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Fat Bear Week 2026 is here, and voting already “broke the internet”
Read more: Fat Bear Week 2026 is here, and voting already “broke the internet”Sixteen bears are vying for votes in Fat Bear Week 2026, the highly anticipated contest among the chunkiest bears at the Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska.
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Trump shares bizarre CNN spoof in escalating feud with media ‘sleazebags’
Read more: Trump shares bizarre CNN spoof in escalating feud with media ‘sleazebags’The president also accused CNN’s Kaitlan Collins of having ‘Trump addiction’ in his latest attack on news outlets he banned from the White House
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New Sussex security fears: Duchess’s mobile number leaks among parents at school their children had just started
Read more: New Sussex security fears: Duchess’s mobile number leaks among parents at school their children had just startedScreenshots from a WhatsApp group Meghan joined were said to be circulating online.
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Board votes to close Kennedy Center immediately for renovations, source says
Read more: Board votes to close Kennedy Center immediately for renovations, source saysEarlier Tuesday, a federal judge again blocked the board from adding President Trump’s name to the facade of the building.
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House panel recommends holding Leon Black in contempt in Epstein probe
Read more: House panel recommends holding Leon Black in contempt in Epstein probeThe billionaire investor defied subpoenas to testify to the committee and produce nondisclosure agreements.
Asia
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‘New reality for the region’: What roles will China and India play in the Middle East after the Iran war?
Read more: ‘New reality for the region’: What roles will China and India play in the Middle East after the Iran war?The influence of rising powers in the Middle East is unlikely to take the form of the military presence traditionally associated with the United States, say analysts at the Middle East Institute’s annual conference.
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Suzhou’s APEC meeting offers glimpse of how China could handle Taiwan as host. What are its considerations?
Read more: Suzhou’s APEC meeting offers glimpse of how China could handle Taiwan as host. What are its considerations?China kept the Taiwan issue largely out of sight during last week’s APEC meeting in Suzhou, but analysts say the leaders’ summit in Shenzhen this November could prove harder to manage.
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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).
Thailand
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Your weekly horoscope for Sept 18-24
Read more: Your weekly horoscope for Sept 18-24Your spot-on weekly horoscope for work, money and relationships from Guru by Bangkok Post’s famously accurate fortune teller. Let’s see how you will fare this week and beyond.
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AirAsia’s Fernandes says travel demand remains strong, current crisis ‘far’ less severe than Covid
Read more: AirAsia’s Fernandes says travel demand remains strong, current crisis ‘far’ less severe than CovidHONG KONG – AirAsia co-founder Tony Fernandes said on Friday that the low-cost carrier’s challenges from soaring jet fuel costs were “far, far” less severe than those it faced during the Covid-19 pandemic, as he sought to reassure investors about the airline’s financial health.
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Malaysia, Thailand in close competition for tourists
Read more: Malaysia, Thailand in close competition for touristsForeign arrivals to Malaysia have edged ahead of those in Thailand, signalling that the two countries are vying to become the favourite destinations for foreigners to Southeast Asia.
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Court orders elimination of invasive blackchin tilapia
Read more: Court orders elimination of invasive blackchin tilapiaThe Central Administrative Court on Tuesday ordered the Department of Fisheries and its director-general to proceed with efforts to eliminate invasive blackchin tilapia from Thai waterways and the Interior Ministry to declare Samut Songkhram a disaster area.
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More delays on Airport Rail Link, commuters bused to airport
Read more: More delays on Airport Rail Link, commuters bused to airportTrains on the Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi airport service suffered delays for the second day running on Tuesday, forcing the operator to bus commuters between the city centre and two destinations, including the airport.
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‘New reality for the region’: What roles will China and India play in the Middle East after the Iran war?
Read more: ‘New reality for the region’: What roles will China and India play in the Middle East after the Iran war?The influence of rising powers in the Middle East is unlikely to take the form of the military presence traditionally associated with the United States, say analysts at the Middle East Institute’s annual conference.
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109 illegal rosewood logs seized in Chiang Rai
Read more: 109 illegal rosewood logs seized in Chiang RaiA total of 109 large logs of illegally harvested rosewood were seized after authorities tracked and stopped two trucks in the northern border province of Chiang Rai on Sunday night.
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Veteran protester Sondhi targets govt and troublesome Israelis
Read more: Veteran protester Sondhi targets govt and troublesome IsraelisVeteran protest organiser Sondhi Limthongkul on Monday announced a nationwide campaign to monitor the government’s performance, and demanded the deportation of troublesome Israeli visitors.
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Frenchman being deported for causing religious division
Read more: Frenchman being deported for causing religious divisionA Frenchman staying on Koh Samui has been ordered to leave Thailand amid accusations his actions stirred religious division and conflict among foreign tourists.