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Central Will Only Give Plastic Bags When Asked

BANGKOK — Blessed are the meek, who will have a hard time attaining plastic bags when staff refuse to give them automatically at Central Department stores starting this June.

Ex-Monk Acquitted of Lese Majeste for Royal Forgery

BANGKOK — A former monk accused of fabricating ties to the monarchy was on Wednesday convicted of fraud but acquitted of royal defamation.
This March, 2019 photo provided by Sharp HealthCare in San Diego shows a baby named Saybie. Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women & Newborns said in a statement Wednesday, May 29, 2019, that Saybie, born at 23 weeks and three days, is believed to be the world's tiniest surviving baby, who weighed just 245 grams (about 8.6 ounces) before she was discharged as a healthy infant. Photo: Sharp HealthCare via AP

Girl Believed to Be Tiniest Newborn Weighed as Much as Apple

SAN DIEGO — When she was born, the baby girl weighed about the same as an apple. A San Diego hospital on Wednesday revealed the...
People pray for victims at the site where a knife attack took place in Kawasaki near Tokyo Wednesday, May 29, 2019. Photo: Koji Sasahara / AP

Deadly Knife Attack on Schoolgirls Startles Japan

TOKYO — In a country considered among the safest in the world, a deadly knife attack near Tokyo on a group of schoolgirls has...

Singer From Nazi Shirt Scandal Now Educating Fans on Holocaust

BANGKOK — An idol singer who provoked international outrage by wearing a shirt emblazoned with the Nazi flag onstage says the scandal taught her an invaluable lesson about world history.

‘Big Joke’ Sues Newspaper Over Fraud Claim

BANGKOK — A newspaper said on Wednesday that it is being sued for libel by a former immigration bureau chief.

Ceremonies, Free Services to Honor Queen’s Birthday

BANGKOK — The government on Wednesday announced a series of activities and celebrations to mark Queen Suthida’s upcoming birthday.

King Appoints Temp Chief Adviser; Queen Sirikit Recovers

BANGKOK — His Majesty the King named former prime minister Surayud Chulanont as the acting president of the royal council in a statement released Tuesday evening.
This April 3, 2019 file photo shows Kit Harington at HBO's "Game of Thrones" final season premiere in New York. Photo: Evan Agostini / Invision/ AP

Kit Harington Checks Into Wellness Center Post-‘Thrones’

LOS ANGELES — "Game of Thrones" star Kit Harington has checked into a wellness retreat to work on what his representative says are "personal...
In this Sept. 6, 2017, file photo, a Myanmar police officer stands guard at a checkpoint in Shwe Zar village in the northern Rakhine state of Myanmar. Amnesty International, in a report issued Wednesday, May 29, 2019, says it has found new evidence of war crimes and human rights violations in Rakhine State, where the armed forces two years ago carried out a brutal counterinsurgency campaign that drove more than 700,000 members of the Muslim Rohingya minority to flee across the border to Bangladesh. Photo: AP

Amnesty Int’l Charges Myanmar Military With New Abuses

BANGKOK — Myanmar's military, accused of massive human rights violations against the Muslim Rohingya minority less than two years ago, is committing war crimes...

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