Garlands greet Leicester as triumphant Thai tour kicks off
BANGKOK: Scores of Thai fans mobbed newly crowned English Premier League champions Leicester City as they landed in Bangkok on…
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Can magic mushrooms dampen depression?
PARIS: Hallucination-inducing “magic” mushrooms could help some people blunt the anxiety caused by chronic depression, according to a small-scale study…
Top China official bringing ‘caring heart’ to HK
HONG KONG: One of China’s most powerful officials told Hong Kong he had brought a ‘caring heart’, in a conciliatory…
Booker triumph ushers in new era for South Korean writers
SEOUL: South Korean writer Han Kang’s Booker prize marks a major victory for a decade-long effort to drag one of…
Disaster tourism a bitter lifeline for mud volcano survivors
Harwati forces a smile as she guides visitors around a bubbling mud volcano in Indonesia, pausing as they snap selfies…
China threats, popular hopes pour pressure on Taiwan’s Tsai
When Tsai Ing-wen takes office as Taiwan’s president Friday she steps onto a tightrope between voter dreams of national pride…
Obama Hiroshima trip stirs debate on Truman’s fateful choice
WASHINGTON: Barack Obama’s visit to Hiroshima next week has reignited an emotive debate over former US president Harry Truman’s epoch-making…
Pimp my ride, Kenya-style
NAIROBI: “Turn on the bass, yeah!” shouts Dennis, conductor and ticket tout onboard the Brain Freeze, an eardrum-bursting tricked-out Nairobi…