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A man who was shopping at the store with his wife suffered a 3cm laceration to his head after he was attacked by a stranger with an axe.

BANGKOK: Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra survived a no-confidence vote in parliament on Wednesday (Mar 26), defeating a challenge from opposition parties who accused her of being a puppet of her father, billionaire ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra. After a two-day censure debate in which the opposition attacked 38-year-old Paetongtarn’s management of the country and her inexperience, MPs voted down the no-confidence motion by 319 votes to 162, with seven abstentions. Paetongtarn thanked her supporters after winning the vote. “All votes, both for and against, will be a force driving me and the cabinet to carry on working hard for the people,” she…

The call of a conch shell roused the dolphin hunters from their beds. Under moonlight, the six men shuffled to the village church.There a priest led them in a whispered prayer, his voice barely audible over the sound of crashing waves; the tide was high that day. Saltwater pooled in parts of the village, which is on Fanalei Island, an ever-shrinking speck of land that is part of the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific.They paddled out in wooden canoes before first light, cutting through the darkness until they were miles away from shore. After hours of scanning the horizon,…

Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., on Tuesday urged House lawmakers to stop “making fun” of President Donald Trump’s renaming of the Gulf of America, suggesting Washington, D.C., could face the same fate. Boebert made the remarks during a legislative hearing on the Gulf of America Act to support Trump’s executive order.”I would caution my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to refrain from making fun of the Gulf of America because next up may end up being the District of America that we are working on,” she said during a Water, Fisheries and Wildlife Subcommittee hearing.GOOGLE MAPS UPDATE: GULF OF…

Fernando Padron was stuck in a South Texas jail cell. Accused of stealing credit cards that he used to buy diapers, a bike and other goods for his family, he had not been brought into court or spoken to a lawyer.He did not hear anything about his case for nine months. Finally, in March 2023, prosecutors charged him with a misdemeanor, and he was released. But his ordeal had just begun.Over the next two years, he would be arrested repeatedly in connection with the theft. He was pressured into a seemingly improper plea deal in one court, only to be…

We’re only two weeks into the league new year and every NFL team has been deemed offseason champion, offseason chump or somewhere in between. But no one’s offseason to-do list is completely checked off in such little time.So, what is your team still missing? Is it a need that can be filled in the 2025 NFL Draft in April or is there still a signing to be made? The Athletic’s NFL writers answer those questions, as they dish below on the remaining needs and wants for all 32 teams.Arizona CardinalsGM Monti Ossenfort is off to a solid start. The Cardinals…

Change is on the horizon for the small South Okanagan community of Okanagan Falls. “We are taking a big step towards returning to a vibrant, busy small town,” said Matt Taylor, Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen (RDOS) Area D director.In a narrow referendum this past weekend,  53 per cent of voters said yes to incorporation.The result paves the way for the community of roughly 2,700 to become a district municipality with its own mayor and council.“This community just has a ton of potential,” Taylor said.Potential, some have argued, is tough to achieve with a single elected director representing the area at…

Australian men’s sprint stars Lachlan Kennedy and Gout will take centre stage with Letsile Tebogo and others at the Maurie Plant Meet in Melbourne.

Korean American Yunseo Chung, 21, is among several students challenging the Trump administration’s efforts to deport them over their pro-Palestinian activism.A judge has ruled that Yunseo Chung, a 21-year-old Korean American student at Columbia University who is being sought for deportation by the administration of President Donald Trump, cannot be detained as she fights attempts to remove her from the United States over her pro-Palestinian views. “As of today, Yunseo Chung no longer has to fear and live in fear of ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] coming to her doorstep and abducting her in the night,” Chung’s lawyer Ramzi Kassem…

Washington — President Trump on Tuesday defended national security adviser Mike Waltz as his administration faces questions about its use of the encrypted messaging app Signal after a reporter was mistakenly added to a group chat detailing highly sensitive plans to attack Houthi targets in Yemen.Mr. Trump told reporters at the White House that the information that was discussed on the 18-member group chat, which included high-ranking officials like Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, was not classified and said Waltz is a “very good man” who will “continue to do a good job.””I don’t think he…