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Nature: Cormorants in California
Read more: Nature: Cormorants in CaliforniaWe leave you this Sunday with a colony of cormorants and friends putting on a show near Santa Cruz, California. Videographer: Lance Milbrand.
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French villagers say non merci to Hegseth during controversial D-Day visit
Read more: French villagers say non merci to Hegseth during controversial D-Day visitLocals called out Hegseth’s past criticisms of allied countries in Europe
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Southern Poverty Law Center floats sanctions against DOJ after unsigned indictment shared with media before being filed in court
Read more: Southern Poverty Law Center floats sanctions against DOJ after unsigned indictment shared with media before being filed in courtThe civil rights group claims the DOJ shared a draft version of a new indictment this week before the document was officially filed in court, ‘putting media strategy before the sacrosanct rules on grand jury secrecy’
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Trump administration weighs in on Henry Nowak murder with call to ‘end two-tier policing’
Read more: Trump administration weighs in on Henry Nowak murder with call to ‘end two-tier policing’Henry Nowak’s family have also called on politicians to rebuild trust in the police
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Home Office admits it has lost track of migrants with no right to be in UK – but doesn’t know how many
Read more: Home Office admits it has lost track of migrants with no right to be in UK – but doesn’t know how manyHome Office still focused on ‘short-term fixes’ to broken asylum system, MPs warn
Asia
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Search continues for 7 villagers trapped in flooded Laos cave
Read more: Search continues for 7 villagers trapped in flooded Laos caveExperts from Thailand who aided the dramatic 2018 retrieval of a youth football team from a Thai cave joined rescue efforts on Monday to extract the seven people, Laotian state media said.
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Malaysian police arrest 51 men, seize drugs in raids linked to ‘gay party’
Read more: Malaysian police arrest 51 men, seize drugs in raids linked to ‘gay party’Authorities also seized about RM103,070 (US$26,000) worth of illicit drugs, including MDMA, ecstasy pills and powder, and ketamine, narcotics investigations department director Hussein Omar Khan said in a statement late Monday (May 25).
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Hundreds of students fall sick in Indonesia’s Surabaya after consuming state programme’s free meals
Read more: Hundreds of students fall sick in Indonesia’s Surabaya after consuming state programme’s free mealsStudents complained of dizziness, nausea and vomiting, though most only required light medical examinations.
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Malaysian delivery riders among 35 arrested for harassing Singapore borrowers in cross-border loan sharking crackdown
Read more: Malaysian delivery riders among 35 arrested for harassing Singapore borrowers in cross-border loan sharking crackdownThe enforcement follows a New Straits Times report earlier this month about gig workers in Malaysia being recruited online to carry out deliveries in Singapore as part of intimidation tactics by loan sharks.
Thailand
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Teen relatives held in killing of Kanchanaburi girl
Read more: Teen relatives held in killing of Kanchanaburi girlKANCHANABURI – Police have arrested two teenaged relatives of a seven-year-old girl whose body was found in a rubber plantation in Kanchanaburi province, with both suspects reportedly confessing to causing her death before disposing of the body.
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Opposition alleges NACC misconduct
Read more: Opposition alleges NACC misconductOpposition MPs and allies submitted a petition seeking a Supreme Court-led inquiry into the National Anti-Corruption Commission’s (NACC) dismissal of a concealed shareholding complaint involving former transport minister Saksayam Chidchob.
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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.
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VietJet commits to new aircraft despite turbulence
Read more: VietJet commits to new aircraft despite turbulenceDespite the ongoing Middle East war and unfavourable market conditions, VietJet Thailand remains committed to replacing its fleet with 50 new Boeing 737-8 planes over three years, while accelerating plans to phase out its existing Airbus jets to streamline costs.
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Search continues for 7 villagers trapped in flooded Laos cave
Read more: Search continues for 7 villagers trapped in flooded Laos caveExperts from Thailand who aided the dramatic 2018 retrieval of a youth football team from a Thai cave joined rescue efforts on Monday to extract the seven people, Laotian state media said.
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Malaysian police arrest 51 men, seize drugs in raids linked to ‘gay party’
Read more: Malaysian police arrest 51 men, seize drugs in raids linked to ‘gay party’Authorities also seized about RM103,070 (US$26,000) worth of illicit drugs, including MDMA, ecstasy pills and powder, and ketamine, narcotics investigations department director Hussein Omar Khan said in a statement late Monday (May 25).
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AI Passport project to be reviewed
Read more: AI Passport project to be reviewedThe government has pledged to gather more input before proceeding with its 1.6-billion-baht TH-AI Passport project, which has drawn intense scrutiny focused on transparency, value for money and data privacy.
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Curriculum changes stress Thai language, history, civic duty
Read more: Curriculum changes stress Thai language, history, civic dutyThe school curriculum in Thailand will be revised to focus more on the Thai language, civic education and Thai history, with increased mother-tongue support for Thai students in international schools as well.
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High-risk nationals in focus
Read more: High-risk nationals in focusAuthorities are intensifying efforts to address foreign-linked crime networks amid growing concerns that transnational criminal activity could threaten national security and public safety.