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Asia's top five food destinations revealed

As gastronomy tourism becomes a soft power means to promote culture, online travel website Agoda has announced the top five food destinations in Asia based on survey data collected from Aug 1-19, with over 4,000 participants from 10 countries.

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Going for gold

'They're going to make the ceiling gold," is what Natapa Sriyuksiri, managing director of Dusit Estate and Group Creative Strategy, had alarmingly texted a few years ago to the interior designer of Dusit Thani Bangkok, Andre Fu.

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Legendary chefs to host charity brunch

Two of Thailand's most esteemed culinary figures are joining hands to present a charity brunch titled "International Chefs Day: The Living Legend Chefs Charity Brunch For UNHCR", at Blue Elephant Sukhumvit Thai Heritage Cuisine, Sukhumvit 13, on Sunday, from 11am to 2pm.

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Scams know no limits

For decades, Thailand has been plagued by financial scams, often in the form of Ponzi schemes, leaving countless citizens financially devastated. The evolving sophistication of these scams, driven by advances in digital communication and legal loopholes, continues to outwit all consumer protection enforcers.

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Proxy wars rage as political rifts widen

A proxy war appears to be raging between the Pheu Thai Party and its former coalition partner, the Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP).

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EU needs to focus on innovation

In the three decades after World War II, Western Europe caught up with the United States in terms of per capita GDP. But since the mid-1990s, this trend has reversed, with the US growing twice as fast as Europe.

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US' protectionist trade policies are backfiring

The United States has adopted increasingly protectionist policies over the past few years, raising tariffs, revising or withdrawing from free-trade agreements, and restricting trade with countries considered strategic threats. While these measures aim to exert pressure on perceived adversaries like China, there is growing evidence that economic sanctions are at best ineffective and, at worst,...

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Egat eyes extending service life of 2 lignite-fired units

The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) is planning to extend the service life of two lignite-fired power generation units for a certain period, before decommissioning all its power plants in Lampang to promote clean energy.

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Stewart, Liberty pull away to beat Lynx, tie series - ESPN

  1. Stewart, Liberty pull away to beat Lynx, tie series  ESPN
  2. Can the New York Liberty, the Best in the W.N.B.A, Finally Win It All?  The New York Times
  3. WNBA Finals, Game 2: How to watch New York Liberty vs. Minnesota Lynx  USA TODAY
  4. Minnesota Lynx stun New York Liberty with 95-93 overtime win in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals  The Associated Press
  5. WNBA Finals: New York state of mind — Liberty vow to put Game 1 collapse behind them and move forward  Yahoo Sports

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4500 tonnes of rock each month, to build new seawall

News from Waka Kotahi NZTA It’s been a busy time for supervisor Hamish Croad and his team as they transport 4,500 tonnes of rock per month along a man-made causeway, to build the resilient Te Ara Tupua seawall along the coastal edges of Wellington Harbour between Petone and Ngauranga . The 2.7km of sloping coastal […]

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Ghalibaf calls on IPU members to take action on Gaza genocide

TEHRAN, Oct. 13 (MNA) – The speaker of the Iranian parliament told the President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) on Sunday that the IPU member states need to condemn the Israeli genocide in Gaza and create political pressure.