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Thai military suspend country’s Constitution, declares curfew after state coup

BANGKOK, May 22 (PNA/ITAR-TASS) — Thailand’s military has announced the temporary suspension of the country’s Constitution just hours after declaring a state coup in the South-East Asian nation. In a televised address, the Thai military said that despite the constitution’s suspension, courts, Senate and independent institutions, such as the Election Commission and the National Anti-Corruption Commission, continue to operate in a routine mode. The current Thai Constitution was developed after the 2006 coup in the […]

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BuzzFeed Staff tries Filipino fastfood Jollibee for the first time

BuzzFeed, a popular entertainment website in the United States, tried Jollibee for the first time.   It described Jollibee as the “world’s most popular Filipino fast food restaurant” and had their staff, mostly white Americans, try it. Their reactions were quite entertaining, one of the staff members said, “Burger steak, it’s beautiful!” One of the testers who tried Jollibee’s halo-halo said “How stoned are the Jollibee people when making all this stuff up,” not knowing that […]

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China says Vietnam making “unreasonable accusations”

(Reuters)– Vietnam has made “unreasonable” accusations against China, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Thursday (May 22), after the Vietnamese government said it was considering various “defense options” against China, including legal action. “Now they are distorting the facts, conflating right and wrong on the global stage, blackening China and making unreasonable accusations against China. Just who is the one who is repeatedly challenging other countries’ sovereignty? Who is the one who is causing tensions in the seas? Who on earth is destroying […]

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Hackers raid eBay in historic breach, access 145 million records

BOSTON (Reuters) – EBay Inc said that hackers raided its network three months ago, accessing some 145 million user records in what is poised to go down as one of the biggest data breaches in history, based on the number of accounts compromised. It advised customers to change their passwords immediately, saying they were among the pieces of data stolen by cyber criminals who carried out the attack between late February and early March. EBay spokeswoman Amanda […]

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Thai army takes control of government two days after martial law declaration

(Reuters) – Thailand’s army chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha seized control of the government on Thursday (May 22), saying the army had to restore order and push through reforms, two days after he declared martial law. Prayuth made the announcement in a television broadcast after he held a meeting with all rival factions aimed at finding a solution to six months of anti-government protests. He said the takeover would not affect international relations. Also on Thursday, […]

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Vietnam, Philippines jointly denounce China’s maritime moves

(Reuters) – Vietnam and the Philippines are determined to oppose Chinese infringement of their territorial waters, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said on Wednesday, calling on the world to condemn China’s actions in a rare public show of unity bound to infuriate Beijing. China is embroiled in disputes with Vietnam, the Philippines and others over boundaries in the potentially energy-rich South China Sea and has said it seeks to resolve differences in one-on-one talks with […]

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