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Pompeo calls Hong Kong law an 'affront to all nations'

By David Brunnstrom and Humeyra Pamuk

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo gives a news conference about dealings with China and Iran, and on the fight against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Washington, U.S., June 24, 2020. Mangel Ngan/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday the new security law China has imposed on Hong Kong was an affront to all nations and Washington would continue to implement President Donald Trump's directive to end the territory's special status.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1171131-pompeo-calls-hong-kong-law-an-affront-to-all-nations/

 

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Thailand reports no new domestic COVID-19 cases for 39 consecutive days
 

A view of the Chao Phraya river amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Bangkok, Thailand, June 21, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Authorities in Thailand on Friday reported one new coronavirus infection in a quarantined Thai national returning from the Middle East, stretching to 39 days its record of no local transmissions.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1171132-thailand-reports-no-new-domestic-covid-19-cases-for-39-consecutive-days/

 

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Now you need rubber gloves when handling Thai veg, study suggests

 

Picture: Daily News

 

A study of Thai market vegetables usually eaten raw suggests that consumers should not only wash the vegetables in chemicals but wear rubber gloves when handling them.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1171133-now-you-need-rubber-gloves-when-handling-thai-veg-study-suggests/

 

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Elderly Thai woman crushed to death by steel gate

 

 

Wang Noi police and rescue services were called to a vehicle repair yard in the Lamsao sub-district of Ayutthaya yesterday after a 74 year old woman was found crushed to death by a stainless steel gate. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1171134-elderly-thai-woman-crushed-to-death-by-steel-gate/

 

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RTP: "We shall banish all street racers from Thailand" - Eastern region show they are doing their part

 

 

The Thai police made a big show of steamrollering hundreds of illegal bike exhausts yesterday in the Bang Saen area. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1171136-rtp-we-shall-banish-all-street-racers-from-thailand-eastern-region-show-they-are-doing-their-part/

 

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Air Asia to start flights from Hua Hin to Udon Thani and Chiang Mai

 

Image: file photo

 

Air Asia has announced new flight routes linking Hua Hin with Udon Thani and Chiang Mai.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1171144-air-asia-to-start-flights-from-hua-hin-to-udon-thani-and-chiang-mai/

 

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More than 1,700 medical tourists arriving this month

By The Nation

 

 

More than 1,700 medical tourists have registered to enter Thailand from July 1 but strict quarantine will prevent any from importing Covid-19, the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) announced today (July 3).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1171155-more-than-1700-medical-tourists-arriving-this-month/

 

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Covid-19 screening staff protest over govt jobs quota

By THE NATION

 

 

Staff tasked with screening patients for Covid-19 join a protest today to demand a higher quota of government jobs, in line with their status as front-line “troops” in the virus battle.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1171156-covid-19-screening-staff-protest-over-govt-jobs-quota/

 

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Community clothes rack set up to dress back-to-schoolers

By The Nation

 

 

A Facebook user has set up a community clothes rack in front of her house in Khon Kaen to provide free unused school uniforms and school shoes for families suffering from the Covid-19 fallout.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1171157-khon-kaen-community-clothes-rack-set-up-to-dress-back-to-schoolers/

 

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Use of FTA privileges in first four months sees sharp fall

By THE NATION

 

 

Thai entrepreneurs made greater use of the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) while the use of free trade agreements (FTAs) saw a fall due to the Covid-19 outbreak.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1171159-use-of-fta-privileges-in-first-four-months-sees-sharp-fall/

 

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Cameraman admits to trying to rape ‘sexy’ model

By The Nation

 

 

An 18-year-old photographer turned himself in at Chonburi’s Nongprue Police Station for trying to rape a model during a photoshoot on Thursday (July 2).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1171162-cameraman-admits-to-trying-to-rape-‘sexy’-model/

 

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Phuket Provincial Police confirm alcohol ban

By The Phuket News

 

A section of the notice issued yesterday by the Ministry of Public Health announcing the alcohol ban for Sunday and Monday (July 5-6). Image: MoPH

 

PHUKET: Phuket Provincial Police have announced today that the alcohol ban for the major Buddhist religious holidays Asarnha Bucha and Khao Phansa will be in effect this Sunday and Monday (July 5-6).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1171164-phuket-provincial-police-confirm-alcohol-ban/

 

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Bangkok hospital planning to import foreign Covid-19 cases

By The Nation

 

 

A Bangkok hospital director has proposed flying in Covid-19 patients from abroad for treatment at his hospital.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1171172-bangkok-hospital-planning-to-import-foreign-covid-19-cases/

 

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Drunk soldier shoots policeman as he tries to pull him out of flipped car

By The Nation

 

 

A police officer was shot three times in the chest and twice in the arm as he tried to pull an inebriated soldier out of a flipped over car in Chonburi’s Sattahip on Friday (July 3). The drunk soldier also fired at and injured a bystander.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1171177-drunk-soldier-shoots-policeman-as-he-tries-to-pull-him-out-of-flipped-car/

 

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Humans and macaques forge fruity friendship

By The Nation

 

Photo Credit: Nation Photo by Charoon Thongnual

 

A troupe of crab-eating macaques has emerged from Surat Thani's Khun Talay mangrove forest and forged a bond with kind-hearted locals who are feeding them vegetables and fruits.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1171178-humans-and-macaques-forge-fruity-friendship/

 

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Inflation ‘on upward trend’ as Thai consumers exit lockdown

By The Nation

 

Pimchanok Vonkorpon

 

