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Alcaraz outlasts Sinner in all-time great French Open final
AFP, Published on 09/06/2025
» PARIS - Carlos Alcaraz saved three championship points as he produced an astonishing fightback from two sets down to beat Jannik Sinner in a French Open final for the ages on Sunday.
China growth hit slowest pace in decades in 2018: AFP survey
AFP, Published on 18/01/2019
» BEIJING: China's economy grew at its slowest pace in almost three decades in 2018, analysts in an AFP poll said, as the government struggles to contain ballooning debt and a bruising trade war with the United States.
Echoes of Isan
Life, John Clewley, Published on 12/03/2024
» Sombat Simla is one of Thailand's top khaen players. He's been bending the notes of his khaen baet (eight rows of double pipes, sixteen in total) for more than 50 years.
In Sweden, a patriarchal 'remnant' jars with image of equality
AFP, Published on 06/08/2021
» VäSTERåS (SWEDEN) - A member of the Swedish nobility, Carl Johan Cronstedt, 75, is the tenth generation to have inherited the family estate and home.
Nuclear power the answer
News, Postbag, Published on 14/11/2021
» Re: "Reducing emissions not so easy," (Opinion, Nov 10).
When extravagance meets elegance
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 11/08/2023
» Re-envisioned as a "Maison of Extraleganza", Piaget has elevated its watches and jewellery to typify elegance and extravaganza.
Great crowds, but cut out the booing
Nobby Piles, Published on 06/10/2018
» Last weekend the Ryder Cup once again created huge drama, this time at Le Golf National in the Paris suburbs. The tournament has become such a massive event of gladiatorial proportions it is hard to imagine that there was a time when the media were calling for it to be scrapped because of lack of interest.
'Naive, reckless' tourists couchsurfing in war-torn Afghanistan
AFP, Published on 16/01/2019
» KABUL - Seeking an "authentic" experience as he backpacked through war-torn Afghanistan, Dutch tourist Ciaran Barr searched the Couchsurfing website for locals to stay with. He found an astonishing number of potential hosts.
Doomed jets lacked 2 features Boeing sold as extras
New York Times, Published on 21/03/2019
» As the pilots of the doomed Boeing jets in Ethiopia and Indonesia fought to control their planes, they lacked two notable safety features in their cockpits.
Green shoots in Phangnga
Business, Molpasorn Shoowong, Published on 24/10/2022
» Climate change and environmental sustainability have been hot global issues in recent decades.