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Online criminal record checks launched nationwide

The Royal Thai Police have launched an online criminal record checking service, allowing Thai nationals to verify their records and receive results electronically without visiting a government office.

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Households get more breaks on power bills

New revisions in Thailand’s electricity tariff structure will lower power rates for household consumers and remove public street lighting costs from residential electricity bills, expected to take effect as early as the August billing cycle.

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Six hospitals probed over birth-record scam

The Ministry of Public Health has begun investigating private hospitals suspected of being linked to fraudulent birth registrations that may have enabled foreign-born children to obtain Thai nationality through falsely declared Thai fathers.

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Iran reports fresh US strikes in return to war

TEHRAN — Iran reported fresh US strikes Wednesday on a port city that is home to the country's only civilian nuclear plant, as Washington reimposed a naval blockade in a return to war between the foes.

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Liver fluke stir in Maha Sarakham subsides

The liver fluke infections found among university freshmen in the northeastern province of Maha Sarakham early this month were not linked to any particular somtam shop in the area, the Department of Disease Control reported on Wednesday.

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Pattaya police sidelined over ‘private’ fines of Kuwaiti bikers

Penalties up to B5,000 collected in deserted areas, cash-sale receipts issued

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New taste tinglers for your palate

Bangkok is a city that never sleeps, at least in the food and beverage department. Blink and you’ll miss another new restaurant opening, a drink launch, or a new nightclub. Guru By Bangkok Post is making sure that even if you blink, you don’t miss out on the new taste…

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Cambodian tycoon was landlord to scammers and traffickers

O’SMACH, Cambodia - A gambling empire controlled by a powerful Cambodian tycoon was the landlord of a compound that was used for industrial-scale scamming and human trafficking operations, Reuters has found.

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In Thailand, phone brands are seen as status symbols

Thai buyers increasingly see smartphones not just as gadgets, but as signals of value, status and trust, making the choice between Samsung, Apple, Oppo, Vivo, Infinix, Nothing and Honor a small but revealing social statement in Thailand.

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Thailand foreign arrivals down 3.09% so far this year

⁠Thailand's foreign arrivals dropped ‌by 3.09% in the Jan 1 ⁠to July ‌11 period compared with ⁠the same period a year earlier, the Tourism and Sports Ministry reported ‌on Wednesday.

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Pub fire death toll rises to 32

Two more victims of the fire at Rong Beer Na Ladprao in Bangkok succumbed to their injuries during treatment in hospital, bringing the death toll to 32, with all identified.

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Two Thais, five Taiwanese arrested in Pathum Thani nominee network bust

Seven suspects, including two Thais and five Taiwanese nationals, were arrested after immigration police dismantled an alleged transnational nominee-shareholding operation that uncovered 27 companies registered at a single house in Sam Khok district of Pathum Thani on Tuesday.

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Wife of Ryanair passenger sucked through plane window recalls ordeal

Svetlana Maksimovic and her husband Ljubisa Karovic had just settled into a Ryanair flight last week when a loud bang pierced the hum of engines. In what Greek officials have described as a rare incident, Karovic, sitting in a window seat, was pulled through the window as his wife and…

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Muay Thai camp supervisor allegedly procured young boxers for foreign sponsor, pedophiles

Police have arrested the supervisor of a Muay Thai boxing camp in Rayong province for allegedly procuring teenage boxers for a foreign sponsor and other pedophiles.

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Argentina and England collide with World Cup final spot at stake

ATLANTA - Lionel Messi's Argentina clash with England in a marquee World Cup semi-final on Wednesday, with Spain lying in wait after shattering French hopes of a third triumph.

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‘All it takes is responsibility’: Bangkok’s push to tackle urban strays

Bangkok’s Prawet animal shelter has been operating for nearly three decades. Today, the operation is being stepped up, with better spaces and bigger hopes.

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Fender escalates Stratocaster copyright fight, taking aim at Yamaha

Fender, the US maker of the iconic Stratocaster electric guitar played by Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton, has widened its legal campaign to defend the guitar's design with a notice letter sent to Yamaha, the Japanese company told Reuters .

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Bangkok shelter urges long-term commitment amid surge in dog adoptions

Prawet Animal Shelter urges would-be pet owners to think long-term as it highlights growing adoption efforts and behaviour training for stray dogs and cats. With about 200 dogs and 300 cats in care, the centre and Bangkok’s BKK Adopter programme aims to rehome healthy, socialised animals and prevent abandonment that…

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Muslim man stabbed 15 times in US

WASHINGTON — A was ‌arrested in Utah for stabbing a Muslim man multiple times and stated that he targeted the victim because of the victim's religion, police said in court records on Tuesday.

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Pilot for Japan airline ANA gets 20 months for groping flight attendant

KYODO — A pilot of the major Japanese airline All Nippon Airways (ANA) was sentenced to 20 months in prison Tuesday for abusing his power to grope a female flight attendant after work.

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Brutal killing of 11-year-old highlights unrelenting sexual violence in India

BARUIPUR — On a Saturday evening this month, an 11-year-old girl left her home for a friend's birthday party in a small town in eastern India.

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Trump threatens strikes on Iran power plants, bridges, energy sites

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday (July 14) reimposed a naval blockade of all Iranian ports and, in an interview with Fox News Channel’s Trey Yingst, threatened to hit power plants and bridges next week unless Tehran resumes negotiations, in the latest U.S. escalation of the conflict. - REUTERS

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Seoul leads Asian stocks higher as US inflation eases rate fears

HONG KONG — Seoul led gains across Asian equity markets early Wednesday as tech firms bounced back following a softer-than-expected US inflation print that soothed worries about a possible interest rate hike this month.

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UK announces social media curfew for older teens

LONDON - The UK government said Tuesday it will introduce an overnight social media curfew for children aged 16 and 17, after Prime Minister Keir Starmer last month announced an under-16 social media ban.

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