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Two nabbed after charred corpses found in forest

By The Nation

 

 

Two of three alleged drug dealers involved in the murder of two men bound together and burned in a Songkhla forest were arrested. The third is still on the run and being hunted down.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165810-two-nabbed-after-charred-corpses-found-in-forest/

 

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Thais become reckless in COVID-19 prevention

By Pattaya Mail

 

  

Thai people had become lenient in protecting themselves from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) after eased lockdowns in all kinds of activities.

 

BANGKOK – A survey has found that Thai people become obviously lenient in protecting themselves from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) when it comes to sanitizing hands, eating newly cooked food, using personal spoons, keeping distances from each other and refraining from touching faces.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165811-thais-become-reckless-in-covid-19-prevention/

 

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Lightning kills 8 cows in Roi Et, sends herdsman to hospital

By The Nation

 

 

A lightning strike killed eight cows and dispatched its herdsman to hospital in Roi Et’s Suwannaphum district yesterday (May 25).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165812-lightning-kills-8-cows-in-roi-et-sends-herdsman-to-hospital/

 

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COVID-19 quarantine: one man's experience 

 

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Mr David Armstrong, a long-term Australian resident in Thailand, travelled to Sydney on the Thai Airways flight on 25 April. He has kindly shared with us his quarantine experience in Sydney.

 

I was feeling anxious as I walked into my quarantine hotel room and the serviceman closed the door behind me. This space was to be my cell for the next two weeks. I could not leave; no one was allowed to enter.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165813-covid-19-quarantine-one-mans-experience/

 

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Thailand sees three new virus cases – all in state quarantine

By The Nation

 

 

Thailand reported three new confirmed coronavirus cases without any deaths over a 24-hour period, Dr Taweesin Visanuyothin, spokesman of the government’s Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA), announced today (May 26).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165817-thailand-sees-three-new-virus-cases-–-all-in-state-quarantine/

 

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Phuket beach cleanup nets 40kg of trash

By Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

The small team collected more than 40kg of trash, mostly marine debris, from the beach in just two hours. Photo: Sirinath National Park

 

PHUKET: A small cleanup by just seven people at Mai Khao yesterday (May 25) saw some 40kg of marine debris and trash recovered from the beach in just two hours.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165819-phuket-beach-cleanup-nets-40kg-of-trash/

 

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Nissan Thailand kick-starts production lines, refuses to brake for virus

By THE NATION

 

Ramesh Narasimhan

 

Japanese automaker Nissan has announced it will continue its production, investment and improvement at plants in Thailand and elsewhere amid the Covid-19 crisis.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165820-nissan-thailand-kick-starts-production-lines-refuses-to-brake-for-virus/

 

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Country under state of emergency until June 30

By THE NATION

 

 

The Cabinet on Tuesday (May 26) resolved to extend the state of emergency until the end of June.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165825-thailand-under-state-of-emergency-until-june-30/

 

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Anutin: We haven’t sent officials to hotels to discuss quarantine facilities

By THE NATION

 

 

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul clarified today (May 26) that his ministry has not sent officials to discuss with hotel operators the possibility of using their rooms as state quarantine facilities in exchange for money, as reported recently.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165827-anutin-we-haven’t-sent-officials-to-hotels-to-discuss-quarantine-facilities/

 

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Netizens get hot under the collar after Internet provider blocks adult website

By The Nation

 

 

An Internet provider that admitted blocking a popular adult video website made a quick U-turn and restored the site after exasperated Thai netizens created an online storm.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165830-netizens-get-hot-under-the-collar-after-internet-provider-blocks-adult-website/

 

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Macau gambling king Stanley Ho dies aged 98

By Clare Jim and Donny Kwok

 

FILE PHOTO: Macau tycoon Stanley Ho celebrates his 85th birthday during a ceremony, in which he donated HK$2.5 million ($320,510) to a charity, in Hong Kong November 20, 2006. REUTERS/Bobby Yip/File Photo

