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Football chief Somyot quits over SEA Games brawls

Football Association of Thailand (FAT) president Somyot Poompunmuang resigned on Saturday, a day after Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon said he should take responsibility for the brawling that marred the men’s final of the recent SEA Games.

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Panel set up to determine cause of walkway accident

Airports of Thailand (AoT) has formed a committee to investigate an incident on a moving walkway that cost a woman her leg, with results expected within 15 days.

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Police hunt teens in brutal assault video

Si Sa Ket police are searching for two teenagers captured in an online video brutally assaulting a special-needs minor and forcing the victim to prostrate himself before a third teenager.

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Pita ‘confident’ of coalition agreement Sunday

Move Forward Party (MFP) leader Pita Limjaroenrat has expressed confidence his party, Pheu Thai and their fellow coalition partners will reach the agreements needed to form a new government when they hold talks on Sunday.

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Australia legalises psychedelics for medical use

Psychedelics can now be legally used as medicine in Australia in a world-first approval that is aimed at treating acute mental health conditions.

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Hun Sen kicks off campaign for one-sided election

PHNOM PENH: Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Saturday opened his ruling party’s campaign for an election later this month — a poll that has been criticised as a sham after the main opposition party was prevented from running.

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Underage customers found in pub-front food shop

Twenty-five customers aged below 20 were found at a food shop that served as a front for a pub during a raid conducted in Bangkok’s Pathum Wan district in the early hours of Saturday.

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India bus fire kills at least 25, injures eight

MUMBAI: A bus crashed and burst into flames killing at least 25 people in India's western state of Maharashtra in the early hours of Saturday, police and officials said.

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Hollywood actors extend contract talks

LOS ANGELES: The union representing 160,000 actors and performers on Friday agreed to extend contract negotiations with Hollywood studios, staving off a potentially crippling strike until at least July 12.

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Myanmar earthquake felt in the North

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 that struck Myanmar late on Friday night was felt in several districts of Chiang Rai and neighbouring areas, according to the Meteorological Department.

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Rethink after shady street lamp buys

A fresh effort is under way to ensure accountability and transparency in any new local administrative organisation procurement projects and installation of so-called sculptural street lights.

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Suicides in Singapore rise to 22-year high

Suicides in Singapore rose nearly 26% last year to their highest level in more than two decades, reflecting the "unseen mental distress" in the city-state, according to a local non-governmental organisation (NGO).

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In a TikTok trend, grisly scenes of purple milkshake horror

NEW YORK: The scenes on social media are grisly. A body dangles out of the trunk of a sedan, dribbling purple goo. Another is draped across a basketball hoop with a net that has been stained lilac. A third splutters in a bathtub covered in dusky handprints.

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'ThaID' officially launches to spearhead Thailand 4.0

The Interior Ministry on Friday officially launched a mobile application to support its digital ID programme aimed at making government services more efficient and easier to access.

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BPP keen on free power trade pipeline

Costly electricity bills create a financial burden for the public, but also accelerate momentum for the establishment of free power trade in Thailand.

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Medical centre for failed expo-bid plot

The 141-rai plot of land set aside for Phuket's unsuccessful bid to host the Specialised Expo 2028 will be used for a medical and wellness centre instead.

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Suitcase wheel may have caused walkway horror

The Engineering Institute of Thailand (EIT) has said a broken suitcase wheel might have caused an accident which resulted in a woman losing part of her left leg after falling on one of the Don Mueang airport's moving walkways.

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Patience can be advantageous

The Move Forward Party (MFP) has every reason to feel jittery as its moment of truth is fast approaching.

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Shares rise on hopes for stimulus in China

RECAP: Asian stocks inched higher yesterday as weak manufacturing data from China stoked expectations of fresh stimulus, even as strong US data bolstered the view that the Federal Reserve will keep interest rates higher for longer.

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Pheu Thai 'may claim PM role'

The Move Forward Party (MFP) will step aside and let Pheu Thai Party take the lead in forming the new government if its leader Pita Limjaroenrat fails to get enough support from senators in a prime ministerial vote, according to Pheu Thai sources.

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Five people found after missing for 2 months

Five missing people were found at Wat Chong Lom Temple in Pak Kret district of Nonthaburi province on Friday after losing contact with family members for over two months.

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Workforce hopes and fears

Some 39% of workers in Asia-Pacific believe their organisation will not survive more than 10 years if it continues on its current course, the "2023 Hopes and Fears Global Workforce Survey" conducted by PwC reveals.

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Q1 household debt hits B16tn

Household debt in the first quarter this year soared to 16 trillion baht, accounting for 90.6% of GDP, attributed to increases in debt as well as the redefinition of national household debt, says Sakkapop Panyanukul, the Bank of Thailand's senior director of the economic and policy department.

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Thai business leader earns top Catholic honour

The Vatican has bestowed the Grand Cross of the Order, the highest rank in the Order of St Gregory the Great, to a Thai individual for his outstanding service to the Catholic Church and the wider community.

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Tourism spurs manufacturing uptick

Thailand's manufacturing production index (MPI) fell by 3.14% year-on-year to 94.8 points in May because of an export slowdown, although the reading improved from April thanks to the tourism recovery, says the Office of Industrial Economics (OIE).

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