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In the modern, highly networked global landscape, social media networks, including X (formerly Twitter), Facebook, Telegram and WhatsApp, are essential for communication, interaction and business.

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This conflict is not the first time gunfire has echoed along the Thai-Cambodian border — and it likely won’t be the last. The origins of the dispute trace back over a century to the colonial ...