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Thaksin in hospital on first night in jail after return from exile

Thai ex-leader reportedly suffers from blood pressure issues

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Pakistan cable car ordeal ends with all eight onboard rescued

Passengers, including six schoolkids, had been trapped mid-air for over 15 hours

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‘Extremely selfish, irresponsible’, China blasts Japan’s Fukushima water release

Ocean sustains humanity, not a sewer for Japan’s nuclear-contaminated water, says Beijing

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[UPDATED] Real estate tycoon Srettha Thavisin elected new Thai PM

60-year-old becomes country’s first civilian head of govt in over nine years, ending three-month political impasse

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[UPDATED] Japan to release Fukushima wastewater on Thursday

Plan to dispose 1.3 mil tonnes of radioactive water rekindles M’sian environmentalists’ fears

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[UPDATED] Thaksin jailed on return to Thailand after 15-year exile

Ex-PM has alleged political conspiracy over convictions for which he will serve eight years

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Thaksin’s return to Thailand nothing to do with politics: daughter

Self-exiled former PM will be escorted to Corrections Dept, then put behind bars, says caretaker DPM

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India imposes 40% export duty on onions with immediate effect

Malaysia among biggest markets for Indian onions along with UAE, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka

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Breaking the billion-dollar addiction to consultants in government

Public sector’s dependency on private consultancy firms proves to be costly, write Denis Saint-Martin and Chris Hurl

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Ex-senior minister Tharman to face three-way S’pore presidential race

He will run against former trades union leader, former sovereign wealth fund CIO

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Hawaii wildfires: Red Cross says death toll, spreading speed unprecedented

Search for victims continue with 111 killed, over 1,000 still missing

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British Museum sacks employee after items found missing

They include gold jewellery, semi-precious gems, glass dating from 15th century BC to 19th century AD

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We won’t cede territory to Russia for Nato membership: Ukraine

Kyiv describes proposal as ‘absolutely unacceptable’