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Child brides in Africa to more than double by 2050
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Child brides in Africa to more than double by 2050 Phuket Gazette / Reuters PHUKET: The number of child brides in Africa will soar to 310 million by 2050 from 125million now if current trends persist, due to slow rates of reduction combined with rapid population…
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Myanmar’s Suu Kyi blames lack of safety regulations for deadly landslide
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Myanmar’s Suu Kyi blames lack of safety regulations for deadly landslide Phuket Gazette / Reuters PHUKET: A disregard for the rule of law in the jade mining industry in Myanmar had made accidents such as the landslide that killed more than 100 people at the weekend…
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Man pleads guilty to stealing human brains from Indiana medical museum
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Man pleads guilty to stealing human brains from Indiana medical museum Phuket Gazette / Reuters PHUKET: A 23-year-old Indiana man pleaded guilty on Wednesday to breaking into a medical museum and stealing preserved human brains and other tissue that he then sold online, authorities said. David…
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Smartphones may have role in rise of U.S. traffic deaths
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Smartphones may have role in rise of U.S. traffic deaths Phuket Gazette / Reuters PHUKET: The number of deaths from traffic accidents in the United States jumped 8.1 percent in the first half of 2015, suggesting smartphones and other driving distractions could be making America’s roadways…
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China fines five phony Disney hotels
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community China fines five phony Disney hotels Phuket Gazette / Reuters PHUKET: Nov 25 China has fined five knock-off Disney hotels for infringing on the iconic U.S. entertainment company’s trademarks, state-run Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday in the run-up to the opening of a Walt Disney…
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Flight bookings to Paris down over a quarter after attacks
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Flight bookings to Paris down over a quarter after attacks Phuket Gazette / Reuters PHUKET: New flight bookings to Paris, one of the world’s most visited cities, have fallen by over a quarter in the week following attacks there that killed 130 people. Bookings to Paris…
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ASEAN establishes landmark economic and security bloc
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community ASEAN establishes landmark economic and security bloc Phuket Gazette / Reuters PHUKET: Southeast Asian nations yesterday established a formal community that attempts to create freer movement of trade and capital in an area of 625 million people with a combined economic output of $2.6 trillion. The…
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Hopes fade for 100 miners missing after landslide near Myanmar jade mine
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Hopes fade for 100 miners missing after landslide near Myanmar jade mine Phuket Gazette / Reuters PHUKET: * Hopes faded on Monday that any of 100 people still missing would be found alive two days after a landslide near a jade mine in northern Myanmar smashed…
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Facebook CEO Zuckerberg to take two months of paternity leave
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Facebook CEO Zuckerberg to take two months of paternity leave Phuket Gazette / Reuters PHUKET: Facebook Inc Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg said on Friday he will take two months of paternity leave after his daughter’s birth, a strong statement from one of the busiest and…
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More than half of Amazon tree species seen at risk of extinction
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community More than half of Amazon tree species seen at risk of extinction Phuket Gazette / Reuters PHUKET: South America’s vast Amazon region harbors one of the world’s most diverse collection oftree species, but more than half may be at risk for extinction due to ongoing deforestation…
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Philippines bets on appeal of education to fight child labour
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Philippines bets on appeal of education to fight child labour Phuket Gazette / Reuters PHUKET: Marnel Arcones’s face lights up with a huge smile when he talks about going back to school after years of toiling as a child worker in factories, on farms and as…
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North Korea proposes talks with South Korea for next week
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community North Korea says proposes talks with South Korea for next week Phuket Gazette / Reuters PHUKET: North Korea has proposed talks with South Korea to be held on Nov. 26 at the Truce Village ontheir militarised border, the North’s KCNA news agency reported on Friday. The…
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Airplane makes emergency landing in Bulgaria over bomb threat
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Airplane makes emergency landing in Bulgaria over bomb threat Phuket Gazette / Reuters PHUKET: An airplane with 161 people aboard made an emergency landing in the Black Sea city of Burgas on today following a bomb threat while en route to Egypt from Poland’s capital of…
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Uber can’t appeal class certification order in U.S. driver lawsuit
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Uber can’t appeal class certification order in U.S. driver lawsuit Phuket Gazette / Reuters PHUKET: A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday denied ride service Uber’s request to immediately appealan order approving class certification in a lawsuit filed by drivers who wish to be deemed employees. The…
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Myanmar parliament chief asks losing lawmakers to play fair
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Myanmar parliament chief asks losing lawmakers to play fair Phuket Gazette / Reuters PHUKET: Myanmar’s parliament chairman on Monday urged lawmakers from the ruling partythrashed at the polls to play fair in the outgoing legislature’s remaining debates, which could determine the budget a new opposition-led government…
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Fingerprints from Paris bomber match man registered in Greece – prosecutor
