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Parental leave system ‘treats fathers like workhorses and mothers like unpaid interns’, campaigners say
Read more: Parental leave system ‘treats fathers like workhorses and mothers like unpaid interns’, campaigners sayParents are set to join protests taking place across the UK, including at Downing Street
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Blake Lively gets humiliating $400k legal fees payout from Justin Baldoni after demanding $8m following their bombshell settlement
Read more: Blake Lively gets humiliating $400k legal fees payout from Justin Baldoni after demanding $8m following their bombshell settlementA judge in New York ruled Lively will get just five percent of the amount she was seeking for defending herself against Baldoni’s $400 million defamation lawsuit.
Asia
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Indonesian military detains four soldiers over acid attack on activist
Read more: Indonesian military detains four soldiers over acid attack on activistActivist Andrie Yunus suffered injuries to his face, an eye, hands and torso after the acid attack last week.
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PAS president says party to chair opposition pact PN, has ‘many’ qualified candidates
Read more: PAS president says party to chair opposition pact PN, has ‘many’ qualified candidatesFormer PM Muhyiddin Yassin, who stepped down as Perikatan Nasional chairman on Jan 1, said his Bersatu party remains a principled and loyal partner in the opposition bloc.
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US grants TSMC annual licence to import US chipmaking tools into China
Read more: US grants TSMC annual licence to import US chipmaking tools into ChinaThe licence “ensures uninterrupted fab operations and product deliveries”, said the chipmaker.
Thailand
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Government denies media interference
Read more: Government denies media interferenceThe Thai government has denied closely monitoring or interfering with the media after a popular television programme that frequently criticised governments and politicians was dropped from the broadcaster MCOT.
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48 arrests made in latest southern nominee blitz
Read more: 48 arrests made in latest southern nominee blitzA major crackdown on illegal foreign nominee businesses in three southern provinces has resulted in the seizure of assets worth more than 1 billion baht and the arrest of 48 Thai and foreign suspects.
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21-day quarantine for all arrivals from DR Congo, Uganda
Read more: 21-day quarantine for all arrivals from DR Congo, UgandaThe Public Health Ministry on Tuesday began a 21-day mandatory quarantine for all arrivals from Ebola-stricken DR Congo and Uganda, amid rising arrivals from the central african countries and lack of cooperation.
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Rescuers ‘not far away’ from 7 trapped in Laos cave
Read more: Rescuers ‘not far away’ from 7 trapped in Laos caveA rescue team racing to save seven people trapped for days in a cave in Laos is getting closer to reaching them, the head of the operation said, after breaking through 15 metres of obstacles in a day.
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Middle East seat capacity plummets
Read more: Middle East seat capacity plummetsMonthly seat capacity on routes between the Middle East and Thailand has fallen by 33.7% compared with the period before the Gulf war, prompting the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) to diversify its markets to remain resilient.
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Indonesian military detains four soldiers over acid attack on activist
Read more: Indonesian military detains four soldiers over acid attack on activistActivist Andrie Yunus suffered injuries to his face, an eye, hands and torso after the acid attack last week.
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Record April trade deficit as imports rise sharply
Read more: Record April trade deficit as imports rise sharplyThe trade deficit hit an all-time high in April of about US$10 billion, as imports surged 45% year-on-year to $41.6 billion, driven by shipments of raw materials, semi-finished products, capital goods, and energy, according to the Trade Policy and Strategy Office (TPSO) under the Ministry of Commerce.
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Pope urges ‘disarming’ of artificial intelligence in major manifesto
Read more: Pope urges ‘disarming’ of artificial intelligence in major manifestoVATICAN CITY – Pope Leo XIV called on Monday for the “disarming” of artificial intelligence in his long-awaited manifesto on the rapidly developing technology, and warned of “new forms of slavery” behind its rise.
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Eighth victim of deadly train-bus crash identified
Read more: Eighth victim of deadly train-bus crash identifiedPolice have finally identified the eighth victim of the horrific level crossing collision involvng a train and a bus, after his friends reported him absent from work.
