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Saudi Arabia to end flogging as form of punishment - document

 

 

RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia is ending flogging as a form of punishment, according to a document from the kingdom's top court seen by Reuters on Friday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161346-saudi-arabia-to-end-flogging-as-form-of-punishment-document/

 

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U.S. Supreme Court refuses to block Trump immigration policy during pandemic

By Lawrence Hurley

 

FILE PHOTO: The Supreme Court stands in Washington, U.S., May 14, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday rejected a long-shot bid by New York and two other states to suspend during the coronavirus pandemic a Trump administration immigration policy that denies legal permanent residency to certain immigrants deemed likely to require government assistance in the future.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161347-us-supreme-court-refuses-to-block-trump-immigration-policy-during-pandemic/

 

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China pressured EU to drop COVID disinformation criticism - sources

By Raphael Satter, Robin Emmott and Jack Stubbs

 

FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a face mask buys food at a street stall, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Beijing, China, April 24, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) - China sought to block a European Union report alleging that Beijing was spreading disinformation about the coronavirus outbreak, according to four sources and diplomatic correspondence reviewed by Reuters.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161349-china-pressured-eu-to-drop-covid-disinformation-criticism-sources/

 

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Coronavirus and COVID-19: Fact versus fiction

By Kate Kelland and Julie Steenhuysen

 

FILE PHOTO: A 3D-printed coronavirus model is seen in front of the words coronavirus disease (Covid-19) on display in this illustration taken March 25, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's musings about whether disinfectants and ultraviolet light can be inserted into patients' bodies to treat COVID-19 have alarmed doctors and drawn warnings from the makers of Lysol, Dettol and Clorox.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161350-coronavirus-and-covid-19-fact-versus-fiction/

 

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Thailand reports 53 new coronavirus cases, one new death

 

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand reported 53 new coronavirus cases and the death of a 48-year-old Thai man who was infected with the virus along with four other family members.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161351-thailand-reports-53-new-coronavirus-cases-one-new-death/

 

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Foreigners caught on Pattaya beach face year in jail or heavy fines, says police chief

 

 

Image: Sophon Cable TV

 

The chief of police in Pattaya has said that both Thais and foreigners were among people arrested for violating the ban on congregating at the beach, in contravention of the Chonburi governor's order.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161357-foreigners-caught-on-pattaya-beach-face-year-in-jail-or-heavy-fines-says-police-chief/

 

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"No evidence" that recovered COVID-19 patients cannot be reinfected: WHO

 

 

FILE PHOTO: A logo is pictured on the headquarters of the World Health Organization (WHO) ahead of a meeting of the Emergency Committee on the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in Geneva, Switzerland, January 30, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

 

GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday that there was currently "no evidence" that people who have recovered from COVID-19 and have antibodies are protected from a second coronavirus infection.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161393-no-evidence-that-recovered-covid-19-patients-cannot-be-reinfected-who/

 

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Virus-hit Madame Tussauds owner raises 500 million euros in bond sale

By Yoruk Bahceli

 

FILE PHOTO: Madame Tussauds feature wax figure of Britain's Queen Elizabeth is seen at the booth of Britain during the International Tourism Trade Fair ITB in Berlin, Germany, March 7, 2019. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - The firm behind Madame Tussauds and Legoland parks raised 500 million euros ($540 million) via a five-year bond on Friday, paying a high yield of 7% to secure the funds it needs to tide it over while most of its venues are closed in the coronavirus pandemic.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161394-virus-hit-madame-tussauds-owner-raises-500-million-euros-in-bond-sale/

 

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Prosecutors deny misconduct in U.S. college admissions scandal

By Nate Raymond

 

FILE PHOTO: Actress Lori Loughlin, and her husband, fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli leave the federal courthouse after a hearing on charges in a nationwide college admissions cheating scheme in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., August 27, 2019. REUTERS/Josh Reynolds/File Photo

 

BOSTON (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors on Friday denied that law enforcement engaged in misconduct, fabricated evidence or tried to entrap "Full House" actress Lori Loughlin or other wealthy parents who are now awaiting trial in the U.S. college admissions scandal.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161396-prosecutors-deny-misconduct-in-us-college-admissions-scandal/

 

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Paris movie theatre skirts lockdown with alfresco screening

 

 

Christine Davenier watches the film Man Without a Star by King Vidor as it is projected by members of the Association Home Cinema, who support La Clef historic cinema, on the wall of an apartments building during a lockdown imposed to slow down the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Paris, France, April 24, 2020. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

 

PARIS (Reuters) - The coronavirus lockdown forced the team running Paris's La Clef cinema to close their auditorium to moviegoers. So they hit on an alternative: projecting movies onto the wall of an adjacent apartment building.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161397-paris-movie-theatre-skirts-lockdown-with-alfresco-screening/

 

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Woman in Wichit latest confirmed COVID case in Phuket, total reaches 202

By The Phuket News

 

Image: PR Dept

 

PHUKET: The Phuket Communicable Disease Committee today (Apr 25) announced one more confirmed case of people in Phuket infected with the COVID-19 coronavirus.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161399-woman-in-wichit-latest-confirmed-covid-case-in-phuket-total-reaches-202/

 

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Nearly 500 tested at Phuket workers’ camps, all clear

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

A woman at one of the camps presents herself and her baby to be checked. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: Nearly 500 workers living at six major workers’ camps in Muang District have all passed COVID-19 screening, with not one person being recorded as having a high body temperature.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161401-nearly-500-tested-at-phuket-workers’-camps-all-clear/

 

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Thai authorities step up after homeless pensioner attacked and robbed

 

 

Image: INN

 

INN reported on the case of a 71 year old homeless man who was attacked and robbed of his wallet outside a bookshop by two young men in Nakhon Sawan Road, Bangkok earlier in the week.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161402-thai-authorities-step-up-after-homeless-pensioner-attacked-and-robbed/

 

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Thai man faces jail after beating neighbor's cat to death over motorcycle scratches

 

 

Image: 77kaoded

 

A pork dealer in a market in Sa Kaeo province went to his local police after the owner of a neighboring shop beat his pet cat "Jao Miaw" to death with a broom.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161404-thai-man-faces-jail-after-beating-neighbors-cat-to-death-over-motorcycle-scratches/

 

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Thailand Live Sunday 26 Apr 2020

 

https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161417-thailand-live-sunday-26-apr-2020/