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Thailand revitalising tourism locally and internationally for Asia-Pacific
Published on 23/10/2022
» Alongside trade and commerce, closed borders and travel restrictions brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic also severely impacted tourism within the APEC region.
Prayut most favoured for PM's post among southerners: poll
Online Reporters, Published on 23/10/2022
» Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha is the most popular choice for the post of prime minister for people in the South, followed by Paetongtarn "Ung-ing" Shinawatra of the Pheu Thai Party, in an opinion poll by the National Institute of Development Administration, or Nida Poll.
Main event ends in no contest after unintentional foul stops fight
Published on 23/10/2022
» KUALA LUPUR: ONE Championship (ONE) made a triumphant return to the Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, with a thrilling night of martial arts action. ONE on Prime Video 3: Lineker vs. Andrade featured a series of exciting matchups, headlined by three World Title bouts.
US midterms and the 'election deniers' threatening democracy
AFP, Published on 23/10/2022
» WASHINGTON: From the Pacific coast to the eastern seaboard, election denialism has seeped from US state capitols into village halls, bars and living rooms -- sickening the US body politic and threatening democracy itself.
Alexandra or Argyle — you just can’t beat a good club name
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 23/10/2022
» Every week, English football fans follow the fortunes of their favourite teams, whether they are called United, City, Town or something totally different.
China's Xi set to secure historic third term in office
AFP, Published on 23/10/2022
» BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping was poised Sunday to secure a historic third term in power, cementing his position as the nation's most influential leader since founder Mao Zedong.
Revisiting the 'Mona Lisa' theft
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 23/10/2022
» Oct 8 was the anniversary of the birth -- and the death -- of the Italian painter who made perhaps the biggest art repatriation blunder in history.
Protecting the peatlands of Ireland
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 23/10/2022
» For centuries, the Irish have used peat from bogs to fuel the home fires. Stories of families coming together to bring home "the turf", as peat is called in Ireland, evoke idyllic memories of a poorer but simpler life on the land. But now the Irish government, in the name of fighting climate change, conserving habitat and improving air quality, is moving to restrict the use of peat -- and finding that it is not easy.
Last days of an outback town
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 23/10/2022
» Sitting on a roof in a ghost town in the middle of the Australian outback, Mario Hartmann waited for the bulldozers to come.
Climate change outpaces water project
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 23/10/2022
» It started with a sudden spike in temperature, minus 13 Celsius, around the Himalayan glaciers. Then came the explosion: a deluge of melted ice racing down at a rate of 9.4 million litres per second, unleashing a landslide of sludge that wiped out everything in its path.