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How China's new 'durian express' recalls emperor's efforts to sate consort's lychee love
South China Morning Post, Published on 20/09/2025
» Native to Southeast Asia, durian is a highly divisive fruit. Some people love it, while others cannot stand being in the same room with one.
Scent of luxury: Indian jasmine infuses global perfume
AFP, Published on 15/08/2023
» MADURAI, India: Heady scents fill the air as skilled pickers in India pluck white jasmine before the still fresh buds are rushed for processing into a valuable ingredient for global perfumes.
Syria attacks blamed on IS kill at least 41
AFP, Published on 17/04/2023
» BEIRUT - Suspected Islamic State group fighters killed at least 36 truffle hunters and five shepherds in Syria on Sunday, a monitor said, in the latest attacks by jihadists in the war-ravaged country.
Shriek! Slap! Pow! The small bat wins.
Sabrina Imbler of the New York Times, Published on 14/04/2022
» NEW YORK: One morning in the Panamanian rainforest, a small fruit bat sized up his competition. The odds did not appear to be in his favor. The winged mammal, a Seba’s short-tailed bat, weighed about half an ounce. But his six opponents, fringe-lipped bats, were twice as heavy and occupying the shrouded corner where the small bat wanted to roost
Covid pall over Vietnam's pink incense village as Lunar New Year nears
AFP, Published on 12/01/2022
» Vietnam's "incense village" is dazzling pink as workers prepare the fragrant sticks for the Lunar New Year holiday, but strict rules to stop the spread of Covid-19 are dulling its lustre.
Saudi Arabia's city of roses blooms in Ramadan
AFP, Published on 16/04/2021
» TAIF (SAUDI ARABIA) - Every spring, roses bloom in the western Saudi city of Taif, turning pockets of the kingdom's vast desert landscape a vivid and fragrant pink.
Growing fear: anxiety mounts over Vietnam's food staples
AFP, Published on 16/11/2020
» HANOI: Vietnam's fragrant noodle soups and fresh spring rolls have won fans across the globe, but mounting food safety scandals on the country's streets are sparking a rising tide of anxiety among millennials about what they eat.
Bali's open-air burials endure despite Covid-19 crisis
AFP, Published on 16/06/2020
» TRUNYAN, Indonesia: For centuries Bali's Trunyanese people have left their dead to decompose in the open, the bodies placed in bamboo cages until only the skeletons remain.
Burning issue: China's incense makers toil ahead of Lunar New Year
AFP, Published on 01/01/2020
» QUANZHOU, China: Dozens of workers toil through the night coating thin lengths of bamboo in herbs, spices and richly coloured powders to create incense sticks that are spread out under the rising sun to dry.
Mangoes next in line for Cambodian exports to China
Khmer Times, Published on 11/09/2019
» Mango is likely to be the next product that Cambodia exports directly to China, according to an official of the Agriculture Ministry.