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,…
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“ARBITRARY DECISION” But Negm questioned which Al Jazeera broadcasts the Israeli government considered a security threat, calling the ban an “arbitrary decision”. Since the start of the Gaza war, Al Jazeera’s office in the Palestinian territory has been bombed and two of its correspondents killed. “Al Jazeera has lost a few people, their families have suffered so that’s really different from other conflicts in this sense,” Negm said. Al Jazeera’s Gaza bureau chief Wael al-Dahdouh…
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SINGAPORE: When the primary section of Maris Stella High School (MSHS) moves to a partial single-session for a few years, Mr Jared Lim faces a potential logistical headache. He will have four sons in Primary 1, 2, 4 and 5 in 2028. The older two children will be in the…
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Toronto Police Inspector Paul Krawczyk said video of the shooting had been recovered and the guard who was wounded remains hospitalised. In recent weeks, Drake has been engaged in a rap feud with Kendrick Lamar, with each artiste dropping diss tracks attacking the other. Krawczyk was asked whether the feud…
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DUBAI :Saudi Arabia’s state oil giant Aramco expects to pay $31 billion in dividends to the Saudi government and its shareholders despite reporting lower earnings for the first quarter on Tuesday, hit by lower oil prices and volumes sold. The Saudi government, which directly holds about 82.2 per cent of…
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