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Hamas releases 10 Thai hostages, 4 of whom had not been listed as abducted
BANGKOK (AP) — Hamas freed 10 Thai nationals and a Filipino alongside Israeli hostages who were part of the first swap under a new cease-fire deal — including four Thais who had not been officially listed as abducted, Thailand's Foreign Ministry announced Saturday morning. Thais...
Thailand's Cabinet approves a marriage equality bill to grant same-sex couples equal rights
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s Cabinet on Tuesday approved an amendment to its civil code to allow same-sex marriage, with an expectation for the draft to be submitted to Parliament next month. Karom Polpornklang, a deputy government spokesperson, said the amendment to the Civil and...
Sugar prices are rising worldwide after bad weather tied to El Nino damaged crops in Asia
Skyrocketing sugar prices left Ishaq Abdulraheem with few choices. Increasing the cost of bread would mean declining sales, so the Nigerian baker decided to cut his production by half. For scores of other bakers struggling to stay afloat while enduring higher costs for fuel and...
41 workers remain trapped in tunnel in India for seventh day as drilling operations face challenges
LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Forty-one workers remained trapped in a collapsed road tunnel in northern India for a seventh day Saturday as a new drilling machine arrived on site to replace the damaged one. The nature of the exceptionally hard rock formation in the area coupled with the...
New drill bores deeper into tunnel rubble in India to create an escape pipe for 40 trapped workers
LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Rescuers drilled deeper into the rubble of a collapsed road tunnel in northern India on Friday to fix wide pipes for 40 workers trapped underground for a sixth day to crawl to their freedom. Drilling with a new machine started on Thursday and has covered a...
Moderate earthquake shakes eastern Myanmar and is felt in northern Thailand
BANGKOK (AP) — A moderate earthquake shook eastern Myanmar on Friday morning. The 5.7 magnitude quake was centered about 76 kilometers (47 miles) southwest of the town of Keng Tung in Shan state, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It was about 10 kilometers (6 miles) deep. ...
Asian economies must ramp up wind and solar power to keep global warming under 1.5C, report says
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — To meet the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit), nine major Asian economies must increase the share of electricity they get from renewable energy from the current 6% to at least 50% by 2030, according to a report by a German...
The son of a Spanish actor pleads not guilty in Thailand to most charges in the killing of a surgeon
BANGKOK (AP) — The son of a Spanish film star has pleaded not guilty in Thailand to most charges related to the death of a Colombian surgeon whose dismembered body was found on a popular tourist island, officials said Monday. Daniel Sancho Bronchalo, 29, was indicted by prosecutors...
Mobile and resilient, the US military is placing a new emphasis on ground troops for Pacific defense
BANGKOK (AP) — As Chinese missile testing in the waters around Taiwan grew increasingly aggressive in 1996, the U.S. sailed two aircraft carrier groups to the island that Beijing claims as its own, and China was forced to back down. It employed a similar response to Hamas’...
Stay in Israel, or flee? Thai workers caught up in Hamas attack and war are faced with a dilemma
BANGKOK (AP) — When Hamas militants stormed into Israeli villages and towns along the border of the blockaded Gaza Strip last month, many Thai migrant agricultural workers shared the fate of hundreds of Israelis who were killed, kidnapped or forced to run for their lives. Since...
