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Thailand’s leading duty-free giant King Power is in talks with Airports of Thailand (AOT) to renegotiate its contracts across five major airports, after claiming external factors severely impacted business performance. The duty-free giant, known for its extensive presence in airports across the country, raised concerns about an increasingly challenging market and the financial burden of maintaining its original commitments. …

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MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Wednesday urged beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) to ensure their children are enrolled and attending school regularly to remain eligible for cash assistance. The DSWD made the reminder following the start of School Year 2025 to 2026.  READ: Problems of

A TOP Dyson designer has revealed exactly how fast to move your vacuum cleaner – and going slower can actually save you time.

It turns out that racing around your house isn’t necessarily the best way to get the cleaning out of the way quickly.

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You may have been vacuuming wrong your entire life[/caption]

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You’ll want to visualise one of these during your next vacuum cleaning session[/caption]

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The Sun’s tech editor Sean Keach took a trip to Dyson’s Oxfordshire HQ[/caption]

Vacuuming an entire house can be a bit of a nightmare, especially if you’ve got loads of furniture, carpets, and a dog or cat.

So going fast can be tempting now that vacuum cleaners are often wireless and lightweight – just look at Dyson’s impossibly thin new PencilVac.

SPEED TEST

I took a trip to Dyson’s Oxfordshire campus where I heard from Dyson designer Jonny Gray, who revealed the exact speed you’ll want to be moving your vacuum cleaner.

“To be exact, about 0.3 metres a second is probably where you want to be in terms of speed,” Jonny explained.

That’s a 30cm ruler, so if you imagine moving across one of those every second, you’re getting it right.

“I’m sorry to say that the slower you go, the cleaner your floors will be,” Jonny said.

Of course, he warned that you can also end up going too slow.

The Dyson design whiz said you’ll get “diminishing returns the more you go over it”.

So it’s important to not go too slow or fast – and stick to the 30cm rule.

“The IEC standards that we get are 0.5 metres a second,” Jonny, Senior Design Manager at Dyson, told us.

“But we have demonstrated that you get around 100% pick-up over the course of three passes with 0.3 metres a second speed.”

If you rush around, your vacuum cleaner will end up missing bits.

And if you go too slow, you’re simply wasting time – and it won’t be worth the wait.

FOOD FOR FLOORS

Jonny, who works on vacuum cleaners at Dyson’s gigantic Malmesbury campus, spends time trying to pick up all manner of difficult debris.

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Dyson’s senior design manager Jonathan Gray revealed the secret to vacuuming[/caption]

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The Sun was given a peek inside Dyson’s debris cupboard, filled with commonly spilled items[/caption]

And he also told The Sun that Cheerios are one of the trickiest things for a vacuum cleaner to collect due to their size.

But he warned that US-style Froot Loops are even trickier to collect.

Dog biscuits are also difficult for vacuum cleaners to pick up, Jonny revealed.

But the brainy Dyson designer explained that if you follow the 30cm rule, you should be able to get a “100% pick-up” rate – even during a nightmare Cheerio spillage.

Dyson’s Lab includes a cupboard filled with different materials for testing with its vacuum cleaners.

That includes porridge oats, British and even American rice, sugar, cotton wool, and cat litter.

And they even have Japanese sushi rice and tea leaves, to make sure that the vacuum cleaners they flog to Japan are up to snuff.

Read iconic British inventor Sir James Dyson’s exclusive comment piece for The Sun here.

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How many of these items have you spilled at home?[/caption]

Football fans in Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia, rejoice! The rights to broadcast the Premier League and FA Cup have officially changed hands, with Jasmine International Public Company Limited (JAS) securing the exclusive deal for up to six seasons. Yes, you heard that right — the same JAS behind the popular streaming service MONOMAX. While you might not be familiar with the name …

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LIDL is selling a £7.99 summer essential that will be a lifesaver on sticky summer commutes.

With temperatures set to soar to 29 degrees today and the Met Office warning that a heatwave is likely this weekend, many Brits are likely dreading travelling to work on boiling hot public transport.

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Lidl is currently selling a summer essential perfect for keeping you cool on the tube[/caption]

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Lidl’s fan is perfect for keeping cool on your summer commute[/caption]

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Amazon’s fan is much pricier, at £17.99[/caption]

Whether your braving it on the sauna-like London Underground, or toughing it out on an inner-city bus route, you’ll want to do all that you can to cool down.

And although many public transport systems unfortunately do not have air conditioning, Lidl’s Silvercrest Portable Fan is a great way to keep cool whilst on the go.

