Новости за 25.06.2021

Our "What Went Wrong" series aims to analyze why each team missed the playoffs.

WORKING as a receptionist at Jeffrey Epstein’s New York mansion, Maria Farmer thought the young girls coming down the stairs crying had lost out on modelling jobs. But the aspiring artist says Ghislaine Maxwell cruised Central Park at school chucking out time, in search of “nubiles” to bring to her on-off boyfriend for sex. Speaking […]

This Friday will be the 16th anniversary of the night my best friend pounded a six-pack of beer in the shower before meeting up with me at a bar and blurting out something vaguely resembling a marriage proposal. This came as a shock to both of us, as we’d only been dating for about six weeks. But, he tells me, shower…

The owner of Bovet 1822 since 2001, Pascal Raffy has driven various innovations over the two decades. This year he has sweetened the maison's haute horlogerie with a groundbreaking sugar-coated dial.

Despite the name, to say that Miss T Cafe & Restaurant is just another eatery is definitely selling it short. Given the eight rai of land it sits on, various activities and beachfront location, Miss T is a worthwhile destination in itself.

This week's subject of Eating In, Sushi Cyu Ryo, has against all odds made it to my 2020 top table list.

The world moves in a circle around the sun and that, perhaps, explains why trends from decades ago are always doing the rounds. It doesn't matter which decade you were born in, each one had its own exciting new technology, trendy fashions, memorable toys, movies and music -- all of which can be looked back on with fondness. Guru has selected a few places to get your nostalgia going.

As the Covid-19 pandemic is easing in some places around the world, one city that was among the hardest hit last year is emerging from the desolation in a glittering manner. Earlier this month, Italian jeweller Bvlgari unveiled their latest high jewellery collection Magnifica in Milan, in a spectacular manner nothing short of high-octane lavishness.

In Italy, merenda is a light meal between lunch and dinner. The afternoon snack is usually prepared by a loving nonna who never compromises when it comes to feeding her children. Thus the word merenda represents not just a snack time but also a cosy and comforting affair that shapes up every Italian's childhood memory.

With Bangkok's burger scene exploding at its seams, it pays if you enter the ring with a bang. Bang Bang Burgers on Sukhumvit 11 comes with pluck.

In late 2020, Jaquet Droz revealed the first signs of a partnership with John Howe, the illustrator and conceptual artist of Peter Jackson's The Lord Of The Rings and The Hobbit trilogies.

Due to the pandemic's lasting impact, the release date in Thailand for the highly-anticipated third instalment in The Conjuring franchise, The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, was delayed several times. Originally meant to hit theatres last year, the film was postponed several times before finding a new date earlier this month. Now that Thai cinemas outside Bangkok are allowed to reopen, The...

At the risk of sounding nostalgic, I enjoy Googling things from decades gone by (exhibit A: Thai vintage ads in my past editor's notes). The Thai language version of famous Hollywood movie posters is another blast from the past I think is highly underrated, especially if you're a language nerd/film buff. Back then movie posters had to be recreated by Thai artists, who hand-painted them, along with...

After almost one month of hiccups and disastrous management, the state vaccination programme which started on June 1 is gradually showing signs of functionality.

Godwin's Law, coined in 1990, says that as a discussion on the internet grows longer, the likelihood of somebody being compared to Hitler or the Nazis rises inexorably towards 100%. But once in a very long while the comparison is correct.

In view of the ongoing parliamentary debate about constitutional revisions, it has become the consensus that the 2017 charter is flawed and in need of change. At issue is the nature and extent of charter amendments. What is being proposed can be categorised into three positions -- those favouring amendments without fundamental reforms and others who want reforms with all necessary amendments, with...

A functional parliament is a strong foundation of a participatory democracy. Globally, the governing bodies of the socio-economically and politically advanced countries operate under some form of participatory democracy.

Readers of a certain age may recall 2006 with a degree of bittersweet loss—it was, after all, the year Pluto officially ceased being a planet according to the International Astronomical Union, permanently shrinking our solar system family to eight and giving grade school textbook publishers across the world a massive…

The afternoon has been slow to almost all athletes, owing to really miserable weather.

Hundreds rallied in Washington Thursday, calling on Senate Democrats to break the filibuster and force through their legislative agenda quickly without Republicans.

The three-part docuseries Epstein’s Shadow: Ghistlaine Maxwell  premieres Thursday on Peacock.

The Suns and the Clippers are set to square off in Game 3 of the NBA’s Western Conference Finals Phoenix defended home court in winning the series’ first two games, including a dramatic last-second victory in Game 2. Los Angeles in Game 3 once again will be without Kawhi Leonard, who is dealing with a […]

German manufacturers work in competition with U.S. defense contractors.

In the weeks and months after the November 2020 election saw President Donald Trump catch a much deserved L, Trump and his attorney Rudy Giuliani tried their best to argue that the former president didn’t lose, actually. They filed multiple frivolous lawsuits in states that Trump lost, alleging that there was…

If you only look at obesity in the state of Oregon, it functions as a microcosm for the rest of the nation. From coast to coast, the number of obese individuals in proportion to the total population has continued to increase. Many experts have already concluded that the United States is experiencing an obesity epidemic.