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This is just what is reported. The Russian practice of transfering oil between tankers at sea is leaving large spills on the open ocean.

Air India has a well deserved, negative reputation. It should not be part of *Alliance .

Please educate yourself. Very different models of infection and at risk people. Tomato flu aka Hand, mouth foot disease is a manageable viral infection caused by Coxsackievirus A-6 and A-16 of the enterovirus group. It is most likely in children age 5 and under. It infects tens of thousands in Thailand. It is a predictable annual seasonal epidemic that spikes in June, July and August. It is most severe and frequent in Bangkok, and less severe in provinces with lower population density. It is an expensive illness because of the toll it places on families. MPox aka Monkey pox Monkeypox is caused by monkeypox virus of the genus an Orthopoxvirus. This a disease that was initially imported from Africa, most likely by Europeans. The initial western outbreaks were traced back to raves and sex fetish events in Spain and Germany. Visitors to these events brought the disease back to their homelands and from there to Thailand. The western quick response was instrumental in containing a pandemic and the vaccination of at risk individuals acted to slow and in some countries stop the spread of disease. Unfortunately, enough infected westerners entered Thailand and had intimate relations with Thais, most likely sex workers, to result in 800+ infections as of August 2024. It was being managed through vaccinations of at risk Thais. It all changed last August when the new deadly Clade Ib strain of the virus appeared in Thailand. The carrier was a European who had arrived in Thailand on August 14th on a flight from the Middle East, but his journey had originated in Central Africa. Fortunately, he was quarantined and all of his Thai contacts tested negative. (Whether the Gulf based airline informed its at risk passengers is uncertain.) The quick and well directed intervention by the MoH protected Thailand's national health security and helped prevent a national catastrophe. https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2859542/first-case-of-new-mpox-variant-recovers. Thailand then took further steps to protect its people by adding a screening requirement for the disease for the countries already on its Yellow fever screening list. Thailand's response was textbook near perfect and deserves praise. Most critics of public health and Thais in this forum are oblivious to how close Thailand came to a health catastrophe that could have destroyed tourism for 2024 and created a real fear of foreigners. Thailand's response to a possible norovirus outbreak can be expected to be no less top quality. I would expect that the MoH is first investigating. It is often difficult to quickly differentiate between the standard food poisoning that we can all get vs. a norovirus infection. I prefer to let the quiet, non headline chasing health professionals at the MoH do their job and am confident that they will respond appropriately.

Why would you need links for events that are widely reported. The number is now 3 cruise ships and 300+ passengers & crew. https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2024-12-20/norovirus-sickens-hundreds-on-three-cruise-ships-cdc The reason why cruise ships infectious illness outbreaks are known is because they are now reportable. Previously, such occurrences did not have to be made public. We can thank the US CDC for requiring that level of disclosure. The Cruise industry has tried for years to have the reporting requirement reversed. These outbreaks are not spontaneous. They occur because infected people board the cruise ships and infect people. In most cases, the passengers know that they are sick, but still board anyway. Many infectious diseases are imported to a geographic zone by foreigners. This is a known fact and it happens whenever a domestic population is "disrupted" by foreign agents. Covid as a mass infection was first identified in the Koh Samui area and was prevalent amongst the European tourists who were visiting Thailand. They in turn infected other Europeans who brought the disease back to their homelands. The local Thai service industry staff, who were infected, carried the disease to their home areas. A more brutal illustration was the 2013 cholera outbreak in Haiti. Nepalese UN personnel were cholera carriers and their sewage waste contaminated the community where they were billeted. Because an illness is not reported or is under reported does not mean that it does not exist or is not present. We are currently seeing a resurgence of Covid infections, Flu and RSV. in western nations. The infections will be transported to vacation destinations by infected visitors.

Tell that to the 2 Holland American cruiseships and the hundreds of passengers vomiting and crapping their pants.

Google what? The new cabinet is in place and Freeland will be forgotten in a month. You forget how only a few short months ago there were demands for her to resign.

You seriously expect anyone of intelligence to accept the claims of the Hindustan Times? It is aligned with PM Modi, the Indian who authorized assassinations and spying in Canada. India has an ongoing dispute with Canada that includes India's shielding of scam call centers, organized crime groups and political intimidation.

It is not the most prestigious. It has a political agenda just as the right wing newspapers in Israel do.

I am.

Full responsibility rests with airline. It also violated safety protocols. This was Air Asia, the airline with a poor service reputation. Next time you are considering flying this airline, don't.

It requires administrative and regulatory filings. There is a good reason why banks around the world do not offer tourist bank accounts,

A considerable contribution to benefiting the public.

