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Former Thailand PM Thaksin Shinawatra to go on trial for…
The case relates to an interview the billionaire politician gave to South Korean media while in self-imposed exile in 2015.Thailand’s former Prime Minister Th
Russia plans higher taxes for rich, companies as cost of…
New tax thresholds and hike in corporation tax are expected to raise about 2.6 trillion rubles ($29bn) a year.Russia has announced plans to raise taxes on busin
Melinda French Gates says she’s donating $1bn in support of…
Philanthropist says it is ‘frustrating’ that some believe it is not the right time to discus gender equality.Melinda French Gates has announced that she wil
Haiti transitional council names Conille prime minister amid gang violence
Garry Conille, who briefly served in the role from 2011 to 2012, has since worked as a regional director for UNICEF.A nine-member council in charge of overseein
The art project aiming to keep Australia’s Indigenous people out…
Melbourne, Australia – More Indigenous people are behind bars in Australia than ever before, making them the world’s most imprisoned people. Despite making
Closing arguments wrap up in Trump’s hush-money trial: Here’s what…
Lawyers in New York have presented sweeping, hours-long closing arguments in the unprecedented criminal trial against former United States President Donald Trum
Career exhibition empowers persons with intellectual disabilities, autism
HE the Minister of Social Development and Family (MSDF) Maryam bint Ali bin Nasser al-Misnad has inaugurated the first edition of the career day for persons wit
Former spy chief Dick Schoof proposed as Dutch PM
Schoof, 67, is currently the top official at the justice ministry and a former head of the Dutch intelligence service.Dutch right-wing coalition parties have no
Former FTX executive Salame sentenced to 7.5 years in US…
Ryan Salame pled guilty to tens of millions of dollars in unlawful campaign donations to boost causes supported by his boss.Ryan Salame, the former co-CEO of F
After massacre in Gaza’s Rafah, advocates ask: Where is Biden’s…
Washington, DC – In early May, seven months into Israel’s devastating war on Gaza, United States President Joe Biden drew a rare red line for the top US all
US opens up banking to private Cuban businesses to boost…
The measures allow independent entrepreneurs to open and access US bank accounts online to support their businesses.The United States has lifted some financial
Climate crisis threatens 41 million across Caribbean and Latin America:…
Nearly 1,450 hospitals across region are also in low-lying coastal areas vulnerable to extreme weather, UN report finds.Tens of millions of people living in coa
