Thai vets perform mass sterilization as hungry monkeys terrorize tourist city

 

Two monkeys are seen sedated as veterinarians from the the Department of National Parks carry out a sterilization procedure due to the increase of the macaques population in the urban area and the tourist spots of the city of Lopburi, in Thailand June 22, 2020. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

 

LOPBURI, Thailand (Reuters) - Thailand has started sterilizing hundreds of monkeys in a city famous for its macaque population, as the coronavirus pandemic leaves them hungry, aggressive and wrestling food from terrified residents.

 

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Thailand's tourism social enterprises help locals hit by coronavirus

By Nanchanok Wongsamuth

 

Tourists dress in ethnic clothing before they start the tour of a village in Chiang Mai, Thailand, on February 28, 2020. Photo courtesy of Wocation.

 

BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Thai travel consultancy Local Alike saw its revenue drop to zero due to the coronavirus outbreak, it started selling products from villages through social media.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169714-thailands-tourism-social-enterprises-help-locals-hit-by-coronavirus/

 

WMO seeks to verify "worrying" reports of Arctic heat record

 

FILE PHOTO: People walk along Orne Harbour, Antarctica, February 6, 2020. Picture taken February 6, 2020. Reuters/Ueslei Marcelino

 

GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Tuesday it was seeking to confirm reports of a record temperature reading of more than 100 degrees Fahrenheit in Siberia, saying they were "worrying" but appeared to be consistent with warming trends.

 

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Provincial Police confirm online travel registration no longer required to enter, leave Phuket

By Khunanya Wanchanwet

 

An officer stops and questions a driver passing through the Phuket Check Point leading off the island. Photo: Phuket Provincial Police

 

PHUKET:-- Phuket Provincial Police Deputy Commander Col Sermpan Sirikong has today confirmed that people entering or leaving Phuket no longer need to register their travel details on the gophuget.com online form as the process has been suspended, for now.

 

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Bangla nightlife president blasts bar reopening rules

By The Phuket News

 

Patong Entertainment Business Association (PEBA) President Weerawit Kreuasombat takes a stand on Bangla Rd today (June 23). Photo: Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

PHUKET:-- The President of the Patong Entertainment Business Association (PEBA) has blasted the list of rules released yesterday (June 22) for bars and other nightlife entertainment venues to follow if the reopening of such venues is allowed next week.

 

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Pubs, restaurants and hotels to reopen as England eases social distancing

By Elizabeth Piper

 

Customers queue to buy takeaway beer from a pub, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Brixton, London, Britain, June 22, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday pubs, restaurants and hotels could reopen in England early next month when the social distancing rule is relaxed to one metre providing "mitigations" were in place.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1169718-pubs-restaurants-and-hotels-to-reopen-as-england-eases-social-distancing/

 

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