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Musk limits Grok AI use in UK to only paying users following ban threat
Life, Puriward Sinthopnumchai, Published on 11/01/2026
» Elon Musk has restricted access to Grok AI on the X platform in the UK to only paying subscribers following a wave of intense criticism over the tool's role in generating violent and sexually explicit imagery.
Revel in Christmas with the Calliope Chamber Choir
Life, Published on 18/12/2025
» Calliope Chamber Choir under the direction of Somtow Sucharitkul presents its annual Candlelight Christmas Carol concert on Dec 21 at the Grand Ballroom in the Banyan Tree Hotel.
Artist smuggles AI-generated painting into museum in Wales
Life, Online Reporters, Published on 15/11/2025
» An artist has challenged the very definition of 'art' after a painting he created using artificial intelligence (AI) was surreptitiously hung in the National Museum Cardiff in Wales.
A Mediterranean union
Life, John Clewley, Published on 08/11/2025
» In 1993, multi-instrumentalists Fain Sanchez Duenas and Vincent Molino from Spain formed Radio Tarifa with singer/songwriter Benjamin Escoriza and released Rumba Argelina, an album that blended Flamenco, Arab-Andalusian, Arabic, Moorish and Mahgrebi music with that from the Renaissance, Mediterranean and even the Caribbean.
Where the struggle begins
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 04/11/2025
» Annemarie Jacir's Palestine 36 reminds us that the question of Palestine didn't begin two years ago but generations before that. Showing at the Tokyo International Film Festival, the film is set in the aftermath of World War I as the European powers carve up the Middle East like a spoiled child slicing his birthday cake: gleefully, arbitrarily, jabbing their fingers on a map with no regard of history or the need of local inhabitants.
Practising purity
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 17/10/2025
» The annual Vegetarian Festival returns in this ninth lunar month. This year, the 10-day festivity falls from Oct 21 to 29. Every year, vegetarian options become more diverse and vibrant given that consumers increasingly opt for veganism due to various reasons.
Thai man rescued at sea after Apple Watch SOS alert
Life, Online Reporters, Published on 28/09/2025
» A Thai man was rescued off Pattaya late on Thursday night after his kayak capsized in rough seas, with his Apple Watch helping him raise the alarm through its Emergency SOS feature.
Produce 101 Japan searches for next global sensation
Life, Published on 02/09/2025
» Interested boys of any nationality have until Thursday to apply for Produce 101 Japan New World, the fourth season of Japan's largest-scale survival programme that gave rise to popular artists like JO1, INI and ME:I.
A new oud masterpiece
Life, John Clewley, Published on 30/08/2025
» This month's Transglobal World Music Chart has plenty of interesting new albums, with many released to coincide with the summer festival season in Europe and North America.
Reverso always scores on style
Life, Published on 29/08/2025
» Born a sports watch in 1931, the Reverso embodied a new aesthetics that emerged in the Roaring Twenties. The design movement disseminated globally after the Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes held in Paris in 1925.