Composer William Barnett started his YouTube channel as an outlet for his music -- but today he also uses it to debunk the steady stream of White House rhetoric on autism while sharing his own experience living with it.
Spiralling delusions
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 24/10/2025
» The Perfect Neighbor, a new Netflix true crime documentary that premiered at Sundance earlier this year, examines a devastating incident that exposes the fractures of contemporary American life. It portrays a small community coming apart under the pressures of paranoia, racism and gun culture -- issues that remain deeply embedded across the country.
US appeals court says Trump can deploy soldiers in Portland
AFP, Published on 21/10/2025
» LOS ANGELES (UNITED STATES) - A US appeals court said Monday that President Donald Trump can send National Guard troops to Portland, despite objections from Oregon's governor.
Hungary's Krasznahorkai, 'master of the apocalypse' wins literature Nobel
AFP, Published on 09/10/2025
» STOCKHOLM - The Nobel Prize in Literature was on Thursday awarded to Laszlo Krasznahorkai, considered by many as Hungary's most important living author, whose works explore themes of postmodern dystopia and melancholy.
Fired US health agency chief says was under RFK Jr 'pressure' to ignore science
AFP, Published on 18/09/2025
» WASHINGTON - The ex-chief of the US disease prevention agency told senators Wednesday she was fired for refusing to approve changes to childhood vaccine schedules not backed by scientific evidence, as the Trump administration moves to dismantle longstanding health policy.
New movies out this week: Sept 4-10
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 04/09/2025
» New releases that hit cinemas in Thailand this week.