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Dangerous virus mutes China’s ‘happiest day’
New York Times, Published on 25/01/2020
» WUHAN, China: The Lunar New Year festivities were just hours away, but instead of helping to prepare a joyous family banquet, Chen Yanming stood anxiously outside a hospital where her father was being tested for a dangerous new virus.
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Orphaned Myanmar elephants blanketed against cold
New York Times, Published on 25/12/2017
» When an unexpectedly cold front from China descended on parts of Southeast Asia this past week, people in Thailand, Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia bundled up in coats to stave off the region’s unusual weather. But what’s an elephant to do?
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Animal farms fuel cruel, illegal trade in rare wildlife
New York Times, Published on 06/06/2017
» BOKEO PROVINCE, Laos -- The tiger paced back and forth in its cage, groaning mournfully. A second big cat slept soundly in the corner, while a third stared blankly at the bars.
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Winds of change rock age-old Myanmar lake
New York Times, Published on 29/05/2017
» LONTON, Myanmar -- Cresting a mountain pass on a freshly bulldozed road, Indawgyi Lake and its valley appear below, pastoral and calm.
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Reality? No, thanks. Moviegoers sought escape in 2016
New York Times, Published on 02/01/2017
» LOS ANGELES - The moviegoing masses sent clear messages in 2016. They are most definitely not tired of superheroes. The more animated animals, the merrier. Fantasy worlds of any kind, whether underwater or in outer space, are worth the trip to theatres.
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Airbnb app helps travellers live like local
Business, New York Times, Published on 21/04/2016
» SAN FRANCISCO: The home-sharing app Airbnb is pushing into local reviews and recommendations, putting it increasingly into competition with services like Lonely Planet, Yelp and local tourism websites.
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Cambodia’s new cultural jewel
Life, New York Times, Published on 28/01/2016
» The giant mural in the foyer depicting a smiling stone face offers a mere taste of the grandiosity within the new Angkor Panorama Museum here. Inside, a 360-degree painted vista covers an area the size of nearly four basketball courts. Over 45,000 figures populate this cyclorama, a depiction of 12th century Angkorian history.
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Lionsgate seeks to build on film properties with theme parks
New York Times, Published on 03/11/2015
» Three years ago, as the first Hunger Games movie was breaking box-office records, Jon Feltheimer, the chief executive of Lions Gate Entertainment, asked his lieutenants to investigate ways to turn their hit movie into a Disneyland-style ride.
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Peet's Coffee & Tea slurps Stumptown
Business, New York Times, Published on 08/10/2015
» New York: Peet's Coffee & Tea gave the coffeescenti something to buzz about with the announcement on Tuesday that it was buying Stumptown Coffee Roasters, a high-end specialty coffee company that has developed a cult following.
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Utilitarian no more, airports go five-star
New York Times, Published on 08/05/2015
» As major airports around the world scramble to brand themselves as luxury entities rather than mere transportation centres, some have adopted a star-ranking system, like hotels. It was inevitable.
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