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Thailand declares emergency after unprecedented protest
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Thailand declares emergency after unprecedented protest

BANGKOK (AP) — Thai authorities declared a strict new state of emergency for the capital on Thursday, a day after…
Taiwan holds military drills against potential China threat
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Taiwan holds military drills against potential China threat

TAICHUNG, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s military fired missiles from the air and the island’s shore facing China on Thursday in…
Robot dog hounds Thai shoppers to keep hands virus-free
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Robot dog hounds Thai shoppers to keep hands virus-free

A scurrying robot dog named K9 dispenses hand sanitizer to curious children and wary shoppers — one of the more…
Virus misinformation fuels panic in Asia
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Virus misinformation fuels panic in Asia

False alerts about a man shot dead at a coronavirus checkpoint, old footage of a supermarket stampede in reports of…
Some leaders use pandemic to sharpen tools against critics
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Some leaders use pandemic to sharpen tools against critics

BANGKOK (AP) — Health concerns were on artist Danai Ussama’s mind when he returned to Thailand last month from a…
Hungry and in chains, Thailand’s tourist elephants face crisis
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Hungry and in chains, Thailand’s tourist elephants face crisis

Underfed and chained up for endless hours, many elephants working in Thailand’s tourism sector may starve, be sold to zoos…
Meet Thailand’s secret weapon in climate change battle
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Meet Thailand’s secret weapon in climate change battle

Bangkok’s future hangs in the balance. Rising sea levels, unchecked development, groundwater extraction, and rapid urban population growth has left…
Thai court orders popular opposition party dissolved
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Thai court orders popular opposition party dissolved

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s Constitutional Court on Friday ordered the popular opposition Future Forward Party dissolved, declaring that it violated…
The global spread of the new coronavirus: Where is it?
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The global spread of the new coronavirus: Where is it?

The new coronavirus that emerged in central China at the end of last year has now killed nearly 1,800 people…
Southeast Asia feels the burn as virus keeps Chinese tourists at home
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Southeast Asia feels the burn as virus keeps Chinese tourists at home

Elephant parks unvisited, curios at markets unsold as tuk-tuks sit idle: Southeast Asia is facing billions of dollars in losses…
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