Inflation dropped by 1.57 per cent year on year in June but is on an upward trend as the lockdown is lifted, the Commerce Ministry reports.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1171179-inflation-‘on-upward-trend’-as-thai-consumers-exit-lockdown/

 

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More UK retailers should ban coconut products from monkey labour: PM's fiancée

 

FILE PHOTO: Rugby Union - Six Nations Championship - England v Wales - Twickenham Stadium, London, Britain - March 7, 2020 Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson with his partner Carrie Symonds REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson's fiancée Carrie Symonds on Friday welcomed pledges by four British retailers to stop selling coconut products that use monkey labour in their production and called on others to do the same.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1171181-more-uk-retailers-should-ban-coconut-products-from-monkey-labour-pms-fiancée/

 

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No official U.S. approach to quiz Prince Andrew over Epstein, UK PM says

By Michael Holden

 

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prince Andrew leaves St. Mary the Virgin church in Hillington, near royal Sandringham estate, in Norfolk, Britain January 19, 2020. REUTERS/Chris Radburn/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. authorities have not made an official approach to the British government for permission to speak to Prince Andrew about his contacts with the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1171182-no-official-us-approach-to-quiz-prince-andrew-over-epstein-uk-pm-says/

 

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TAT Governor marks more than 100 Phuket tourism operators awarded SHA certification

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) Governor Yuthasak Supasorn (right) and Phuket Governor Narong Woonchiew at the event yesterday (July 2). Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET:-- Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) Governor Yuthasak Supasorn was in Phuket yesterday (July 2) to mark more than 100 Phuket tourism industry operators being certified under the Amazing Thailand Safety & Health Administration scheme.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1171183-tat-governor-marks-more-than-100-phuket-tourism-operators-awarded-sha-certification/

 

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Death toll rises above 160 in Myanmar jade mine collapse

 

Rescue workers carry a dead body following a landslide at a mining site in Hpakant, Kachin State City, Myanmar July 2, 2020, in this picture obtained from social media. MYANMAR FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT/via REUTERS

 

(Reuters) - The death toll in a landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar has risen above 160, with more feared dead, authorities said on Friday, as search efforts continued for a second day.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1171184-death-toll-rises-above-160-in-myanmar-jade-mine-collapse/

 

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From tubs to toilets, Vietnam hotel opens with gold-plated pizzazz

By Minh Nguyen

 

FILE PHOTO: Gold-plated toilets are seen at the newly inaugurated Dolce Hanoi Golden Lake hotel, after the government eased a nationwide lockdown following the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Hanoi, Vietnam July 2, 2020. REUTERS/Kham/File Photo

 

HANOI (Reuters) - A five-star hotel in Vietnamese capital Hanoi has opened with a twist that it hopes will attract guests with intimately expensive tastes: gold-plated bath tubs, basins and even toilets, all housed behind a massive golden exterior.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1171186-from-tubs-to-toilets-vietnam-hotel-opens-with-gold-plated-pizzazz/

 

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Google-backed groups criticize Apple's new warnings on user tracking

By Stephen Nellis and Paresh Dave

 

FILE PHOTO: A man walks next to an advertisement for Apple's new iPhone 11 Pro at the Apple Store in IFC, Central district, Hong Kong, China October 10, 2019, after Apple Inc on Wednesday removed an app that protestors in Hong Kong have used to track police movements from its app store. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

(Reuters) - A group of European digital advertising associations on Friday criticized Apple Inc's <AAPL.O> plans to require apps to seek additional permission from users before tracking them across other apps and websites.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1171187-google-backed-groups-criticize-apples-new-warnings-on-user-tracking/

 

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Suvarnabhumi, armed with Covid-19 lab, is ready for foreign arrivals

By The Nation

 

Wing Commander Suthirawat Suwanawat, Suvarnabhumi’s general manager (left) Photo Credit: Nation Photo by Supakit Khumkun

 

Suvarnabhumi is ready to receive foreign travellers and has put in place facilities under the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand’s guidelines and the government’s regulations to contain the spread of Covid-19.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1171188-suvarnabhumi-armed-with-covid-19-lab-is-ready-for-foreign-arrivals/

 

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Money Heist season 5 theories: Alicia Sierra revealed as The Professor’s sister

By HELEN KELLY

 

 

MONEY HEIST fans have been fascinated with Alicia Sierra ever since she first appeared in the third season of the Netflix hit.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1171190-money-heist-season-5-theories-alicia-sierra-revealed-as-the-professor’s-sister/

 

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Universal production music launches Alexa Voice Skill for its clients to search catalog of over 500,000 tracks

BY MURRAY STASSEN

 

 

Universal Production Music has launched an Alexa Voice Skill to provide its clients with a way to search for and discover music across the company’s catalog.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1171191-universal-production-music-launches-alexa-voice-skill-for-its-clients-to-search-catalog-of-over-500000-tracks/

 

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Can Margot Robbie save Pirates of the Caribbean from irrelevance?

By Ben Child

 

Run her up the flagpole … Margot Robbie. Photograph: David Fisher/Rex/Shutterstock

 

How intriguing that Pirates of the Caribbean should be looking to Margot Robbie to lift the saga from the depths and out, once again, into the West Indian sunlight.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1171193-can-margot-robbie-save-pirates-of-the-caribbean-from-irrelevance/

 

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Ministry dismisses rumour civil servants’ medical benefits will be cut

By THE NATION

 

Wilawan Phayanoi

 

The Finance Ministry has dismissed a rumour that the government is planning to reduce the medical allowance of civil servants in order to fight the Covid-19 crisis.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1171196-ministry-dismisses-rumour-civil-servants’-medical-benefits-will-be-cut/

 

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