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Peperoncini product recalled after “pest contaminant” found in jar
Read more: Peperoncini product recalled after “pest contaminant” found in jarCalifornia food manufacturer said it is investigating after a consumer posted a video showing a rodent in a jar of the company’s peperoncinis.
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Hurricane Polo approaches Mexico, threatens Southwest U.S. with flooding
Read more: Hurricane Polo approaches Mexico, threatens Southwest U.S. with floodingHurricane Polo could bring “life-threatening winds and flash floods” to Mexico’s Baja California Sur and nearby Sonora and then heavy rain and flooding to parts of the U.S.
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Netanyahu tries to claim Israel’s war in Gaza is ‘opposite of genocide’ in ranting UN speech
Read more: Netanyahu tries to claim Israel’s war in Gaza is ‘opposite of genocide’ in ranting UN speechDozens of delegates from around 77 countries are believed to have walked out of the speech
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Trump ends key racial disparity checks as desegregation orders are scrapped
Read more: Trump ends key racial disparity checks as desegregation orders are scrappedThe Trump administration has shifted the approach to civil rights enforcement in American schools
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Instagram’s favourite pick-your-own pumpkin trend under threat
Read more: Instagram’s favourite pick-your-own pumpkin trend under threatRecord-breaking dry weather over the summer has forced farmers across the UK to cancel pumpkin picking events
Asia
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Knife attack in China’s Guangzhou university town leaves multiple people injured
Read more: Knife attack in China’s Guangzhou university town leaves multiple people injuredPolice have apprehended the suspect, who appeared to target victims’ faces.
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Malaysian teen who fatally stabbed schoolmate acquitted on grounds of insanity
Read more: Malaysian teen who fatally stabbed schoolmate acquitted on grounds of insanityThe Shah Alam High Court, however, ordered the boy be placed at Hospital Bahagia Ulu Kinta in Perak for a period to be approved by the Selangor sultan. He will undergo treatment there.
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Delivering aid to Nepal flood survivors ‘very, very difficult’: UN
Read more: Delivering aid to Nepal flood survivors ‘very, very difficult’: UNCommunities near the epicentre of the catastrophic glacial mountain collapse in Nepal remain cut off, with destroyed roads, bridges and hydropower dams.
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Vietnam sentences 11 to death, jails 200 in drug trafficking case
Read more: Vietnam sentences 11 to death, jails 200 in drug trafficking caseThe drug-smuggling operation involved flight attendants and other Vietnamese living in France who transported concealed synthetic drugs to Vietnam.
Thailand
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Heavy flooding continues in eastern Bangkok
Read more: Heavy flooding continues in eastern BangkokBangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt said heavy flooding continued in eastern districts of Bangkok, where most main canals remained full on Sunday.
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Nene Royal did great, and that is good enough
Read more: Nene Royal did great, and that is good enoughAs we offer much-deserved congratulations to 16-year-old Nene Royal for winning America’s Got Talent 2026, it feels like a plea also must be made. Not to the young rocker living her best life, but to those who feel compelled to appoint any Thai who has achieved international fame an ambassador of “Thai culture”.
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Tisco ESU recommends equities, short-term bonds
Read more: Tisco ESU recommends equities, short-term bondsTisco Economic Strategy Unit (ESU) is recommending investors prioritise equities, short-term bonds and commodities for their investments, while warning that a rapid rise in US bond yields could trigger a correction in risk assets.
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New strategic plan aims to combat fuel crises
Read more: New strategic plan aims to combat fuel crisesThe cabinet has endorsed a strategic plan for the Oil Fuel Fund and a fuel crisis response plan covering 2026-29 with wider use of biofuels made from domestic raw materials to help deal with volatility in global energy markets.
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Thai badminton star challenges doping ruling
Read more: Thai badminton star challenges doping rulingThailand’s rising badminton star Pitchamon Opatniputh has moved swiftly to challenge her positive drug test, requesting an analysis of her B sample after becoming the first confirmed doping case of the Asian Games in Japan.
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Knife attack in China’s Guangzhou university town leaves multiple people injured
Read more: Knife attack in China’s Guangzhou university town leaves multiple people injuredPolice have apprehended the suspect, who appeared to target victims’ faces.
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Malaysian teen who fatally stabbed schoolmate acquitted on grounds of insanity
Read more: Malaysian teen who fatally stabbed schoolmate acquitted on grounds of insanityThe Shah Alam High Court, however, ordered the boy be placed at Hospital Bahagia Ulu Kinta in Perak for a period to be approved by the Selangor sultan. He will undergo treatment there.
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Business groups urged to help bolster investment
Read more: Business groups urged to help bolster investmentFinance Minister Ekniti Nitithanprapas has urged business groups to help drive investment in seven strategic industries as Thailand seeks to become a high-income economy within the next four years.
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Stock exchange vows to continue its package of major reforms
Read more: Stock exchange vows to continue its package of major reformsThe Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) is pursuing a sweeping package of statutory and structural reforms to strengthen corporate governance, attract high-growth new economy listings and make Thai companies more attractive to investors, says SET chairman Kitipong Urapeepatanapong.
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Doping shock rocks Thailand camp at Asian Games
Read more: Doping shock rocks Thailand camp at Asian GamesBadminton player Pitchamon Opatniputh has emerged as the first known doping case at the 20th Asian Games in Japan, after the 19-year-old rising star returned a positive test that has rocked Thailand’s campaign in Aichi-Nagoya.