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Thai central bank unexpectedly cuts rate 25 bps to record low 1.0%

 

FILE PHOTO: The Bank of Thailand logo is seen in Bangkok, Thailand April 26, 2016. REUTERS/Jorge Silva/File Photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's central bank unexpectedly cut its benchmark interest rate for a third time in six months on Wednesday, taking it to a fresh record low as a new virus from China puts further pressure on the flagging economy.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1146816-thai-central-bank-unexpectedly-cuts-rate-25-bps-to-record-low-10/

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British scientist makes breakthrough in race for coronavirus vaccine: Sky

 

 

LONDON (Reuters) - A leading British scientist has made a significant breakthrough in the race for a coronavirus vaccine by reducing a part of the normal development time from "two to three years to just 14 days", Sky news reported.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1146837-british-scientist-makes-breakthrough-in-race-for-coronavirus-vaccine-sky/

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Krabi reels from 20% plunge in tourists

By THE NATION

 

 

The number of tourists in Krabi has decreased by 20 per cent since outbreak of the new coronavirus, according to the province's Tourism Industry Council on Wednesday (January 5).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1146859-krabi-reels-from-20-plunge-in-tourists/

 

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New bikes must meet euro 4 standards

By The Nation

 

 

Officials of Thai Industrial Standards Institute (TISI) on Wednesday (February 5) met with representatives from more than 40 motorbike manufacturers, including major producers Honda and Yamaha, informing them of the requirements of the euro 4 certification for new bikes. The new policy, effective March 29, requires all new products to meet euro 4 standards.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1146900-new-bikes-must-meet-euro-4-standards/

 

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KBank trims MRR rate in wake of policy-rate cut

By THE NATION

 

 

Kasikornbank (KBank) will on Thursday (February 6) reduce its minimum retail rate for SMEs and individual customers to 6.62 per cent from 6.87 per cent.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1146901-kbank-trims-mrr-rate-in-wake-of-policy-rate-cut/

 

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Fruit board sets new guidelines for efficiency

By The Nation

 

Alongkorn Ponlaboot

 

The Fruit Board has announced its management guidelines for 2020, focusing on more specific production information in line with market demand to facilitate self-management and appropriate production volume in each province, said, adviser to the agriculture minister.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1146902-fruit-board-sets-new-guidelines-for-efficiency/

 

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Tourist police cheer up Chinese ‘family’ with video

By The Nation

 

 

Thailand’s Tourist Police Bureau has produced a morale booster in the form of a 55-second video for Chinese people dealing with the 2019-nCoV coronavirus.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1146904-thailands-tourist-police-cheer-up-chinese-‘family’-with-video/

 

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Economic woes cut into Valentine, Magha Puja spending

By THE NATION

 

 

Well over half of the 1,234 people surveyed recently about Valentine’s Day spending said they’ll ignore the annual day of romance this year because the economy and environment are so bad.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1146905-economic-woes-cut-into-valentine-magha-puja-spending/

 

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Thailand scraps China-led project to blast open Mekong River

By Panarat Thepgumpanat

 

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang speaks as Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha gestures during a news conference at Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, November 5, 2019. Rungroj Yongrit/Pool via REUTERS

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand has scrapped a Chinese-led project to blast rapids on the Mekong River that had been opposed by local people and environmental groups, a government spokeswoman said on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1146906-thailand scraps-china-led-project-to-blast-open-mekong-river/

 

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UOB (Thai) activates Asia’s first solar industry ecosystem in Thailand 

By The Nation

 

 

U-Solar, Asia’s first solar industry ecosystem, has been launched by United Overseas Bank (Thai) in Thailand to power the development and adoption of renewable energy across the country. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1146907-uob-thai-activates-asia’s-first-solar-industry-ecosystem-in-thailand /

 

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GSB pledges help for indebted state officials

By THE NATION

 

Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak, left

 

Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak asked the Government Savings Bank (GSB) on Wednesday (February 5) to help state official who are its customers in restructuring their debts.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1146908-gsb-pledges-help-for-indebted-state-officials/

 

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Charter Court to rule on budget and Future Forward on Feb 7th and 21st respectively

 

 

