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Thailand’s ‘bad students’ get educated on the streets

[ad_1] BANGKOK: A mild-mannered teenage girl with owl glasses, a bob haircut, and daisies painted on her nails is not your typical school troublemaker. But in the eyes of Thailand’s ultra-conservative school system, Benjamaporn “Ploy” Nivas has been labeled a rebel for daring to speak out. Ad Ad “Students should …

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China’s plan to raise the retirement age sparks anger

[ad_1] BEIJING: The Chinese Communist Party’s decision to raise the retirement age under a long-term economic and development plan has sparked outrage on social media in China, which is turning gray. In 2018, nearly 250 million of China’s 1.4 billion people were 60 years or older. That’s 17.8 percent of …

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COVID-19 cases in India top 9 million as Delhi struggles

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The number of coronavirus cases in India surpassed 9 million on Friday (November 20), as hospitals in the capital New Delhi came under increasing pressure and cemeteries began to fill up. The second most affected country in the world has now also recorded more than 132,000 deaths …

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