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A teenage suspect has killed his grandparents before shooting dead at least six more people at a school near Bangkok.Fir...
07/08/2026

A teenage suspect has killed his grandparents before shooting dead at least six more people at a school near Bangkok.

First he shot dead his grandparents, using his grandfather's handgun, then went to a secondary school north of Bangkok and killed three teachers and three students, national police said in a statement.

Dozens of police and emergency responders gathered outside the Debsirin Nonthaburi School in Nonthaburi province on Friday, while parents raced to pick up their children and tearful students and staff comforted each other outside.

"I was afraid that I would die, and I was scared that I wouldn't be able to pursue my dreams," said Pawarisa Maylissa, a grade 12 student who hopes to attend medical school.

Full story: https://u.afp.com/SHNE

Meta ordered to pay more than half a billion dollars over New Mexico’s claims the social media giant created a "public n...
07/08/2026

Meta ordered to pay more than half a billion dollars over New Mexico’s claims the social media giant created a "public nuisance" and harmed children.

Meta was ordered to pay $375 million in damages to New Mexico in March when it was found liable for endangering children by making them vulnerable to predators.

Full story: https://u.afp.com/SHNG

Animals are treated at the Aquitaine Wildlife Rescue Centre in Audenge after being injured in fires that struck France’s...
07/08/2026

Animals are treated at the Aquitaine Wildlife Rescue Centre in Audenge after being injured in fires that struck France’s Gironde region.

The massive fires that hit France and Spain advanced quickly because of tinderbox conditions worsened by successive heatwaves the two countries have experienced since May.

📸 Romain Perrocheau

Protesters clash with police in Buenos Aires as thousands demonstrate against a controversial private property bill.The ...
07/08/2026

Protesters clash with police in Buenos Aires as thousands demonstrate against a controversial private property bill.

The "Inviolability of Private Property" bill aims to make changes to property ownership in Argentina, such as streamlining eviction procedures, changing rural land use rules and making it more difficult for the state to take over private property.

Full story: https://u.afp.com/SHNw

07/08/2026

VIDEO: Taiwanese troops used concrete barriers, barbed wire and Hesco walls to block a key bridge near Taipei on Thursday in a drill to stop invading Chinese forces attempting to advance on the capital.

06/08/2026

VIDEO: Meet the students at China's first robot school, where future humanoid workers are training for careers in industry, services, security and entertainment.

06/08/2026

VIDEO: Polka-dot robes, floppy-nosed masks and hypnotic guitar riffs have helped propel Canadian duo Angine de Poitrine to viral fame.

06/08/2026

Ukraine wants the US to provide it with more interceptor missiles to guard against ballistic missile strikes by Russia, but according to media reports the US is facing shortages of its own, brought about by war in the Middle East.

Will Ukraine get enough missiles, and what is Europe doing to help?

🎥 Maryke Vermaak, Viktor Levchuk, Caroline Breniere, NATO TV, IRINN
📷 Mandel Ngan
📈 Stephane Koguc, Emmanuelle Michel
💻 Will Edwards

06/08/2026

Thermal images show the searing heatwave baking Seoul. In the last week, new all-time high temperatures were set three times, with the mercury peaking at 42.5C on 2 August. Seoul is under a "severe heatwave warning", the first issuing of the alert since its introduction this year.

🎥 Sue Han Kim
💻 Clara Charles
🎵 Audio Network

06/08/2026

Rising Kenyan lakes push crocodiles closer to homes in Baringo

As the lakes of Kenya’s Rift Valley expand -- the result, scientists say, of intense rainfall -- residents are increasingly coming face to face with new and dangerous neighbours: crocodiles.

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