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Need quick medical advice in Britain? Ask Alexa

by Noor Zainab Hussain

 

FILE PHOTO: Prompts on how to use Amazon's Alexa personal assistant are seen in an Amazon ‘experience center’ in Vallejo, California, U.S., May 8, 2018. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - Britain’s state-run health service is teaming up with Amazon to provide medical advice for common ailments such as migraines and flu via the tech giant’s voice assistant Alexa, aiming to help more patients at home and cut down on costs.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111003-need-quick-medical-advice-in-britain-ask-alexa/

 

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Rouhani says Britain to face 'consequences' for seizing Iranian tanker

 

FILE PHOTO: The oil supertanker Grace 1, that's on suspicion of carrying Iranian crude oil to Syria, sits anchored in waters of the British overseas territory of Gibraltar, historically claimed by Spain, July 4, 2019. REUTERS/Jon Nazca/File Photo

 

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday Britain would face “consequences” over the seizure of an Iranian oil tanker.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111005-rouhani-says-britain-to-face-consequences-for-seizing-iranian-tanker/

 

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Australia's Morrison calls for more prayer and religious freedom

 

FILE PHOTO: Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks to the media during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, March 20, 2019. AAP Image/Andrew Taylor/via REUTERS/File Photo

 

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia needs more prayer, Prime Minister Scott Morrison, a devout Christian, has said, vowing that his administration would do whatever needed to be done by way of legislation to protect religious expression, now at the center of a national debate.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111014-australias-morrison-calls-for-more-prayer-and-religious-freedom/

 

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Ex-UK PM Major vows to protect Queen and avoid constitutional crisis in Brexit row

by Andrew MacAskill, Kate Holton

 

FILE PHOTO: Britain's ex-Prime Minister John Major appears on the Marr Show on BBC television in London, Britain, July 22, 2018. Jeff Overs/BBC/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Former British prime minister John Major vowed on Wednesday to go to court to block his party colleague Boris Johnson from suspending parliament and dragging the queen into a constitutional crisis to deliver a no-deal Brexit.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111021-ex-uk-pm-major-vows-to-protect-queen-and-avoid-constitutional-crisis-in-brexit-row/

 

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Ratchaburi ethanol factory has to pay Bt5.78m for killing stingrays

By The Nation

 

 

The Pollution Control Department (PCD) and Fisheries Department have slapped a Bt5.78 million lawsuit on a Ratchaburi Ethanol Co factory for allegedly discharging toxic waste in the Mae Klong River in 2016, which killed more than 50 critically endangered giant freshwater stingrays and scores of other fish, PCD chief Pralong Damrongthai said on Wednesday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111024-ratchaburi-ethanol-factory-has-to-pay-bt578m-for-killing-stingrays/

 

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Foreign tourist cries foul over ‘fine’ for riding on expressway in Bangkok

By The Nation

 

 

A foreign tourist who drove his motorcycle on an expressway was fined Bt1,000, prompting him to cry foul of what he believed to be a rip off by Thai cops.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111033-foreign-tourist-cries-foul-over-‘fine’-for-riding-on-expressway-in-bangkok/

 

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New Pajero Sport due July 25

By The Nation

 

 

The facelifted Pajero Sport will be unveiled on July 25.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111035-new-pajero-sport-due-july-25/

 

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New Cabinet wins royal endorsement

By THE NATION

 

 

The new Cabinet led by Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha, who will also double as defence minister, has been given the royal nod.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111036-new-cabinet-wins-royal-endorsement/

 

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Phalang Pracharat leader, police help woman regain land possession

By The Nation

 

 

A Sukhothai farmer on Wednesday thanked a national politician and police for intervening with a local politician’s family to return three land plots covering 89 rai that she had placed as collateral for a Bt93,000 loan in 1983.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111037-phalang-pracharat-leader-police-help-woman-regain-land-possession/

 

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Coalition parties to discuss policy proposals on Thursday

By The Nation

 

