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Unmasked Songkran parties dent Phuket’s reopening hopes
New York Times, Published on 26/04/2021
» PHUKET: Around the corner from the teeth-whitening clinic and the tattoo parlour with offerings in Russian, Hebrew and Chinese, near the outdoor eatery with fried rice meant to fuel sunburned tourists or tired go-go dancers, the Hooters sign has lost its H.
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Subterranean ‘baby dragons’ found to sneak up to the surface
New York Times, Published on 13/03/2024
» NEW YORK - Scientists have discovered that blind cave salamanders in northern Italy leave their underground homes to go on expeditions to the surface. Eyeless and ghostly pale from millions of years spent below ground, the salamanders appear to commute back and forth to the sunny surface using springs where water bubbles up from hundreds of feet deep.
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Greece becomes first Orthodox country to allow same-sex marriage
New York Times, Published on 16/02/2024
» ATHENS — Greece legalised same-sex marriage and equal parental rights for same-sex couples Thursday as lawmakers passed a bill that has divided Greek society and drawn vehement opposition from the country’s powerful Orthodox Church.
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Chinese zoo denies bear is person in suit
New York Times, Published on 02/08/2023
» ZHEJIANG: Sun, moon, grizzly, black, spectacled, sloth: Bears all over the world can stand, shuffle, totter and walk on two legs, although they usually prefer four.
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Americans to be allowed to mark gender as ‘X’ on passports
New York Times, Published on 31/03/2022
» WASHINGTON: The Joe Biden administration Thursday announced several measures intended to make federal forms of identification, applications for federal programs and travel documents more inclusive for Americans who identify as transgender or nonbinary, or who otherwise do not conform to traditional gender roles.
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South Koreans face up to atrocities in Vietnam war
New York Times, Published on 22/08/2021
» SEOUL: The South Korean marine unit had a reputation for leaving nothing breathing behind when they passed through hostile territory, not even a pig suckling its litter.
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A popular hangout for bats, tourists and now Covid sleuths
New York Times, Published on 17/01/2021
» RATCHABURI: The bat caves reeked of bat.
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Jewellery designer Yupadee, dead of Covid at 51, remembered
New York Times, Published on 18/06/2020
» Yupadee Kobkulboonsiri made fantastical jewellery — neck cuffs with silver springs ending in pearls that looked like asteroids, necklaces that looped over a shoulder and erupted in diamonds and pearls. She won awards at every trade competition she entered.
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Virus fuels anti-Chinese sentiment overseas
New York Times, Published on 31/01/2020
» In Japan, the hashtag #ChineseDon’tComeToJapan has been trending on Twitter. In Singapore, tens of thousands of residents have signed a petition calling for the government to ban Chinese nationals from entering the country.
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Tiger Zoo shuttered, but problem only gets worse
New York Times, Published on 23/09/2019
» SI RACHA, Chon Buri: When Thai park rangers raided a popular zoo famous for letting visitors feed and handle tigers, their grisly haul three years ago shocked the world: 1,600 tiger parts, including pelts, amulets fashioned from skins, scores of teeth, 40 dead cubs found in a freezer and 20 more preserved in jars.
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