That's a list of washed up nobodies from the 1980's. Becker - bankrupt criminal. White- a successful snooker player, but hardly notable aside from his taking up with a young lady nearly 1/2 his age. I suppose it plays well with the Pattaya crowd. Van Damme - he would have been in his coke head phase when visiting Thailand. Great endorsement. Jimmy Page -Another druggie, and while a hero to people from the 60's and 70's, no one under the age of 40 knows of him. Unreasonable demand. Thailand has enough problems with money laundering. Try opening a bank account in western and north asian countries. Few banks will allow it and when they do, there are tax id numbers or visas required.

If a death penalty was ever merited, I suggest it is due here.

Gaza was left to its own independent way, Israel was not occupying and there was a truce agreement in place despite the daily missile and rocket attacks from Gaza. Gaza had access to the Arab world via Egypt. It was receiving generous aid shipments via the Israeli border crossing. If they wish to declare a war or a resistance (sic) operation, then they should do so. However, when Israel responds accordingly, they should not play the victim, since they declared a hostile action. Your mention of Lebanon and Syria reveals a double standard. 14 million refugees, 500,000+ dead were created by Assad, Iran, Russia and Hezbollah, not Israel. Hezbollah is an occupying state within Lebanon and it was Iran and Syria who started the Lebanon civil war. Israel's error was in trying to make peace with the Palestinians. Until they are humiliated in defeat as were the Egyptians and Jordanians, the Palestinians will not make peace.

The budget was not going to expose corruption. That's your own biased attempt to promote your political agenda. Who is. this next in line who resigned? It is no big secret that both Anita Anand, and Chrysta Freeland harbour aspirations of becoming PM. There has been a movement in the party and caucus to get Mark Carney to take over, first as a finance minsiter and then as the party leader. Freeland was going to be asked to lead the. Trump negotiations, which she didn't want to do again. No big secret. Freeland felt she should get Trudeau's backing.

The headline is that there is chaos in Canada. There is not. Nor is there chaos in the liberal party. There is a group that wants Trudeau to resign as they think it will save their position. It won't. There is another group who wants him to stay, and another group who were backing Trudeau to bring in Mark Carney as finance minister and then leader if the arty as a smooth transition. This is why Freeland resigned. Trudeau is lobbying for a job at the UN.

Please stop being so negative. It is an attempt to help and it may save lives. I say thank you!

What chaos? Is there mass rioting, or panic? Did support systems collapse? Did they run out of toilet paper?

She must have been effective if she upset him that much.

Why? He is generous, inspirational and awesome. Why aren't people paying him to work there?

ICJ will not deal with Putin., nor with Russia. Gandhi's killers were facilitated by Gandhi's own sloppiness and fears, failings that will not be repeated by Putin. The Sikhs in her personal security detail were supposed to be removed, but Gandhi refused, for fear of further alienating sikhs. Nor should she have gone for a walk in the manner that she did such that she would be in close proximity to the guard post where her 2 killers were located.Putin is ex KGB and experienced in covert operations. He is no fool.

That's a nice sentiment. However, the individual does not have the inherent right to disseminate and to promote false information and unfounded claims, regardless of how much that person may attempt to cloak and seek cover for the activity under the guise of offering a different perspective or alternative view. Along with rights come responsibilities. It is often stated that freedom of expression is a cornerstone of democracy, but it is also used as a convenient tool to justify the promotion of malicious claims, intentionally misleading information and hateful characterizations. It is no great secret that multiple groups have used social media including this forum to promote their political agendas and to cause harm to others. I get it that there may be an ulterior motive to sequester the most idiotic and irresponsible postings to one zone that might also be termed as the crazies place. If I was an advertiser, I certainly would not want to be associated with a media point that was promoting positions that could hurt my brand.

Why not? You aren't Cher.

The klitchens have a fan exhaust. Unfortunately, the ductwork is not balanced and although there is a powerful exhaust fan, there are leaks . People can get cooking smells in their units. The units also have a weird air pressure when the AC is working. It's a positive pressure that pushes air out of the unit, especially into the closed interior hallway. Walls looked like they were are ccncrete covered with plasterboard. There did not appear to have been insulation when the place was built. The building arabs (and Chinese) tend to be wealthy and while some are heavy smokers, most are non drinkers and do not bring riff raff home. They are decent tenants and keep to themselves. Very rarely do they cause noise or get into fights or jump off the balcony. The building had no crime and was perfectly situated and offered some options that were not available elsewhere for the price. Quite a contrast from the building in Patong. Nosy neighbors, a Norwegian who drank himself to death and was only discovered when he started to decay and stunk up the premises. It was featured in the old Thai Visa news. Had a jumper, but that never made the news. Lots of European owners who were in arrears on condo fees and far too many short term rentals. Sometimes I had to ride the elevator with various prostitutes, some of whom were questionably legal.