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The Digital Economy and Society (DES) Ministry insists the government's TH-AI Passport project has enforced data safeguards amid public concerns about their data privacy.

Thailand must strike a balance between tightening scrutiny of data centres and maintaining the country's competitiveness for global artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure investment, as rigid rules or prolonged regulatory uncertainty could push capital flows towards rival markets, according to Google.

The fires in France and Spain have had devastating impacts. More than 220,000 people fled the flames west of Bordeaux. Outside Madrid, fires scorched an area twice the size of the capital and drove nearly 90,000 people from their homes. The people who lost homes and livelihoods deserve sympathy --…

From illegal migration to unregistered labour, crimes involving foreigners have now taken a new form, known as the fake father or "Por Thip" scam, meaning "bogus dad" in the local language. This latest form of citizenship fraud involves transnational networks allegedly assisted by state officials.

On Monday, Ukraine marks 35 years since restoring its independence. For nearly a third of this time, we have been fighting to defend our state and our right to exist as a sovereign nation in the face of Russia's armed aggression. Yet Ukraine continues to resist and develop, strengthen its…