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More than 3,500 attacks on refugees in Germany in 2016: report

A new German report has shown that more than 3,500 attacks on refugees and refugee hostels were committed in 2016, local media Deutsche Welle reported on Sunday.

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Drink: Valentine’s Day tipples that won’t make you cringe with embarrassment

If you follow this column regularly, you may have noticed that I veer between gratifying readers who want to celebrate Valentine’s Day with as much razzmatazz as possible and those who just wish it would go away. This year, it’s the former – and, thankfully for me, there are for once some interesting new drinks to write about.

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Anti-Fashion at Prada

“At the edge of generic,” were Miuccia Prada’s own words to describe her new collection — which celebrated the joys of simple human normalcy.

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Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams review – a failure to commit to pop

Despite roping in the production team behind hits by Rihanna and Katy Perry, Chris Martin and co can’t seem to help lapsing into the same old windy cliches and nondescript balladry

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New election expected by July in Thailand: election commissioner

Thailand is likely to have a new election in July, said Election Commissioner Somchai Srisuthiyakorn on Wednesday.

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Military coup feared to cap off Thailand's massive anti-gov't protests

Thailand's massive anti-government protests might possibly end up in a fresh military coup shortly, according to noted scholar Pavin Chachavalpongpun at Kyoto University's Center for Southeast Asian Studies.

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Thailand's reconciliation might be time-consuming: Former Western leaders

Former Western leaders said Monday that Thailand's national reconciliation bids might be time- consuming and painstaking, which they believed would finally bear fruit for all Thai people.