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Thailand Prime Minister Seeks to Criminalize Weed in Reversal
Thailand’s prime minister, Srettha Thavisin, said on Wednesday that he wanted cannabis to be re-listed as a narcotic by the end of the year, a reversal two years after the country became one of the first in Asia to decriminalize marijuana.
Indonesia’s rights groups call for transparency in nation’s purchases of foreign spyware: ‘anyone can be a target’
The investigation, undertaken by rights watchdog Amnesty International’s Security Lab and news outlets, says the spyware was bought between 2017 and 2023 and used by state agencies such as the national police and Indonesia’s primary intelligence agency.
London's elite Garrick Club votes to allow women for the first time
LONDON — Members of Britain's exclusive all-male Garrick Club reportedly voted to permit women to join the institution for the first time in its 193-year history.
EU seeks information from X on content moderation amid first major probe under new tech rules
The European Union is seeking information from social media platform X about cuts to its content moderation resources as part of its first major investigation into the company under its tough new laws governing online content.
Tata Group’s Air India Express airline, cancels at least 20 flights as cabin crew call in sick en masse
Air India Ltd.’s budget carrier cancelled almost 30 flights since Tuesday, according to data from tracking company FlightAware, after cabin crew called in sick en masse.
Chinese warships have been docked in Cambodia for 5 months, but government says it’s not permanent
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia’s Defense Ministry insisted Wednesday that the months-long presence of two Chinese warships in a strategically important naval base that is being newly expanded with funding from Beijing does not constitute a permanent deployment of the Chinese military in the country.
Kim Ki-Nam, Chief Propagandist in North Korea for Decades, Dies at 94
Kim Ki-nam, who was often called “North Korea’s Goebbels,” a reference to the Nazi propagandist, because of his role in manufacturing and enforcing totalitarian propaganda for all three generations of the country’s ruling Kim family, has died at 94, North Korean state media reported on Wednesday.