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The driver of a freight train involved in a fatal collision with a public bus in Bangkok has tested positive for drugs and been charged with reckless driving, authorities say.The collision, which happened at the Asoke-Din Daeng railway crossing on Saturday afternoon, saw the train crash into a public bus that had come to a stop on the railway tracks.The bus burst into flames, killing eight people and injuring dozens. Initial reports suggest the bus had become stuck on the tracks due to heavy traffic, which prevented the crossing barriers from lowering properly.The Asoke-Din Daeng railway crossing is notoriously hectic,…
The rise of AI tools that instantly answer questions and complex problems could make humans less intelligent, the Royal Observatory Greenwich has warned.The Observatory, one of the UK’s oldest purpose-built scientific institutions, is known for its contributions to astronomy.Paddy Rodgers, director of the Royal Museums Greenwich group which oversees it, said its rich history of research showed the power of human knowledge and curiosity – and the need to avoid “complete dependence” on AI.”A reliance solely on instant answers risks losing the habits of questioning and evaluation that underpin knowledge, expertise and innovation,” he said.The project hopes to “seize on…
Companies registered with the Mohre are obligated to pay workers’ wages through the approved Wage Protection System or any other systems adopted by the Ministry The UAE has introduced a new Wage Protection System (WPS) rule standardising private-sector salary payments, requiring wages to be paid on the first day of each Gregorian month for the previous month’s work. Payments made after this date will be considered delayed under the system starting June 1, 2026. Under the new regulation, all companies registered with the ministry must distribute wages through the approved Wage Protection System or other payment channels authorised by the…
People smugglers are directing migrants to pay for illegal Channel crossings using a network of UK-registered businesses, a BBC investigation has found.We secretly filmed staff at a shop in south-east London telling an undercover researcher that nearly £3,000 in cash could be deposited with them and sent to a smuggler in France.”You put your money here. If your friends reach [the UK], you shouldn’t come back,” we were told at the mobile phone store in Woolwich.Our three-month investigation gives insight into how smugglers appear to be using UK companies’ bank accounts to facilitate small-boat crossings – something a leading expert…
I was born in 1962, at the tail end of the baby boom era.Does that make me especially lucky? Should I languish in guilt?The claim has been made that the baby boomers in general, and the late baby boomers in particular, have done rather better than the generations that followed.This argument has been bubbling for some years, but my interest was piqued by comments from the former foreign secretary William Hague, now chancellor of the University of Oxford – born in 1961 – who argued a few months ago that the early 1960s is one of the best periods in…
Taiwan will not provoke any conflict but will also not give up its sovereignty, said its president Lai Ching-te after a high-stakes summit between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping where they discussed the issue of Taiwan’s independence.According to Chinese state media, Xi had told Trump that Taiwan, a self-governed island claimed by Beijing, was “the most important issue” in bilateral ties and mishandling it could lead to conflict.After his visit to Beijing, Trump issued a warning to Taiwan, telling Fox News: “I’m not looking to have somebody go independent.” The US is a longstanding ally of Taiwan and is bound…
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After 225 days stuck in a front-line foxhole, the Ukrainian infantryman’s muscles were so weak he could barely walk. His commanders had tried five times to swap him with another soldier – but they could never reach him. Rotating soldiers on the front line in eastern Ukraine is extremely difficult because of the constant threat of drones.This area near Kostyantynivka is currently one of the most dangerous hotspots and the Ukrainian military admits that Russian forces have reached its outskirts.Known as Kenya, the infantryman took two days to walk 11km (6.8 miles) to get back to his brigade, avoiding mines…
The line is crackly. But the voice of Mehrab Abdollahzadeh is clear and, given the circumstances, surprisingly steady.He’s on death row in western Iran. He speaks quickly – as if time is running out. And his message is desperate.”You are hearing my voice from Oromiyeh Central Prison, and this may be the last time you hear it,” he says in a voice note obtained by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network.”From the very first day of my arrest, they forced confessions out of me through torture and threats, confessions that were entirely false. None of the charges against me are true.…