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BangkokPost.com 

Senate election starts smoothly

The district-level vote in the Senate election on Sunday ran smoothly and wrapped up with several well-known political figures winning this first round of the race for Upper House seats, including former prime minister Somchai Wongsawat and former election commissioner Somchai Srisutthiyakorn.

Economictimes.indiatimes.com 

Iran's Guardian Council allows six candidates to seek presidency, while barring Ahmadinejad

Iran's Guardian Council greenlit the candidacy of the country's hard-line speaker of parliament and five others for the June 28 presidential election. This decision follows a helicopter crash that claimed the lives of President Ebrahim Raisi and seven others. The council once again blocked former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a fiery populist infamous for the crackdown that ensued after his contested 2009 re-election, from participating in the race.

The Punch 

Senators, Reps should get same minimum wage as labour – Father Mbaka

Popular Catholic priest, Rev. Father Ejike Mbaka, has urged the Federal Government to address the minimum wage issue cautiously to prevent potential crisis. The cleric’s remarks come amid ongoing deliberations between the Federal Government and labour unions regarding the new minimum wage, which the government has proposed at N62,000, while labour unions demand N250,000. Mbaka

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