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29 Apr 2025

Historic Sala Chalerm Thani cinema lights up for a day

Celebrating its 107th anniversary this year, Nang Loeng cinema, also known as Sala Chalerm Thani, revived its projector for a special one-day event on April 26, marking a return to the spotlight after its closure in 1993.

Thailand's oldest wooden stand-alone movie theatre is located in a corner of Trok Nang Loeng in the historic Rattanakosin area of Bangkok.

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29 Apr 2025

US lawyer for Venezuelans held in El Salvador says access denied

A lawyer for ten Venezuelan men sent by the U.S. government to a prison in El Salvador says the Salvadoran government denied her access to meet with her clients. Kerry Kennedy, a human rights activist who is the daughter of assassinated U.S. politician Robert F. Kennedy and niece of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy, told reporters during a trip to El Salvador on Monday (28 April) that the Salvadoran government did not respect her clients' rights to meet with their lawyer. - REUTERS

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29 Apr 2025

Pakistan defense minister says military incursion by India is imminent

Pakistan's Defense Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif said on Monday (April 28) that a military incursion by neighboring India was "imminent" in the aftermath of a deadly militant attack on tourists in Kashmir last week, as tensions rise between the two nuclear-armed nations. Asif said India's rhetoric was ramping up and that Pakistan's military had briefed the government on the possibility of an attack. He did not go into further details. - REUTERS

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29 Apr 2025

Vancouver residents grieve after attack on Filipino festival

Vancouver residents gathered at a makeshift memorial on Monday (April 28) to honor the victims of a truck-ramming attack that killed 11 people and injured dozens more. - REUTERS