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Sri Lanka’s ousted president to seek temporary stay in Thailand
FILE PHOTO: Sri Lanka's then president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, presenting his national statement during the World Leaders' Summit at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain November 1, 2021. Andy Buchanan/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo/File Photo
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U.S. to return to Cambodia 30 antiquities looted from historic sites
Some of the Cambodian antiquities recovered by the United States Attorney's Office are displayed during a news conference in New York, Monday, Aug. 8, 2022. Officials were announcing the repatriation of 30 antiquities to Cambodia that had been illegally trafficked. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Thai police say at least 13 people killed, 35 injured in night club fire
This handout photo taken and released on August 5, 2022 by the Sawang Rojanathammasathan Rescue Foundation shows firefighters working to contain a fire at the Mountain B nightclub in Sattahip district in Thailand's Chonburi province. - A fire tore through a Thai nightclub early August 5 killing at least 13 people and injuring 40, a rescue services official said. (Photo by Handout / Sawang Rojanathammasathan Rescue Foundation / AFP) / -----EDITORS NOTE --- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Sawang Rojanathammasathan Rescue Foundation " - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - (Photo by HANDOUT/Sawang Rojanathammasathan Rescue/AFP via Getty Images)
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Thailand PM survives fourth no-confidence vote, last big test before polls
Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha reacts during the 4th no-confidence vote at the parliament in Bangkok, Thailand, July 23, 2022. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa
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Thailand makes it legal to cultivate and possess marijuana, but smoking discouraged
A Highland Cafe's staff holds up a piece of cannabis at the Highland Cafe on the first day of removing it from the narcotics list under Thai law in Bangkok, Thailand, June 9, 2022. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
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Thai police rescue 59 Rohingya refugees abandoned on southern island
This handout from the Royal Thai Navy taken on June 4, 2022 and released on June 5 shows members of the Thai Navy and park officials offering food to Rohingya found stranded on the Thai island of Koh Dong. - Just under 60 people including five children have been discovered on a southern Thai island, a senior police officer said on June 5, after they said they were abandoned by traffickers en route to Malaysia. (Photo by Handout / ROYAL THAI NAVY / AFP) / -----EDITORS NOTE --- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Royal Thai Navy" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by HANDOUT/ROYAL THAI NAVY/AFP via Getty Images)
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Chance find locates possible remains of missing Second World War U.S. airman
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Tokenization, not crypto, is the future for Canada’s digital economy
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Man who died in Northern Ontario plane crash was a fugitive wanted for murder, police say
An Ontario Provincial Police logo is shown during a press conference in Barrie, Ont., on Wednesday, April 3, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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Thailand ends mandatory quarantine for vaccinated visitors
FILE - Tourists arrive at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, Nov. 1, 2021. Thailand announced Friday, April 22, 2022, that visitors who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus will no longer need to undergo any test or quarantine on arrival starting May 1, a measure the authorities hope will help rejuvenate the country’s lucrative tourism industry. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)
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Paralyzed Humboldt Bronco player Ryan Straschnitzki to get upgrade on spinal device
Humboldt Broncos bus crash survivor Ryan Straschnitzki attends a physiotherapy session in Calgary, Alta., Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Denmark’s Nanna Koerstz Madsen sets 54-hole record at LPGA Thailand
PATTAYA, THAILAND - MARCH 12: (Left to Right) Nanna Koerstz Madsen of Denmark and Jennifer Kupcho of United States walk on 17th hole putting green during the third round of Honda LPGA Thailand at Siam Country Club Pattaya Old Course on March 12, 2022 in Pattaya, Thailand. (Photo by Thananuwat Srirasant/Getty Images)
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Australian cricket star Shane Warne died of natural causes, Thai autopsy says
Thailand's Police Lieutenant General, Assistant Commissioner-General Surachate Hakparn, Australia's Ambassador to Thailand Allan McKinnon and associate of late Australian cricket player Shane Warne, Andrew Neophitou attend a news conference on Warne's death at Bophut police station in Koh Samui, Thailand, March 7, 2022. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
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UN official condemns reported killings of civilians in Myanmar
In this photo provided by the Karenni Nationalities Defense Force (KNDF), smokes and flames billow from vehicles in Hpruso township, Kayah state, Myanmar, Friday, Dec. 24, 2021. Myanmar government troops rounded up villagers, some believed to be women and children, fatally shot more than 30 and set the bodies on fire, a witness and other reports said Saturday. (KNDF via AP)
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Thailand reinstates mandatory COVID-19 quarantine over Omicron variant concerns
FILE PHOTO: A man receives a COVID-19 vaccination at Thamhin refugee camp, Thailand October 25, 2021. Picture taken October 25, 2021. Watermark provided at source. International Rescue Committee/Handout via REUTERS
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Thailand to consider reinstating mandatory quarantine over Omicron
A woman receives a Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine at the Bang Sue Central Vaccination Centre in Bangkok on December 15, 2021, as Thailand speeds up its roll out of booster shots to guard against the Omicron variant. (Photo by Jack TAYLOR / AFP) (Photo by JACK TAYLOR/AFP via Getty Images)
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2,500 Myanmar villagers flee army troops into Thailand
Myanmar villagers rest in an evacuation area after fleeing to Thailand following clashes between Myanmar troops and an ethnic Karen rebel group Friday, Dec. 17, 2021, in Mae Tao, Tak province, northern Thailand. Fighting between Myanmar government forces and ethnic guerrillas has sent about 2,500 villagers fleeing across the border into Thailand, a Thai army officer said Friday. (AP Photo/Chiraunth Rungjamratratsami)
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Government says North Koreans coming to Canada under new scheme must be vetted first
Photo sheets of the North Korean refugees helped by the North Korea Refugees Human Rights Association of Korea are displayed in Seoul, South Korea, June 11, 2019. Picture taken June 11, 2019. REUTERS/Josh Smith