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Thailand Expands State Welfare Card Program to Cover 18.8 Million Vulnerable Citizens Under New Rules

The Thai Cabinet approved revised eligibility criteria for the 2026 State Welfare Card program, allowing more low-income citizens and farmers to qualify by excluding agricultural debt and parental deductions from income assessments to ease household cost pressures.
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US Retaliates Against Iran After Two American Troops Killed in Jordan
Bank of Asia BVI Enters Court-Supervised Liquidation After Regulators Find It Insolvent
Proposed U.S.-Saudi Nuclear Pact Could Permit Limited Uranium Enrichment Under International Safeguards
Brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate Who Turned "Toxic Masculinity" Into a Brand Arrested in Miami as Britain Seeks Their Extradition
Reported CIA Mission Helped Clear the UAE’s Path to Advanced US AI Chips
Artificial Intelligence Capital Fuels Markets While Governments and Regulators Face Mounting Strategic Tests
China’s Moonshot’s Kimi K3 Narrows the Gap With Anthropic Through Scale, Openness and Lower Cost
Gold and Cash Seizure Puts Indonesia’s Senior Anti-Corruption Prosecutor Under Investigation
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Thailand Extends Migrant Worker Permits Until 2027 to Support Key Economic Sectors
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