UK leads fall in global trust in government COVID responses: poll

 

A woman walks by banners in Manchester, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Manchester, Britain, June 3, 2020. REUTERS/Phil Noble

 

LONDON (Reuters) - People across almost all the world's leading rich economies have turned more sceptical about their governments' handling of the coronavirus pandemic with confidence slumping the most in Britain, a survey showed on Thursday.

 

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Spain to open land borders with Portugal, France from June 22

 

FILE PHOTO: People enjoy on La Malagueta beach as some Spanish provinces are allowed to ease lockdown restrictions during phase two, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Malaga, southern Spain June 1, 2020. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

 

MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish Tourism Minister Reyes Maroto said on Thursday that all restrictions to border crossings with France and Portugal will be lifted from June 22.

 

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TAT Phuket launches push to boost domestic tourism

By The Phuket News

 

The new portal launched by TAT Phuket to boost domestic tourism to the island. Image: PhuketGreatTime.com

 

PHUKET:-- The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) Phuket office is inviting local hotels and tour operators to join its #PhuketGreatTime domestic tourism campaign to offer discounted tours and hotel stays to draw tourists back to the island.

 

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Pattaya pretties up newly opened beaches

By Warapun Jaikusol

 

Environment Department workers were out June 1 pruning trees on Pattaya and Jomtien Beaches.

 

Pattaya prettied up its shoreline now that beaches have reopened.

 

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Only 20% of Chonburi tourist attractions ready to reopen

By Warapun Jaikusol

 

Thitipat Siranattasrikul, president of Chonburi Attractions Association, said all the revenue from this year came before March.

 

With Thailand’s borders closed, hotels shuttered and provincial travel limited, it should come as no surprise that Chonburi tourist attractions saw business decline 80 percent this year.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167126-only-20-of-chonburi-tourist-attractions-ready-to-reopen/

 

Army chief fires boxing stadium committee over Covid-19 outbreak

By The Nation

 

 

An inspection of Lumpini Boxing Stadium, which has been identified as the epicentre of the country’s Covid-19 outbreak, has found serious defects in the venue’s disease control measures. The findings were revealed on Thursday (June 4) by Maj-General Burin Thongpraphai, who heads the office of the judge advocate.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167131-army-chief-fires-boxing-stadium-committee-over-covid-19-outbreak/

 

10 nabbed, huge haul seized in interprovincial drug bust

By The Nation

 

 

Police arrested 10 suspected drug traffickers and confiscated 5.6 kilograms of crystal meth, more than 40,000 methamphetamine tablets, cars, mobile phones, 15 bank account books, list of addresses and ammunition in a coordinated operation on Thursday (June 4).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167134-10-nabbed-huge-haul-seized-in-interprovincial-drug-bust/

 

Charles Dickens: Black-and-white photos of author colourised

 

This image has been released ahead of the anniversary of Charles Dickens' death on 9 June / CHARLES DICKENS MUSEUM / OLIVER CLYDE

 

Black-and-white photographs of Charles Dickens have been "colourised" using digital techniques to reveal a true likeness of the 19th Century novelist.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167138-charles-dickens-black-and-white-photos-of-author-colourised/

 

Kurt Cobain with dolls' heads: Mark Seliger’s best photograph

 

‘It was intended to be surreal. He got it’ ... Kurt Cobain, photographed in 1993. Photograph: Mark Seliger

 

I first photographed Nirvana in 1992 for Rolling Stone magazine in the midst of the band’s world tour for Nevermind, their breakthrough album.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167140-kurt-cobain-with-dolls-heads-mark-seliger’s-best-photograph/

 

Wonder Woman Director Turned Down the Chance to Direct a Justice League Movie

By Adele Ankers 

 

Image: Google

 

Wonder Woman 1984 director Patty Jenkins has revealed that she was once offered the chance to direct a Justice League movie, but she ultimately decided to turn the project down.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167142-wonder-woman-director-turned-down-the-chance-to-direct-a-justice-league-movie/

 

Phuket Bus terminal readies for relaunch

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Buses stand at the ready at Phuket Bus Terminal 2 today (June 4). Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET:-- Ahead of the reopening of Phuket Bus Terminal 2 tomorrow, Phuket Land Transport Office (PLTO) Chief Banyat Kantha has confirmed that public interprovincial buses are permitted to continue their journeys throughout the night curfew hours of 11pm to 3am. 

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167146-phuket-bus-terminal-readies-for-relaunch/

 

Irish pubs say two metre social distancing spells ruin

By Padraic Halpin

 

FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective face mask passes The Norseman pub, as bars across Ireland close voluntarily to curb the spread of coronavirus, in Dublin, Ireland, March 15, 2020. REUTERS/Lorraine O'Sullivan

 

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's usually tightly-packed pubs say they face ruin unless the government eases one of the strictest lockdowns in Europe, under which they can only reopen in August and must keep drinkers two metres apart - reducing capacity for some from hundreds to dozens.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167147-irish-pubs-say-two-metre-social-distancing-spells-ruin/

 

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