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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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Record-smashing heat wave surges from West to eastern US, Canada

WASHINGTON (UNITED STATES) - A record-smashing heat wave was spreading Tuesday from the Mountain West toward the eastern United States and Canada, placing more than 100 million people under heat alerts.

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Beyond water leakage

Bangkok's subway system is not a symbol of modernity. Launched on July 3, 2004, the Chalerm Ratchamongkhon Line -- the country's first subway line -- is a triumph of Thai civil engineering and a source of national pride.

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Stronger European links needed

Speaking at the National Press Council of Thailand on July 4, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Ekniti Nitithanprapas gave one of the clearest recent statements of the government's economic thinking: Thailand is being hit by global shocks it cannot control and domestic weaknesses it can no longer defer. Investment,…

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Worawit: The doctor with a border

Dr Worawit Tantiwattanasap, director of Umphang Hospital, has spent his entire career treating patients along the remote and rugged terrain of the Thai-Myanmar border. "Border doctors are like soldiers, but the enemy isn't people or armies, but disease," he tells me in our interview on June 19. "Preventing epidemics from…

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5,000 dishonest officials to lose jobs over exam scandal

All key suspects in the civil service exam rigging scandal have been arrested, the officials who conspired with them will be charged and exam cheats will lose their jobs, senior officials said on Tuesday.

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Visa-free period halved, many countries dropped

Thailand’s cabinet on Tuesday halved the tourist visa-free period, dropped many countries from the scheme and approved new privileges for other nationalities — including Indian tourists, whose numbers have plunged.

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Southeast Asia sets pace for Gemini usage

The number of active users on the Google Gemini app in Southeast Asia has more than doubled in a year, driven by Gen Z and local language capability.

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Luxury car sales likely to slow amid stricter lending

Thailand's premium and luxury car market is bracing for a slowdown as household debt, sluggish economic growth and stricter lending criteria weigh on consumer demand, says Performance Motors, a subsidiary of Malaysia-based Sime Motors and authorised dealer for BMW, Mini and Porsche.

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PepsiCo doubles down on local resilience

The world has shifted from an era of seamless globalisation to a period of significant disruptions characterised by fragmented supply chains, geopolitical tensions and growing concerns about climate change.

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