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Inside the £20m plan to restore world-famous London cemetery where George Michael and Karl Marx are buried
Read more: Inside the £20m plan to restore world-famous London cemetery where George Michael and Karl Marx are buriedOne of the most pressing issues the cemetery faces is climate change, but a new Lottery grant will ‘safeguard’ the future of the ‘nationally important’ venue
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How posh are YOUR ‘picky bits’? Expert reveals which nibbles are ‘unsophisticated and dull’ and the most ‘elegant’ snacks for picnics and casual teas
Read more: How posh are YOUR ‘picky bits’? Expert reveals which nibbles are ‘unsophisticated and dull’ and the most ‘elegant’ snacks for picnics and casual teasFar from the historic simplicity of sausage rolls to meats and cheeses, the great British picnic has grown in variety towards sophisticated truffle-topped charcuterie and creatively flavoured crisps.
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GameStop offers to buy eBay for $55.5 billion, threatens hostile bid
Read more: GameStop offers to buy eBay for $55.5 billion, threatens hostile bidEBay said on Monday that it will “carefully review” GameStop’s unsolicited $ 125-per-share takeover offer.
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Trump family’s World Liberty Financial sues billionaire for defamation
Read more: Trump family’s World Liberty Financial sues billionaire for defamationThe lawsuit ramps up a feud between World Liberty Financial and Sun, who last month sued the Trump-backed company for fraud.
Asia
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South Korea protests Japanese event over disputed islands
Read more: South Korea protests Japanese event over disputed islandsIn a statement on Sunday (Feb 22), South Korea’s foreign ministry said it strongly objected to the Takeshima Day event held by Japan’s Shimane prefecture and urged Japan to abolish the ceremony immediately.
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Martin Yan at 77: The TV cooking legend still doing push-ups, cracking jokes and inspiring people
Read more: Martin Yan at 77: The TV cooking legend still doing push-ups, cracking jokes and inspiring peopleIn Singapore for a brief visit, Yan talks to CNA Lifestyle about a lifetime of championing good food, keeping fit, memorable on-air mishaps and the philosophy that helped him shape how the world sees Asian cuisine.
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Teen missing, brother deported: Families face high cost of young Indians taking ‘donkey route’
Read more: Teen missing, brother deported: Families face high cost of young Indians taking ‘donkey route’As immigration enforcement hardens in the US, CNA’s Undercover Asia meets Indian migrants who survived jungles and mafia on the “Dunki” route only to face perhaps a harsher reality: detention, debt and deep uncertainty.
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Taipei knife attack: Suspect had no income and relied on financial support from his mother, police say
Read more: Taipei knife attack: Suspect had no income and relied on financial support from his mother, police sayFrom a NT$450,000 (US$14,325) lump sum to quarterly transfers, the findings shed light on how Chang Wen, 27, sustained himself and funded months of preparation before the assault.
Thailand
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EM ‘mandatory’ for Thaksin throughout parole period
Read more: EM ‘mandatory’ for Thaksin throughout parole periodFormer prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra will be required to wear an electronic monitoring (EM) bracelet during his parole period until Sept 9, after a Justice Ministry subcommittee reaffirmed on Sunday there were no grounds to revise the order.
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Red-shirts camp outside prison ahead of Thaksin’s release
Read more: Red-shirts camp outside prison ahead of Thaksin’s releaseSupporters linked to the red-shirt movement began gathering outside Klong Prem Central Prison on Sunday, setting up camp along Ngam Wong Wan Road as they await the scheduled parole of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Monday.
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Pattaya policeman charged after Walking Street murder
Read more: Pattaya policeman charged after Walking Street murderPATTAYA – A police investigator was arrested and charged with murder after the owner of a cannabis shop was shot dead during a drunken argument near Walking Street in the early hours of Sunday.
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Bangkok swelters in ‘danger’ zone for 19 straight days
Read more: Bangkok swelters in ‘danger’ zone for 19 straight daysBangkok has sweltered through 19 straight days of dangerous heat index levels, with extreme heat and humidity pushing conditions into a high-risk zone for public health.
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Anutin to visit Chiang Mai to tackle forest-fire smog
Read more: Anutin to visit Chiang Mai to tackle forest-fire smogPrime Minister and Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul will lead a multi‑agency delegation to Chiang Mai on Monday to follow up on efforts to address forest fires, haze and PM2.5 pollution cloaking the upper North.
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South Korea protests Japanese event over disputed islands
Read more: South Korea protests Japanese event over disputed islandsIn a statement on Sunday (Feb 22), South Korea’s foreign ministry said it strongly objected to the Takeshima Day event held by Japan’s Shimane prefecture and urged Japan to abolish the ceremony immediately.
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Anutin approves border fence plan
Read more: Anutin approves border fence planPrime Minister and Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has approved in principle a border fence project in Narathiwat to curb smuggling, illegal crossings and unrest, to be funded from the central budget.
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Heightened vigilance over ‘soil fever’ as 23 reported dead
Read more: Heightened vigilance over ‘soil fever’ as 23 reported deadPeople are being warned to be vigilant against melioidosis, also known as soil fever, after 23 deaths out of 732 patients nationwide were recorded between January and mid-April.
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Iran closes Hormuz Strait again over US blockade
Read more: Iran closes Hormuz Strait again over US blockadeTEHRAN – Iran’s military declared the Strait of Hormuz closed again on Saturday, its military command said, hours after reopening it and with more than a dozen commercial ships passing through the vital waterway.