Beijing claims Taiwan, a self-ruled island, as its own and has not ruled out using force to bring it under Chinese control. Xi told Vucic in opening comments that there was a “strong feeling of friendship between our two countries”. “I hope that this visit will meet your expectations and…
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BANGKOK: Thailand will re-list cannabis as a narcotic by year-end, its prime minister said on Wednesday (May 8), in a stunning U-turn just two years after becoming one of the first countries in Asia to decriminalise its recreational use. The moves come despite the rapid growth of the domestic retail sector for marijuana, with tens of thousands of shops and businesses springing up in Thailand in the past two years in an industry projected to be worth up to US$1.2…
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Even first-world countries in Europe “have been hard hit”, he said, with their ports described as “drug hubs” and “safe terrain for narcos”. In the European Union, half of all homicides and more than a quarter of illegal firearms seizures are linked to drug trafficking, he added. “Members can just…
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BEIRUT: Hamas official Osama Hamdan warned on Tuesday (May 7) that if Israel’s military aggression continues in Rafah, there will be no ceasefire deal. Hamdan’s comments were made during a press conference in Beirut as a delegation from Hamas, the group that runs the Gaza Strip, arrived in Cairo from…
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BRUSSELS : The European Commission has requested information from social media platform X on decreasing content moderation resources under the EU’s Digital Services Act, it said on Wednesday.”The request seeks to obtain more details on X’s content moderation activities and resources, on the risk assessment conducted by X in relation…
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