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Thailand sentences man to record 50 years in prison for insulting the monarchy

Helen Regan, CNN — Fri, 19 Jan 2024 13:15:38 +0000

(CNN) — A Thai appeal court on Thursday extended a man’s prison sentence to a record 50 years for insulting the monarchy, in what is believed to be the toughest penalty ever imposed under the country’s draconian lese majeste law, according to a legal rights group. Mongkol Thirakhot, 30, an online clothes vendor and political

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World’s biggest polluter just had its hottest year on record, marked by deadly extreme weather

Helen Regan, CNN — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 13:41:58 +0000

Hong Kong (CNN) — China saw its hottest year on record in 2023, state media reported this week, as the world’s biggest polluter confronted a series of relentless heat waves and other extreme weather events driven by the human-caused climate crisis. Daily and monthly temperature records were repeatedly shattered as the year wore on while

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Progressive Thai lawmaker sentenced to six years for insulting the monarchy

Helen Regan, CNN — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 13:39:48 +0000

(CNN) — A progressive Thai lawmaker was sentenced to six years in prison Wednesday on charges of insulting the monarchy and other related offenses over two social media posts, according to the advocacy group Thai Lawyers for Human Rights. Rukchanok Srinok, 29, a lawmaker with the opposition Move Forward Party, was found guilty of lese

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UN agency warns its fuel will run dry on Wednesday as Palestinian officials say 700 Gazans killed in a single day

Helen Regan, CNN — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 14:00:17 +0000

(CNN) — The main United Nations agency working in Gaza said it will be forced to halt its operations by Wednesday evening due to a lack of fuel, exacerbating a humanitarian crisis, as Israeli airstrikes on the besieged strip killed more than 700 people in 24 hours, according to Palestinian officials. Vital fuel supplies needed

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Thai King’s son signals willingness to talk about country’s strict royal insult law as he attends lese majeste exhibition

Helen Regan, CNN — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 14:59:44 +0000

(CNN) — The second son of Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn made a surprise visit to a New York exhibition featuring the stories of people who have been prosecuted under the country’s harsh royal defamation laws, signaling a willingness to talk openly about the taboo topic. Thailand has some of the world’s strictest lese majeste laws,

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Bangladesh’s worst ever dengue outbreak a ‘canary in the coal mine’ for climate crisis, WHO expert warns

Helen Regan, CNN — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 16:41:31 +0000

(CNN) — Bangladesh is battling its worst dengue outbreak on record, with more than 600 people killedand 135,000 cases reported since April, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, as one of its experts blamed the climate crisis and El Nino weather pattern for driving the surge. The country’s health care system is straining under the

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UN chief spotlights worsening rights in Myanmar as journalist jailed for 20 years over cyclone coverage

Helen Regan, CNN — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 16:22:52 +0000

(CNN) — Myanmar’s already dire human rights situation is deteriorating and the junta should release all political prisoners, the United Nations’ chief said Wednesday, as a leading local news outlet revealed one of its journalists had been jailed for 20 years for covering the aftermath of a cyclone. UN Secretary General António Guterres said he

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Rafael Nadal advances to French Open semifinals after defeating Novak Djokovic

Helen Regan, CNN — Wed, 01 Jun 2022 12:54:59 +0000

(CNN)— Tennis superstar Rafael Nadal beat longtime rival and world No. 1 Novak Djokovic at Roland Garros early Wednesday to advance to the semifinals at the French Open. The 59th installment of the storied rivalry between the two all-time tennis greats was another thriller, with Nadal winning 6-2, 4-6, 6-2, 7-6(4). The quarterfinal match, which ended

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Singapore court rejects intellectually disabled man’s final appeal against execution for drug smuggling

Helen Regan, CNN — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 17:23:28 +0000

(CNN) — A Singapore court on Tuesday rejected a final appeal by a man sentenced to death for drug trafficking, following a campaign by his lawyers who said the trial violated international laws as the man has intellectual disabilities. The ruling ends all legal avenues to stop his execution and supporters say he could be

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Disaster-hit Tonga goes into lockdown after recording first local Covid cases

Helen Regan, CNN — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 13:31:59 +0000

(CNN) — The Pacific island nation of Tonga has gone into lockdown after reporting its first community cases of Covid-19, weeks after a massive volcanic eruption and tsunami devastated parts of the archipelago. Two positive cases were discovered among front line workers at a port in the capital Nuku’alofa, where aid continues to flow in

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