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Will gentrification respect city's people?

We've lived for over a century in the shadow of grandeur: near the Customs House, known to Thais as rongpasi. "We" means my maternal family and the community of Haroon Mosque. Each day before sunrise, the muezzin's sing-song call rings through the neighbourhood, carried on the river wind towards the…

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Civilian resistance needs West's help, not silence

Winning the hearts and minds of fellow citizens is a key pillar of any armed resistance.

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Review army housing rules

Parliament's opening session on July 3 will be the swansong of the Prayut Chan-o-cha administration, which has ruled the country for over nine years. That said, as the curtain is about to drop, Gen Prayut continues to act as if the end isn't on the horizon.

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Without aid of whistleblowers, the West is lost

Earlier this month, CNN reported that a British court has denied WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange "permission to appeal an order to extradite him to the United States, where he faces criminal charges under the Espionage Act". Although Assange's legal team will continue to explore its options, the snare around his…

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Body of missing actor Julian Sands identified by US police

LOS ANGELES - The body of missing British actor Julian Sands has been identified, California police said Tuesday, after human remains were found by hikers in mountains near Los Angeles at the weekend.

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Julian Sands: 'A Room with a View' star who forged eclectic career

LONDON - Julian Sands, whose body was identified Tuesday after he disappeared in January while hiking in California, was a British actor who shot to fame as the romantic hero in 1980s period drama "A Room with a View".

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In Miami's melting pot, a dialect of English emerges

MIAMI - In Miami, Spanish rules. One hears it everywhere, with hundreds of thousands of immigrants speaking it even as they attain fluency in English.

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Thai spikers fall to Netherlands

Thailand opened the third week of the Volleyball Nations League with a straight-sets loss to the Netherlands, despite the support from a raucous crowd of hometown fans in Bangkok.

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Dozens held in Italian mafia crackdown

MILAN: Dozens of people have been arrested in a new police raid against the ‘Ndrangheta mafia that has revealed how its multiple illegal activities have spread as far as Austria and Germany, Italian authorities said on Tuesday.

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Pheu Thai resolves to get House speaker post

The Pheu Thai Party has resolved to seek the post of House speaker and asked its negotiating team to discuss the issue with the coalition-leading Move Forward Party on Wednesday, according to a party source.

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Ambassador denies US conspired with any political party

The United States ambassador to Thailand has denied the US conspired with any particular political party or interfered in the May 14 general election.

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Russia prepares to transfer Wagner hardware to army

MOSCOW: Russia was preparing on Tuesday to take possession of heavy military hardware held by Wagner as Moscow moved to bring the mercenary group under its control after its aborted mutiny.

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Inquiry into allegation judges demanded B175m bribe

A fact-finding committee has been set up to investigate an allegation by a core member of the former People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) that two senior judges of the Court of Appeal demanded 175 million baht to clear him of all charges over the street rallies against the government of…

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China censors top financial pundit over economy comments

BEIJING: A prominent Chinese financial journalist who has compared the country's economic problems to the Great Depression has been banned from social media.

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World Bank: Myanmar recovery years away

The economy of Myanmar has shown some signs of stabilising in the first half of this year but it is unlikely to recover to pre-Covid levels until 2027 or 2028, according to the World Bank.

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New date for Coldplay concert in Bangkok added, tickets out Friday

We kinda saw this coming. Following the announcement of new dates for the Asia leg of their ‘Music Of The Spheres World Tour’ in Singapore, Coldplay last week confirmed a new date has been added for their Bangkok stop too, due to overwhelming demand, after the first round of their…

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Chinese illegals arrested, Thai charged with sheltering them

Three illegal Chinese immigrants hiding in a border village and waiting to be taken to work for phone-scam and online gambling gangs were arrested during police raids in Ubon Ratchathani province.

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BoT loosens forex rules further

The Bank of Thailand (BoT) says it will double the amount that Thai retail investors can invest in foreign securities in order to encourage capital outflows amid a volatile baht.

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Prawit doesn't rule out being nominated for PM

Palang Pracharath leader Prawit Wongsuwon on Tuesday would neither confirm nor rule out the possibility he could be nominated as the next prime minister.

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More than 2,700 detained in Philippine trafficking crackdown

MANILA: Philippine authorities have detained more than 2,700 people during raids on several buildings in Manila where hundreds of trafficking victims were paid to recruit players for online games, police said on Tuesday.

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Singapore jails, canes man who raped siblings

Exposed to porn at a young age, a boy began sexually assaulting his younger sisters when they were 10 and 11 years old.

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Driver caught with fake plates, 260 unpaid toll charges

A businesswoman has been arrested in Pathum Thani province for using fake licence plates on her BMW car and allegedly failing to pay toll fees 260 times.

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Driver caught using fake plates, 260 unpaid toll charges

A businesswoman has been arrested in Pathum Thani province for using fake licence plates on her BMW car and allegedly failing to pay toll fees 260 times, as shown in the official database.

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Pita: Senators should not abuse lese majeste law issue

Move Forward Party leader Pita Limjaroenrat has warned senators not to use his party's intention to amend the lese majeste law as an excuse to block his election as prime minister, because that would pit the institution against the people.

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House now has only 499 MPs

The House of Representatives now has 499 members, one short of the full complement of 500, following Move Forward Party (MFP) list-MP Nateepat Kulsetthasitha's formal conviction and sentencing for drunk driving two days after the general election.

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