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Partial solar eclipse across Thailand on Boxing Day

By The Phuket News

 

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People across Southern Thailand will see the moon covering more of the sun than other parts of Thailand. Image: Narit
 

PHUKET:-- People across Phuket will be able to witness a partial solar eclipse covering 76% of the sun this Thursday (Dec 26) as the Earth enjoys its second full solar eclipse of the year.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1140098-partial-solar-eclipse-across-thailand-on-boxing-day/

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Body of French tourist found beside motorbike along Phuket coastal road

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

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The man's body was found beside the Kamala-Patong road this morning (Dec 23). Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub)
 

PHUKET:-- Police are investigating the death of a French tourist whose body was found beside a motorbike along the coastal road between Kamala and Patong this morning (Dec 23).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1140093-body-of-french-tourist-found-beside-motorbike-along-phuket-coastal-road/

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Police to summon Thanathorn over skywalk gathering

By The Nation

 

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Police will summon Future Forward Party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit and party member Pirattachot Chantara-Khajon to Pathumwan police station on December 27 at 10 am after Palang Pracharath Party member Sonthiya Sawasdee filed a complaint against Thanathorn over a gathering on the Pathumwan intersection skywalk on December 14, Bangkok metropolitan police chief Pakkapong Pongpetra said on Monday (December 23). 

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1140092-police-to-summon-thanathorn-over-skywalk-gathering/

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Decrease in November exports, but some products witness increased sales

By The Nation

 

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Thailand’s November exports witnessed a drop of 7.39 per cent compared to the same period last year, with the trade value being US$19.7 billion (Bt593.5 billion) while exports in the first 11 months of this year totalled $227.09 billion. The value of imports was $218.08 billion, with a surplus balance of trade being $9 billion.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1140127-decrease-in-november-exports-but-some-products-witness-increased-sales/

 

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New Year gift in store for SMEs, says Somkid

By THE NATION

 

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Deputy PM Somkid Jatusripitak

 

As a New Year gift to Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs), Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak said on Monday (December 23) that he had ordered the setup of a working panel, tasked with preparing support measures to ease their financial burden.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1140128-new-year-gift-in-store-for-smes-says-somkid/

 

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PM Prayut orders government agencies to speed up budget disbursement

 

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BANGKOK (NNT) - Even though House committees are still scrutinizing the 2020 budget bill, the Prime Minister and Defense Minister, Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha, has instructed heads of government agencies and state enterprises to develop their fiscal 2021 budget plans while ensuring that they are in line with the national strategy and take global economic challenges into consideration.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1140133-pm-prayut-orders-government-agencies-to-speed-up-budget-disbursement/

 

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Boeing ditches CEO Muilenburg in bid to contain 737 MAX crisis

By Ankit Ajmera and Tim Hepher

 

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FILE PHOTO: Boeing Chief Executive Dennis Muilenburg testifies before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee during a hearing on the grounded 737 MAX in the wake of deadly crashes, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., October 30, 2019. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger

 

(Reuters) - Boeing Co <BA.N> has fired its Chief Executive Dennis Muilenburg, seeking to restore confidence after two fatal crashes forced the world's biggest planemaker to halt production of its best-selling 737 MAX jetliner.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1140134-boeing ditches-ceo-muilenburg-in-bid-to-contain-737-max-crisis/

 

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McConnell says Senate Republicans have not ruled out witnesses in Trump impeachment trial

By Doina Chiacu

 

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FILE PHOTO: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks to the media after the weekly policy luncheons on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 3, 2019. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Monday that Republicans had not ruled out hearing witnesses in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, one of the main sticking points in drafting rules for the proceedings.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1140135-mcconnell-says-senate-republicans-have-not-ruled-out-witnesses-in-trump-impeachment-trial/

 

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Queen stresses reconciliation after bruising Brexit year

 

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Britain's Queen Elizabeth poses, after recording her annual Christmas Day message in Windsor Castle, in Berkshire, Britain, in this undated pool picture released on December 24, 2019. Steve Parsons/Pool via REUTERS

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Queen Elizabeth will stress the value of harmony and reconciliation in her Christmas message this year, Buckingham Palace said on Tuesday, after a year in which the tortuous Brexit process aggravated deep divisions in Britain.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1140140-queen-elizabeth-stresses-reconciliation-after-bruising-brexit-year/

 

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Doctors and nurses in the UK not honored as often as other professions

By Ruhi Soni

 

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FILE PHOTO: Nurses prepare a bed on a ward at St Thomas' Hospital in central London January 28, 2015. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth

 

(Reuters Health) - People in the healthcare industry are less likely than those in sports and the arts to be awarded British honors like knighthoods and damehoods, a study suggests.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1140141-doctors-and-nurses-in-the-uk-not-honored-as-often-as-other-professions/

 

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French union workers vote to halt production at key oil facility

