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Visas on arrival being denied 18 nationalities

By The Nation

 

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(Update) Beginning on Friday (March 13), visitors to Thailand from 18 countries will no longer be eligible for visas on arrival, Interior Minister Anupong Paochinda announced on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153212-visas-on-arrival-being-denied-18-nationalities/

 

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Postcards from Asian airports as coronavirus tightens its grip

 

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An empty arrivals terminal following the coronavirus outbreak, at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Thailand March 12, 2020. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

 

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - From Beijing to Jakarta, many usually bustling Asian airports have become eerily empty and quiet as coronavirus tightens its grip over the region where the outbreak first began late last year.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153171-postcards-from-asian-airports-as-coronavirus-tightens-its-grip/

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Accused Vietnamese pickpocket big fan of Bangkok

By THE NATION

 

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A Vietnamese woman detained years ago for thefts committed in Bangkok while claiming to be Cambodian was allegedly back on the job this week.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153150-accused-vietnamese-pickpocket-big-fan-of-bangkok/

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Power rate to stay at Bt3.64/unit during May to Aug

By THE NATION

 

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Electricity charge will stay at Bt3.64 per unit for another four months, following a decision of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) on March 12 to maintain the fuel tariff (Ft) rate for May to August at minus 11.60 satang per unit.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153214-power-rate-to-stay-at-bt364unit-during-may-to-aug/

 

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Prayut shown Rajavithi Hospital’s anti-virus arsenal

By The Nation

 

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Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha was at Rajavithi Hospital in Bangkok on Thursday (March 12) checking on measures put in place to safeguard the public against the Covid-19 virus.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153216-prayut-shown-rajavithi-hospital’s-anti-virus-arsenal/

 

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UPDATE:

 

Visa restrictions for citizens from VoA and high-risk countries effective March 13th

 

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Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and Interior Minister Anupong Paojinda have signed an announcement which temporarily suspends the visa on arrival facility for citizens of 18 countries and visa free entry for citizens of three COVID-19 high-risk countries, effective from March 13th.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153212-visas-on-arrival-being-denied-18-nationalities/?do=findComment&comment=15153122

 

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Prosecutors won’t appeal construction tycoon Premchai’s sentence

 

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The public prosecutors have agreed not to appeal the verdict of the Appeals Court against construction tycoon Premchai Karnasuta, in connection with the illegal hunting of a black leopard and other protected wildlife in Thung Yai Naresuan wildlife sanctuary in Thailand’s western province of Kanchanaburi in February 2018. The illegal hunting scandal sparked public uproar due to the accused’s high profile.  

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153218-prosecutors-won’t-appeal-construction-tycoon-premchai’s-sentence/

 

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Wat Arun deep cleaning raises tourists’ confidence

 

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BANGKOK (NNT) - Tourism attractions are considered to be at risk of disease transmission, especially during the pandemic COVID-19. In light of the situation, a deep cleaning event has been held at Wat Arun to boost confidence among tourists and local communities.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153221-wat-arun-deep-cleaning-raises-tourists’-confidence/

 

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PM Johnson warns Britons: more loved ones are going to die from coronavirus

By Kylie MacLellan and Elizabeth Piper

 

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson holds a news conference addressing the government's response to the coronavirus outbreak, at Downing Street in London, Britain March 12, 2020. REUTERS/Simon Dawson/Pool

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned on Thursday that many more families would see their loved ones die from coronavirus, as the government's chief scientific adviser said Britain likely has as many as 10,000 people infected.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153223-pm johnson warns-britons-more-loved-ones-are-going-to-die-from-coronavirus/

 

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Markets suffer record meltdown as global coronavirus alarm grows

By Steve Holland and Liangping Gao

 

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People check in to a British Airways flight at the international terminal at LAX airport in Los Angeles, California, U.S., amid reports of the coronavirus, March 11, 2020. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

 

WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) - Global markets suffered record falls on Thursday as alarm over the coronavirus intensified, and governments from Ireland to Italy unveiled new measures to try to slow the spread of a disease that has infected more than 127,000 people worldwide.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153225-markets-suffer-record-meltdown-as-global-coronavirus-alarm-grows/

 

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U.S. judge orders WikiLeaks source Chelsea Manning released from prison

 

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FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning speaks to reporters outside the U.S. federal courthouse shortly before appearing before a federal judge and being taken into custody as he held her in contempt of court for refusing to testify before a federal grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia, U.S. March 8, 2019. MANDATORY CREDIT: REUTERS/Ford Fischer/News2Share

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge on Thursday ordered that former U.S. Army soldier and WikiLeaks source Chelsea Manning should be immediately released from prison, where she was being held for refusing to testify in an ongoing U.S. investigation of WikiLeaks.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153226-us-judge-orders-wikileaks-source-chelsea manning released-from-prison/

 

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Coronavirus poses new challenge to Trump's re-election bid

By Steve Holland and Joseph Ax

 

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FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks about the U.S response to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic during an address to the nation from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S., March 11, 2020. Doug Mills/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump faced one of the gravest threats of his political career as the coronavirus pandemic spread, leaving fellow Republicans to worry that the White House's response and the hit to the economy would harm his re-election prospects.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153232-coronavirus-poses-new-challenge-to-trumps-re-election-bid/

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Arsenal manager Arteta tests positive for coronavirus

 

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FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Premier League - Arsenal v West Ham United - Emirates Stadium, London, Britain - March 7, 2020 Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta Action Images via Reuters/John Sibley/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has tested positive for the coronavirus, the Premier League club said on Thursday, with the first-team squad set to self-isolate as a result.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153237-arsenal-manager-arteta-tests-positive-for-coronavirus/

 

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Trump met Brazilian official with coronavirus, but says 'not concerned'

By Steve Holland and Anthony Boadle

 

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U.S. President Donald Trump talks to reporters as he meets with Ireland's Prime Minister, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S., March 12, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis

 

WASHINGTON/BRASILIA (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he was not concerned about the possibility of being exposed to the coronavirus after dining last week with a Brazilian government official who has since tested positive for the disease.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153239-trump-met-brazilian-official-with-coronavirus-but-says-not-concerned/

 

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U.S. wages retaliatory strikes against Iran-backed militia in Iraq after deadly attack

By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali

 

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FILE PHOTO: U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper, speaks during a joint news conference with Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani, and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg,(unseen) in Kabul, Afghanistan February 29, 2020. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States waged a series of precision air strikes on Thursday against an Iran-backed militia in Iraq that it blamed for a major rocket attack a day earlier that killed two American troops and a 26-year-old British soldier.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153240-us-wages-retaliatory-strikes-against-iran-backed-militia-in-iraq-after-deadly-attack/

 

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Coronavirus pandemic 'could be over by June' if countries act, says Chinese adviser

By Kevin Yao and Min Zhang

 

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A woman wearing a protective mask is seen past a portrait of Chinese President Xi Jinping on a street as the country is hit by an outbreak of the coronavirus, in Shanghai, China March 12, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song

 

BEIJING (Reuters) - The global coronavirus pandemic could be over by June if countries mobilise to fight it, a senior Chinese medical adviser said on Thursday, as China declared the peak had passed there and new cases in Hubei fell to single digits for the first time.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153242-coronavirus-pandemic-could-be-over-by-june-if-countries-act-says-chinese-adviser/

 

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'Italy has abandoned us': Brother trapped with sister's body in coronavirus shutdown

 

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Luca Franzese speaks following the death of his sister Teresa Franzese, who died at home after contracting coronavirus and whose body was not picked up by undertakers and the local hospital due to uncertainty before the results of a test for the disease was known, in Naples, Italy, March 8, 2020 in this picture obtained from social media. Mandatory credit Luca Franzese/via REUTERS

 

NAPLES, Italy (Reuters) - The brother of a woman who died at home after contracting coronavirus had to issue a desperate appeal on social media to persuade Italian authorities to come and collect her body.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153243-italy-has-abandoned-us-brother-trapped-with-sisters-body-in-coronavirus-shutdown/

 

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Tokyo Olympics organisers dig in their heels after Trump suggests one-year delay

 

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FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective face mask following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) walks past a banner for the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, March 11, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato

 

TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo 2020 organisers said on Friday they were moving ahead with preparations to hold "safe and secure" Games on schedule, after U.S. President Donald Trump said officials should consider delaying the event for one year amid the coronavirus pandemic.

