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BangkokPost.com 

Restaurant employee shot dead

A Vietnamese employee was shot dead and another wounded while they were drinking with the owner's son at a seafood restaurant in Bang Khunthian district, Bangkok, in the early hours of Wednesday.

Economictimes.indiatimes.com 

Give the middle-class tax benefits & cut fuel excise, India Inc tells Finance Ministry

India's industry groups, including CII and FICCI, have urged the Finance Ministry to provide tax relief for the middle class and streamline the capital gains tax system. They proposed lowering excise duties on fuel, raising the PM-KISAN payout, increasing MGNREGA wages, and simplifying capital gains taxes into broad categories, applying uniform rates for all taxpayers.

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com (sports) 

White House sends a special message to the US cricket team

The USA, making their debut in the ICC T20 World Cup tournament, began their campaign impressively by defeating Canada by 7 wickets at the Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas. The USA progressed to the Super 8s of the tournament despite their final Group match against Ireland being washed out due to rain at Broward County Stadium in Florida.

BangkokPost.com 

Central bank renews case to limit digital wallet scheme

The Bank of Thailand (BoT) remains firm in its opposition to a government plan to give 500 billion baht (US$13.62 billion) in cash to almost all its adult citizens to revitalise consumption activity, saying the prudent thing would be to limit assistance to the needy.

Huffingtonpost.co.uk 

Olivia Cooke Has Mixed Emotions Over Playing A Grandmother At 30 On House Of The Dragon

Olivia Cooke

Olivia Cooke has thoughts on playing a grandmother in House Of The Dragon at only 30 years old.

In the hit series, Olivia plays Alicent Hightower, who shares three children — Aegon, Aemond and Helaena — with King Viserys Targaryen (played in season one by Paddy Considine). 

Recently speaking to The Times, Olivia admitted that she has mixed emotions over the fact that the actors who play her children — Tom Glynn-Carney, 29, Ewan Mitchell, 27, and Phia Saban, 25 — are all around her age in real life. Читать дальше...