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State Railway steps up drug testing after Bangkok crash

The State Railway of Thailand says it has suspended two more employees from safety-related duties after they tested positive for drugs, as part of a stepped-up screening programme following the fatal train-bus collision in Bangkok on Saturday.

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Gaza flotilla activists await deportation from Israel

JERUSALEM - Hundreds of activists seized by Israel from a Gaza-bound flotilla were awaiting deportation on Thursday, as global outrage grows over their treatment in custody.

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Rich nations face bigger climate-finance challenge

PARIS - Wealthy countries topped their $100-billion annual climate finance goal for poorer nations for the third straight year in 2024, the OECD said Thursday, but questions are growing over their ability to meet a new larger pledge.

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Euro zone growth forecast cut because of war impact

BRUSSELS - The euro zone economy will expand less than expected this year, the European Commission said on Thursday, as the Middle East war and subsequent energy shock take their toll.

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Cambodia raids buildings linked to accused scam kingpin Chen Zhi

SHENZHEN — Cambodian authorities have raided two buildings in Phnom Penh's Prince Plaza Centre, which is linked to extradited Chinese billionaire Chen Zhi, and detained 104 individuals, including 82 Chinese nationals, local media reported.

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Thai consumer watchdog to sue Volvo over battery fires

Thailand’s ⁠consumer ⁠watchdog will file a civil suit against the local unit of Volvo Cars over battery-related fires in its EX30 model, ‌an official said after a meeting between customers and the carmaker failed to reach an agreement.

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Record 274 climbers scale Everest in one day

KATHMANDU - A record number of 274 climbers scaled Mount Everest on Wednesday, a hiking official said, the highest number ever to reach the world’s tallest peak on the same day from the Nepali side.

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Esports in Thai schools to help build ‘digital human capital’

The Thai government is pushing to integrate esports into schools nationwide, changing the perception from mere entertainment into a tool for preparing “digital human capital” for the global creative industry.

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Tourists in Thailand plan for cuts to visa-free stays

The backpackers on Khao San Road, the Bangkok thoroughfare beloved by budget travellers, are waking up this week with an extra headache: the government is preparing to shorten the length of visa-free stays.

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Anutin urged to seek French president’s help with Cambodia

People’s Party leader Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut has suggested that Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul consider inviting French President Emmanuel Macron to visit Thailand, saying such a visit could help facilitate dialogue on Thai-Cambodian issues.

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US charges former Cuban president with murder

The US Justice Department on Wednesday unsealed an indictment against Raul Castro, the 94-year-old former president of Cuba, charging him with murder and a conspiracy to kill US citizens stemming from the fatal downing 30 years ago of two planes.

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‘Ready for violence’: Serbian hooligans target protesters

BELGRADE - When Voja was beaten and dragged from a Belgrade street into a waiting car, the young activist thought he would die.

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Chinese man dies after fall from Pattaya hotel

A 33-year-old Chinese man died after falling from the sixth floor of a hotel in Pattaya in the early hours of Thursday, with his body becoming impaled on a steel beam above a glass roof.

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Chinese man dies after fall from Pattaya hotel

PATTAYA - A 33-year-old Chinese man died after falling from the sixth floor of a hotel in this tourist town in the early hours of Thursday, with his body becoming impaled on a steel beam above a glass roof.

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Thai star Billkin graduates with UK master’s degree

Thai actor and singer Putthipong “Billkin” Assaratanakul has graduated with a master’s degree in Entrepreneurship from the University College London School of Management.

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World built more coal power in 2025 but used less

The world built and commissioned more coal power in 2025, but used the polluting fuel less, with the United States the only major economy to substantially increase generation, a new analysis shows.

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Legal pressure mounts on Ang Thong fuel trader

The Ministry of Industry has filed an additional complaint with the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) against an Ang Thong-based fuel trading firm suspected of hoarding and falsifying records in violation of a prime ministerial order during the fuel crisis in March.

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Infection worsens condition of Princess Bajrakitiyabha

The royal medical team is closely monitoring the health of Her Royal Highness Princess Bajrakitiyabha Narendiradebyavati due to a severe infection that remains uncontrolled, affecting the function of several major organ systems, the Royal Household Bureau said in a statement on Thursday.

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Pigeons and humans, 3,500 years together

They have been our meat and our messengers, a source of fertiliser and a religious symbol: while pigeons are now mostly reviled as dirty city pests, they long played an important role in human society.

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Commander-in-beef: ‘Donald Trump’ buffalo wins fans

NARAYANGANJ, Bangladesh - Crowds in Bangladesh are flocking to snap photographs with an unlikely social media star — an albino buffalo with flowing blond hair nicknamed “Donald Trump” due to be sacrificed within days.

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‘Late Show’ host Stephen Colbert bowing out

NEW YORK - “The Late Show” frontman Stephen Colbert will host the final edition of the 33-year-old US cultural institution on Thursday night, after it was cancelled by CBS as the network courted President Donald Trump.

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Israeli minister sparks outcry over video of bound flotilla activists

ASHDOD, Israel - Israel's far-right national security minister posted a video on Wednesday showing detained activists from a Gaza-bound flotilla kneeling with their hands tied and foreheads on the ground, sparking international condemnation.

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Former stars debate Africa’s World Cup chances

JOHANNESBURG - Former Senegal star El Hadji Diouf shares the belief of CAF president Patrick Motsepe that an African team can win the 2026 World Cup, but Nigeria great Jay-Jay Okocha is unsure.

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Austrian deported after drunken disturbance in Phuket

Phuket immigration authorities have revoked the visa of a 39-year-old Austrian man and ordered him deported after he repeatedly harassed local residents while drunk in the Rawai area.

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US Capitol police sue to stop Trump ‘slush fund’

WASHINGTON - Two police officers have filed a lawsuit seeking to block the Trump administration from creating a compensation fund that could provide payouts to the president’s supporters who attacked the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.

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