 

Full story:  https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153244-tokyo-olympics-organisers-dig-in-their-heels-after-trump-suggests-one-year-delay/

 

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'People are terrified': Daily life on hold as Americans face coronavirus threat

By Andy Sullivan and Lauren Young

 

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The Life Care Center of Kirkland, a long-term care facility linked to several confirmed coronavirus cases, is pictured in Kirkland, Washington, U.S. March 12, 2020. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson

 

(Reuters) - In Texas, a photographer worries about paying his bills. In Pennsylvania, an aspiring dancer struggles with a canceled audition. In suburban Los Angeles, a mother wonders whether anyone will show up for her son's bar mitzvah.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153245-people-are-terrified-daily-life-on-hold-as-americans-face-coronavirus-threat/

 

 

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Covid-19: Two major figures in Thai aviation resign - govt response and "bungling" of virus crisis blamed

 

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FILE PHOTO: Thai Airways aircraft are parked on the tarmac at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi International Airport March 27, 2015. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
 
Thailand is today reeling from the resignation of two of its leading figures in the aviation industry.
 
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Tourism Authority of Thailand: HQ remains open, no staff have virus
 
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The Tourism Authority of Thailand - TAT - has issued a statement denying rumors circulating in the Thai media that they have closed their head office in Bangkok for 14 days.
 
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Formula One schedule in doubt after Australia GP cancelled

By Ian Ransom

 

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Formula One F1 - Australian Grand Prix - Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne, Australia - March 13, 2020 General view of the pitlane after it was announced the Australian Grand Prix would be cancelled after a McLaren team member tested positive for coronavirus REUTERS/Tracey Nearmy

 

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - The Formula One season has been thrown into doubt with the cancellation of the Australian Grand Prix due to the coronavirus on Friday, with chief executive Chase Carey saying it was "challenging" to predict when the next race might take place.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153264-formula-one-schedule-in-doubt-after australia gp-cancelled/

 

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"Paveena - Angel of the Poor" to the rescue in case of battered grandmother

 

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Well known social welfare activist Paveena Hongsakul has intervened in the case of a grandmother who was battered by her own daughter. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153267-paveena-angel-of-the-poor-to-the-rescue-in-case-of-battered-grandmother/

 

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Canada battens down as Trudeau's wife tested for coronavirus and NHL suspends games

By Steve Scherer

 

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FILE PHOTO: Liberal leader and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Gregoire Trudeau hug on stage after the federal election at the Palais des Congres in Montreal, Quebec, Canada October 22, 2019. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

 

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife, Sophie, are in self-isolation after she fell ill and was tested for the coronavirus, while schools are being shut down in Ontario to limit the spread of the outbreak.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153268-canada battens-down-as-trudeaus-wife-tested-for-coronavirus-and-nhl-suspends-games/

 

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Energy Ministry clarifies on alcohol stocks available for gels, sanitisers

By THE NATION

 

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The Ministry of Energy has clarified that it has only 1 million litres of alcohol left per day after use for fuel-making and not 100 million litres as claimed by a Phalang Pracharat lawmaker.

 

Ministry of Energy spokesman Watchara Kannika said on Friday (March 13) that the claim made by Weerakorn Khamprakob, Nakhon Sawan MP of Phalang Pracharat Party, on Thursday that the ministry has over 100 million litres of alcohol in stock that can be used to make alcohol-based hand gels is not true.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1153275-energy-ministry-clarifies-on-alcohol-stocks-available-for-gels-sanitisers/

 

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