Harris bottles it - refuses Joe Rogan podcast but appearing on an oral sex tuition podcast

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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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Thai flag projected on famous Swiss mountain

By THE NATION

 

 

Thailand's national flag was projected on The Matterhorn, the world-famous mountain in the Alps, as part of Switzerland's gesture to offer moral support to the world community fighting Covid-19.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161420-thai-flag-projected-on-famous-swiss-mountain/

 

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Limited domestic travel may be allowed after lockdown restrictions eased

By The Nation

 

Phiphat Ratchakitprakan

 

Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakan expected the government to ease lockdown measures to allow people to exercise or move about in public areas.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161421-limited-domestic-travel-may-be-allowed-after-lockdown-restrictions-eased/

 

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Review of cash handout applications 'to be finished by early May'

By The Nation

 

Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana

 

The Ministry of Finance has sent officials to review the applications of people who had resubmitted their cases to receive the Bt5,000 monthly cash handout.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161422-review-of-cash-handout-applications-to-be-finished-by-early-may/

 

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31 Thais return from Japan, sent for quarantine

By The Nation

 

 

Thirty-one Thais stranded in Japan arrived at Suvarnabhumi Airport on Friday (April 24).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161424-31-thais-return-from-japan-sent-for-quarantine/

 

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Four provinces move up in Covid-19 colour coding

By THE NATION

 

 

Prachinburi and Phatthalung provinces moved up to light orange (no cases in 14 days) from orange in the colour coding created to distinguish provinces based on their Covid-19 situation.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161425-four-provinces-move-up-in-covid-19-colour-coding/

 

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Energy Ministry wins hearts with price cut move: poll

By The Nation

 

 

A majority of respondents of a Super Poll opinion survey showed the thumbs up to the move by the Ministry of Energy to cut electricity and oil price.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161426-energy-ministry-wins-hearts-with-price-cut-move-poll/

 

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Consumer goods to be sold at discounted prices to help people amid Covid-19 crisis

By THE NATION

 

 

The Department of Internal Trade will organise a campaign to sell consumer products at cheap prices in the second phase starting from April 25 until June 30 to help alleviate people’s financial burden during the Covid-19 crisis, Deputy PM and Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit said on Saturday (April 25).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161427-consumer-goods-to-be-sold-at-discounted-prices-to-help-people-amid-covid-19-crisis/

 

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Virologist calls for gradual easing of lockdown with change in public behaviour

By The Nation

 

Dr Yong Poovorawan

 

An expert virologist at Chulalongkorn University, Dr Yong Poovorawan, has called for caution and safeguards in easing lockdown measures to coexist with Covid-19.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161428-virologist-calls-for-gradual-easing-of-lockdown-with-change-in-public-behaviour/

 

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Exclusive: China sent team including medical experts to advise on North Korea's Kim - sources

 

 

FILE PHOTO: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks as he takes part in a meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) in this image released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on April 11, 2020. KCNA/via REUTERS

 

BEIJING/SEOUL (Reuters) - China has dispatched a team to North Korea including medical experts to advise on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, according to three people familiar with the situation.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161429-exclusive-china-sent-team-including-medical-experts-to-advise-on-north-koreas-kim-sources/

 

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Britain passes 'terrible' milestone of 20,000 coronavirus deaths

 

 

A rainbow and a message supporting NHS is painted on a window of The Station pub, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Brighton, Britain April 25, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Couldridge

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's COVID-19 death toll passed 20,000 on Saturday in what the interior minister called "a tragic and terrible milestone" as she urged people to stay at home.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161432-britain-passes-terrible-milestone-of-20000-coronavirus-deaths/

 

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Ecuador woman learns sister is alive after cremating someone else's body

By Yury Garcia

 

FILE PHOTO: Firefighters attend the funeral of chief Luis Paez after he died of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), and whose wife died of the same reason a few days earlier, in Guayaquil, Ecuador April 24, 2020. REUTERS/Santiago Arcos/File Photo

 

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (Reuters) - An Ecuadorean woman in coronavirus-ravaged Guayaquil city learned on Friday that her sister was alive, weeks after cremating a misidentified body that health authorities had given her after proclaiming her sibling dead.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161433-ecuador-woman-learns-sister-is-alive-after-cremating-someone-elses-body/

 

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Spain to allow outdoor exercise as kids prepare for taste of freedom

By Jessica Jones and Nathan Allen

 

FILE PHOTO: A health worker performs a blood test for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) during lockdown amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak at Las Praderas nursing home in Pozuelo de Alarcon, Spain, April 23, 2020. REUTERS/Juan Medina

 

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced an easing of lockdown restrictions on Saturday, as children prepared to go outside for the first time in six weeks and figures confirmed a daily coronavirus death toll running well below the peak seen early this month.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161435-spain-to-allow-outdoor-exercise-as-kids-prepare-for-taste-of-freedom/

 

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India and Pakistan ease coronavirus restrictions for some small businesses

By Manoj Kumar and Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam

 

Health workers wearing protective gear walk on a railway track as they arrive in a slum area for a door-to-door verification of people to find out if they have developed any of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) symptoms, in Kolkata, India, April 24, 2020. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri

 

NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - India allowed shops in residential areas to reopen from Saturday, more than a month after the country went into lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus, federal and state officials said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161438-india-and-pakistan-ease-coronavirus-restrictions-for-some-small-businesses/

 

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Locals in Chiang Mai donate veggies to help those affected by Covid-19

By THE NATION

 

 

The chief of Mae Win subdistrict in Chiang Mai province, Kesarin Tunkeaw, together with other local people, brought around 3 tonnes of vegetables from their farms to distribute to people living in some areas of the province and Phayao on Saturday (April 25), in order to help them during the Covid-19 situation.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161440-locals-in-chiang-mai-donate-veggies-to-help-those-affected-by-covid-19/

