A man watches volunteer members of Musica Para el Alma (Music for the Soul) giving a flash mob concert in the hospital’s main hall./ AFP Photo

Argentinean hospital sounds notes that nourish
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How music is curing the souls of patients at an Argentinean hospital

Launched last year, a private scriptwriting lab known as Seafic – the Southeast Asian Fiction Film Lab – selected five directors to join its workshops. Two sessions have already been held in Chiang Mai and the third and final one – an Open Session –

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Tawandang fully-automated whisky distilling plant in Chai Nat.
The Philippine army launches fresh offensive in Marawi
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More Philippine troops are deployed to try and regain control of Marawi, as the military pounds Islamist positions in the south of the city with air strikes and artillery.  

Tawandang fully-automated whisky distilling plant in Chai Nat.

Automated distillery eyes 10% of liquor market
business June 27, 2017 01:00

A TECHNOLOGICALLY advanced, fully automated distillery established late last year in Chai Nat province by a group of executives of Carabaodang aims to have a 10-per-cent share of Thailand’s Bt100-billion liquor industry by the end of next year.


Queen set for cash boost to fund Buckingham Palace refit
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LONDON - Britain's royal family is set for a bumper year of income as it embarks on a 10-year renovation of Buckingham Palace, royal officials said Tuesday.


Merkel softens her opposition to gay marriage
Breaking News June 27, 2017 07:06

BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday softened for the first time her opposition to gay marriage, as her conservative party comes under growing pressure on the issue ahead of elections in September.

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