Thailand’s Constitutional Court is due to deliver its rulings on the legality of the budget bill for 2020 fiscal year this Friday, and on the fate of the Future Forward party over the 191.2 million baht loan it accepted from party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1146909-charter-court-to-rule-on-budget-and-future-forward-on-feb-7th-and-21st-respectively/

 

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Cherng Talay water shutoff hits private estates, condo projects

By Khunanya Wanchanwet

 

The Cherng Talay Municipality main building. Photo: Cherng Talay Municipality

 

PHUKET: Cherng Talay Municipality has finally confirmed that water supply to a slew of residential projects and businesses in municipality’s area of administration has been shut off entirely.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1146910-cherng-talay-water-shutoff-hits-private-estates-condo-projects/

 

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Plane skids off runway in Istanbul, killing one and injuring 157

 

An injured person is carried away from Pegasus Airlines Boeing 737-86J plane, after it overran the runway during landing and crashed, at Istanbul's Sabiha Gokcen airport, Turkey February 5, 2020. REUTERS/Kemal Aslan

 

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A Pegasus Airlines plane flying into Istanbul's Sabiha Gokcen airport skidded off the end of the wet runway and broke into three pieces after landing on Wednesday, killing one person and injuring 157 others, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1146911-plane-skids-off-runway-in istanbul-killing-one-and-injuring-157/

 

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Senate acquits Trump in historic vote as re-election battle looms

By David Morgan, Susan Cornwell, Richard Cowan and Patricia Zengerle

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., January 30, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump was acquitted on Wednesday in his U.S. Senate impeachment trial, saved by fellow Republicans who rallied to protect him nine months before he asks voters in a deeply divided America to give him a second White House term.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1146912-senate-acquits-trump-in-historic-vote-as-re-election-battle-looms/

 

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'Taboo broken' as far right becomes German state kingmaker

 

German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, February 5, 2020. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - A German state premier was elected with the support of the nationalist Alternative for Germany (AfD) and Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives on Wednesday, shattering the post-war consensus among established parties of shunning the far right.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1146913-taboo-broken-as-far-right-becomes-german-state-kingmaker/

 

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Young BMW driver kills 1, hurts another in Pattaya motorbike crash

By Boonlua Chatree

 

  

Nattapol Namuangruk, driver of the Bangkok-registered luxury sedan, did not speak to police and underwent a blood-alcohol test. Results were not released.

 

A motorcyclist was killed when a Bangkok BMW driver hit a second motorbike, causing a chain-reaction crash.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1146915-young-bmw-driver-kills-1-hurts-another-in-pattaya-motorbike-crash/

 

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U.S. steps up warnings on Russia over Syria's Idlib, military de-confliction

By Humeyra Pamuk

 

FILE PHOTO: James Jeffrey, U.S. Special Representative for Syria, addresses the media after a meeting with senior officials from seven Arab and Western countries along with United Nations Special Envoy Geir Pedersen in Geneva, Switzerland October 25, 2019. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday stepped up warnings to Russia over its Syria policy, saying Moscow was trying to challenge the U.S. presence in northeastern Syria by violating the terms of a de-confliction agreement and was also helping escalate the fighting in the northwestern province of Idlib.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1146917-us-steps-up-warnings-on-russia-over-syrias-idlib-military-de-confliction/

 

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Bernard Madoff is dying, seeks early release from prison - lawyer

By Jonathan Stempel

 

FILE PHOTO: Bernard Madoff exits the Manhattan federal court house in New York in this January 14, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bernard Madoff is dying of kidney failure and has fewer than 18 months to live, and is seeking to end his 150-year prison sentence for masterminding what prosecutors have called the largest Ponzi scheme ever.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1146918-bernard-madoff-is-dying-seeks-early-release-from-prison-lawyer/

 

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Biden says he's 'not going anywhere' after poor Iowa showing

By Trevor Hunnicutt

 

FILE PHOTO: Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event in Nashua, New Hampshire, U.S., February 4, 2020. REUTERS/Rick Wilking

 

SOMERSWORTH, N.H. (Reuters) - Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden vowed on Wednesday to go on fighting for the Democratic presidential nomination despite what he called the "gut punch" he took in Iowa, where partial results show the political veteran lagging in fourth place.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1146919-biden-says-hes-not-going-anywhere-after-poor-iowa-showing/

 

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'Spartacus' actor Kirk Douglas dead at 103, son Michael Douglas says

