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THAILAND

Election winner out of coalition: Former ally

The party that won Thailand's general election in May was excluded from a coalition trying to form the next government, its former ally said on Wednesday. After weeks of haggling, Pheu Thai leader Chonlanan Srikaew told reporters: "The formation of the new government will not include Move Forward Party." The party will announce its new coalition partners on Thursday, he said. Parliament plans to convene on Friday for its third attempt to select a prime minister.

SINGAPORE

New parliament speaker elected

Seah Kian Peng, a member of parliament for the Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency in Singapore, was elected as the city-state's speaker of parliament on Wednesday. During his first speech as the speaker, Seah called on his colleagues in the parliament to be vigilant in personal conduct and bear the weight of office with dignity and a sense of duty. Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong nominated Seah as the speaker on July 21 to replace Tan Chuan Jin, who resigned on July 17.

SWEDEN

AI may help read breast cancer scans quicker

Artificial intelligence could help almost halve the workload of radiologists when it comes to searching routine scans for signs of breast cancer, a large Swedish study suggested on Wednesday. The interim results of the trial were hailed as promising, but the authors cautioned that more research was needed before AI could be used to screen for breast cancer on a wider scale. One area in which AI has already shown proficiency is in reading medical scans.

Agencies - Xinhua