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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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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.
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Pete Hegseth is now bringing his wife to Pentagon meetings after he ousted top officials: report
Read more: Pete Hegseth is now bringing his wife to Pentagon meetings after he ousted top officials: reportSecretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has faced criticism over the ouster of two dozen military leaders
Asia
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US trading partners weigh impact of fresh Trump tariff moves, confusion
Read more: US trading partners weigh impact of fresh Trump tariff moves, confusionThe US Supreme Court’s ruling invalidated a number of tariffs that the Trump administration had imposed on Asian export powerhouses from China and South Korea to Japan and Taiwan, the world’s largest chip maker and a key player in tech supply chains.
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Hong Kong plans to buy homes devastated in deadly high-rise fire
Read more: Hong Kong plans to buy homes devastated in deadly high-rise fireThe government also offered an apartment exchange programme for the 4,600 affected tenants, who lived in nearly 2,000 housing units at the complex, Wang Fuk Court.
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China probe finds Taiwanese smugglers controlled vessel that damaged subsea cables
Read more: China probe finds Taiwanese smugglers controlled vessel that damaged subsea cablesIn June, a Taiwanese court sentenced the Chinese captain of a Togo-registered ship to three years’ jail after finding him guilty of intentionally damaging undersea cables near Taiwan.
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Taipei knife attack: Pride and heartbreak as mother mourns son who died trying to stop assailant
Read more: Taipei knife attack: Pride and heartbreak as mother mourns son who died trying to stop assailantYu Chia-chang, 57, was killed confronting the attacker during Taipei’s deadly knife attack on Dec 19. His mother has since spoken publicly as Taiwan moves to honour his heroism.
Thailand
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PM eyes mafia tactic in Phuket
Read more: PM eyes mafia tactic in PhuketPhuket: Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has vowed zero tolerance for mafia-style intimidation in this southern resort province after receiving complaints from residents and businesses about harassment by criminal gangs and influential groups linked to encroachment on public land along Bang Tao beach.
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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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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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US trading partners weigh impact of fresh Trump tariff moves, confusion
Read more: US trading partners weigh impact of fresh Trump tariff moves, confusionThe US Supreme Court’s ruling invalidated a number of tariffs that the Trump administration had imposed on Asian export powerhouses from China and South Korea to Japan and Taiwan, the world’s largest chip maker and a key player in tech supply chains.
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Hong Kong plans to buy homes devastated in deadly high-rise fire
Read more: Hong Kong plans to buy homes devastated in deadly high-rise fireThe government also offered an apartment exchange programme for the 4,600 affected tenants, who lived in nearly 2,000 housing units at the complex, Wang Fuk Court.
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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.