The nifty gadget comes in a variety of different colours, including green and yellow and is priced at just £7.99 making it perfect for anyone trying to pinch pennies.

Available in store now, the bargain bit of kit promises to “keep you cool while on the go” and has three speed options, low, medium and high.

It also has a tiltable fan head and a practical base, so you can stand the fan up whilst sitting at your desk.

The budget buy also comes with a charging cable and a three-year-warranty, so you can guarantee it will keep you cool for years to come.

The Lidl product will be located in the middle aisle of your local store.

However, it is only available while stocks last, so you better hurry to snap yours up quick.

As a price comparison, Lidl’s bargain fan is over half the cost of Amazon’s Rintea Hand Held Fan, which is currently retailing for £17.99.

Both fans are rechargeable, but the Amazon fan has six speed settings.

The Amazon buy also has a digital display, to show the fan speed and the high quality motor promises low noise.

For anyone looking for a more substantial fan, Lidl is also currently selling a Silvercrest Tower fan for £69.99, a whopping £280 cheaper than Dyson’s £350 bladeless fan.

Kimberley took to the Extreme Couponing and Bargains UK group on Facebook to share a snap of the fan, as she asked other shoppers: “Has anyone got these from Lidl and are they genuinely any good?”

Her post was then flooded with comments, with the majority of people raving over the budget buy.

“Got ours last year, really good!” one wrote.

“Brilliant, you don’t need to turn it up high for it to be really effective,” another added.

Aldi is also selling a Dyson dupe, with its Ambiano Bladeless Fan currently priced at £39.99.

The modern design bladeless fan has three speed settings, high, medium, low, plus three modes: normal, nature and sleep.

You can customise your sleep with the various modes and tailor it to your own temperature needs during the day – and most importantly, for a good night’s sleep at bedtime.

Plus, with its bladeless design, it’s safe around little people or pets.

A peculiar case from the serene northern province of Phetchabun in Thailand has captured the attention of netizens far and wide, sparking a flurry of concern and conversation among food lovers. The story, shared by Suriyan Buppa-art on social media, revolves around an unexpected and rather dramatic encounter between his wife and a seemingly innocuous fish bone, reminding us all of the deceptively dangerous world lurking beneath the delicious facade of our favorite dishes. Suriyan took to Facebook on the fateful day of June 17, posting a series of startling images that left viewers both stunned and inquisitive. The pictures revealed not only his wife’s distressing predicament but also the sharp culprit—a fish bone that had dared to pierce her throat in an astonishing show of culinary rebellion. Suriyan’s warning was striking in its simplicity: “Warning! She ate fish, and a bone got stuck in her throat. She pressed her…

In a gripping tale that unfolded in the serene yet bustling province of Phitsanulok, Thailand, a young man found himself ensnared by the law’s long and watchful arm. The clock had just struck 8:00 AM on June 17, 2025, when the hushed, focused operation was executed at breakneck speed. The meticulous plot was spearheaded by none other than Police Colonel Santi Korkasem, who—alongside an astute team of officers including Police Lieutenant Colonels Woraprach Wuthirak, Piyarach Wessagosol, Marod Khwanmueang, and the intrepid Police Captain Yoschanin Prasertsopa—put an end to an underground empire that had thrived in the clandestine corners of the internet. The central figure in this network was 21-year-old Pongkhun, whose journey from anonymity to infamy was halted not in some high-profile chase, but rather as he dozed off under the safe embrace of a mosquito net, unaware of the impending upheaval. Armed with a search warrant secured just a…

In the thrilling yet perilous world of street racing in Thailand, Police Lieutenant General Nithithorn Jintakanon stands as a formidable counterforce, determined to curb the chaotic avenue where passion for speed meets the fringes of legality. His recent spotlight on the grave implications of unlawful street racing by zealous youngsters underscores not just a crackdown but an outright declaration of war against a culture that flirts dangerously with the law and public tranquility. The pulse-racing activities may seem exhilarating under the night sky, but they usher in a torrent of risks, unruly behaviour, and noise that disrupt the peace of ordinary citizens. It’s a fact not lost on the national police force, which has revved up its engines to thwart these illegal escapades and dole out penalties as swiftly as a split-second finish line crossing. From audacious adolescent racers to the clandestine garages modifying their mean machines, no one escapes…

A Thai woman took to Facebook to share her experience of an unexpected electric shock from a car park ticket machine at a shopping mall in Bangkok’s Bang Na area. The victim shared on her Facebook post that the incident occurred on June 10. In her post, the woman wrote… “I was electrocuted by a …

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THE exiled Iranian crown prince has urged citizens to stage a national uprising to oust the Ayatollah as the regime sits on the brink of collapse.