Phalang Pracharat Party's deputy leader Nataphol Teepsuwan

 

Representatives of coalition parties are set to meet on Thursday evening to discuss the proposals they have made to be incorporated in the new government’s policies, a key Phalang Pracharat Party leader said on Wednesday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111038-coalition-parties-to-discuss-policy-proposals-on-thursday/

 

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Alleged supplier of appetite suppressant faces charges

By Jakkapong Rawiwan
The Nation

 

 

A 48-year-old man from Khon Kaen province has reportedly confessed to supplying the dangerous appetite suppressant sibutramine to a Kalasin-based weight-loss pill factory, which is being investigated in the death of a consumer, Kalasin deputy police commander Pol Colonel Triwit Sriprapa said on Wednesday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111039-alleged-supplier-of-appetite-suppressant-faces-charges/

 

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Junta pressed to compensate evicted forest-dwellers after reclamation policy revoked

By Pratch Rujivanarom
The Nation

 

 

Human rights defenders on Wednesday demanded that the government offer remedial action for victims of the National Council for Peace and Order’s forest reclamation policy, after the problematic conservation policy was revoked by the latest NCPO order.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111040-junta-pressed-to-compensate-evicted-forest-dwellers-after-reclamation-policy-revoked/

 

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Myanmar to allow in more foreign banks

By KHINE KYAW 
THE NATION 
YANGON

 

The Yangon branch of Bangkok Bank, the only Thai bank to be awarded a foreign banking licence in Myanmar. It is in the Yankin Township of the country’s business capital. (Photo courtesy of Thaipublica.org)

 

With Myanmar’s financial sector reforms gaining momentum, the country plans to allow more foreign banks in to provide limited services, Soe Thein, deputy governor of the Central Bank of Myanmar (CBM), said.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111041-myanmar-to-allow-in-more-foreign-banks/

 

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British ambassador to Washington quits after spat over leaked memos

by Michael Holden, Kylie MacLellan

 

FILE PHOTO - Britain's ambassador to the United States Kim Darroch (R) arrives as then White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon greets guests prior to a joint news conference between U.S. President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May at the White House in Washington, U.S., January 27, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain’s ambassador to Washington quit on Wednesday after days of stinging criticism from Donald Trump, leading to accusations that Boris Johnson, the favorite to be the next British prime minister, had “thrown him under the bus”.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111043-british-ambassador-to-washington-quits-after-spat-over-leaked-memos/

 

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Thai workforce must be readied for digital economy: TDRI

By SOMLUCK SRIMALEE,
PHUWIT LIMVIPHUWAT
THE NATION

 

 

The new government will have no choice but to invest heavily in developing Thailand’s manpower, so it can survive in the fast-moving digital economy, Dr Somkiat Tangkitvanich, president of Thailand Development and Research Institute (TDRI), told the press on Wednesday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111044-thai-workforce-must-be-readied-for-digital-economy-tdri/

 

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Rip Torn death: Will Smith leads tributes after Men in Black and Dodgeball star dies, aged 88

by Jacob Stolworthy

 

 

Actor Rip Torn, whose film roles included Men in Black and Dodgeball, has died at the age of 88.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111045-rip-torn-death-will-smith-leads-tributes-after-men-in-black-and-dodgeball-star-dies-aged-88/

 

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Kanye's Yeezy sneaker empire is worth $1BILLION according to Forbes

By KEITH GRIFFITH

 

Kanye West is featured on the new cover of Forbes magazine, which chronicles his dramatic financial turnaround due in large part to his Yeezy shoe line

 

Kanye West's sneaker empire is a billion-dollar enterprise, according to a new cover story on the rapper's business endeavors by Forbes magazine. 

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111046-kanyes-yeezy-sneaker-empire-is-worth-1billion-according-to-forbes/

 

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Bad news, ‘Friends’ is officially leaving Netflix

by Nick Reilly

 

 

No one told you life was gonna be this way.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111047-bad-news-‘friends’-is-officially-leaving-netflix/

 

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