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Facing an acute labor shortage after the pandemic-induced lockdown sparked an exodus of migrant workers, Thailand has a solution: Get prisoners to work in factories.
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WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden on Thursday congratulated the NASA team responsible for last month's successful landing of an unmanned rover on Mars and for giving the country...
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Psaki defends Biden's weekend Delaware trips, says he ‘lives in Wilmington'

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