Finnish businessman convicted of trafficking Thai berry pickers
A court in Finland has sentenced a local businessman to two and a half years in prison for trafficking dozens of Thai workers to pick berries in the Nordic country.
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New southern peace negotiator promises to be open-minded
New southern peace negotiator promises to be open-minded
Thailand's new lead negotiator in the southern peace process has pledged cooperation with all sides in what he termed a long process in a new push to end the conflict in the violence-plagued region.
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Unsanitary meat factory shut down, products sold nationwide
Unsanitary meat factory shut down, products sold nationwide
PATHUM THANI – A meat processing factory that sells about 30 tonnes of branded products nationwide each month was shut down after failing to meet sanitary standards on Tuesday.
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Nintendo Direct live report – all the news and announcements from the summer 2026 show
We're not done yet. This afternoon, at the very agreeable time of 3pm UK, Nintendo will broadcast a Direct showcase showing us what it's got for Switch and Switch 2 in the weeks and months ahead. And we'll be covering all of the news and announcements live, as they happen, right here in this article. Read more
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"It's not 'how many enemies can I shoot'": Yes, you have a gun in Gen Atlas, but Fumito Ueda doesn't want you to think it's a shooter
Fumito Ueda, creator of Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, and the Last Guardian, showed off his new game at this weekend's Summer Game Fest showcase. Gen Atlas sees you step into the shoes of a scavenger in a desert world littered with the carcasses of vast robots. It falls to you to piece one of these machines back together and… well, what your aim is exactly is unclear. However, as stark as the landscapes of the dead world, was that your character has a machine gun slung across their back and, judging by a couple of sequences in the trailer, they're not afraid to use it.
This might not sound surprising, games have had guns since Spacewar!, but Ueda's games have either steered away from doing violence or, particularly in the case of Shadow of the Colossus, made you feel ruddy awful for killing something.
But, have no fear, reader: Fumito Ueda says he's not become trigger happy in his old age.
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Nintendo’s next Direct showcase is on June 9th
Summer Game Fest may be over, but the flood of gaming news isn't. Nintendo just announced that it'll be holding its next Direct showcase event on June 9th at 10AM ET. The stream, which you can find here, will be followed by a Treehouse Live event, and it sounds like it'll be pretty lengthy. "The […]