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Deported immigrants will be sent to the Congo under new US deal for third-country removals
Read more: Deported immigrants will be sent to the Congo under new US deal for third-country removalsCongo will receive some deportees as part of a new deal under the Trump administration’s third-country program
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Call for crime victims’ compensation cap to be lifted as families say current amount is ‘an insult’
Read more: Call for crime victims’ compensation cap to be lifted as families say current amount is ‘an insult’The current highest rate of £500,000 was set three decades ago
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People’s Party apologises for breach of members’ data
Read more: People’s Party apologises for breach of members’ dataThe People’s Party has apologised for a data breach after it collected members’ laser ID codes, exposing them to identity theft and scam risks from misuse of personal data.
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Klatham MP granted bail in online gambling case
Read more: Klatham MP granted bail in online gambling caseThe Criminal Court on Thursday released Klatham Party MP Chonnaphat Naksua on 1-million-baht bail, with a ban on travel abroad, while investigators continue to gather evidence on his alleged links to an online gambling ring.
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Thailand orders Italian-Thai projects halted after fatal accidents
Read more: Thailand orders Italian-Thai projects halted after fatal accidentsThailand’s Transport Ministry said on Friday that it had ordered a 15-day construction halt on 14 contracts involving Italian-Thai Development Plc (ITD) as well as other large-scale projects overseen by the ministry, as it conducts safety inspections after two fatal accidents this week.
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Your horoscope for Jan 16-22
Read more: Your horoscope for Jan 16-22Your spot-on horoscope for work, money and relationship from Guru by the Bangkok Post’s famously accurate fortune teller. Let’s see how you will fare this week and beyond.
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Whither populism?
Read more: Whither populism?Compared with the previous election, when some parties promised to distribute hundreds of billions of baht in cash and others pledged infrastructure projects worth trillions, the level of populism in campaign pledges during this election appears to have declined, which academics see as a positive development.
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No more bodies found at Korat train crash site
Read more: No more bodies found at Korat train crash siteNAKHON RATCHASIMA – Authorities have ended the search for three missing persons after failing to locate their bodies at the site where a crane collapsed onto a moving train on Wednesday, killing 32 people.
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Rama II Road crane collapse kills two
Read more: Rama II Road crane collapse kills twoSAMUT SAKHON – Two people were killed and five injured when parts of a construction crane collapsed onto Rama II Road in Samut Sakhon on Thursday morning, reportedly hitting two vehicles travelling below, police said.
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Thaksin ‘expected to be paroled in May’
Read more: Thaksin ‘expected to be paroled in May’Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is expected to be granted parole in May, when he will have served two-thirds of his one-year prison term, according to a source at the Department of Corrections.