Thailand’s chief minister reopens famed beach from ‘The Beach’
Thailand’s prime minister has made good on his promise to reopen Siam Bay to the public in the next few weeks, nearly two decades after starring in the hit film The Beach. The beach,…
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The most overvaccinated country in Europe
Vaccinations are essential for the survival of humanity, but a recent spate of outbreaks in Italy has seen more and more people opting out. Italy’s health ministry is currently working out ways to tackle…
The last good chance to save the Atlantic coast’s kelp forests
In the century or so since skivers and thrusters were sent out from the Maryland and Delaware coasts to starboard and starboard the kelp forests and coral reefs of the Atlantic have grown and…
I’m a supermom. But even I need the support of strangers when I’m down
Chrishell Stause is a supermom. When she has a minute, she’s running soccer and karate practices. When she has a chance, she’s at home with the boys. And when she has a team to…
Smokey Robinson begins cleanse to recover from pneumonia
The Smokey Robinson lead vocalist says ‘I’m just like you, I don’t want to be a statistic and I’m telling you this is time for you to get the shots’ Smokey Robinson has been…
Brazilian president signs deal with SpaceX — as the company struggles to build his broadband network
Photo President Jair Bolsonaro and Brazilian Space Agency President Gisela Malbron de Paula on Thursday celebrated a contract signed between the government and SpaceX to send NASA satellites into orbit to monitor the world’s…
5am Larry: In 2004, Joe Biden on why he gave away all those extra food bags
First, “No good deed goes unpunished.” On a rainy afternoon in 2005, then-Sen. Barack Obama and his campaign staffers collected food, warm clothing and other goods at a food bank in St. Louis to…
WHAT IS IT? Sudan strain of TB
What is it? It’s a highly mutated strain of tuberculosis bacteria that was discovered in southeastern Sudan in 2015. According to the World Health Organisation, five people in the region had been diagnosed with…
25 best-selling books every holiday-attending friend, aunt, family member should read
Which books would our holiday-attending friends, aunts, friends’ children, friends’ grandmothers and others gift-givers read? We asked Toronto Star staffers what books they’d pick for friends, family, colleagues and other loved ones. Here are…
Couple fined for eating turkey with a headlamp on it
From the beginning, perhaps, Christmas was special for Jenna Baker. Her family shared a common European heritage: Her dad is Norwegian and her mom is German. Thanksgiving, from the beginning, was the holiday when…