 

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PM mourns the death of Suphan Buri health volunteer

By THE NATION

 

 

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha posted a condolence message on his Facebook page on Saturday (April 25) on the death of Boonsong Manaowan, 72, a village health volunteer from the Dermbang Nangbuat district of Suphan Buri province.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161442-pm-mourns-the-death-of-suphan-buri-health-volunteer/

 

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Report says Thailand’s suicide rate increasing during coronavirus pandemic

 

 

Driven to desperation by the unprecedented economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of Thais taking their own lives to escape their hardship has increased, according to a research paper commissioned by the Office of the Committee for the Promotion of Science, Research and Innovations.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161445-report-says-thailand’s-suicide-rate-increasing-during-coronavirus-pandemic/

 

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Is Pattaya ready for social distancing?

By Barry Kenyon

 

Drinking bars as they used to be.

 

People come to Pattaya to socialize and not to distance socially.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161446-is-pattaya-ready-for-social-distancing/

 

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Drivers bust through closed Pattaya U-turn to avoid checkpoint

By Jetsada Homklin

 

Malevolent drivers broke through a closed South Pattaya U-turn to avoid a Pattaya checkpoint.

 

The Sukhumvit Road U-turn by the Makro Cash & Carry warehouse store was closed earlier this year due to a large number of accidents there.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161449-drivers-bust-through-closed-pattaya-u-turn-to-avoid-checkpoint/

 

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Pattaya to offer 1,000-baht handouts

By Jetsada Homklin

 

Mayor Sonthaya Kunplome proposes giving residents 1,000 baht each to help mitigate the economic pain from the city’s coronavirus lockdown.

 

Pattaya will give residents 1,000 baht each to help mitigate the economic pain from the city’s coronavirus lockdown.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161451-pattaya-to-offer-1000-baht-handouts/

 

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Hot weather, storms forecast for upper Thailand, more thundershowers in South

By The Nation

 

 

A rather strong high-pressure system covers the Northeast, the East, the Central, the lower North and the South China Sea while hot to very hot conditions are likely in upper Thailand.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161454-hot-weather-storms-forecast-for-upper-thailand-more-thundershowers-in-south/

 

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Udon Thani farmers decline rice sales

By THE NATION

 

 

Most rice farmers in Udon Thani province have decided not to sell their ouput to save them for their relatives returning from other provinces due to the Covid-19 crisis and lockdown, Supot Saetang, president of the Udon Thani Rice Mill Club, said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161456-udon-thani-farmers-decline-rice-sales/

 

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Focused approach helps Suzuki buck the trend as auto industry sputters

By THE NATION

 

 

Sales of Suzuki in the first quarter grew 15.1 per cent, compared to the same period in 2019, while other brands saw decline in sales.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161457-focused-approach-helps-suzuki-buck-the-trend-as-auto-industry-sputters/

 

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Thais from Iran, India fly back today

By THE NATION

 

Taweesin Visanuyothin

 

Almost 200 Thai nationals will return from Iran and India on Saturday (April 25), while the government has decided to facilitate border transportation with several safety measures to sustain trade and also prevent the spread of Covid-19.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161462-thais-from-iran-india-fly-back-today/

 

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Elderly woman forced to beg for drunk hubby’s beer money

By Patcharapol Panrak

 

Surin Klinthub, 64, was found on at the Sukhumvit Road Pla Muk intersection, beaten by her alcoholic husband and sent out to beg for cash to buy him alcohol.

Friends saved an elderly Sattahip woman, beaten by her alcoholic husband until she went to beg for cash to buy him alcohol.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161464-elderly-woman-forced-to-beg-for-drunk-hubby’s-beer-money/

 

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British PM Johnson will be back at work on Monday, office says

 

 

FILE PHOTO: Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a news conference on the ongoing situation with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in London, Britain March 22, 2020. Ian Vogler/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be back at work on Monday, a Downing Street spokeswoman confirmed on Saturday, after having recovered from a case of coronavirus that sent him to intensive care for three nights in early April.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161466-british-pm-johnson-will-be-back-at-work-on-monday-office-says/

 

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Cricket given leading role in British sport re-opening plans, say ECB

By Simon Evans

 

FILE PHOTO: Cricket - Ashes 2019 - Second Test - England v Australia - Lord's Cricket Ground, London, Britain - August 18, 2019 General view during the match Action Images via Reuters/Paul Childs/File Photo

 

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - English cricket's governing body said it has been given the leading role for all sport in the country, including soccer, in examining how to create 'bio-secure' venues as leagues look for ways to restart their competitions without fans.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161468-cricket-given-leading-role-in-british-sport-re-opening-plans-say-ecb/

 

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The week that was in Thailand news: Rooster in hospital - and the conversations are deadly serious!

 

 

"We should get some rain by the weekend, a storm is moving down from the north-east. Goodness knows we could do with some. Will be good for the roses".

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161471-the-week-that-was-in-thailand-news-rooster-in-hospital-and-the-conversations-are-deadly-serious/

 

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Thailand reports 15 new coronavirus cases, no new deaths

 

 

A family wearing protective face masks walk on a railway line during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Bangkok, Thailand April 25, 2020. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand on Sunday reported 15 new coronavirus cases and no new deaths, bringing the total number of cases since its outbreak in January to 2,922 cases and 51 deaths.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161474-thailand-reports-15-new-coronavirus-cases-no-new-deaths/

 

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Aid packages distributed to thousands in Khon Kaen district

 

 

About 3,000 residents of Ban Haet district in Khon Kaen province queued up in the early hours of Sunday to collect aid packages and cash assistance.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1161495-aid-packages-distributed-to-thousands-in-khon-kaen-district/