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‘Full of light’: Family pay tribute to ‘brave and sensitive’ teen who drowned in lake
Read more: ‘Full of light’: Family pay tribute to ‘brave and sensitive’ teen who drowned in lakeDavid Tita Jr, 17, died after swimming in a lake in Cheshire during the heatwave
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‘Shouts and screams’ were heard by neighbours in weeks before child, woman and man died after falling from 47-storey block of flats
Read more: ‘Shouts and screams’ were heard by neighbours in weeks before child, woman and man died after falling from 47-storey block of flatsEmergency services raced to the flats in Elephant and Castle, London, at 7.30am on Wednesday to a report of people falling from a height.
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Jones and Jackson head to GOP runoff for Georgia governor race
Read more: Jones and Jackson head to GOP runoff for Georgia governor raceThe Republican nominee will try to hold onto the governor’s office for the party, which has won every election to the post since 2002
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Inside the £20m plan to restore world-famous London cemetery where George Michael and Karl Marx are buried
Read more: Inside the £20m plan to restore world-famous London cemetery where George Michael and Karl Marx are buriedOne of the most pressing issues the cemetery faces is climate change, but a new Lottery grant will ‘safeguard’ the future of the ‘nationally important’ venue
Asia
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Sri Lanka arrests 152 people in alleged Chinese-run cyberscam
Read more: Sri Lanka arrests 152 people in alleged Chinese-run cyberscamLocal police sources say Chinese nationals had rented an entire hotel in the coastal town of Chilaw to run an alleged cyberscam operation.
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Uncertainty clouds India-US trade deal after Trump imposes new 10% tariff
Read more: Uncertainty clouds India-US trade deal after Trump imposes new 10% tariffThe new temporary rate, imposed after the US Supreme Court struck down the president’s signature tariff policy, is lower than the 18 per cent tariff under the India-US deal.
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Private donations in India on the rise amid growing wealth, but funding gaps remain: Report
Read more: Private donations in India on the rise amid growing wealth, but funding gaps remain: ReportExperts warn that funding would need to grow at twice the pace of charitable contributions in order to meet India’s vast social needs.
Thailand
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Dusit Poll: Chadchart favoured to win second term as city governor
Read more: Dusit Poll: Chadchart favoured to win second term as city governorOutgoing Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt has cemented his position as the voters’ favourite to win a second term, according to a Suan Dusit poll released on Sunday.
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Abhisit warns borrowing plan may burden taxpayers later on
Read more: Abhisit warns borrowing plan may burden taxpayers later onThe government’s 400-billion-baht borrowing plan and Land Bridge megaproject could place long-term financial burdens on the public, says Abhisit Vejjajiva, leader of the opposition Democrat Party.
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Communities mourn death of famed tusker ‘Plai Thong Bai’
Read more: Communities mourn death of famed tusker ‘Plai Thong Bai’Thailand is mourning the peaceful passing of “Plai Thong Bai”, a celebrated male elephant famed for having the longest tusks in the country, prompting an outpouring of grief among mahouts and local communities in the Northeast.
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Five charged with illegally supplying guns to Chinese in Pattaya
Read more: Five charged with illegally supplying guns to Chinese in PattayaFive suspects, Thai navy officers and civilians, accused of involvement in an illegal arms supply network linked to an arrested Chinese national in Pattaya have been charged with the illegal possession and sale of weapons of war.
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Nine caught with 250kg African ivory smuggled through Vietnam
Read more: Nine caught with 250kg African ivory smuggled through VietnamNine people were arrested in sting operations in seven provinces for illegal possession of 250 kilogrammes of African ivory smuggled into Thailand through Vietnam.
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Sri Lanka arrests 152 people in alleged Chinese-run cyberscam
Read more: Sri Lanka arrests 152 people in alleged Chinese-run cyberscamLocal police sources say Chinese nationals had rented an entire hotel in the coastal town of Chilaw to run an alleged cyberscam operation.
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EM ‘mandatory’ for Thaksin throughout parole period
Read more: EM ‘mandatory’ for Thaksin throughout parole periodFormer prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra will be required to wear an electronic monitoring (EM) bracelet during his parole period until Sept 9, after a Justice Ministry subcommittee reaffirmed on Sunday there were no grounds to revise the order.
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Red-shirts camp outside prison ahead of Thaksin’s release
Read more: Red-shirts camp outside prison ahead of Thaksin’s releaseSupporters linked to the red-shirt movement began gathering outside Klong Prem Central Prison on Sunday, setting up camp along Ngam Wong Wan Road as they await the scheduled parole of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Monday.
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PM shocked by warehouse packed with smuggled appliances
Read more: PM shocked by warehouse packed with smuggled appliancesRANONG – Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul cut short his visit to Phuket on Sunday afternoon to inspect an illegal warehouse found to be storing smuggled electrical appliances worth about 50 million baht belonging to a Myanmar national.