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LOUIS VUITTON DESIGNER PHARRELL WILLIAMS BORROWS FROM SURF CULTURE
Pop singer-songwriter and Louis Vuitton designer Pharrell Williams made a giant artificial waterfall the backdrop of his 2027 spring-summer collection on Tuesday, kicking off Paris fashion week just as a record-breaking heatwave paralysed large parts of France.
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June 28, 2026
Bangkok Post
Canada, South Africa vie for bigger slice of history
Co-hosts Canada and South Africa clash tonight, Thai time, in the first of the last-32 ties at the World Cup, both entering unfamiliar territory without any prior experience of the tournament's knockout stages.
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June 28, 2026
Bangkok Post
SOFT POWER HELPS HEAL
WORLD CUP VISIT EASES TENSIONS AFTER MEXICO DEMANDS SPAIN APOLOGISE FOR ‘COLONISATION’
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June 28, 2026
Bangkok Post
Plane crashes into Beijing skyscraper
A small plane appeared to have crashed into Beijing's tallest building on Friday, with witnesses reporting plane debris at the skyscraper’s base and AFP journalists seeing a hole in the building’s upper floors.
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June 28, 2026
Bangkok Post
Trump warns EU with 100% tariff
US President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to slap a 100% tariff on European countries that impose a digital services tax, adding that existing trade deals would be scrapped.
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June 28, 2026
Bangkok Post
DSI widens gambling case against MP
The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has expanded charges in an online gambling network linked to Klatham Party MP for Songkhla Chonnaput Naksua, adding money-laundering and transnational crime offences.
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June 28, 2026
Bangkok Post
Lebanon, Israel and US sign trilateral agreement
RUBIO CALLS IT ‘BEGINNING OF THE BEGINNING’ TO PEACE DEAL
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June 28, 2026
Bangkok Post
Inclusion ‘promotes economic growth’
EXPERTS NOTE SHIFTING VIEWS ON LGBTQ+ RIGHTS IN ASIA-PACIFIC
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June 28, 2026
Bangkok Post
Funding roadmap for energy projects gets nod
The Finance Ministry has approved a funding framework for Thailand’s energy transition projects, which aim to cut fossil fuel use, promote electric vehicles (EVs) and upskill workers.
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June 28, 2026
Bangkok Post
Kids’ phone habits
Danaya Wasuwat, Senior Project Management Specialist at the Thai Media Fund and a former university lecturer currently completing her second master’s degree at the Faculty of Education, Chulalongkorn University, said excessive screen time and unrestricted social media use are affecting children’s cognitive development.
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June 28, 2026
Bangkok Post
Burkina Faso cuts diplomatic ties with France
Burkina Faso’s ruling junta on Friday severed diplomatic ties with former colonial ruler France, accusing Paris of persistently acting against its interests.
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June 28, 2026
Bangkok Post
Unofficial city poll results due tonight: EC
The Election Commission (EC) says unofficial results of the Bangkok gubernatorial and Bangkok Metropolitan Council elections are expected to be announced about 9pm tonight.
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June 28, 2026
Bangkok Post
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Warriors musical to hit Broadway next year
Warriors, the first full musical from Lin-Manuel Miranda since Hamilton, will open on Broadway next year.
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June 28, 2026
Bangkok Post
'THERE'S NO SOUL'
HK ACTOR TONY LEUNG WEIGHS IN ON AI IN FILMMAKING
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June 28, 2026
Bangkok Post
Prosecutor in contempt of court in Kirk case
A Utah judge on Friday found a prosecutor violated court rules with comments he made to a media outlet about the presumed guilt of Tyler Robinson, the man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
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June 28, 2026
Bangkok Post
The lectern is never a good sign
You always know something “big” is going on in the UK when a lectern suddenly appears outside 10 Downing Street as happened last Monday.
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June 28, 2026
Bangkok Post
Seoul responds to incursion from China, Russia
South Korea said it had sent up fighter jets as a precaution after more than 10 Chinese and Russian military aircraft entered its air defence zone yesterday.
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June 28, 2026
Bangkok Post
Australian nabbed at airport 'admits' killing teen girl after row in Pattaya
An Australian man was arrested at Suvarnabhumi airport while attempting to leave Thailand after police linked him to the disappearance of a 17-year-old girl whose body was later found concealed in a suitcase in Pattaya.
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June 28, 2026
Bangkok Post
'Alligator Alcatraz' detention centre shuts in US
The controversial “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration detention centre — a costly Florida facility that became a symbol of US President Donald Trump's deportation drive — has shut down after less than a year in operation.
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June 28, 2026
Bangkok Post
Germany may revive conscription by mid-2027, senior MP tells AFP
Germany is struggling to recruit soldiers and will have to decide by July 2027 at the latest whether to reintroduce compulsory military service, a senior parliamentarian has told AFP.
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June 28, 2026
Bangkok Post
Spice Girls’ debut Wannabe turns 30, amid reunion talk
The Spice Girls burst onto the music scene with the release of their infectious debut Wannabe 30 years ago this week, carving a place in pop history championing Girl Power, and leaving their mark on fashion and global culture.
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June 28, 2026
Bangkok Post
Cape Verde extend World Cup fairytale
Cape Verde wrote another chapter in their fairytale debut World Cup campaign on Friday, battling into the knockout rounds for the first time to set up a dream showdown with Lionel Messi’s Argentina.
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June 28, 2026
Bangkok Post
Bielsa accepts blame for Uruguay exit, says his men deserved more
Marcelo Bielsa said Uruguay deserved more from all three of their World Cup games, but accepted the critics that will come his way after the two-time winners crashed out in the group stage.
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June 28, 2026
Bangkok Post
Russia-annexed Crimea declares ‘emergency’
Authorities in Russian-annexed Crimea on Friday declared an “emergency situation” in a bid to ease the fallout from increasing Ukrainian aerial attacks on the peninsula.
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June 28, 2026
Bangkok Post
US starts Ebola vaccine effort as outbreak spreads
The US is working on finding a vaccine targeting the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola while sending an experimental treatment and preparing diagnostic tests to help contain the outbreak in Africa, the Department of Health and Human Services said on Friday.
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June 28, 2026
Bangkok Post
Thousands lose power after wild weather in NZ
Thousands of people in New Zealand were without power yesterday, a day after a low-pressure system swept across the country triggering flooding and landslides.
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June 28, 2026
Bangkok Post
Three suspected insurgent attacks rock Deep South
Three suspected insurgent attacks across the southern border provinces in two days have disrupted a major highway, killed a village defence volunteer and injured a family of four.
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June 28, 2026
Bangkok Post
DLA figure ‘altered results’: watchdog
A senior officer at the Department of Local Administration (DLA) altered civil servant recruitment exam results, raising questions over data manipulation, a review by an anti-corruption watchdog found.
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June 28, 2026
Bangkok Post
EC DENIES DRAGGING CHAIN Senate poll fixing case ‘on track’
The Election Commission (EC) is on track to complete its review of the high-profile Senate election collusion case within the legal timeframe, EC chairman Narong Klanwarin said, rejecting allegations the agency is delaying proceedings.
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June 28, 2026
Bangkok Post
City needs more than a governor
Today’s gubernatorial election may appear to be a foregone conclusion, but it is by no means lacking in consequence.
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