THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Monday 25 May 2020

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Nation Multimedia launches community pantry in Bangkok

By The Nation

 

 

Shine Bunnag, chairman of Nation Multimedia Group (NMG)’s executive committee, has organised a community pantry and relief station at Interlink Tower in Bangkok’s Bang Na District.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165726-nation-multimedia-launches-community-pantry-in-bangkok/

 

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Gold shop owner injures self in failed bid to stop robber

By The Nation

 

 

A gold shop owner in Nakhon Si Thammarat province injured himself as he tried in vain to stop a thief from making off with several gold ornaments on Monday (May 25).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165727-gold-shop-owner-injures-self-in-failed-bid-to-stop-robber/

 

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Covid-19 brings Lampang’s horse business to a standstill

By THE NATION

 

 

The lack of tourists due to Covid-19 has had a severe impact on the operators of horse-carriage rides, a signature tourist attraction in Lampang.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165728-covid-19-brings-lampang’s-horse-business-to-a-standstill/

 

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Egg board releases measures to deal with oversupply

By The Nation

 

 

The egg policy development board is launching measures to deal with the glut in eggs, Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Chalermchai Sreeon said on Monday (May 25).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165729-egg-board-releases-measures-to-deal-with-oversupply/

 

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Swimming pools ‘not a Covid-19 risk’ if properly chlorinated

 

Photo credit: PxHere

 

Chlorine in swimming pools kills Covid-19, but swimmers could still catch the virus from each other, a senior health official warned today (May 25).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165730-swimming-pools-‘not-a-covid-19-risk’-if-properly-chlorinated/

 

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Probe to find out the where 72-year old was infected with coronavirus

 

 

Health investigators are still unable to locate where a 72-year old man visited and contracted COVID-19, because the man visited many places in the 14-days prior to May 18th, when he tested positive for the pathogen, said CCSA spokesman Dr. Taweesin Visanuyothin today (Monday).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165731-probe-to-find-out-the-where-72-year-old-was-infected-with-coronavirus/

 

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'What planet are they on?' No respite for UK's Johnson and aide

By Estelle Shirbon

 

Dominic Cummings, special advisor for Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves his house in London following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), London, Britain, May 25, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced mutiny in his party and fury across Britain on Monday for refusing to sack his closest aide Dominic Cummings who is accused of flouting the coronavirus lockdown by driving 250 miles from London.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165733-what-planet-are-they-on-no-respite-for-uks-johnson-and-aide/

 

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Spain wants to welcome foreign tourists back from July

By Ingrid Melander and Jordi Rubio

 

People sit at an outdoor seating section of a restaurant that reopened for the first time in more than 2 months amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at Plaza Mayor Square in Madrid, Spain, May 25, 2020. REUTERS/Juan Medina

 

MADRID/BARCELONA (Reuters) - Spain urged foreign holidaymakers on Monday to return from July as one of Europe's strictest lockdowns eased, but tourism businesses were sceptical about salvaging the summer season.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165734-spain-wants-to-welcome-foreign-tourists-back-from-july/

 

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Logan director explains why Hugh Jackman's Wolverine was killed off

BY SUSANNAH ALEXANDER

 

20TH CENTURY FOX

 

Hugh Jackman's much-loved take on X-Men mutant Wolverine came to an end in 2017's Logan, a film which saw the famous character pass away peacefully after completing one final mission.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165736-logan-director-explains-why-hugh-jackmans-wolverine-was-killed-off/

 

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Operation Unhappy Meal: How the FBI trapped the million-dollar McDonald’s Monopoly cheats

By Louis Chilton

 

James Lee Hernandez and Brian Lazarte wrote and directed ‘McMillions’, about the criminal ring that defrauded McDonald’s throughout the Nineties ( HBO/Sky UK )

 

Everyone thought you never had a chance to win the McDonald’s Monopoly game,” says James Lee Hernandez, “but you never really knew why.” Hernandez, who, along with Brian Lazarte, wrote and directed HBO’s six-part true-crime docuseries McMillions, now knows exactly why.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165738-operation-unhappy-meal-how-the-fbi-trapped-the-million-dollar-mcdonald’s-monopoly-cheats/

 

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Reopening Hollywood: First major movie to be released since coronavirus lockdown

By Greg Milam

 

A shuttered Paramount Pictures in Hollywood

 

The makers of the first major movie to be released since the coronavirus lockdown have told Sky News it is the "canary in the coal mine" for an entertainment industry looking to reopen.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165739-reopening-hollywood-first-major-movie-to-be-released-since-coronavirus-lockdown/

 

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Thai researcher eyes affordable, accessible coronavirus vaccine for SE Asia

By Panu Wongcha-um and Juarawee Kittisilpa

 

A researcher works inside a laboratory of Chulalongkorn University during the development of an mRNA type vaccine candidate for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Bangkok, Thailand, May 25, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - A researcher leading Thailand's push to manufacture a coronavirus vaccine says its aim is to make it cost-effective and accessible to Southeast Asia, and play a part in preventing a supply shortage globally.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165743-thai-researcher-eyes-affordable-accessible-coronavirus-vaccine-for-se-asia/

 

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Thailand to drive domestic tourism as economy rides out drop in foreign visitors

 

Image: Google

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand plans to boost domestic tourism in the third quarter to help support the struggling economy as the coronavirus pandemic hits global travel and domestic consumption, the state planning agency said on Monday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165744-thailand-to-drive-domestic-tourism-as-economy-rides-out-drop-in-foreign-visitors/

 

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Russia seeks 18-year jail term for ex-U.S. Marine accused of spying

 

FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, who was detained and accused of espionage, stands inside a defendants' cage during a court hearing on extending his pre-trial detention, in Moscow, Russia October 24, 2019. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva/File Photo

 

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian prosecutors asked a court on Monday to sentence former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, who is on trial accused of spying for the United States, to 18 years in a maximum security prison, his lawyer said.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165745-russia-seeks-18-year-jail-term-for-ex-us-marine-accused-of-spying/

 

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Hong Kong and Beijing officials defend security laws, citing threat of terrorism

By James Pomfret, Twinnie Siu

 

The Chinese flag flutters at the office of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in Beijing, China May 25, 2020. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang

 

HONG KONG (Reuters) - China’s foreign ministry office in Hong Kong and the city’s security chief on Monday defended proposed national security laws by describing some acts in mass pro-democracy protests last year as terrorism.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165746-hong-kong-and-beijing-officials-defend-security-laws-citing-threat-of-terrorism/

 

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Leaked data contained no personal info, insists AIS

By THE NATION

 

 

Telecom operator Advanced Info Service (AIS) issued a statement on Monday (May 25) to confirm that no personal data of its customers had been leaked.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165678-a-massive-database-of-8-billion-thai-internet-records-leaks/page/2/?tab=comments#comment-15451314

 

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MP Sira moves for action after DSI probe finds Kata condo project land title, building permission unlawful

By The Phuket News

 

MP Sira at his press conference at Parliament House in Bangkok on Friday (May 22). Photo: MCOT

 

PHUKET:-- Sira Jenjaka, a Bangkok MP for the military-aligned Palang Pracharath Party, will file an official request with the Minister of Interior to expedite proceedings to have a land use document revoked for the site of The Peaks Residences condo project in Kata.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165747-mp-sira-moves-for-action-after-dsi-probe-finds-kata-condo-project-land-title-building-permission-unlawful/

 

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