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Ed Sheeran awarded legal costs in court win
Life, AFP, Published on 23/06/2022
» A High Court judge in London on Tuesday awarded Ed Sheeran and his co-songwriters more than £900,000 (39 million baht) in legal costs after winning a copyright trial over his hit Shape Of You.
Guitar that broke up Oasis sells for B14mn
Life, AFP, Published on 20/05/2022
» Noel Gallagher's Gibson guitar, which was broken in 2009 at the same time as the British group Oasis imploded, sold for €385,500 (14 million baht) at an auction in Paris on Tuesday.
Taylor Swift confirms masters sold again
Life, AFP, Published on 19/11/2020
» Taylor Swift has confirmed that the rights to her first six albums have been sold to a private equity firm without her knowledge, in the latest dispute over the pop megastar's lucrative back catalogue.
Fortune Pink diamond sells for more than B1bn
AFP, Published on 09/11/2022
» GENEVA: The Fortune Pink diamond, an exceptionally rare giant gemstone, sold for more than 1 billion baht at auction in Geneva on Tuesday to a private Asian collector.
Licence to bill: Bond's Aston Martin sells for nearly 124 million baht
AFP, Published on 29/09/2022
» LONDON - A replica of an Aston Martin DB5 used for the stunts in James Bond blockbuster "No Time to Die" sold for nearly £3 million (124 million baht) at auction on Wednesday, auction house Christie's said.
India bans many single-use plastics to tackle waste
AFP, Published on 01/07/2022
» NEW DELHI - India imposed a ban on many single-use plastics on Friday in a bid to tackle waste choking rivers and poisoning wildlife, but experts say it faces severe headwinds from unprepared manufacturers and consumers unwilling to pay more.
Overcoming hate, Brazilian heads to Trans Miss Universe
AFP, Published on 12/06/2022
» SAO GONCALO, Brazil: Looking resplendent in a bejewelled red ball gown, Brazilian beauty queen Eloa Rodrigues knows how lucky she is: in the world's deadliest country for trans people, she is daring to live out her dreams.
Blood and bruises: Welcome to Bangkok's real-life fight club
AFP, Published on 28/04/2022
» Harsh spotlights and street lamps illuminate a vicious brawl between two furious shirtless men as the screams of a crowd echo beneath a Bangkok underpass: Fight Club Thailand is on.
'The bottom line': Scuba divers help preserve historic Bangkok mansion
AFP, Published on 08/03/2022
» A 200-year-old Chinese mansion in Bangkok's heart isn't an obvious place for a scuba school, but in a city relentlessly demolishing its architectural heritage the business is helping preserve the historic home.
Take a sad song and make it better: 'Hey Jude' NFT fetches $77k
AFP, Published on 08/02/2022
» A virtual version of the handwritten notes for the song "Hey Jude" has been sold at auction in California for almost $77,000 (2.5 million baht), the latest hammer price success for NFTs.