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    When love goes awry

    Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 02/07/2021

    » Despite being promoted as a romantic comedy, Good On Paper has something more to offer by providing a fresh look at the reality of dating and expectations in modern relationships. So if you're expecting laughs and a heartwarming love story, this might not be a movie for you. Good On Paper is the debut effort of Kimmy Gatewood and features American actress Iliza Shlesinger as the lead scriptwriter and you can instantly tell she had a big hand in the way this movie turned out, with parts of the script based loosely on her real-life experiences.

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    Fortress Denmark wants to send its asylum seekers outside Europe

    AFP, Published on 03/06/2021

    » COPENHAGEN - Denmark on Thursday ratcheted up its tough anti-immigration laws by adopting new legislation enabling it to open asylum centres outside Europe where applicants would be sent to live.

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    Leprosy mustn't be forgotten amid Covid crisis

    Oped, Published on 01/06/2021

    » The 74th World Health Assembly (WHA) takes place from May 24 to June 1. This year's gathering is likely to be dominated by Covid-19, but here I want to talk about a different disease -- leprosy -- and a resolution that was adopted at the WHA exactly 30 years ago. This resolution called for the elimination of leprosy as a public health problem at the global level by the year 2000, with elimination defined as a prevalence rate of less than one case per 10,000 population. It was a landmark resolution for the time.

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    MLS fine Inter Miami $2 mn over Matuidi salary rules violation

    AFP, Published on 29/05/2021

    » LOS ANGELES - Major League Soccer handed David Beckham's Inter Miami a league-record $2 million fine on Friday for violating roster and salary rules in its signing of French international Blaise Matuidi.

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    Chelsea and Barcelona clash as new era dawns in women's Champions League

    AFP, Published on 15/05/2021

    » GOTHENBURG: The Women's Champions League officially moves into a new era next season with the overdue introduction of a group stage, but this year's final in Gothenburg on Sunday between Chelsea and Barcelona already marks a significant turning point.

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    George Floyd sought help with his 'very last breath': prosecutor

    AFP, Published on 19/04/2021

    » MINNEAPOLIS - George Floyd pleaded for help with his "very last breath" but was not shown any compassion by Derek Chauvin, prosecutor Steve Schleicher said Monday in closing arguments at the closely watched murder trial of the former police officer.

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    Jury in George Floyd murder trial to hear closing arguments

    AFP, Published on 19/04/2021

    » MINNEAPOLIS - A jury is to hear closing arguments on Monday in the trial of the white ex-police officer accused of murdering African-American George Floyd, a case that laid bare racial wounds in the United States and has come to be seen as a pivotal test of police accountability.

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    Witness at Floyd trial feels 'disbelief and guilt' over his death

    AFP, Published on 01/04/2021

    » MINNEAPOLIS - A store clerk said Wednesday at the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin that he regretted accepting the fake $20 bill from George Floyd that led to his arrest and eventual death.

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    For the love of design

    Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 26/03/2021

    » When House of Fritz Hansen in Soi Somkid first came to life in 2017, the white house from the 1950s it inhabited was polished into a showroom to display how luxury Danish furniture pieces could fit into a Thai home. Sleek and clean minimalism usually comes to mind at the mention of this Scandinavian name -- but the global rebrand that has been set into motion since last year is injecting quite a popping touch of colours, fun and modernity to its overall aesthetics.

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    'Freak of nature' Sonny Bill Williams hangs up his boots

    AFP, Published on 11/03/2021

    » WELLINGTON - Dual-code superstar Sonny Bill Williams announced his retirement from rugby Thursday but the New Zealander isn't giving up on sport, saying he wants to concentrate on his boxing career.

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