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Britain will face some food shortages in a no-deal Brexit: trade body

By Kate Holton

 

A shopper browses at a vegetable market, in London, Britain February 3, 2017. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls

 

LONDON (Reuters) - A disorderly no-deal Brexit would disrupt some food supplies for weeks or months if delays at ports leave fresh produce rotting in trucks, the industry’s trade body warned on Wednesday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116497-britain-will-face-some-food-shortages-in-a-no-deal-brexit-trade-body/

 

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British Airways flights disrupted by IT failures

By Andrew MacAskill, Paul Sandle

 

Passengers wait in long queues at Heathrow Airport as IT problems caused flight delays in London, Britain, August 7, 2019 in this picture obtained from social media. Paul Trickett via REUTERS

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Problems with British Airways’ IT systems left thousands of passengers facing flight cancellations, delays and long queues at airports in the airline’s third major computer failure in a little more than two years.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116498-british-airways-flights-disrupted-by-it-failures/

 

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UK politicians do not get to choose which votes they respect - Johnson's top adviser

 

Dominic Cummings, special advisor for Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, is seen at Downing Street in London, Britain August 2, 2019. REUTERS/Simon Dawson

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson believes politicians do no get to choose which votes they respect, his senior adviser Dominic Cummings said on Wednesday, a pointed remark aimed at lawmakers who have vowed to prevent a no-deal Brexit.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116499-uk-politicians-do-not-get-to-choose-which-votes-they-respect-johnsons-top-adviser/

 

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Guillermo del Toro Explains One of the Things That’ll Make His ‘Pinocchio’ Film So Different

By John Squires

 

 

We learned last year that Guillermo del Toro is going to be directing a stop motion animated Pinocchio film, a longtime passion project for del Toro that’s finally coming to life in the near future.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116500-guillermo-del-toro-explains-one-of-the-things-that’ll-make-his-‘pinocchio’-film-so-different/

 

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Pink's management team unhurt in fiery plane crash

BY FILIZ MEHMEDOVA

 

DAVID WOLFF - PATRICK/REDFERNS / GETTY IMAGES

 

Ten members of Pink's management team are safe after their private jet crash-landed and burst into flames on Tuesday morning (August 6) in Denmark.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116501-pinks-management-team-unhurt-in-fiery-plane-crash/

 

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Monica Lewinsky scandal to be retold in American Crime Story

 

Lewinsky, pictured left last year, will be played by Beanie Feldstein / GETTY IMAGES

 

President Clinton's affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky and the 1999 impeachment proceedings it led to are to be dramatised on US television.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116502-monica-lewinsky-scandal-to-be-retold-in-american-crime-story/

 

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Mekong rises two metres in a day, workers scramble to get out of the way

By Khamthorn Kongsombat
The Nation

 

 

The Mekong River level in the northeastern province of Nong Khai on Wednesday continued its rapid rise – up two metres in a single day – prompting sand-digging operators and workers on both Thailand and Laos riverbanks to move their machines and sand to higher ground to evade the torrential water.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116518-mekong-rises-two-metres-in-a-day-workers-scramble-to-get-out-of-the-way/

 

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Baht appreciation and Yuan depreciation affecting property sales

By Somluck Srimalee
The Nation

 

File photo by Bangkokbiznews

 

The Thai Baht’s appreciation against the US Dollar and Chinese Yuan is having a direct impact on condominium projects in Bangkok, as the sale of condos to foreign investors especially from Hong Kong and the China mainland market, once almost as high as 40 per cent, has drastically dropped, property experts say.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116520-baht-appreciation-and-yuan-depreciation-affecting-property-sales/

 

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Anutin distributes first batch of cannabis oil

By The Nation

 

Nation/Pramote Putthaisong Public Health Minister Anutin Chanvirakul holds up a bottle of cannabis oil during a press conference at the ministry’s head office in Nonthaburi province on Wednesday.

 

After receiving the first batch of legally produced cannabis oil on Wednesday, Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul revealed an ambitious plan to make up to a million bottles of the extract available for medical use in Thailand within the next five to six months.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116521-anutin-distributes-first-batch-of-cannabis-oil/

 

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Analysts worry about competitive easing as BOT cuts policy rate

By Wichit Chaitrong
The Nation

 

 

The Bank of Thailand’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) on Wednesday (August 7) made a surprise decision to cut the policy interest rate amid an economic slowdown and the heightened trade war between the US and China.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116522-analysts-worry-about-competitive-easing-as-bot-cuts-policy-rate/

 

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MG breaks new ground in Thailand with Extender pickup

By The Nation

 

 

MG has unveiled its first pickup truck for the Thai market, the Extender, priced from Bt549,000 for the entry-level model to Bt1.029 million for the range-topping 4x4 model.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116523-mg-breaks-new-ground-in-thailand-with-extender-pickup/

 

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Thai workers stranded on trawler off Somalia 'returning home this week'

By Jitraporn Senwong
The Nation

 

Photo Courtesy of Thai Maritime Enforcement Command Centre (Thai-MECC)

 

Seventeen Thai workers, who earlier this week had claimed to be stranded on a trawler off the coast of Somalia and wished to return home, would arrive in Thailand later this week, a senior Thai Maritime Enforcement Command Centre (Thai-MECC) official told the press on Wednesday (August 7).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116526-thai-workers-stranded-on-trawler-off-somalia-returning-home-this-week/

 

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Public invited to witness 800kg marijuana, 300kg kratom burnoff

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The public display was held to assure people the drugs were disposed of properly. Photo: PR Dept
 

PHUKET:-- A total of 500kg of marijuana and along 300kg of kratom were incinerated in Phuket today (Aug 7) in a public display of the government’s efforts in the fight against drugs.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116527-public-invited-to-witness-800kg-marijuana-300kg-kratom-burnoff/

 

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