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The recurring nightmare that haunts British 9/11 survivor who escaped south tower
Read more: The recurring nightmare that haunts British 9/11 survivor who escaped south towerJanice Brooks escaped the 84th floor of Two World Trade Center on 11 September 2001 after the first plane struck next door. Sixty-one of her colleagues did not make it out alive. She tells Caspar Barnes her story
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Martin Lewis’ charity to work with Barclays, HSBC and other banks to support those at suicide risk
Read more: Martin Lewis’ charity to work with Barclays, HSBC and other banks to support those at suicide riskTelevision expert to work with banks such as Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds, and Monzo to help those who are struggling
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King Harald: The Olympic sailor who went from wartime exile to modernising Norway’s monarchy
Read more: King Harald: The Olympic sailor who went from wartime exile to modernising Norway’s monarchyThe popular 89-year-old married his school sweetheart and championed LGBTQ+ rights
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King Harald V of Norway dies aged 89 after 35 years on the throne
Read more: King Harald V of Norway dies aged 89 after 35 years on the throneKing Harald was Europe’s oldest monarch and Norway’s ceremonial head of state since 1991
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Teacher gave pupil pen with hidden camera – then told her to change clothes
Read more: Teacher gave pupil pen with hidden camera – then told her to change clothesMatthew Udall has been permanently banned from the classroom
Asia
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Rescuers find body of first confirmed fatality from Mount Dukono eruption; believed to be Indonesian national
Read more: Rescuers find body of first confirmed fatality from Mount Dukono eruption; believed to be Indonesian nationalTwo Singaporean hikers remain missing despite their locations having been identified.
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Thai police probe military-grade weapons cache at foreign man’s home
Read more: Thai police probe military-grade weapons cache at foreign man’s homeLocal police are “investigating security implications” after assault rifles, explosives, grenades and anti-personnel mines were found at the man’s home, near the beach resort of Pattaya.
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Ex-abbot of China’s Shaolin Temple charged with bribery and embezzlement
Read more: Ex-abbot of China’s Shaolin Temple charged with bribery and embezzlementShi Yongxin, 60, led the Shaolin Temple for over 25 years and was ousted in July last year.
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South Korea parliament passes Bill stripping prosecutors of investigative powers
Read more: South Korea parliament passes Bill stripping prosecutors of investigative powersThe legislation will create a new agency that will exclusively handle indictments and prosecutions and spin off the investigative function to a separate agency.
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Fire at South Korean auto parts factory injures at least 55
Read more: Fire at South Korean auto parts factory injures at least 55Authorities are searching for at least 14 other people believed to have been inside the factory when the fire broke out.
Thailand
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Pattaya bar shooting leaves two wounded
Read more: Pattaya bar shooting leaves two woundedCHON BURI – A late-night dispute between two men in a Pattaya bar escalated into gunfire in the early hours of Monday, leaving both men wounded in the street after three shots were fired.
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Thai volleyballers bringing home Asian title and Olympic ticket
Read more: Thai volleyballers bringing home Asian title and Olympic ticketThai spikers are due back in Bangkok on Monday night after their heroic performance, securing an automatic Olympic berth as the Asian champions.
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The scent of suffocation
Read more: The scent of suffocationNo matter how stifling the heat, every night Sanong Suepthai endures it — sleeping under two layers of blankets propped up by a pillow placed on her chest, in a house with no air conditioning.
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Healing holidays
Read more: Healing holidaysWellness tourism has emerged as a pillar of Thai tourism in recent years as intense global competition nudged the country to seek new mechanisms to attract high-quality travel markets.
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Rama IV Rd still partially closed after building canopy collapse
Read more: Rama IV Rd still partially closed after building canopy collapseRama IV road remained partially closed to traffic in Bangkok’s Samphanthawong district on Sunday, even though the debris was cleared away after an old concrete building canopy collapsed, killing an elderly man, on Saturday.
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Rescuers find body of first confirmed fatality from Mount Dukono eruption; believed to be Indonesian national
Read more: Rescuers find body of first confirmed fatality from Mount Dukono eruption; believed to be Indonesian nationalTwo Singaporean hikers remain missing despite their locations having been identified.
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Thai police probe military-grade weapons cache at foreign man’s home
Read more: Thai police probe military-grade weapons cache at foreign man’s homeLocal police are “investigating security implications” after assault rifles, explosives, grenades and anti-personnel mines were found at the man’s home, near the beach resort of Pattaya.
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Swedish schools turn back to paper amid worries over digital impact
Read more: Swedish schools turn back to paper amid worries over digital impactSweden, once seen as a global leader in bringing laptops and tablets into classrooms, is now investing heavily in printed textbooks amid growing concerns that extensive screen use may be hurting children’s learning and concentration.
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Work on new northern train tunnel halted after accident kills 2
Read more: Work on new northern train tunnel halted after accident kills 2The State Railway of Thailand has ordered a temporary halt to construction of a new tunnel on the northern line pending an investigation into a scaffolding collapse that killed two workers.
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Google, FBI target Chinese scammers using Gemini AI for fake sites
Read more: Google, FBI target Chinese scammers using Gemini AI for fake sitesTech giant Google has joined forces with the FBI to dismantle a Chinese cybercrime syndicate known as “Outsider Enterprise” after the group allegedly used Google’s own Gemini artificial intelligence to create fraudulent websites and swindle users out of millions of dollars.