 

FILE PHOTO: Actor Kirk Douglas arrives to receive an inaugural award for Excellence in film presented by the Santa Barbara International Film Festival at a black-tie gala fundraiser in his honor at the Bacara Resort & Spa in Santa Barbara, California, July 30, 2006. REUTERS/Phil Klein/File Photo

 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Kirk Douglas, the cleft-chinned movie star who fought gladiators, cowboys and boxers on the screen and the Hollywood establishment, died on Wednesday at the age of 103, his son Michael Douglas said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1146920-spartacus-actor-kirk-douglas-dead-at-103-son-michael-douglas-says/

 

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Breaking with Republicans, Romney votes 'guilty' in Trump impeachment trial

By Richard Cowan

 

U.S. Senator Mitt Romney announces his intention to vote to convict U.S. president Donald Trump for abuse of power during Senate debate ahead of the resumption and final vote in the Trump impeachment trial in this frame grab from video shot in the Senate Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., February 5, 2020. U.S. Senate TV/Handout via Reuters

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Senator Mitt Romney issued a scathing criticism of Donald Trump on Wednesday as he broke with his party and voted to convict the U.S. president for abuse of power in his impeachment trial.

 

Full story:  https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1146922-breaking-with-republicans-romney-votes-guilty-in-trump-impeachment-trial/

 

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Over 130 migrants killed after U.S. deports them to El Salvador, rights group says

By Nelson Renteria

 

A migrant who was deported from the U.S. leaves the Integral Assistance Center for Migrants in San Salvador, El Salvador February 5, 2020. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas

 

SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - More than 130 Salvadorans have been killed after being deported from the United States since 2013, U.S.-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Wednesday, as it stressed the danger migrants face under the Trump administration's hardening immigration policy.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1146925-over-130-migrants-killed-after-us-deports-them-to-el-salvador-rights-group-says/

 

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Thai woman steals 50,000 baht from handicapped Canadian, says helper

 

Picture: Ruk Siam News

 

A Thai man hired to wheel a Canadian man in a wheelchair around Pattaya has told police a story about what happened on Beach Road yesterday. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1146929-thai-woman-steals-50000-baht-from-handicapped-canadian-says-helper/

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Virus latest: Korean investigation, school cleaning, free masks and boxer cleared

 

 

MCOT continued to report on the latest developments in Thailand regarding the outbreak of the new coronavirus.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1146932-virus-latest-korean-investigation-school-cleaning-free-masks-and-boxer-cleared/

 

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Drugged and drunk young Thai man murders his aging neighbor with a hoe

 

Cap: Vicious murder!! Head split open by hoe

 

A 26 year old Thai villager in the eastern province of Sa Kaeo has admitted to attacking and killing his neighbor with a hoe.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1146935-drugged-and-drunk-young-thai-man-murders-his-aging-neighbor-with-a-hoe/

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Upper Thailand remains cool, isolated rains in other regions

By THE NATION

 

 

The westerly trough across the North and the upper Northeast as well as the weak high-pressure system that covers upper Thailand and the South China Sea will bring cool to cold weather with minimum temperatures in the range of 11-21 degrees Celsius in the North and the Northeast.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1146937-upper-thailand-remains-cool-isolated-rains-in-other-regions/

 

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Thai Lion Air extends by two days free flight home for Thais in China

By THE NATION

 

 

Thai Lion Air has extended until February 10 its campaign to evacuate more Thais in China amid the virus epidemic.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1146938-thai-lion-air-extends-by-two-days-free-flight-home-for-thais-in-china/

 

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Thailand’s Tourism Council reports ZERO bookings following coronavirus outbreak

 

Picture: TNA MCOT

 

Thailand’s Tourism Council has revealed the extent in which the industry has been left decimated following the recent outbreak of the coronavirus.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1146939-thailand’s-tourism-council-reports-zero-bookings-following-coronavirus-outbreak/

 

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Fake News! Thai woman arrested for saying someone died in Pattaya from coronavirus

 

Picture: Naew Na

 

The Thai police have arrested a Thai woman after she shared fake news on Facebook suggesting that someone had died in Pattaya after contracting the coronavirus. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1146940-fake-news-thai-woman-arrested-for-saying-someone-died-in-pattaya-from-coronavirus/