Ali Khamenei, 86, and his family are believed to have bolted to a fortified underground hiding place in a suburb of capital Tehran.

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The exiled Iranian crown prince has urged citizens to stage a national uprising[/caption]

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A building in Tehran hit in an Israeli strike on the Iranian capital early in the morning[/caption]

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Smoke rises from a fire, as the Israel-Iran air war continues, in Tehran, Iran[/caption]

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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is believed to have bolted to a fortified underground hiding place in a suburb of capital Tehran[/caption]

Iran’s exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi is the eldest son of the former Shah of Iran – the last leader before the dynasty was overthrown in the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

He urged Iranians in a video posted to X on Tuesday: “[The] Islamic Republic has reached its end and is in the process of collapsing.”

Pahlavi called Khamenei a “frightened rat” who “has gone into hiding underground” and “lost control of the situation”.

He added: “What has begun is irreversible.”

Pahlavi – who fled Iran as a teen and has been living just outside of Washington DC since 2001 – believes that Iran’s “future is bright” despite the spiralling conflict.

He also shared how his “heart is with all the defenceless citizens who have been harmed and have fallen victim to Khamenei’s warmongering and delusions”.

Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 585 people across Iran and wounded 1,326 others, a human rights group has said.

Iran has not been publishing regular death tolls during the conflict and has a history of minimising casualties.

Pahlavi added: “The end of the Islamic Republic is the end of its 46-year war against the Iranian nation.

“The regime’s apparatus of repression is falling apart.”

He then called for a “nationwide uprising” to “put an end to this nightmare once and for all”.

Continuing his plea for a revolution, Pahlavi stressed that “now is the time to rise; the time to reclaim Iran,” urging Iranian citizens to “all come forward and bring about the end of this regime”.

He assured that if an uprising were to occur, Iranians shouldn’t fear “the day after the fall” of Khamenei’s rule” and promised the nation wouldn’t “descend into civil war or instability”.

The exiled crown prince said: “We have a plan for Iran’s future and its flourishing.

“We are prepared for the first hundred days after the fall, for the transitional period, and for the reestablishment of a national and democratic government – by the Iranian people and for the Iranian people.”

Addressing Iranian security and state officials, Pahlavi urged them not to “stand against the Iranian people,” adding that the regime’s “fall has begun and is inevitable”.

He said: “Do not sacrifice yourselves for a decaying regime.

“By standing with the people, you can save your lives.”

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Iranian crown prince Reza Pahlavi, activist, advocate, and oldest son of the last Shah of Iran, gives a speech[/caption]

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Israeli air defence systems are activated to intercept Iranian missiles over the Israeli city of Tel Aviv on Wednesday[/caption]

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Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s waving during a ceremony on the occasion of 36rd death anniversary of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, in Tehran[/caption]

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Smoke billows in the distance from an oil refinery following an Israeli strike on the Iranian capital Tehran[/caption]

Pahlavi concluded: “A free and flourishing Iran lies ahead of us.

“May we be together soon.”

Pahlavi has relentlessly spoken out about Iran’s regime and pressed for change, urging President Donald Trump to put “maximum pressure” on the regime.

Iran fired several missile barrages into Tel Aviv in the early hours of Wednesday.

They are now reportedly preparing to launch missiles and other military equipment on US bases in the Middle East should Trump join Israel’s war, say American officials who have reviewed intelligence reports.

In response, Israel fired back with their own tactical strikes and left much of Tehran up in smoke.

Iran initially had roughly 2,000 missiles capable of hitting Israel, but a significant number were destroyed after Israel launched its surprise attack early Friday, Israeli intelligence officials said

In the past six days of the spiralling conflict, Iran has retaliated against Israeli airstrikes by launching some 400 missiles and hundreds of drones at Israel.

Terrified Tehran citizens have been fleeing in the thousands since Friday, with Trump later urging everyone to immediately evacuate the city.

Trump has already ramped up his threats towards the Iranian regime as he claimed on Wednesday the US and Israel know exactly where Iran‘s Supreme Leader is hiding.

The US president called him an “easy target” but said he won’t order any assassination plot “for now”.

Israel threatened Khamenei hours earlier saying he will face the same grisly fate as Iraq’s Saddam Hussein who was hanged by his own people if he doesn’t start to negotiate soon.

Khamenei went to ground after swathes of military top brass and nuclear scientists were wiped out in simultaneous surgical strikes at the start of Israel’s Operation Rising Lion on Friday.