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Karl Stefanovic reveals the details of his Today show axing and the ‘harrowing’ moment he decided he was ‘done’ being a TV journalist: ‘It was just too much for me’
Read more: Karl Stefanovic reveals the details of his Today show axing and the ‘harrowing’ moment he decided he was ‘done’ being a TV journalist: ‘It was just too much for me’Karl Stefanovic has opened up about the details of his axing from the Today show, revealing his celebrity accountant broke the news to him over the phone.
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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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Royal Mail worker is jailed for nearly seven years after making £1.2m from stealing cannabis-filled parcels
Read more: Royal Mail worker is jailed for nearly seven years after making £1.2m from stealing cannabis-filled parcelsAmjad Ali was sentenced to six years and nine months after admitting a string of offences linked to a cannabis supply operation.
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Midwest mom accused of killing son, 2, then harming herself was in Lindsay Clancy group chats and is accused of branding her alleged victim ‘the anti-Christ’
Read more: Midwest mom accused of killing son, 2, then harming herself was in Lindsay Clancy group chats and is accused of branding her alleged victim ‘the anti-Christ’Corie Walsh, 40, was charged with first-degree murder after her son, two-year-old Barrett ‘Bear’ Walsh, was found dead in the basement of their Illinois home on Tuesday.
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Burnham accused of ‘hiking university tuition fees to record levels’
Read more: Burnham accused of ‘hiking university tuition fees to record levels’Burnham previously pledged he would replace tuition fees with a graduate tax, saying this would ‘lift the millstone of debt’ from students
Asia
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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).
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‘Observer inflation’: Indonesia’s Cabinet secretary sparks debate with remarks targeting analysts
Read more: ‘Observer inflation’: Indonesia’s Cabinet secretary sparks debate with remarks targeting analysts“These observers, their data does not match the facts. Their data is wrong,” said Cabinet secretary Teddy Indra Wijaya at a press briefing on Apr 10.
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Vietnam’s top leader To Lam arrives in China for first state visit
Read more: Vietnam’s top leader To Lam arrives in China for first state visitThe 68-year-old assumed the presidency while retaining his role as Communist Party chief – a dual mandate analysts say could bolster Vietnam’s global ambitions.
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China’s Xi says rule of law must be upheld for Middle East peace
Read more: China’s Xi says rule of law must be upheld for Middle East peaceThe Chinese president vowed that China will play a “constructive role” in promoting peace talks in the Middle East, according to the Xinhua news agency.
Thailand
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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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Amnesty law takes effect Monday, excludes lese majeste offences
Read more: Amnesty law takes effect Monday, excludes lese majeste offencesThe Peaceful Society Promotion Act has been published in the Royal Gazette and will take effect on Monday, granting amnesty for a wide range of political offences committed over the past two decades, but excluding lese majeste cases.
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American faces attempted murder charge after drug-fuelled robbery
Read more: American faces attempted murder charge after drug-fuelled robberyAn American man who allegedly stole beer from a convenience store in Bangkok while high on methamphetamine and later slashed a policeman’s neck when he tried to arrest him will be charged with attempted murder.
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Nan flood recovery under way, aid payments prepared
Read more: Nan flood recovery under way, aid payments preparedNAN – Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul on Sunday ordered state agencies to speed up flood recovery, compensation payments and infrastructure repairs in Nan and other flood-affected provinces, while maintaining heightened monitoring for further flooding and landslides during the remainder of the rainy season.
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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).
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Senior rentals on the rise
Read more: Senior rentals on the riseFor some middle-aged and older people, working as companions offers more than just an income: it brings conversation, social connection and a renewed sense of purpose.
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Thai ice-cream brand for sale: Here’s the scoop
Read more: Thai ice-cream brand for sale: Here’s the scoopThe founder of the Thai ice‑cream brand Hawell’s is putting the business up for sale for 165 million baht, saying he is sticking to a long-held goal to enter the monkhood and renounce worldly life.
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Nominee raids extend to three sites in Pattaya
Read more: Nominee raids extend to three sites in PattayaOfficials have raided three locations in Pattaya and seized computers and documents linked to a suspected nominee scheme concealing foreign ownership of land and businesses.