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Chinese tourists biggest spenders in Thailand during New Year holiday

By The Nation 

 

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Spending by Chinese tourists during the Chinese New Year holiday was the highest in Thailand according to Alipay, a leading digital payment platform offered by Ant Financial, an affiliate of Alibaba Group. 

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1085611-chinese-tourists-biggest-spenders-in-thailand-during-new-year-holiday/

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Apology for disabled woman over mall parking incident

By Theerawat Thongma, 
Dethawee Theewarangkool 
The Nation

 

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A security guard and a mall executive have apologised to a wheelchair-bound woman whose motorcycle and sidecar were removed from a mall parking space for the physically disabled, to make way for a sports car and its able-bodied driver.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1085521-terminal-21-handicapped-womans-disability-trike-removed-to-make-way-for-ford-mustang/?do=findComment&comment=13868097

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NCPO denies suit targets Future Forward leaders 

By JITRAPORN SENNAWONG  
THE NATION

 

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THE RULING National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) yesterday denied that a lawsuit being brought against Future Forward Party leader Thanathorn Jungroongruangkit was another case of discrimination, as it reacted to widespread criticism of anti-junta parties being targeted ahead of the election next month.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1085668-ncpo-denies-suit-targets-future-forward-leaders/

 

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Experts warn of network of faultlines in North, as quakes rock Lampang

By The Nation

 

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Officials yesterday inspect the quake damage to residential homes in tambon Thung Hua of Lampang’s Wang Nua district.

 

THOUGH THE 25 quakes and aftershocks in Lampang’s Wang Nua district on Wednesday and yesterday did not cause much damage, academics are worried about the North, as it has several faultlines scattered across the region.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1085670-experts-warn-of-network-of-faultlines-in-north-as-quakes-rock-lampang/

 

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Cannabis : Clear guidelines ‘will attract amnesty seekers’

By The Nation

 

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UNDERGROUND CANNABIS USERS WILL NOT COME FORWARD IF CONDITIONS UNCLEAR: EXPERTS

 

IT WILL take solid assurances to persuade current cannabis users to come forward for amnesty, a prominent academic told the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1085672-cannabis-clear-guidelines-‘will-attract-amnesty-seekers’/

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Airports concessions shake-up sought

By   KWANCHAI RUNGFAPAISARN 
THE NATION

 

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THE THAI Retailers Association (TRA) said yesterday that it has come to an agreement with the board of the Airports of Thailand (AOT) to divide business concessions at airports into three separate contract types – for duty-free outlets; retail, food and beverage, service and banking; and duty-free pick-up counters. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1085673-airports-concessions-shake-up-sought/

 

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1.2m workers to be trained for e-commerce roles

By JIRAPAN BOONNOON 
THE NATION

 

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THE Electronic Transactions Development Agency (ETDA) aims to provide training for about 1.2 million workers for an e-commerce workforce that can help steer the transformation of 200,000 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) into e-commerce operations by the end of this year.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1085677-12m-workers-to-be-trained-for-e-commerce-roles/

 

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Rights advocates worry cyber bills a major threat

By Asina Pornwasin 
The Nation

 

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Some tweaks made after outcry, but sweeping state powers raise fears of invasion of privacy

 

NEW cybersecurity and data protection bills are being pushed through with little oversight because of sweeping state powers, warn rights defenders and privacy experts. A core concern is the provision that would allow seizure of computers and servers without a court order. Critics say the bills would give the military regime sweeping powers to monitor and censor political traffic online via the National Cybersecurity Agency. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1085679-rights-advocates-worry-cyber-bills-a-major-threat/

 

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Beware revealing graphic details of charcoal suicides, media is warned

By The Nation

 

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FOLLOWING a significant number of recent charcoal-burning suicides in Thailand, the Public Health Ministry’s Mental Health Department is urging the media to avoid giving too many details of how the deaths occurred, out of fear that such reports could lead to copycat deaths.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1085681-beware-revealing-graphic-details-of-charcoal-suicides-media-is-warned/

 

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Roof of Thailand views in Thailand add to Action Asia novelty

By The Nation

 

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Tanapong Chankrachang and Suda Tantiveerasut crowned champions in Thailand Action Asia 50

 

