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Michael Ruffles

Reporter · AU

Indexed articles, last 90 days
4
Latest publication
Sep 26, 2026
Outlet visibility, for Brisbane Times
Top 100K sites
Earliest in this view
Jul 12, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 26, 2026 · Michael Ruffles

    Htar Htet Htet: The beauty queen turned freedom fighter who has made Australia her home (opens the original)

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    You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. The men stole the country while it was asleep. Min Aung Hlaing and the army seized power before dawn and arrested Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi, whose party had been due to return to office for a second term. Black military vehicles rolled through the streets of the Potemkin capital Naypyitaw and state TV announced the decade-long reprieve from outright dictatorship was over. Myanmar’

  2. Article · Jul 27, 2026 · Michael Ruffles

    Michael Ruffles | The Sydney Morning Herald (opens the original)

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    Capturing the perfect picture is a vital part of the holiday experience, but there is a brilliance to seeing the world as it is that no filter can capture. Basil. Garlic. Parmesan. Pecorino. Pine nuts. Salt. Olive oil. Pesto doesn’t seem like it should be hard, but it’s more complicated than you think. This is one of the largest cruise ships in the world, but thanks to MSC’s Yacht Club, a weeklong voyage around the Mediterranean is experienced in a lap of luxury.

  3. Article · Jul 26, 2026 · Michael Ruffles

    Ugly construction spoiling the view of an icon? Don’t fix it with AI (opens the original)

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    You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. It was a bright, cold day in December and the Pope was putting up his Christmas tree. Well, someone was: Leo XIV himself was out of town that day, but a 25-metre spruce was standing in the middle of St Peter’s Square. There were also two cranes to add decorations. For the tourists that morning, the work on the tree marred the otherwise uninterrupted view of Vatican City and spoiled the vision Mich

  4. Article · Jul 12, 2026 · Michael Ruffles, Panarat Thepgumpanat

    ‘I ran towards the door’: Exits, wiring probed as blaze kills 27 pubgoers (opens the original)

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    Bangkok: An explosive fire at a pub in Thailand’s capital has killed 27 people and injured dozens more, with officials investigating whether obstructed emergency exits hindered patrons’ escape from the burning venue. The Na Ladprao Beer House was popular with a younger, local crowd. It was among a slew of venues that take advantage of their location in the middle of everywhere in Bangkok: a five-way intersection of major roads, the metro lines a few steps away and the skytrain only a short walk

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