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Iran-US war latest: Trump claims Strait of Hormuz is open with all mines removed after declaring it ‘new US territory’
Read more: Iran-US war latest: Trump claims Strait of Hormuz is open with all mines removed after declaring it ‘new US territory’Negotiations between the parties remain deadlocked as the waterway remains largely closed
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Erin Patterson appeal latest: Mushroom killer’s lawyers say ‘catastrophic’ hotel mistake led to mistrial
Read more: Erin Patterson appeal latest: Mushroom killer’s lawyers say ‘catastrophic’ hotel mistake led to mistrialPatterson’s lawyer says jurors were housed alongside police, media and others connected to the high-profile trial
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NYC set to freeze rents as critics warn of crumbling buildings and bankrupt landlords
Read more: NYC set to freeze rents as critics warn of crumbling buildings and bankrupt landlordsNew York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani promised a rent freeze for people living in 1 million apartments if he got elected
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Ex-New York Mets pitcher says he narrowly escaped death in Venezuela earthquake
Read more: Ex-New York Mets pitcher says he narrowly escaped death in Venezuela earthquakeJenrry Meija attributes escape from hotel to ‘divine intervention’ and says he rescued an elderly man from the building seconds before it collapsed
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King Charles reveals huge tax bill as he becomes first monarch to publish payments
Read more: King Charles reveals huge tax bill as he becomes first monarch to publish paymentsThe King has taken the step of publishing his tax payments in a bid to aid clarity and accessibility around royal finances
Asia
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Experts urge Yangon to step up building inspections after unusual earthquake aftershocks
Read more: Experts urge Yangon to step up building inspections after unusual earthquake aftershocksParts of Myanmar – including areas further south – have continued to experience seismic activity since a devastating earthquake struck Mandalay last year.
Thailand
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Thousands feared dead after Venezuela quakes
Read more: Thousands feared dead after Venezuela quakesCARACAS – Thousands of Venezuelans were feared dead on Thursday after two powerful earthquakes wreaked havoc in and around the capital Caracas, trapping people beneath the rubble of collapsed buildings and setting off powerful aftershocks.
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Exam scandal leads to checks on all 480,000 papers
Read more: Exam scandal leads to checks on all 480,000 papersThe Department of Local Administration plans to recheck the answer sheets of all 480,000 people who took its nationwide examination late last year after reports about large-scale exam rigging involving billions of baht in bribes.
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Rocker Sek Loso freed on parole, with monitoring
Read more: Rocker Sek Loso freed on parole, with monitoringRock singer Seksan Sookpimay, better known as “Sek Loso”, has been released from prison on special parole, with electronic monitoring, after serving 13 months of a 3-year sentence for weapons and drug offences.
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Court to rule on July 9 on B400bn borrowing decree
Read more: Court to rule on July 9 on B400bn borrowing decreeThe Constitutional Court said on Wednesday that it will issue its ruling on the legality of the government’s 400-billion-baht emergency borrowing decree on July 9.
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PM nullifies recruitment of thousands of officials after exam cheating scandal
Read more: PM nullifies recruitment of thousands of officials after exam cheating scandalPrime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has ordered the revocation of the recruitment of thousands of local administrative officials admitted through a national-level examination allegedly plagued with massive cheating.
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Europe wilts under record heat as AC sales soar
Read more: Europe wilts under record heat as AC sales soarPARIS (FRANCE) – Europe braced Wednesday for another day of an unprecedented heatwave that has smashed records in many countries and sent air conditioner sales zooming in a continent unused and ill-equipped to handle searing heat.
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Price-control list expanded to 66 items
Read more: Price-control list expanded to 66 itemsThe cabinet has approved the expansion of the list of price-controlled goods and services to 66, with fish sauce, soy sauce and white sea bass among the additions.
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Baht slide continues as BoT likely to hold interest rate
Read more: Baht slide continues as BoT likely to hold interest rateThe baht is likely to continue its depreciation trend in the near term after falling below 33 to the dollar, unless the Bank of Thailand sends a hawkish signal on Wednesday about a potential interest rate increase, says Kasikorn Research Center.
