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Southern Thai dance form 'nora' gets Unesco heritage status
AFP, Published on 15/12/2021
» Dancers moved gracefully in a circle, their beaded dress pieces swaying as they struck bird-like poses in a dance-drama known as "nora" -- a southern Thai performance art which was added Wednesday to Unesco's prestigious heritage list.
Garfield beach phone mystery solved after 30 years
AFP, Published on 29/03/2019
» PLOUARZEL, France: For more than 30 years bright orange "Garfield" phones have been washing up on the French coast to the bemusement of local beach cleaners, who have finally cracked the mystery behind them.
Plastic microparticles threaten unique Galapagos fauna
AFP, Published on 22/03/2019
» GALAPAGOS, Ecuador: Armed only with gloves and large sacks, park rangers and volunteers are battling the scourge of plastic waste blighting the idyllic Galapagos Islands and their unique creatures.
'Model spy' deported from Thailand still in Russian jail
AFP, Published on 20/01/2019
» MOSCOW: A Belarusian model who claimed she had proof of Russian collusion with the Trump election campaign, had her detention in Moscow extended by three days by a Russian court on Saturday.
Model claiming Trump secrets to be deported
AFP, Published on 15/01/2019
» A Belarusian model who claimed she had proof of Russian efforts to help Donald Trump win office was set to be deported after being convicted Tuesday nearly a year after her arrest in Thailand for participating in a "sex training course".
Death of King Power boss Vichai confirmed
AFP, Published on 29/10/2018
» LEICESTER, England: The billionaire boss of King Power and Leicester City football team was among three Thais and two foreigners killed when his helicopter crashed and burst into flames in the Premier League side's football stadium car park moments after taking off from the pitch, the club said on Sunday.
Trash-filled turtle highlights ocean crisis
AFP, Published on 11/06/2018
» Startling images of plastic shreds, rubber bands and other debris found jammed in the stomach of a green turtle in Chanthaburi have highlighted the crisis of waste-strewn seas following the widely publicised death of a whale this month.
Plastic wasteland: Asia's ocean pollution crisis
AFP, Published on 05/06/2018
» THANH HOA, Vietnam: A Vietnamese mangrove draped with polythene, a whale killed after swallowing waste bags in Thai seas and clouds of underwater trash near Indonesian "paradise" islands -- grim images of the plastic crisis that has gripped Asia.
Police say two held in frozen body case are American
AFP, Published on 27/09/2016
» Police said Tuesday that two men accused of hiding a dismembered body in a Bangkok house freezer and of running a fake passport ring are Americans.
Japan abetting illegal ivory trade, say conservationists
AFP, Published on 09/06/2016
» TOKYO - Conservation activists on Thursday showed undercover video they say suggests that a "huge loophole" in Japanese law enforcement is hindering efforts to rein in illegal ivory trading.