 

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Macau gambling king Stanley Ho, who built a business empire from scratch in the former Portuguese colony and became one of Asia's richest men, died peacefully at the age of 98, his family confirmed on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165832-macau-gambling-king stanley ho dies-aged-98/

 

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Five returnees from Saudi Arabia test positive for Covid-19

By The Nation

 

 

Of the five students who tested positive for Covid-19, two had absolutely no symptoms. The five were among the 39 students who returned from Saudi Arabia on Monday (May 25).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165833-five-returnees-from-saudi-arabia-test-positive-for-covid-19/

 

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Governor formally welcomes first Russian Consul General for Phuket

By The Phuket News

 

Phuket Governor Phakaphong Tavipatana yesterday welcomed Vladimir V. Sosnov as the very first Russian Consul General to Phuket. Photo: Supplied

 

PHUKET: Among his duties as the very first Russian Consul General to Phuket, Vladimir V. Sosnov, paid a courtesy call on Phuket Governor Phakaphong Tavipatana yesterday (May 25).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165835-governor-formally-welcomes-first-russian-consul-general-for-phuket/

 

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CP warned to recall bottled water over 'illegal logo'

By THE NATION

 

 

The Thai Industrial Standards Institute (TISI) has seized around 3,000 bottles of CP Freshmarket drinking water from four stores, after the brand was found to be using the TISI logo without permission.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165838-cp-warned-to-recall-bottled-water-over-illegal-logo/

 

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Taweesin explains the need to extend state of emergency

By The Nation

 

 

In a press conference held on Tuesday (May 26), spokesman for the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) Dr Taweesin Visanuyothin explained the necessity of extending the state of emergency.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165839-taweesin-explains-the-need-to-extend-state-of-emergency/

 

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Two Lao women, two Thais nabbed over prostitution charges

By THE NATION

 

 

Immigration Police on Monday (May 25) arrested two Laotian women and two Thais for allegedly providing sexual services at a hotel in Surat Thani’s Muang district.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165840-two-lao-women-two-thais-nabbed-over-prostitution-charges/

 

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Abandoned boy found nursing sick companion on Samut Sakhon street

By The Nation

 

Photo Credit to Ammaret Pankaew

 

A 14-year-old Samut Sakhon boy has been forced to live on the street during the pandemic after he was reportedly thrown out of his home by his father and stepmother.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165841-abandoned-boy-found-nursing-sick-companion-on-samut-sakhon-street/

 

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Bizarre bright-green floodwater triggers chemical leak fear

By The Nation

 

Photo Credit to Pipe Atavee

 

Residents of Bang Bo district in Samut Prakan were mystified today (May 26) after waking to discover their neighbourhood had been immersed in emerald-green floodwater.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165848-bizarre-bright-green-floodwater-triggers-chemical-leak-fear/

 

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Most people want a vacation from the lockdown, survey shows

By The Nation

 

 

An opinion survey conducted by retailer Watsons learned that most people want to go travelling once the Covid-19 outbreak comes to an end.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165849-most-people-want-a-vacation-from-the-lockdown-survey-shows/

 

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Several countries seek ban on wildlife markets

By The Nation

 

 

Several countries have pointed out that wildlife wet markets are the cause of the Covid-19 outbreak, especially pointing the finger at one in the Chinese city of Wuhan which sold dogs, foxes, rats, squirrels, wolf cubs and salamanders among other animals.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165850-several-countries-seek-ban-on-wildlife-markets/

 

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Death of 'Mr Big' stirs memories of Singapore's gangland past

By Joe Brock, John Geddie

 

A newspaper clipping showing the area near the junction of Singapore's Bras Basah and North Bridge Road, where an attack on Oct. 24, 1969 led to the injury of nightclub singer Lim Kai Ho and the death of Lam Cheng Siew (unseen). Roland Tan Tong Meng was wanted for the murder. Singapore Press Holdings/Shin Min Daily News via REUTERS

