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Europe to ramp up defence against Putin’s hypersonic missiles after Ukraine strike
Read more: Europe to ramp up defence against Putin’s hypersonic missiles after Ukraine strikeThe PM and Volodymyr Zelensky hold talks at No 10 together with Macron and Merz on how to deal with Putin’s war
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Zack Polanski warns Britain’s food system is ‘close to collapse’
Read more: Zack Polanski warns Britain’s food system is ‘close to collapse’The Greens have called for a £1,000-a-month basic income for some agricultural workers
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Reform councillor faces calls to resign over ‘racist’ blackface photograph
Read more: Reform councillor faces calls to resign over ‘racist’ blackface photographThe newly-elected Epping Forest councillor said a resident who discovered the image on his Facebook page ‘should not have been so nosey’
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Erling Haaland and his Norway team-mates under fire for their remarkable ‘Viking’ World Cup squad photoshoot – as critics call it ‘chauvinistic’ and link it to neo-Nazis
Read more: Erling Haaland and his Norway team-mates under fire for their remarkable ‘Viking’ World Cup squad photoshoot – as critics call it ‘chauvinistic’ and link it to neo-NazisErling Haaland and his Norway team-mates have been accused of ‘chauvinism’ and ‘neo-Nazi’ imagery for their World Cup photoshoot.
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Mother of estate agent, 22, who died from ketamine addiction says deadly narcotic must become a Class A drug
Read more: Mother of estate agent, 22, who died from ketamine addiction says deadly narcotic must become a Class A drugIsabelle Sapherson-Moralee, known as Izzy, suffered chronic pain and was just 5st 9lb (39kg) when she died in April 2025, five years after she first started taking ketamine.
Asia
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China sends defence university delegation to Shangri-La Dialogue for second straight year
Read more: China sends defence university delegation to Shangri-La Dialogue for second straight yearBeijing will not send Defence Minister Dong Jun to Asia’s top security summit, where US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is scheduled to speak.
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What Beijing wants from a possible Xi state visit to North Korea
Read more: What Beijing wants from a possible Xi state visit to North KoreaA potential state visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping to Pyongyang reportedly soon would mark his first overseas trip of the year and reinforce Beijing’s influence as North Korea-Russia ties deepen amid global tensions, analysts say.
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Philippine Supreme Court says won’t stop ICC arrest of drug war enforcer
Read more: Philippine Supreme Court says won’t stop ICC arrest of drug war enforcerSenator Ronald Dela Rosa has evaded government agents trying to arrest him and is currently at an unknown location.
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Malaysia seeks over US$251 million in compensation from Norwegian firm over scrapped missile deal: Minister
Read more: Malaysia seeks over US$251 million in compensation from Norwegian firm over scrapped missile deal: MinisterThis comes after Norway confirmed that it had revoked the naval strike missile system’s export licences, citing tighter restrictions on some of its “most sensitive” defence technologies and saying that exports would be limited to its “allies and closest partners”.
Thailand
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Busy day on city campaign trail
Read more: Busy day on city campaign trailKey candidates in the June 28 Bangkok governor race continued to court voters on Saturday, pitching policies that range from public safety and environmental protection to economic revitalisation and transport improvements, as the campaign entered its final stretch.
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Arsenic, lead taint Saraburi: PCD
Read more: Arsenic, lead taint Saraburi: PCDArsenic and lead levels exceeding surface-water standards were detected at three monitoring locations in Saraburi’s canal network, said the Pollution Control Department (PCD).
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Thai consumers’ council to sue Facebook
Read more: Thai consumers’ council to sue FacebookThe Thailand Consumers Council is preparing to file the country’s first-ever lawsuit against Facebook for failing to adequately protect people from fraudulent content on its platform.
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Local sustainable bond issuance exceeds B1.1tn
Read more: Local sustainable bond issuance exceeds B1.1tnThailand’s sustainable bond market has surpassed 1.1 trillion baht in cumulative issuance, with regulators and market participants now turning their attention to transition finance as the next major growth driver, particularly for carbon-intensive industries seeking funding to support decarbonisation efforts.
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The great power plant sell-off
Read more: The great power plant sell-offMajor Thai energy firms have divested their power plant assets to divert money to clean energy.
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China sends defence university delegation to Shangri-La Dialogue for second straight year
Read more: China sends defence university delegation to Shangri-La Dialogue for second straight yearBeijing will not send Defence Minister Dong Jun to Asia’s top security summit, where US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is scheduled to speak.
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What Beijing wants from a possible Xi state visit to North Korea
Read more: What Beijing wants from a possible Xi state visit to North KoreaA potential state visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping to Pyongyang reportedly soon would mark his first overseas trip of the year and reinforce Beijing’s influence as North Korea-Russia ties deepen amid global tensions, analysts say.
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Chinese student rescued from ‘virtual kidnapping’
Read more: Chinese student rescued from ‘virtual kidnapping’Thai police have rescued a 21-year-old Chinese student from a “virtual kidnapping” orchestrated by a transnational criminal network that attempted to extort 12.5 million baht from her family.
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21-gun salutes mark HM the Queen’s 48th birthday
Read more: 21-gun salutes mark HM the Queen’s 48th birthdayThailand celebrated her Majesty the Queen’s 48th birthday on Wednesday, marked by individual 21-gun royal salutes by the three armed services at noon.
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Government tightens welfare criteria
Read more: Government tightens welfare criteriaThe Finance Ministry has revised the eligibility criteria for the state welfare card programme, a move expected to reduce the number of beneficiaries from 13.2 million people.