Yearly Archives: 2016
Norwegian police trawl for goldfish owner
Helsinki (AP) - For one goldfish in Norway, it’s almost like being a fish out of water. The goldfish in question is being held...
London base jumper leaps safely off EU’s tallest building
London (AP) - Witnesses say a base jumper has safely parachuted from the European Union’s tallest building, the Shard in London, and evaded police...
Elephant dung at Prague Zoo morphs into a new form: paper
Prague (AP) - At first, their elephant dung was sold to gardeners as fertilizer. Now Prague Zoo has come up with a new use...
NASA salvages Mars mission that should have launched by now
Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP) - NASA’s next Mars mission is still alive. Instead of scrapping the grounded Mars InSight spacecraft, the space agency announced...
After hot 2015, new normal is hotter world temperatures
Geneva (AP) - Hotter weather appears to be here to stay, El Nino or not, the U.N. weather agency said last week, warning that...
Microbe with stripped-down DNA may hint at secrets of life
New York (AP) - Scientists have deleted nearly half the genes of a microbe, creating a stripped-down version that still functions, an achievement that...
British university offers roll in for IB diploma students
Boarding and day students at Regents International School Pattaya are beginning to receive an impressive selection of degree course offers from universities world-wide. ...
After-school and Weekend clubs just got bigger and better
“The great thing about Regents is that we have so many staff able and willing to offer extra activities that we’ll have almost 100...
Centra Maris shines as new venue for the Combined Chamber
Every month people working in the business community in and around Pattaya attend the Combined Chamber of Commerce Networking events. This month it was...
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When Expat fixed incomes meet a moving target
The quiet financial squeeze on retired foreigners in Thailand
Retirement is supposed to be the most predictable chapter of life. Income is fixed. Habits are...
Testosterone – Andropause
The short answer to the question, “Are all men destined to become grumpy as they age?” is NO — no man must become a...
Nach dem Countdown fragen Touristen, ob Pattaya ein Strandparadies oder eine Müllhalde ist
PATTAYA, Thailand – Kaum waren die letzten Feuerwerkslichter am Himmel verblasst, zeigte sich am Pattaya Beach ein ganz anderes Bild zum Jahresbeginn. Als Touristen...
Rauchwolken über Zentral-Pattaya nach Brand nahe Beach Road
PATTAYA, Thailand – Am Neujahrstag ist am Nachmittag hinter einem Hotel in der Soi 12 an der Beach Road ein Feuer ausgebrochen. Dichte Rauchschwaden...
Russischer Motorradfahrer stirbt an tödlicher Jomtien-Kurve
PATTAYA, Thailand – Ein russischer Motorradfahrer ist am Neujahrsmorgen tödlich verunglückt, sein Freund wurde verletzt, nachdem ihr Motorrad an der berüchtigten „tödlichen Kurve“ auf...