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Thailand school shooting toll rises to nine after death of 12-year-old girl, police say
The death toll from a school shooting in Thailand rose to nine on Saturday, after police said a 12-year-old girl caught up in Friday's incident had died.
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Bodies spotted at site where five climbers went missing last year
Nepali rescue workers have spotted five bodies at a site where the same number of climbers went missing last year, officials said on Saturday.
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Thai teenager's deadly rampage from his quiet home to a shooting spree at school
The boy shot his grandparents dead at dawn on Friday in their two-storey house bordering rice fields on the outskirts of Bangkok. Each was killed by a single gunshot to the head, ...
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China's Beijing further relaxes home-buying curbs in property boost bid
Beijing's municipal authorities announced on Friday further measures to relax home-buying curbs as they try to prop up flailing home prices in the Chinese capital.
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Some Chinese traders, steelmakers stopped dealing with Radiant World, sources say
Some Chinese iron ore traders and steelmakers stopped dealing with Radiant World this year, even before recent negative headlines around the trading house, four sources familiar w...
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Three dead, 23 injured, in Sri Lanka prison riots as overcrowding strains jails
Three prisoners were killed and at least 23 others injured in two prison riots in Sri Lanka, a senior official said on Friday, as unrest continued across the island nation's overc...
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China's Guotai Haitong proposes to take offshore unit private in $3.6 billion deal
Hong Kong-listed Guotai Junan International said on Friday it received a conditional take-private proposal from Guotai Haitong Securities , as the parent firm looks to streamline...
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Thai PM vows new gun law after deadly school shooting
Within hours of the shooting rampage, Thailand's Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul vowed to introduce a new firearms control law in Southeast Asia's largest gun-owning nation.
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Bangladeshi cricket star Shakib, a Hasina ally, says he is ready to return home and face trial if given security
Bangladeshi cricket great Shakib Al Hasan, an ally of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, said he is ready to return from a two-year exile, face trial on charges including murder...
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Taiwan July exports misses forecasts, but AI demand remains solid
Taiwan's exports rose less than expected in July, continuing to ride the wave of AI demand while contending with the undercurrents of global inflation and the economic uncertaint...
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China's gold reserves rise by most since October 2023 as buying pace quickens
China's central bank stepped up its gold purchases for a fifth straight month in July, adding the most bullion to its reserves since October 2023, official data showed on Friday.
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China tax authority clarifies offshore insurance income subject to domestic tax, report says
China's State Taxation Administration is standing by a contentious tax policy on offshore insurance income that earlier this week roiled a series of financial sector shares, a Ch...
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China Eastern to allow refunds, changes for domestic tickets 14 days in advance
China Eastern Airlines said on Friday that it will allow free voluntary refunds and changes for domestic tickets sold on or after August 6. The refunds would only be appli...
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SK Hynix board approves $38 bln investments for South Korea's Yongin, Cheongju chip plants
South Korea's SK Hynix said on Friday that its board had approved about 54.3 trillion won ($38.30 billion) of investments through 2031, including 35.2 trillion won for the second p...
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Indonesian rubber growers bet the farm on oil palm
Sumaryono, a 45-year-old Indonesian smallholder, risked everything three years ago when he pumped his life savings of about $2,200 into replacing his 10-hectare (25-acre) rubber p...
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Thailand shooting incidents in recent years
A teenage gunman killed at least five people and himself at school on the outskirts of Thailand's capital after fatally shooting his grandparents, police said, in the country's wo...
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Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Pakistan pledge mutual defence as Middle East turmoil escalates
Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey signed a joint defence agreement in Mecca on Friday, wedding Sunni Muslim U.S. allies alarmed at a regional conflagration that has brought Irania...
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China's July bank lending set to plummet amid subdued demand, seasonal slowdown - Reuters poll
China's new bank loan issuance likely totalled 45 billion yuan ($6.67 billion) in July, plunging from 1.61 trillion yuan in June, a Reuters poll of 20 economists showed on Friday...
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