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Fingerprints from Paris bomber match man registered in Greece – prosecutor Phuket Gazette / Reuters PHUKET: Fingerprints from one of the suicide bombers behind the attacks at the Stade de France inParis matched the prints of a man registered in Greece in October, a French prosecutor…
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Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya see glimmer of hope in Suu Kyi victory
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya see glimmer of hope in Suu Kyi victory Phuket Gazette / Reuters PHUKET: Noor Bagum would have to have been able to vote for Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) but, like the majority of Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority,…
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Regional tensions, Paris attacks hang over APEC summit
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Regional tensions, Paris attacks hang over APEC summit Phuket Gazette / Reuters PHUKET: Regional tensions over the South China Sea and security concerns after the attack by Islamistmilitants on Paris could eclipse efforts by Pacific-rim leaders this week to boost trade and growth across a region…
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France in shock after Islamist attacks
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community France in shock after Islamist attacksPhuket Gazette / ReutersPHUKET: French prosecutors said on Saturday that three coordinated teams of gunmen and suicide bombers carried out a wave of attacks across Paris that killed 129 people in what President Francois Hollande called an “act of war” by Islamic…
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At least 120 killed in Paris attacks
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community At least 120 people killed in Paris ‘terror’ attacks Phuket Gazette/The Nation PARIS: Police in the French capital are reporting that at least 80 people were killed in a mass hostage-taking at a Paris concert hall Friday evening, with many more feared dead after a series…
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Facebook reports spike in government requests for data
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Facebook reports spike in government requests for data Phuket Gazette / Reuters PHUKET: Facebook Inc said in a report on Wednesday that government demands for its user data surged in the first half of 2015, taking a trend that began at least two years ago when…
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Millions more using contraception, especially in South Asia, Africa: Report
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Millions more using contraception, especially in South Asia, Africa-report Phuket Gazette / Reuters PHUKET: A record 290.6 million women and girls in the world’s poorest nations are using modern methods of contraception, averting millions of unintended pregnancies and unsafe abortions, a global family planning rights group…
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Obama calls Myanmar president, endorses election as Suu Kyi eyes majority
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Obama calls Myanmar president, endorses election as Suu Kyi eyes majority Phuket Gazette / Reuters PHUKET: U.S. President Barack Obama called Myanmar President Thein Sein on Thursday to congratulate him on successfully staging a historic general election in which democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi trounced…
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Malaysia PM urges Indonesia to tackle fires, as haze moves to Thai sky
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Malaysia PM urges Indonesia to tackle fires, haze drifts to Thai sky Phuket Gazette / Reuters PHUKET: Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has called on Indonesia to take action against peoplesetting fires that have caused choking smoke to drift across the region, with the sky over…
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After five years of negotiations, Pacific trade talks near deal
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community After five years of negotiations, Pacific trade talks near deal Phuket Gazette / Reuters PHUKET: A dozen Pacific nations closed in on a sweeping free trade pact on Sunday in Atlanta after abreakthrough over how long a monopoly pharmaceutical companies should be given on new biotech…
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World Bank trims 2015, 2016 East Asia forecasts, cites China, US rate risks
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community World Bank trims 2015, 2016 East Asia forecasts, cites China, US rate risks Phuket Gazette / Reuters PHUKET: The World Bank cut its 2015 and 2016 growth forecasts for developing East Asia and Pacific, and said the outlook was clouded by the risk of a sharp…
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China’s ‘fake’ Apple stores thrive ahead of new iPhone launch
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community China’s ‘fake’ Apple stores thrive ahead of new iPhone launch Phuket Gazette / Reuters PHUKET: On a bustling street in China’s southern boom town of Shenzhen, more than 30 storescarrying Apple Inc’s iconic white logos peddle pre-orders for the new iPhone, a gadget that has become…
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Indonesia starts legal action against 4 companies linked to SE Asia haze
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Indonesia starts legal action against 4 companies linked to SE Asia haze Phuket Gazette / Reuters PHUKET: Indonesia has ordered four companies to suspend operations for causing forest fires thatsent smoke across a large swathe of Southeast Asia, an Indonesian Environment Ministry official said on Tuesday.…
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Malaysia arrests three suspects in connection with Bangkok blast
PHUKET: Malaysia has arrested three suspects in connection with the investigation into a bombblast in central Bangkok last month that killed 20 people, police chief Khalid Abu Bakar said on Monday. Two Malaysians and a Pakistani national were arrested and were assisting with the investigation, Khalid told reporters. “We believe the suspects can help in the investigation our arrest was…
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Japan resumes search for 16 missing as flood evacuees wait to return home
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Japan resumes search for 16 missing as flood evacuees wait to return home Phuket Gazette / Reuters PHUKET: Search teams using boats and helicopters resumed looking on Saturday for at least 16 peoplestill missing after torrential rain and flooding across Japan this week, while thousands waited…
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