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Wholesale prices see biggest spike since 2022 as energy costs climb
Read more: Wholesale prices see biggest spike since 2022 as energy costs climbA surge in the Producer Price Index signals that businesses are paying more for goods and services, which could push up consumer costs.
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America’s birth rate has plunged. Are smartphones to blame?
Read more: America’s birth rate has plunged. Are smartphones to blame?The iPhone was introduced in 2007, the same year the U.S. birth rate started to slide. The issues could be linked, a new analysis finds.
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Iran-US war latest: Tehran threatens to close another key oil route if Israeli attacks on Lebanon continue
Read more: Iran-US war latest: Tehran threatens to close another key oil route if Israeli attacks on Lebanon continueIranian media said Tehran would not participate in talks while Israel continued to bomb Lebanon
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Pentagon defends banning reporters from press office by turning it into a classified room: ‘Journalists no longer permitted’
Read more: Pentagon defends banning reporters from press office by turning it into a classified room: ‘Journalists no longer permitted’The Trump administration said the switch-up was due to Pentagon speechwriters needing to ‘routinely handle classified material’
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London Tube strikes live: Major walkout begins after last-ditch talks fail to resolve dispute
Read more: London Tube strikes live: Major walkout begins after last-ditch talks fail to resolve disputeDrivers’ union Aslef has accepted the conditions set by TfL while the RMT still plans to walk out
Asia
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Humanoid robot sprints to victory in Beijing, beating the human half-marathon world record
Read more: Humanoid robot sprints to victory in Beijing, beating the human half-marathon world recordBut the race wasn’t without hiccups – one robot fell flat at the start line while another bumped into a barrier.
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Malaysia joins growing number of Southeast Asian countries seeking to secure Russian oil
Read more: Malaysia joins growing number of Southeast Asian countries seeking to secure Russian oilMalaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said that national oil company Petronas is set to negotiate with Russia to purchase oil and ensure a sufficient supply for domestic use.
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Malaysia businessman Farhash Wafa Salvador denies involvement in boardroom tussle at government tech provider NexG
Read more: Malaysia businessman Farhash Wafa Salvador denies involvement in boardroom tussle at government tech provider NexGCNA had reported that the former political aide to Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim was told by the premier to back off from such a move, but Farhash says he did not receive any such order.
Thailand
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Yuan-only payment tale causes stir in ‘Bangkok’s next Chinatown’
Read more: Yuan-only payment tale causes stir in ‘Bangkok’s next Chinatown’Inspectors took to the streets in Huai Khwang district of Bangkok on Thursday after a claim about a restaurant refusing to accept Thai baht and demanding Chinese yuan caused a social media stir.
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Thai consumers’ council to sue Facebook
Read more: Thai consumers’ council to sue FacebookThe Thailand Consumers Council is preparing to file the country’s first-ever lawsuit against Facebook for failing to adequately protect people from fraudulent content on its platform.
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DNA study finds multiple blackchin tilapia sources
Read more: DNA study finds multiple blackchin tilapia sourcesA new study by researchers from Chulalongkorn University has concluded that invasive blackchin tilapia were introduced to Thailand at multiple places and in multiple ways, and not as a result of a single introduction as believed earlier.
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Nigerians held for AI romance scam targeting older Thai women
Read more: Nigerians held for AI romance scam targeting older Thai womenSix Nigerians linked to a cocaine trafficking network have been arrested after police raided a condominium in Nonthaburi, where they also discovered a romance scam using AI-generated faces portraying wealthy foreigners to approach mostly older Thai female victims.
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Koh Phangan nominee crackdown nets 22 foreigners
Read more: Koh Phangan nominee crackdown nets 22 foreignersThai police in Surat Thani wrapped up the second phase of their crackdown on foreign nominee businesses on Koh Phangan on Saturday, arresting 22 foreigners and seizing more than 40 rai of land worth over 200 million baht.
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Humanoid robot sprints to victory in Beijing, beating the human half-marathon world record
Read more: Humanoid robot sprints to victory in Beijing, beating the human half-marathon world recordBut the race wasn’t without hiccups – one robot fell flat at the start line while another bumped into a barrier.
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Malaysia joins growing number of Southeast Asian countries seeking to secure Russian oil
Read more: Malaysia joins growing number of Southeast Asian countries seeking to secure Russian oilMalaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said that national oil company Petronas is set to negotiate with Russia to purchase oil and ensure a sufficient supply for domestic use.
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Higher electricity prices to hit large Thai families
Read more: Higher electricity prices to hit large Thai familiesLarge households and small businesses operating from residential properties are expected to face higher electricity bills from July, as the government prepares to roll out a new tariff system.
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People’s Party leader says ‘blue regime’ stifles Thailand
Read more: People’s Party leader says ‘blue regime’ stifles ThailandPeople’s Party leader Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut has warned that Thailand remains under a “blue regime” that concentrates power in the hands of elites, as he called for the creation of a new “politics of hope” through the drafting of a new constitution.
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Thai business groups urge action on worker shortages as costs soar
Read more: Thai business groups urge action on worker shortages as costs soarThe government must take urgent action to tackle a migrant worker shortage that has compounded the economic strains brought about by elevated energy costs and put key sectors in jeopardy, a business body said on Friday.