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Gypsy-Rose Blanchard’s ex-fiancé Ken Urker dead at 33 as his body is discovered at Louisiana home on his birthday
Read more: Gypsy-Rose Blanchard’s ex-fiancé Ken Urker dead at 33 as his body is discovered at Louisiana home on his birthdayUrker was unresponsive when he was discovered at home on Thursday by his former fiancée’s brother, Dylan.
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Shooting erupts at high school football game in Pittsburgh, leaving at least three people wounded
Read more: Shooting erupts at high school football game in Pittsburgh, leaving at least three people woundedPolice have responded to the area of South 9th and East Carson streets, and South 7th and Cabot, near Pittsburgh Public Schools’ George Cupples Stadium, where Westinghouse was taking on University Prep.
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Kemi to stop school leavers going straight on the dole: As Burnham lurches further Left – and talks of a second Brexit referendum – Tories launch bid to stop young lives being wasted…
Read more: Kemi to stop school leavers going straight on the dole: As Burnham lurches further Left – and talks of a second Brexit referendum – Tories launch bid to stop young lives being wasted…Kemi Badenoch has drawn up proposals to require jobless teenagers to undergo intensive work coaching instead of signing on immediately for Universal Credit.
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‘Stabbed pilot is a true hero. He opened the cockpit door’: Netanyahu heaps praise on captain of Flydubai plane and passengers who overpowered attacker and averted 9/11-style disaster
Read more: ‘Stabbed pilot is a true hero. He opened the cockpit door’: Netanyahu heaps praise on captain of Flydubai plane and passengers who overpowered attacker and averted 9/11-style disasterIsrael believes the co-pilot of Flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv was planning to seize the controls and crash the plane into a target in Israel, possibly a skyscraper.
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Trump sending $500 ACA refund checks to nearly 1 million Americans
Read more: Trump sending $500 ACA refund checks to nearly 1 million AmericansSome families with more than one “affected person” could receive multiple payments via check or direct deposit, an administration official told CBS News.
Asia
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Najib Razak’s ‘solidarity fund’ raises US$2.27 million, still short of US$12.27 million target: DPM Zahid
Read more: Najib Razak’s ‘solidarity fund’ raises US$2.27 million, still short of US$12.27 million target: DPM ZahidThe jailed former Malaysian prime minister’s eldest son told reporters that even if his father’s frozen assets were released, his family would still be unable to immediately raise the fine for Najib to serve his sentence at home as part of a royal pardon.
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Respiratory problems climb past 170,000 cases in haze-hit Indonesia
Read more: Respiratory problems climb past 170,000 cases in haze-hit IndonesiaToddlers accounted for more than 40,000 of the respiratory cases in regions affected by haze in Indonesia.
Thailand
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PM revokes Thai citizenship of Israeli businessman
Read more: PM revokes Thai citizenship of Israeli businessmanPrime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has signed an order revoking the Thai citizenship of an Israeli-born man for failing to disclose and renounce other nationalities upon naturalisation.
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Northern water runoff the next challenge
Read more: Northern water runoff the next challengeThere will be no heavy rain in the Central Plains, including Bangkok and surrounding provinces, over the next 10 days, but communities in the Chao Phraya basin should prepare for a water runoff influx from northern Thailand, says natural disaster specialist Seree Supratid.
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Floods across four regions, 40 fatalities
Read more: Floods across four regions, 40 fatalitiesOngoing floods have spread to cover about 2,700 square kilometres and have killed 40 people with the most affected areas being the Central Plains, government spokesman Ekkapob Pianpises said on Wednesday.
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Thai Airways suspends cargo intake from Oct 1-6 amid flood disruption
Read more: Thai Airways suspends cargo intake from Oct 1-6 amid flood disruptionThai Airways International has announced a temporary suspension of inbound, outbound and transit cargo acceptance at its cargo terminal at Suvarnabhumi Airport from Oct 1-6 due to flooding disrupting staff travel and warehouse operations.
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Thailand to launch new push for Japanese tourists in 2027
Read more: Thailand to launch new push for Japanese tourists in 2027The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is set to implement its new marketing plan for 2027, starting with the new fiscal year in October, in a bid to secure at least 2.83 trillion baht in revenue, of which 1.63 trillion baht is to come from 33 million foreign travellers.
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Najib Razak’s ‘solidarity fund’ raises US$2.27 million, still short of US$12.27 million target: DPM Zahid
Read more: Najib Razak’s ‘solidarity fund’ raises US$2.27 million, still short of US$12.27 million target: DPM ZahidThe jailed former Malaysian prime minister’s eldest son told reporters that even if his father’s frozen assets were released, his family would still be unable to immediately raise the fine for Najib to serve his sentence at home as part of a royal pardon.
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Commitment is ink, not henna: what makes it last?
Read more: Commitment is ink, not henna: what makes it last?Walk down almost any market street in Bangkok and someone will offer to paint a tattoo on your arm in under ten minutes. It looks convincing for about a week, fades a little more with every shower, and is gone before your next paycheque.
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Malaysia begins sending home Myanmar refugees despite safety concerns
Read more: Malaysia begins sending home Myanmar refugees despite safety concernsLUMUT, Malaysia – Malaysia began the process of deporting around 1,500 Myanmar nationals on Tuesday as part of a refugee repatriation programme, defying objections from the United Nations and dozens of human rights groups.
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Mae Klong Dam boosts discharge as flood-hit provinces remain inundated
Read more: Mae Klong Dam boosts discharge as flood-hit provinces remain inundatedKANCHANABURI — Communities living downstream of the Mae Klong Dam face imminent flooding as the dam increases water discharges to prevent it from reaching capacity.