By Sudip Kar-Gupta and Bate Felix

 

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Commuters walk on a platform at Gare de l'Est train station during a strike by all unions of French SNCF and the Paris transport network (RATP) in Paris as French transportation workers' strike continues for a 19th day against pension reform plans in France, December 23, 2019. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

 

PARIS (Reuters) - French workers voted on Monday to halt production at a key oil facility that supplies Paris and the surrounding region, joining other petroleum industry shutdowns in a nationwide strike against government pension reforms.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1140142-french-union-workers-vote-to-halt-production-at-key-oil-facility/

 

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Survival camps cater to new fear: America's political unrest

By Andrew Hay

 

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Drew Miller carries an assault riffle at a survival camp in central Colorado, U.S., December 9, 2019. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm

 

FORTITUDE RANCH, Colo. (Reuters) - Aiming an AR-15 rifle across a Colorado valley dotted with antelope and cattle, Drew Miller explains how members of his new survival ranch would ride out an apocalypse.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1140143-survival-camps-cater-to-new-fear-americas-political-unrest/

 

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Turkey, Russia talk Syria as thousands flee bombing

By Tuvan Gumrukcu and Suleiman Al-Khalidi

 

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FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) attend a joint news conference following Russian-Turkish talks in the Black sea resort of Sochi, Russia October 22, 2019. Sergei Chirikov/Pool via REUTERS

 

ANKARA/BEIRUT (Reuters) - A Turkish delegation was in Russia on Monday for talks on Syria, following reports that Russian-backed attacks there were forcing tens of thousands more Syrians to flee towards Turkey.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1140145-turkey-russia-talk-syria-as-thousands-flee-bombing/

 

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Frenchman accepts he was not extorted by Thai police - might have been his Thai/Indian friend instead

 

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Picture: Daily News

 

A French computer systems businessman who claimed that the Thong Lor police had extorted him out of a quarter of a million baht has accepted that he was wrong. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1140146-frenchman-accepts-he-was-not-extorted-by-thai-police-might-have-been-his-thaiindian-friend-instead/

 

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Japanese man stabbed after resisting street robbery in downtown Bangkok

 

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Thai caption: Cruel! Man from the land of raw fish stabbed in robbery

 

A national police spokesman has assured the public that the Thai police will do everything to assure their safety after a Japanese man was stabbed in a violent robbery in the Ekkamai area at the weekend. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1140149-japanese-man-stabbed-after-resisting-street-robbery-in-downtown-bangkok/

 

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Frenchman who allegedly locked Thai workers in cage accused of donations scam

 

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Picture: Daily News

 

It has been claimed that the Frenchman at the center of a row about locking his Thai workers in a dog cage is not only a bogus vet but has accepted up to 50 million baht in donations.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1140157-frenchman-who-allegedly-locked-thai-workers-in-cage-accused-of-donations-scam/

 

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Hua Hin shopping village to close its doors on January 31

By THE NATION

 

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On Tuesday (December 24) Pattra Sahawat, founder and owner of Plearn Wan Co Ltd, operator of Plearn Wan shopping village in Hua Hin and Plearn Wan Panich shopping centres at multiple locations, posted on her Facebook page that the Hua Hin shopping village will close down on January 31.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1140168-hua-hin-shopping-village-to-close-its-doors-on-january-31/

 

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Japan dominates Thai overseas travel choices this New Year’s Eve
Tokyo, Osaka and Hokkaido are among the top five trending destinations where Thai travellers usher in another year
Seoul is the most-booked overseas destination for Thai travellers on New Year’s Eve.
Chiang Mai is the most popular domestic destination for Thai travellers on  New Year’s Eve with bookings up 90% year-on-year
 
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Fireworks over Tokyo, Japan. Photo by Geargodz.


THAILAND, December 24, 2019 – For more than a decade, millions of hosts and guests have been forging connections across the globe through travel on Airbnb and this New Year’s Eve, more travelers than ever are doing just that on Airbnb, the leading diverse accommodation and experiences marketplace.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1140171-japan-dominates-thai-overseas-travel-choices-this-new-year’s-eve/

 

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Crash victim after police chase: Gran says he's a lovely lad but 14 year old will turn over a new leaf
 
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Thai caption: (I will) Turn over a new Leaf
 
Reporters caught up with a 14 year old boy who failed to stop at a police checkpoint when he was on his way to watch some races in Chacherngsao on Sunday. 
 
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Keep the calls coming: "Big Oud" reports on the latest arrests of foreigners

 

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Picture: Manager Online

 

Immigration chief Lt-Gen Sompong "Big Oud" Chingduang was on hand with a bunch of vinyl signs yesterday to announce the latest arrests of illegal foreigners including a US woman teaching without a work permit.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1140179-keep-the-calls-coming-big-oud-reports-on-the-latest-arrests-of-foreigners/

 

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