Thailand Action Asia 50, a qualified Skyrunning race supported by Tourism Authority of Thailand and Doi Inthanon National Park finished successfully on February 17.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1085683-roof-of-thailand-views-in-thailand-add-to-action-asia-novelty/

 

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How taxes can enhance democracy, not cheat it

By The Nation

 

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A relatively simple accounting adjustment could put us on the road to more transparent and efficient government

 

Thailand’s current state welfare-card system, which covers more than 14 million low-income citizens, serves as a potentially powerful tool to make the country’s democracy work better in the near future.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1085686-how-taxes-can-enhance-democracy-not-cheat-it/

 

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Actor Smollett staged 'hate crime' hoax to advance career: Chicago police

By Karen Pierog and Suzannah Gonzales

 

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Actor Jussie Smollett, 36, appears in a booking photo provided by the Chicago Police Department in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., February 21, 2019. Courtesy Chicago Police Department/Handout via REUTERS

 

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Actor Jussie Smollett paid two brothers thousands of dollars to beat him in a staged racist and homophobic attack because he was unhappy with his salary on the hip-hop TV drama "Empire," Chicago's police chief said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1085689-actor-smollett-staged-hate-crime-hoax-to-advance-career-chicago-police/

 

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Putin to U.S.: I'm ready for another Cuban Missile-style crisis if you want one

By Andrew Osborn

 

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Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses the Federal Assembly, including the State Duma parliamentarians, members of the Federation Council, regional governors and other high-ranking officials, in Moscow, Russia February 20, 2019. Sputnik/Alexei Nikolsky/Kremlin via REUTERS/File Photo

 

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia is militarily ready for a Cuban Missile-style crisis if the United States wanted one and threatened to place hypersonic nuclear missiles on ships or submarines near U.S. territorial waters.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1085691-putin-to-us-im-ready-for-another-cuban-missile-style-crisis-if-you-want-one/

 

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Not there yet but closer: Britain and EU haggle over Brexit compromise

By Kylie MacLellan and Gabriela Baczynska

 

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Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond is seen outside of Downing Street in London, Britain, February 19, 2019. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls

 

LONDON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Britain and the European Union on Thursday played down the chances of clinching an immediate Brexit divorce deal but diplomats said they were edging closer to a legal compromise that Prime Minister Theresa May hopes will win over the British parliament.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1085692-not-there-yet-but-closer-britain-and-eu-haggle-over brexit-compromise/

 

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Turkey's Erdogan, Trump discussed U.S. withdrawal from Syria in phone call: state media

 

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ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed in a phone call on Thursday to carry out the U.S. military withdrawal from Syria in line with their mutual interests, Turkey's state-run Anadolu news agency said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1085693-turkeys-erdogan-trump-discussed-us-withdrawal-from-syria-in-phone-call-state-media/

 

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Judge tightens gag order on ex-Trump adviser Stone, warning he could be sent to jail

By Sarah N. Lynch and Mark Hosenball

 

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A visibly angry judge on Thursday ordered President Donald Trump's former political adviser Roger Stone to stop speaking publicly about U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller's criminal case against him or else he will be sent to jail pending trial.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1085694-judge-tightens-gag-order-on-ex-trump-adviser-stone-warning-he-could-be-sent-to-jail/

 

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U.S. to leave 200 American peacekeepers in Syria after pullout

By Steve Holland and Idrees Ali

 

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will leave "a small peacekeeping group" of 200 American troops in Syria for a period of time after a U.S. pullout, the White House said on Thursday, as President Donald Trump pulled back from a complete withdrawal.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1085701-us-to-leave-200-american-peacekeepers-in-syria-after-pullout/

 

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Israel set to join elite lunar club with first mission to moon

By Joey Roulette

 

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Israel's first spacecraft designed to land on the moon is prepared for launch on the first privately-funded lunar mission at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., February 21, 2019. REUTERS/Joe Skipper

 

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - Israel's first spacecraft built to land on the moon was set for launch on Thursday from Florida on a mission that, if successful, would make the Jewish state only the fourth nation to achieve a controlled touchdown on the lunar surface.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1085702-israel-set-to-join-elite-lunar-club-with-first-mission-to-moon/

 

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