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BANGKOK - More than a thousand anti-government protesters took to the streets of Bangkok on Sunday (July 18), defying a ban on mass gatherings to voice their grievances with Thailand’s handling of the pandemic and demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, who heads the country’s virus task force. Police used water cannon and fired rubber bullets and tear gas as they tried to stop protesters from removing barriers along the marching route from the Democracy Monument towards Government House, where Mr Prayut works. Thailand is fighting its deadliest Covid-19 wave to date, with daily figures hitting more than...
