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Phuket hotels upbeat on prospects for festive season
Business, Molpasorn Shoowong, Published on 28/09/2022
» The festive season in the final quarter is expected to bring hotel bookings in Phuket that match pre-Covid levels, but not every hospitality segment will reap benefits, according to the Phuket Hotels Association.
Confident Smith wrests control with Thai Chapchai in hot pursuit
Sports, Published on 25/09/2022
» Linkou: Travis Smyth's quest to win his first Asian Tour title gathered momentum yesterday when he took the third-round lead in the US$700,000 Yeangder TPC after shooting the best round of the day, a six-under-par 66 in testing wet and windy conditions.
Humanitarians in the age of crises
Oped, Bjorn Andersson, Published on 19/08/2022
» The lights are flashing red as we look at the cascade of humanitarian crises in Asia and the Pacific.
Stenson stripped of Ryder Cup captaincy as LIV rumours swirl
AFP, Published on 20/07/2022
» LONDON - Henrik Stenson was Wednesday stripped of the captaincy of the European Ryder Cup team, with the Swede understood to be on the verge of joining the Saudi-funded rebel LIV Golf series.
Djokovic wins seventh Wimbledon title and 21st Grand Slam
AFP, Published on 11/07/2022
» LONDON: Novak Djokovic won a seventh Wimbledon title and 21st Grand Slam crown on Sunday with a four-set triumph over Nick Kyrgios, whose challenge unravelled in frustration after a blistering start.
Hillside tragedy for visiting family, car plunges off road
Nujaree Rakrun and Online Reporters, Published on 08/07/2022
» NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: A woman died when a car driven by her visiting foreign son-in-law plunged off a hill road leading to a viewpoint in Sichon district on Thursday afternoon.
Djokovic brings curtain up on Wimbledon
AFP, Published on 27/06/2022
» LONDON - Novak Djokovic begins his bid to match Pete Sampras as a seven-time Wimbledon champion on Monday, with British Grand Slam title winners Andy Murray and Emma Raducanu also on Centre Court's opening day agenda.
Scrappy Fitzpatrick hits the shot of his life to win US Open
AFP, Published on 20/06/2022
» BROOKLINE: Scrappy English underdog Matt Fitzpatrick, hardened in steel town Sheffield, endured epic pressure and hit the shot of his life when it mattered most on Sunday to win the US Open.
Take a chance on me: ABBA pass the torch on to avatars
AFP, Published on 25/05/2022
» STOCKHOLM: In one of the longest awaited musical reunions, Swedish pop legends ABBA return to the concert stage on Friday in London but only as avatars of their 1970 selves shimmering with shiny costumes, glitter and platform boots.
The crisis of unintended pregnancy
News, Bjorn Andersson, Published on 11/04/2022
» Mother and daughter, Liza and Agnes, living in a small seaside community of St Bernard in the Philippines, recalled the day Super Typhoon Rai made landfall. When I visited them, they told me that when the typhoon hit, the wind sounded like a thousand horses thundering through the community and ripping houses and families violently apart, destroying thousands of lives, and disrupting access to critical health services.