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Pajor, Paralluelo star as Barcelona thrash Lyon to win Women's Champions League

OSLO - Ewa Pajor and Salma Paralluelo scored twice each in the second half as Barcelona thrashed a stunned Lyon 4-0 in the Women's Champions League final on Saturday to win the European title for the fourth time.

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Bru challenges Bordeaux-Begles to show 'true selves' in Top 14 after Champions Cup defence

BILBAO (SPAIN) - Bordeaux-Begles head coach Yannick Bru said on Saturday he wanted his side to show their "true faces" as they aim for French Top 14 glory after defending the Champions Cup.

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Garden gnomes back in the limelight

Important news from London. The ban on garden gnomes has been lifted at the Chelsea Flower Show, bringing joy to aficionados of these kitschy figurines.

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Re: "Thai visa exemptions cut by cabinet" (Business, May 20).

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Education beyond prejudice

Fear and prejudice should not decide who are entitled to receive education. Yet Thailand risks moving towards exactly that.

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Iran vows ‘crushing’ response if US returns to war

TEHRAN - Iran’s chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf warned on Saturday of a “crushing” response if Washington resumes hostilities, after US media reports raised the prospect of new strikes.

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Couple accused of luring Thais into scam slavery

Police have arrested a young Thai couple in the northern province of Chiang Mai on suspicion of luring compatriots into slavery at a scam centre in Cambodia.

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Pope decries environmental harm in ‘Land of Fires’

ACERRA, Italy - Pope Leo XIV made a visit on Saturday to Italy’s “Land of Fires”, where for decades the mafia has illegally dumped and burned toxic rubbish, poisoning both people and their land.

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North Korean football club takes Asian women’s title

SUWON, South Korea - ⁠Naegohyang of North Korea won the Asian Women’s Champions League with a 1-0 victory over Tokyo Verdy Beleza of Japan in the final on Saturday, with ‌forward Kim Kyong-Yong netting the only goal of the match.

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Republicans defy Trump to oppose ‘slush fund’

WASHINGTON - Republicans in the US Congress have revolted over President Donald Trump’s $1.8-billion fund for people he says were victims ‌of government “weaponisation”, setting the stage for a searing battle less than six months before midterm elections.

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Magnitude 6 quake strikes Hawaii’s Big Island

An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 struck near ‌Honaunau-Napoopoo on the Big Island of Hawaii late Friday and the state’s volcano observatory was ⁠assessing the Kilauea volcano, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said.

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Chinese loan sharks ‘charged 3,780% a year’

Thai police are hunting for five Chinese lenders who have lent to about 20,000 people through apps and charge borrowers an annual interest rate of 3,780%.

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Nigerians held for AI romance scam targeting older Thai women

Six 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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Russian war drama among favourites for top Cannes prize

CANNES, France - A tense family drama set against the backdrop of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is among the favourites for top prize at the Cannes Film Festival, which will be awarded at a star-packed ceremony on Saturday after two weeks of parties and premieres.

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UK floats single market for goods with EU

LONDON - The British ⁠government has ⁠proposed the creation of a single market for goods with the European Union in what would be an ambitious reset ‌of its post-Brexit ties with the bloc, but Brussels has rejected the idea, British media have reported.

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At least 90 killed in China coal mine blast

The death toll from a gas explosion at a coal mine ‌in Shanxi province in northern China has reached 90, the state broadcaster CCTV reported on Saturday.

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Koh Phangan nominee crackdown nets 22 foreigners

Thai 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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DNA study finds multiple blackchin tilapia sources

A 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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Cutting visa-free stays? Show us the lower crime stats

After circling the issue seemingly since being elected, the cabinet finally moved forward this week to end the 60-day visa-free programme for 93 nationalities, citing a need to stem crime and misconduct by foreigners. But if discussion of the decision’s necessity is now officially closed, attention must turn instead to…

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iPhone crash detection feature explained

iPhone users can activate Apple’s lifesaving Crash Detection feature to automatically detect a severe car accident and call for assistance without needing an accompanying Apple Watch.

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Volvo fire on Thai motorway ‘not a battery issue’

Volvo Car Thailand says a fire involving a Volvo XC60 SUV on a motorway did not originate from the battery area, based on an initial examination.

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Four teens held in killing of Myanmar worker

NAKHON RATCHASIMA: Four Thai teenagers have been arrested for allegedly killing a 35-year-old worker from Myanmar at a garbage disposal site in this northeastern province.

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Visitor programmes on sustainable elephant care in Ayutthaya

Footage of tourists interacting with elephants in Thailand’s tourism industry has frequently drawn criticism over animal welfare concerns. At one of the country’s best-known elephant attractions, the Royal Kraal Village in Ayutthaya province, American mahout Lexi Zamrzla shares insights from eight years of caring for elephants there, while the village’s…

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Ebola risk now at highest level in DR Congo, says WHO

GENEVA - The risk from the deadly Ebola outbreak has been raised to the highest level for the Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization said on Friday, as the toll continued to rise.

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New US Fed chair says he will be 'reform-oriented'

WASHINGTON - New US Federal Reserve Chair vowed to be "reform-oriented" as he was sworn in at the White House on Friday, with President Donald Trump insisting the central bank chief would be "totally independent."

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