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The cocaine mums’ new habit has shocked even me. I thought I’d seen it all – but what happened at a posh children’s party was so disturbing, I can’t shake it: JANA HOCKING
Read more: The cocaine mums’ new habit has shocked even me. I thought I’d seen it all – but what happened at a posh children’s party was so disturbing, I can’t shake it: JANA HOCKINGEvery time I pull back the curtain on the cocaine-soaked upper-middle-class social scene, I get flooded with DMs all saying the same thing: surely, Jana, it can’t be that bad?
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Husband of woman missing in Bahamas: “I won’t be able to stop looking”
Read more: Husband of woman missing in Bahamas: “I won’t be able to stop looking”Brian Hooker, whose wife disappeared during a nighttime boat ride in the Bahamas, said he wants to believe his wife is still alive and plans to go back out to look for her as soon as possible.
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Sweeping cuts at Meta could see 16,000 jobs lost as company pumps money into AI
Read more: Sweeping cuts at Meta could see 16,000 jobs lost as company pumps money into AICEO Mark Zuckerberg told investors that ‘projects that used to require big teams now be accomplished by a single, very talented person’
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London’s Burning actor dies in prison while serving sexual assault sentence
Read more: London’s Burning actor dies in prison while serving sexual assault sentenceJohn Alford was jailed for eight-and-a-half years in January
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Activists target supermarkets in mass shoplifting campaign for food banks
Read more: Activists target supermarkets in mass shoplifting campaign for food banksTake Back Power said they ‘liberated boxes of food’ to redistribute
Asia
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China’s Communist Party begins major economic meetings
Read more: China’s Communist Party begins major economic meetingsThe talks come at an uncertain time for the world’s second-largest economy, beset by sluggish domestic spending, a protracted crisis in the property sector and a turbulent trade war with the United States.
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‘Be quiet. If you continue, AIDS’: Malaysian ex-minister Rafizi alleges threats received after attack on son
Read more: ‘Be quiet. If you continue, AIDS’: Malaysian ex-minister Rafizi alleges threats received after attack on sonRafizi Ramli says his 12-year-old son was jabbed with a syringe at a mall on Wednesday, followed by anonymous text messages threatening the boy with an AIDS infection.
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Bangladesh’s Yunus vows acceptable, clean elections amid reforms
Read more: Bangladesh’s Yunus vows acceptable, clean elections amid reformsNobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, the chief adviser of Bangladesh’s caretaker government, speaks to CNA’s Loke Wei Sue about progress on reforms, regional ties and his eventual exit from politics.
Thailand
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Crackdown targets use of Thai proxies
Read more: Crackdown targets use of Thai proxiesThe government is tightening controls on nominees by introducing new measures to prevent foreigners from using Thais as proxies to operate businesses, effective April 1.
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Govt eyes fuel tax reduction
Read more: Govt eyes fuel tax reductionThe government may be forced to implement fuel tax reductions if the Oil Fuel Fund proves insufficient to stabilise domestic prices, Deputy Prime Minister Ekniti Nitithanprapas has warned.
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People’s Party leadership change possible
Read more: People’s Party leadership change possibleThe People’s Party may have a new leader and executive board in the near future because of ongoing uncertainty about a possible political ban of several of its key figures, according to the party’s outgoing secretary-general.
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Chon Buri recount decision due in two days
Read more: Chon Buri recount decision due in two daysThe Election Commission has sent a fact-finding team to Chon Buri to investigate allegations of widespread irregularities in the vote-counting process in a constituency won by Bhumjaithai Party candidate Suchart Chomklin, an acting deputy prime minister.
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People’s Party seeks recounts in 10 constituencies
Read more: People’s Party seeks recounts in 10 constituenciesThe People’s Party has filed requests for vote recounts in 10 constituencies in provinces across the country: Khon Kaen, Chon Buri, Lampang, Surat Thani, Nakhon Ratchasima, Samut Prakan, Tak, Saraburi, Maha Sarakham and Chai Nat.
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China’s Communist Party begins major economic meetings
Read more: China’s Communist Party begins major economic meetingsThe talks come at an uncertain time for the world’s second-largest economy, beset by sluggish domestic spending, a protracted crisis in the property sector and a turbulent trade war with the United States.
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NACC finds 44 ex‑Move Forward MPs guilty over bid to amend lèse‑majesté law
Read more: NACC finds 44 ex‑Move Forward MPs guilty over bid to amend lèse‑majesté lawThe National Anti‑Corruption Commission (NACC) on Monday found 44 former Move Forward Party MPs—now mostly with the People’s Party—guilty over their 2023 pledge to amend Section 112 of the Criminal Code, the lèse‑majesté law.
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Bhumjaithai leader admits election result ‘beyond expectations’
Read more: Bhumjaithai leader admits election result ‘beyond expectations’Anutin Charnvirakul has admitted he was surprised by the overwhelming support his Bhumjaithai Party received in the general election, and credited patriotism as a key factor that propelled the party to victory on Sunday.
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Klatham expects to be in Bhumjaithai-led coalition
Read more: Klatham expects to be in Bhumjaithai-led coalitionThe Klatham Party, which finished fourth in Sunday’s general election, expects to be part of a coalition government led by poll winner Bhumjaithai, along with some smaller parties.