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Graduates could get student loan relief as Treasury reviews repayment freeze
Read more: Graduates could get student loan relief as Treasury reviews repayment freezeMinisters have also agreed to explicitly clarify that loan conditions can be altered by future administrations
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Government urged to deliver promised crackdown on exploitative zero hours contracts
Read more: Government urged to deliver promised crackdown on exploitative zero hours contracts‘It’s time for government to face down the business lobbyists and deliver its zero-hours crackdown in full,’ Paul Nowak is set to say at TUC Congress in Brighton
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Posh’s bumper payday: Victoria Beckham ‘ecstatic’ as her £104 sold-out foundation helps boost her company profits to £7.3million
Read more: Posh’s bumper payday: Victoria Beckham ‘ecstatic’ as her £104 sold-out foundation helps boost her company profits to £7.3millionHer revenue was up 15 per cent to £129.8milion from £112.7 million in 2024, making it her fifth consecutive year of double digit revenue growth.
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Legal expert on third day of jury deliberations in Lindsay Clancy trial
Read more: Legal expert on third day of jury deliberations in Lindsay Clancy trialJury deliberations in the trial of Lindsay Clancy on will continue on Tuesday after no verdict was reached Monday. Clancy has admitted to killing her three children, but has pleaded not guilty to murder charges, arguing she was suffering from postpartum psychosis. CBS News legal contributor Caroline Polisi has more.
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North Carolina teen indicted in San Diego mosque shooting over livestream
Read more: North Carolina teen indicted in San Diego mosque shooting over livestreamA 17-year-old North Carolina girl has been charged with murder by aiding and abetting in connection with the deadly rampage at the Islamic Center of San Diego in May.
Asia
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Philippines suspends Senate security chief after shootout, ‘escape’ of politician wanted by ICC
Read more: Philippines suspends Senate security chief after shootout, ‘escape’ of politician wanted by ICCDela Rosa, who had been taking refuge at the Senate since Monday, has now moved to a different location after what his wife described as an “escape” before dawn on Thursday.
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‘Non-issue’: Malaysia PM Anwar says not opposed to fugitive financier Jho Low’s US pardon bid
Read more: ‘Non-issue’: Malaysia PM Anwar says not opposed to fugitive financier Jho Low’s US pardon bidThis comes as the Malaysian police said on Friday that investigations are ongoing into allegations that Low had attended secret meetings in Kuala Lumpur last year.
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Batam Immigration investigates alleged extortion of foreign tourists, including Singaporeans
Read more: Batam Immigration investigates alleged extortion of foreign tourists, including SingaporeansReports of suspected extortion recently surfaced in articles by Singapore news outlet Mothership that featured accounts from various travellers arriving at the Batam Centre ferry terminal.
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North Korea’s Kim oversees test of high-thrust engine: KCNA
Read more: North Korea’s Kim oversees test of high-thrust engine: KCNAThe test was “part of the national defence development plan in the period of the new five-year plan”, North Korean state media reported on Sunday (Mar 29).
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India opens second international airport in capital New Delhi
Read more: India opens second international airport in capital New DelhiNoida International Airport is 75km from New Delhi and will serve 12 million passengers a year in its initial phase, with the potential to grow to as many as 70 million.
Thailand
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24 injured after stall warning on Air India A320’s Phuket–Delhi flight
Read more: 24 injured after stall warning on Air India A320’s Phuket–Delhi flightBENGALURU – An Air India A320 flying from Phuket to New Delhi last month issued a stall warning when seatbelt signs were off, while a rapid pitch up and then down threw passengers and cabin crew against overhead bins and injured 24 people, Indian investigators said.
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Friend-for-hire services gain traction in Thailand
Read more: Friend-for-hire services gain traction in Thailand“Friend-for-hire” services have started taking off in Thailand as the country’s social landscape changes with an aging population and a rise in the number of unmarried people.
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Land spats set for verification
Read more: Land spats set for verificationNatural Resources and Environment Minister Suchart Chomklin said Thap Lan land disputes will be resolved through parcel-by-parcel verification to separate residents from land speculators and investors.
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Anucha sets out five-point plan for city
Read more: Anucha sets out five-point plan for cityDemocrat Party candidate for Bangkok governor Anucha Burapachaisri has unveiled a five-point platform to tackle traffic congestion, waste management, public health, economic opportunities and government transparency, while insisting his campaign remains competitive despite trailing rivals in recent opinion polls.
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Thousands feared dead after Venezuela quakes
Read more: Thousands feared dead after Venezuela quakesCARACAS – Thousands of Venezuelans were feared dead on Thursday after two powerful earthquakes wreaked havoc in and around the capital Caracas, trapping people beneath the rubble of collapsed buildings and setting off powerful aftershocks.
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Philippines suspends Senate security chief after shootout, ‘escape’ of politician wanted by ICC
Read more: Philippines suspends Senate security chief after shootout, ‘escape’ of politician wanted by ICCDela Rosa, who had been taking refuge at the Senate since Monday, has now moved to a different location after what his wife described as an “escape” before dawn on Thursday.
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‘Non-issue’: Malaysia PM Anwar says not opposed to fugitive financier Jho Low’s US pardon bid
Read more: ‘Non-issue’: Malaysia PM Anwar says not opposed to fugitive financier Jho Low’s US pardon bidThis comes as the Malaysian police said on Friday that investigations are ongoing into allegations that Low had attended secret meetings in Kuala Lumpur last year.
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Customs Department bans rewards for its executives
Read more: Customs Department bans rewards for its executivesThe Customs Department is cancelling reward money for its executives from seizures of smuggled goods and imports that violate tariffs to prevent conflicts of interest, says director-general Phantong Loykulnanta.
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Twin earthquakes in Venezuela destroy buildings, sow panic
Read more: Twin earthquakes in Venezuela destroy buildings, sow panicCARACAS – Two earthquakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 struck the same area of Venezuela on Wednesday evening, causing buildings to collapse, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and AFP journalists.
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Industry groups act on shrimp prices
Read more: Industry groups act on shrimp pricesThe Thai Chamber of Commerce (TCC) and the Thai Frozen Foods Association began direct purchases of shrimp from farmers on Wednesday to mitigate the effects of Malaysia’s suspension of Thai shrimp imports.