 

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Early one October morning in 1969, Singapore police officers found the body of a man dumped in a storm drain. He had been stabbed to death, police said, in what became one of the country’s most notorious gang killings.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165851-death-of-mr-big-stirs-memories-of-singapores-gangland-past/

 

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UK COVID-19 death toll tops 47,000 as pressure heaps on PM Johnson

By Andy Bruce

 

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson holds a daily news conference with Public Health England's (PHE) Medical Director Yvonne Doyle (not pictured), on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at 10 Downing Street in London, Britain May 25, 2020. Andrew Parsons/10 Downing Street/Handout via REUTERS

 

LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom’s COVID-19 death toll surpassed 47,000 on Tuesday, a dire human cost that could define the premiership of Boris Johnson.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165852-uk-covid-19-death-toll-tops-47000-as-pressure-heaps-on-pm-johnson/

 

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China's coronavirus campaign offers glimpse into surveillance system

By Cate Cadell

 

FILE PHOTO: A CCTV security surveillance camera overlooks a street as people walk following the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Beijing, China May 11, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

 

BEIJING (Reuters) - The coronavirus outbreak in China has given unprecedented glimpses into how an extensive system of surveillance cameras works, as monitoring stations are rebranded epidemic “war rooms” helping to check people’s movements and stifle the disease.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165854-chinas-coronavirus-campaign-offers-glimpse-into-surveillance-system/

 

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Dengue outbreak kills 2, sickens more than 1,000 in Korat

By The Nation

 

 

An outbreak of dengue fever in Nakhon Ratchasima province has killed two people and sickened more than 1,000 residents since January 1, the local health chief said today (May 26).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165855-dengue-outbreak-kills-2-sickens-more-than-1000-in-korat/

 

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Elon Musk and Grimes change son’s unusual name after it was deemed unlawful

By MELANIE KAIDAN

 

Elon Musk and Grimes change son’s unusual name after it was deemed unlawful (Image: Getty)

 

ELON MUSK has been force to change his son's legal name due to Californian law restrictions.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165856-elon-musk-and-grimes-change-son’s-unusual-name-after-it-was-deemed-unlawful/

 

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Russell Crowe’s ‘Unhinged’ to be first major movie released in cinemas since coronavirus lockdown

By Will Lavin

 

Russell Crowe's new movie is set to be the first big movie released in cinemas since the coronavirus lockdown. CREDIT: James Devaney/GC Images

 

Unhinged, a road rage thriller starring Russell Crowe, is set to be the first major movie released in cinemas since the coronavirus lockdown.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165857-russell-crowe’s-‘unhinged’-to-be-first-major-movie-released-in-cinemas-since-coronavirus-lockdown/

 

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Brian May says he was 'very near death' after a heart attack

By Mark Savage

 

The star said his "small" heart attack revealed more serious underlying problems / PA MEDIA

 

Queen guitarist Brian May has revealed he "could have died" after being rushed to hospital following a heart attack.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165858-brian-may-says-he-was-very-near-death-after-a-heart-attack/

 

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Body of Westerner found floating off Krabi

By THE NATION

 

 

The corpse of an unidentified male foreigner was found floating in the sea today (May 26), three kilometres off Koh Poda, Krabi district.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165864-body-of-westerner-found-floating-off-krabi/

 

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Relief funding for three groups of needy people okayed

By THE NATION

 

 

The Cabinet on Tuesday (May 26) approved in principle the Social Development and Human Security Ministry's proposal that the government spend Bt39 billion to hand out relief cash to three groups of 13 million people.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165865-relief-funding-for-three-groups-of-needy-people-okayed/

 

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No buses to the South for at least a month

By THE NATION

 

 

Inter-provincial bus company, Transport Co Ltd, announced on Tuesday (May 26) that it was keeping all services to the South suspended, especially since the country will be under the state of emergency until June 30.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1165867-no-buses-to-the-south-for-at-least-a-month/