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Laos gambling crackdown sends 130 Thais back home

A group of 130 Thai nationals who had worked for online gambling operations in Vientiane have been handed back to Thailand to face legal action, following a gambling crackdown in Laos. The men and women were received yesterday, August 13, by a team comprising Nong Khai Immigration officers, Mueang Nong Khai police, and Thai embassy … The story Laos gambling crackdown sends 130 Thais back home as…

Laos gambling crackdown sends 130 Thais back home

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2026 Teacher Prize launched

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This year’s Ghana Teacher Prize event was yesterday launched by the National Teaching Council (NTC) in Accra. The event to be held under the theme: ‘Empowering Teachers, Architects of the Future,’…

Three prisoners executed on same day in US

Three prisoners executed on same day in US

Three convicted murderers were put to death by lethal injection in Oklahoma, Tennessee and Alabama, the most executions carried out in the United States on the same day in over 15 years.

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