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The days in Nuuk, Greenland's capital, are growing longer. Even after setting, the sun lingers below the horizon, casting a glow over the rocky coastal landscape. On sun-drenched days, when the skies are as blue as the ocean, one can admire Greenland's striking mountains. Their jagged summits contrast with the…

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Politics, sports don't mix

The Football Association of Thailand (FAT), which oversees football, futsal and beach football, has made national headlines over the past few days, but not in a good way.

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Return of Russia warlords stokes memories of China

The turmoil in Russia unleashed by Yevgeny Prigozhin's Wagner Group has drawn rapt attention in capitals throughout the world, but probably nowhere more so than in Beijing. The reason is not only that Russia is a trusted partner for China, but also that there are clear historical parallels between Russia…

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Tackling vague laws, for public safety

In Bangkok's construction industry, demands for kickbacks from city authorities are nothing new. But when it was the Bangkok governor who exposed the corruption himself, change may be on the way.

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Unrest stems from France's turbulent past

On Saturday, the fifth day of violent protests all over France against the police killing of an unarmed teenager, Nahel Merzouk, the daily arrests dropped below 1,000 for the first time, but the violence became even more extreme.

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PhillipLife's new directions ignite fresh hope amidst economic recovery

While the insurance industry has experienced losses, it has proven its reliability and assurance for customer spending on products once considered exclusive to the affluent market.

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Carbon 'capture' tech is booming, and confusing

PARIs: Humanity's failure to draw down planet-heating carbon dioxide emissions — 41 billion tonnes in 2022 — has thrust once-marginal options for capping or reducing CO2 in the atmosphere to centre stage in climate policy and investment.

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French rail firm fined after train runs over cat

 PARIS: A French court on Tuesday found France’s national rail operator guilty of negligence after a departing train, apparently deliberately, ran over a cat hiding on its tracks.

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Power firm TPCH eyes 40% revenue increase

SET-listed TPC Power Holding (TPCH), the renewable power generation arm of the construction firm Thai Polycons Plc, expects revenue to grow by 30-40% in 2023, from 2.7 billion baht last year, thanks to increased management of power plants.

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UN warns world to prepare for El Nino impact

GENEVA: The United Nations on Tuesday warned the world to prepare for the effects of El Nino, saying the weather phenomenon that triggers higher global temperatures is set to persist throughout 2023.

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Buri Ram border checkpoint hours extended

BURI RAM: The Sai Taku temporary checkpoint at the border with Cambodia is now open seven days a week for the first time since before the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Speaker uncertain about repeated votes for PM

The new House speaker has said he is not certain how many times the vote for prime minister can be repeated if Move Forward Party leader Pita Limjaroenrat does not receive the required support on the first try.

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DSI to grill 2 former Stark execs

Two former executives of financially ailing Stark Corporation are being summoned by the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) to answer charges that they falsified financial statements of the listed company.

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Pheu Thai leader downplays joint statement

Pheu Thai leader Cholnan Srikaew said on Tuesday the party's joint statement with Move Forward supporting a legislative pardon for people prosecuted for expressing political opinions and amending the laws on the armed forces and national security was not binding on the six other members of the coalition.

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Myanmar Supreme Court to hear Suu Kyi appeals

The Supreme Court of Myanmar is scheduled to hear the first of a series of appeals by jailed former state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and ex-president Win Myint on Wednesday, according to local reports.

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Macron suggests fines for parents of rioters

PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron raised the idea of handing out quick-fire fines to the parents of children caught committing vandalism or robberies as part of the government's response to days of rioting.

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'Angry, shocked' stage stars fear for future of British arts

AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France: As a wealth of British theatre and opera maestros cross the Channel to perform at French festivals this summer, many are worried about the state of live arts back home.

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Turkey seeks head of statue from Danish museum

COPENHAGEN: A bronze head of Emperor Septimius Severus on display at a Copenhagen museum has become a bone of contention between the Danish museum and Turkey, which claims it was looted during an archaeological dig in the 1960s and wants it back.

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Move Forward, Pheu Thai share deputy speaker positions

Move Forward Party MP Padipat Suntiphada was elected first deputy speaker of the House of Representatives and Pheu Thai MP Pichet Chuamuangphan second speaker on Tuesday.

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Hua Lamphong train station among new historical sites

The Department of Fine Arts has declared five facilities owned by the State Railway of Thailand to be historical sites, including Bangkok's renowned Hua Lamphong railway station.

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Remember your ‘roots’, China tells neighbours

 BEIJING: China’s top diplomat has called on South Korea and Japan to remember their “roots” and reject Western influences, in racially charged comments to officials from Seoul and Tokyo.

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Girl killed, buried in kitchen

A 29-year-old man was being sought by police after his 12-year-old niece was beaten to death and her body buried in a box beneath the kitchen floor of their home in Bangkok.

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Hong Kong places ‘bounties’ on activists abroad

HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s leader has called on eight overseas activists to turn themselves in, a day after police put out bounties on them for violating the Chinese territory’s national security law.

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Uncle arrested after girl beaten to death

Police have arrested a 29-year-old man on charges of killing his 12-year-old niece and stuffing her body in a plastic box concealed beneath a kitchen sink of their home in Bangkok.

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Woman truckie slain in highway shooting

The woman driver of a trailer truck was killed when gunmen riddled the cab with bullets on a major highway in Nakhon Si Thammarat on Tuesday morning.

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