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Watch Live: Jack Smith testifies publicly for first time on Trump probes
Read more: Watch Live: Jack Smith testifies publicly for first time on Trump probesFormer special counsel Jack Smith, who oversaw two investigations into President Trump, is testifying publicly for the first time before the House Judiciary Committee.
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VP JD Vance to discuss “restoring law and order in Minnesota” in Thursday’s visit
Read more: VP JD Vance to discuss “restoring law and order in Minnesota” in Thursday’s visitVice President JD Vance will be in Minneapolis on Thursday for a roundtable with local leaders and community members amid the federal government’s immigration crackdown in the state. Follow live updates on the ICE surge here.
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White mom sues Florida fertility clinic after giving birth to ‘racially non-Caucasian’ child in alleged mix-up
Read more: White mom sues Florida fertility clinic after giving birth to ‘racially non-Caucasian’ child in alleged mix-upThe family claims the ‘beautiful, health female child’ is not theirs, according to a lawsuit
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Al Gore says Trump ‘taking a wrecking ball’ to NATO as he did to the East Wing is ‘literally insane’
Read more: Al Gore says Trump ‘taking a wrecking ball’ to NATO as he did to the East Wing is ‘literally insane’The former vice president, who served under Bill Clinton from 1993 to 2001, said that the president’s Davos speech was a ‘classic Trump performance’
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Trump hits out at Nato and Europe as he doubles down on demands for Greenland: ‘All I want is a piece of ice’
Read more: Trump hits out at Nato and Europe as he doubles down on demands for Greenland: ‘All I want is a piece of ice’Trump lashes out at Nato and European allies hours before announcing ‘framework of a future deal’ on territory has been reached
Asia
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Indonesia accepts Trump’s invitation to join ‘Board of Peace’ as experts warn of risks, potential domestic fallout
Read more: Indonesia accepts Trump’s invitation to join ‘Board of Peace’ as experts warn of risks, potential domestic falloutBesides Indonesia, fellow Southeast Asian nation Vietnam has also agreed to be a member of the Board of Peace.
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Bangladesh launches campaigns for first post-Hasina elections
Read more: Bangladesh launches campaigns for first post-Hasina electionsThe South Asian nation of 170 million votes on Feb 12 to elect 350 lawmakers, in the first election since a 2024 uprising.
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Malaysia’s IJM denies money-laundering allegations as anti-graft agency freezes US$3.9 million in probe
Read more: Malaysia’s IJM denies money-laundering allegations as anti-graft agency freezes US$3.9 million in probeFollowing the investigation, which comes just days after the construction giant emerged as a takeover target for conglomerate Sunway Bhd, IJM also denied reports that it is under investigation by the UK Serious Fraud Office.
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Defections from North Korea fall further as regime tightens grip
Read more: Defections from North Korea fall further as regime tightens gripJust 224 North Korean defectors entered South Korea for resettlement last year – a sharp drop from pre-2020 levels, when over 1,000 people made the perilous journey south each year.
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India braces for a rocky year ahead in ties with Trump’s America
Read more: India braces for a rocky year ahead in ties with Trump’s AmericaA year after early optimism following Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s White House visit, relations between the two countries have become increasingly strained.
Thailand
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23 phones found in SUV after fatal crash
Read more: 23 phones found in SUV after fatal crashPolice suspect a call-centre scam connection after finding 23 mobile phones inside a Toyota Fortuner SUV that crashed into a tree in Phran Kratai district of Kamphaeng Phet province on Thursday morning, killing three people.
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Cha-am rounds up homeless people after Hua Hin murder
Read more: Cha-am rounds up homeless people after Hua Hin murderPHETCHABURI – Police began rounding up homeless people in places along Cha-am beach as part of a drive to prevent crimes such as the brutal murder in adjacent Hua Hin, where the detention of the suspect was extended on Thursday.
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Thai citizenship-for-sale ring busted in Chiang Mai
Read more: Thai citizenship-for-sale ring busted in Chiang MaiSix officials, including two deputy district chiefs, have been arrested in Chiang Mai for allegedly falsifying permanent residency documents to grant Thai nationality to foreigners, mostly Chinese.
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Trump rules out force in Greenland
Read more: Trump rules out force in GreenlandDAVOS, Switzerland – President Donald Trump declared on Wednesday that he would not use force to take control of Greenland, but insisted that the United States must still have “ownership” of the island.
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Court clears Phumtham, Tawee in Senate collusion case
Read more: Court clears Phumtham, Tawee in Senate collusion caseThe Constitutional Court has cleared former cabinet ministers Phumtham Wechayachai and Tawee Sodsong of ethical breaches in connection with an investigation into alleged irregularities in the 2024 Senate election.
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Indonesia accepts Trump’s invitation to join ‘Board of Peace’ as experts warn of risks, potential domestic fallout
Read more: Indonesia accepts Trump’s invitation to join ‘Board of Peace’ as experts warn of risks, potential domestic falloutBesides Indonesia, fellow Southeast Asian nation Vietnam has also agreed to be a member of the Board of Peace.
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Bangladesh launches campaigns for first post-Hasina elections
Read more: Bangladesh launches campaigns for first post-Hasina electionsThe South Asian nation of 170 million votes on Feb 12 to elect 350 lawmakers, in the first election since a 2024 uprising.
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Out-of-this-world election promises
Read more: Out-of-this-world election promisesThai voters tired of the usual suspects and looking for a real outside-the-box thinker in the Feb 8 election may have found their champion in Mongkolkit Suksintharanon.
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Thailand eases foreign income repatriation rules
Read more: Thailand eases foreign income repatriation rulesThe Bank of Thailand has eased rules on foreign income repatriation by Thai individuals and businesses to reduce upward pressure on the baht, raising the threshold to $10 million per transaction from the previous $1 million.
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Thailand repatriates 300 Chinese scam suspects
Read more: Thailand repatriates 300 Chinese scam suspectsMAE SOT – More than 300 Chinese nationals linked to scam syndicates based in Myanmar were extradited to their home country from Mae Sot airport in Tak province on Tuesday.
