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Junta No. 2 Says Thaksin Still to Blame, 12 Years After His Ouster

BANGKOK — Twelve years to the day after a military coup overthrew the government of Thaksin Shinawatra, a top junta official Wednesday blamed the...
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Messi Scores Another Hat Trick, Mbappe’s Mistake Sinks PSG

PARIS — If the World Cup had given the impression that Lionel Messi was slipping down soccer's pecking order, the Argentine star made it...
Golfer Celia Barquin Arozamena poses for a photo. Photo: Luke Lu / Associated Press

Slaying of Star Golfer From Spain Shocks Iowa College Town

AMES, Iowa — A star collegiate golfer from Spain was attacked and killed by a homeless stranger while she was playing a round alone...

40 University Graduation Ceremonies Postponed

BANGKOK — Forty universities across Thailand announced Tuesday that their year-end graduation ceremonies, over which His Majesty the King is set to preside, have been postponed to April.

Thai Law: How Foreign Investors Can Own Land

Legal barriers to foreign land ownership can effectively be swept aside.
Firefighters respond to a fire early Wednesday morning near Central Plaza Lardprao in Bangkok.

Electrical Fire Near Central Ladprao Leaves 2 Hospitalized

BANGKOK — A tangle of overhead utility cables caught fire near a Bangkok shopping mall early Wednesday morning, sparking a blaze that injured two people.
A palm oil plantation in 2007 in Riau, Indonesia. Photo: Hayden / Wikimedia Commons

Greenpeace Links Forest Destruction for Palm Oil to Brands

JAKARTA — Greenpeace says global consumer brands continue to buy palm oil from companies that are cutting down Indonesia's rainforests despite repeated pledges to...

Malaysia Urged to Ban Child Marriage as Older Man Weds Teen

KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysia's government has come under renewed pressure to outlaw child marriages after another case of a child bride surfaced in a...
South Korean President Moon Jae-in, left, toasts with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and his wife Ri Sol Ju during a welcome banquet Tuesday in Pyongyang, North Korea. Photo: Associated Press

Kim Promises to Visit Seoul ‘in Near Future’

PYONGYANG, North Korea — A joint statement released by Seoul shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has promised to visit Seoul "in the near...
Newly arrived Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar prepare to leave a transit shelter in 2017 in Shahparirdwip, Bangladesh. Photo: Gemunu Amarasinghe / Associated Press

World Court Opens Preliminary Probe Into Rohingya Expulsions

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor announced Tuesday that she is launching a preliminary investigation into deportations of hundreds of...

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