Celebrate Olympic Day with a virtual runpublished : 18 Nov 2021 at 04:00 newspaper section: [Life](http://search.bangkokpost.com/search/result_advanced?category=news&xNewsSection=Life) The 2020 Olympic Day Run, which was postponed due to the Covid-19 p…
Covid hit Japan economy harder than expected in third quarter
TOKYO: Japan’s economy shrank far more than expected in the three months to September, as a surge in virus cases hit spending and supply chain issues hampered business, data showed Monday. The world’s third largest economy shrank 0.8% quarter-on-quarte…
Cops to quiz champion boxer
Police will question former boxing champion Somrak Kamsing to help them figure out what drove a local politician to kill his wife and their two children before turning the gun on himself. Thawatchai Thong-on, 48, a former member of Nakhon Si Thammarat’…
Smog-hit Beijing shuts roads, playgrounds, as coal use rises
BEIJING: Highways and school playgrounds in Beijing were closed Friday due to heavy pollution, as China ramps up coal production and faces scrutiny of its environmental record at international climate talks. World leaders gathered in Scotland this week…
Dechapol, Sapsiree fall to Japanese duo again
Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino proved too strong for Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Sapsiree Taerattanachai again as the Japanese duo booked their berth in the mixed doubles final of the US$600,000 (approx 20,100,000 baht) French Open on Saturday. Third…
Hold on to your heart: Oktoberfest returns
Hold on to your heart: Oktoberfest returnspublished : 25 Oct 2021 at 04:30 newspaper section: [Life](http://search.bangkokpost.com/search/result_advanced?category=news&xNewsSection=Life) To mark the famous Oktoberfest of Bavaria in Germany, Tops and Ce…
Expo invites all coffee lovers to join
Expo invites all coffee lovers to joinpublished : 25 Oct 2021 at 04:30 newspaper section: [Life](http://search.bangkokpost.com/search/result_advanced?category=news&xNewsSection=Life) Coffee lovers can’t miss this. The “FABB Coffee Fair 2021” will kick …
Lebanon quickly sinking in more ways than one
Off the Lebanese coast about 60 kilometres north of Beirut a 104-metre battleship stands vertically, with her bow and some 30 metres of her length plunged into the mud. The seabed is 140 metres down, but you can even scuba-dive on the stern if you are …
Activists urge IOC to postpone ‘genocide’ Beijing Games
ATHENS: Activists on Tuesday called for the postponement of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics as China prepared to receive the Olympic flame, a day after a protest disrupted the lighting ceremony in Olympia. “This is sports-washing. There are no legitim…
Activists unfurl Tibet flag at Beijing Olympics flame ceremony
OLYMPIA, Greece: Activists unfurled a Tibetan flag and a banner that said “no genocide” at the flame-lighting ceremony for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in Greece on Monday. The demonstrators produced the flag and the banner following the ceremony i…