Australian literature-lovers cheered Wednesday after Richard Flanagan won the prestigious Booker Prize with a visceral story of wartime brutality and its aftermath — a novel the head of the judging team said was as powerful as a kick in the stomach.
Smoking should be banned in London parks and landmarks including Parliament Square and Trafalgar Square, a report by the London Health Commission said on Wednesday.
A Thai property developer has announced plans to build one of the tallest skyscrapers in the world in Bangkok.
Ocean Condotel, a newly built hotel in Subic, will soft open in November . Suited for business forums and holiday getaways, Ocean Condotel offers 40 rooms for hotel accommodation and 40 rooms for lease or for sale.
One of the largest breweries in the Netherlands has partnered with one of the major buffet restaurants in the Philippines for a collaboration that Filipinos will surely enjoy. Vikings may now relish in a plush buffet meal while enjoying endless classic Bavaria beer.
Our susceptibility to illnesses doubles during the rainy days as this season entails not only flooding, but also health hazards such as air, contaminated water, and rodent-borne diseases as well viral infections.
Nineteen years ago, my son Mark was born two months before my due date. After a month in the neo-natal care of the hospital, he was released, but only to be confined again for a week because his tiny body still couldn’t adjust to a normal environment.
The elevator was added only a few years ago. Since he moved into the building in 1996, Efren Ocampo had been climbing five flights of stairs to get to his apartment on the top floor. Although it was good exercise for him, it was hard when he had packages to carry up and down.
I think that I shall never see, a poem lovely as a tree…” Joyce Kilmer’s verse could easily be attributed to Alex van Hagen, whose romanced vision with trees would take him outdoors for hours, in any season, seeing them from a perspective only a nature lover could fathom, through the limited vision of his camera’s eye.
The mood in the early 20th century was optimistic and hopeful; there was a sense of excitement and expectancy in the air, a time of anticipating a future full of promise.
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