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Rare strike closes Japanese department store
AFP, Published on 31/08/2023
» TOKYO - The shutters came down on one of Japan's best-known department stores on Thursday in the retail sector's first strike for six decades, sparked by fears that its mooted new US owner will slash jobs.
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First strike in six decades closes famous Japan department store
AFP, Published on 31/08/2023
» TOKYO - The shutters were down on one of Japan's best-known department stores on Thursday in the sector's first strike for six decades, sparked by fears that its mooted new US owner will slash jobs.
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Help for endangered Amazon tribe
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 16/04/2023
» The illegal tin mine was so remote that, for three years, the massive gash it cut into the Amazon rainforest had gone largely ignored.
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'Operation Exodus': Brazil miners flee Yanomami land
AFP, Published on 09/02/2023
» ALTO ALEGRE (BRAZIL) - Wearing broken flip-flops held together by a frayed cord, Joao Batista, an illegal gold miner in the Brazilian Amazon, has been walking for days to escape the jungle, fleeing a looming security-force crackdown.
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Scientists use laser to guide lightning bolt for first time
AFP, Published on 17/01/2023
» PARIS - Scientists said Monday they have used a laser beam to guide lightning for the first time, hoping the technique will help protect against deadly bolts -- and one day maybe even trigger them.
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More than 'a handful'
Oped, Postbag, Published on 31/12/2022
» Re: "Atthaya the toast of Thai athletes" (BP, Dec 27).
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When Will Flying Taxis Get Off the Ground?
Business, Published on 07/11/2022
» There's a lot of buzz about flying taxis, even though none are buzzing overhead.
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Scientists find new population of polar bears in sea-ice free region
AFP, Published on 17/06/2022
» WASHINGTON - Polar bears face an existential threat from the rapid decline of Arctic sea ice, which they rely on as platforms to hunt seals.
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Sex in the sky, for a price
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 21/02/2022
» For US$995 (32,700 baht), Love Cloud will fly you and a partner in a private airplane for 45 minutes so that you can have sex.
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2021: A year of space tourism, flights on Mars, China's rise
AFP, Published on 30/12/2021
» WASHINGTON - From the Mars Ingenuity helicopter's first powered flight on another world to the launch of the James Webb telescope that will peer into the earliest epoch of the Universe, 2021 was a huge year for humanity's space endeavors.
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