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Bezos wedding festivities kick off in Venice
AFP, Published on 26/06/2025
» VENICE - Very important persons (VIPs) whizzed by speed boat through Venice Thursday as the three-day wedding party of Amazon tycoon Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez kicked off and protesters demonstrated in St Mark's Square.
Thai cannabis industry thrown into chaos
Bloomberg News, Published on 26/06/2025
» Three years after becoming the first Asian nation to decriminalise cannabis, Thailand is poised to reverse course amid political turmoil and now requires a prescription to buy cannabis at any of the 10,000-18,000 dispensaries that have sprung up since 2022.
Progress in rights hailed
News, Published on 26/06/2025
» At the Bangkok Post Pride 2025 forum "Pride in Action -- Together Now, Together Always", LGBTQ+ activists and experts said they were optimistic about progress in supporting LGBTQ+ rights.
Creative community optimistic about LGBTQ+ rights
Published on 25/06/2025
» Leading figures in the creative community say they are optimistic about further progress in supporting LGBTQ+ rights in Thailand.
Glamour and gripes in Venice ahead of Bezos wedding
AFP, Published on 24/06/2025
» VENICE - Celebrities in superyachts are sailing into Venice this week for the three-day wedding party of Amazon tycoon Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez, despite irate locals who say the Unesco-listed city is no billionaires’ playground.
Indian activists seek to save child brides
AFP, Published on 23/06/2025
» BEED (INDIA) - When wedding season comes in India, the phone of child rights activist Tatwashil Kamble never stops ringing with appeals to stop girls from being married off due to poverty.
Belarus opposition leader freed from jail after US mediation
AFP, Published on 21/06/2025
» WARSAW - Belarus's top jailed opposition leader Sergei Tikhanovsky was freed alongside over a dozen other political prisoners on Saturday in a surprise release hailed as a "symbol of hope".
Thai PM visits troops as rivals plan new protests for her ouster
Published on 20/06/2025
» Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra visited troops at a border post to ease public backlash over her criticism of the army in a leaked phone call, as pro-royalist groups threatened to intensify protests demanding her resignation.
Pressure mounts on PM to quit
Gary Boyle, Published on 20/06/2025
» Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has come under increasing pressure to resign, following the release of a leaked audio recording of her conversation with Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen.
Pressure mounts on Thai PM to quit
News, Published on 20/06/2025
» Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has come under increasing pressure to resign, following the release of a leaked audio recording of her conversation with Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen.