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Bites to bytes: Thai street food app feeds into hunger for authenticity
Bangkok’s best street food has always existed on a kind of mental map for Thai food writer Choltanutkun Tun-atiruj.
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Tech paradox: fear of being left behind drives China non-programmers to build own AI tools
A growing number of non-programmers across China are developing their own AI tools, primarily motivated by concerns about falling behind as technology reshapes work and…
Israel targets ‘terrorist’ in southern Syria; Damascus condemns attack
Israel said it targeted a “terrorist” in southern Syria on Saturday in what Syria’s foreign ministry said was a drone strike on a civilian vehicle…
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Seven people, including two police officers, died in a car crash in northeast England on Saturday after a car heading the wrong way down a…