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Life and death on the Dnieper River
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 28/05/2023
» The thunder of artillery echoes night and day over the mighty Dnieper River as it winds its way through southern Ukraine. With Russian and Ukrainian forces squared off on opposite banks, fighters have replaced fishermen, surveillance drones circle overhead and mines line the marshy embankments.
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Holdouts in a nuclear zone
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 07/05/2023
» The world's worst nuclear disaster, unfolding only a few kilometres away, did not force Halyna Voloshyna, 74, to abandon her home in Chernobyl in 1986.
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Suppressed culture makes bestseller
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 19/02/2023
» Two days after Christmas, Ann-Helen Laestadius found herself being gently pummelled by reindeer.
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In Bali, warring sides cohabitate
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 05/02/2023
» At a cafe nearly 100,000 kilometres from the front lines, the Kyiv-style cake sits near the kartoshkas, a Russian dessert made of cookies, condensed milk and butter.
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Too early to tell
Oped, Postbag, Published on 31/03/2020
» Re: "Who believes the stats?" (PostBag, March 29).
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Fermented fad
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 22/01/2019
» Forget low-carb, high-fat ketogenic diets, gluten-free foods and all things detox. These are diet bygones compared to a slightly-sparkling, gold-coloured fermented drink called kombucha that is now all the rage. They say Madonna drinks it, so does Halle Berry, Lindsay Lohan and Gwyneth Paltrow. Even testosterone-fuelled Jake Gyllenhaal and Orlando Bloom were seen clutching a bottle.
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Social media the theatre of 'Information World War'
News, Published on 19/12/2018
» A year ago, in his annual New Year's resolution post, Mark Zuckerberg pledged to spend 2018 fixing Facebook by addressing foreign manipulation, election interference and other threats. He and other tech leaders should probably renew that vow for 2019, and 2020, and possibly every year after that.
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Trump's phone tap karmic revenge?
News, Published on 30/10/2018
» Specific incidents can sometimes reveal much larger truths. This would seem to be the case regarding recent revelations that the Chinese have been eavesdropping on US President Donald Trump's less-than-secure phone calls and using the information gathered as part of an elaborate plot to influence the president.
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Trump says he has 'absolute' power to pardon himself
Reuters, Published on 04/06/2018
» WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Monday said he had committed no wrongdoing but had "absolute" legal power to pardon himself, echoing an argument put forth by his lawyers in a memo to the US special counsel investigating alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 US election.
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RbsO features Japanese violinist
Life, Published on 24/05/2018
» The Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra will present a Romantic repertoire of two monumental works during the "Mayuko Kamio Plays Brahms Violin Concerto" concert in the Main Hall of the Thailand Cultural Centre, Ratchadaphisek Road, on May 30 at 8pm.
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