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Football coach in Phuket arrested for two-year overstay

By The Phuket News

 

The arrest was announced in Bangkok this morning (July 16). Photo: Immigration Bureau

 

PHUKET:-- Officers at Immigration Division Region 6 have arrested a Cameroon man working as a coach at a football academy on the island for two-years overstay.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1173205-football-coach-in-phuket-arrested-for-two-year-overstay/

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UK, China leading global Covid-19 vaccine race

By The Nation

 

Dr Yong Poovorawan, Chulalongkorn University expert virologist

 

A total of 23 prototype Covid-19 vaccines are being tested on humans around the globe, Chulalongkorn University virologist Dr Yong Poovorawan said on Thursday (July 16).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1173192-uk-china-leading-global-covid-19-vaccine-race/

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Air force commander blames Egyptian soldier fiasco on ‘loophole’

By The Nation

 

 

The Royal Thai Air Force chief ACM Maanat Wongwat finally responded on Thursday (July 16) to queries on the case of an infected Egyptian soldier, who along with other Egyptian military personnel was allowed to stay in Thailand from July 8 to 11.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1173199-air-force-commander-blames-egyptian-soldier-fiasco-on-‘loophole’/

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New Cabinet line-up won’t please everyone, says PM

By The Nation

 

PM Prayut Chan-o-cha

 

After key government members tendered their resignations on Thursday (July 16), Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said he will reshuffle the Cabinet as soon as possible.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1173264-new-cabinet-line-up-won’t-please-everyone-says-pm/

 

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Thailand may get its first female Supreme Court president

 

 

The Supreme Court of Thailand is expected to get its first female president, when the Judicial Commission meets on July 24th to approve the nomination of Mrs. Methinee Chalothorn, currently Vice President of the Supreme Court, as the country’s new Chief Justice.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1173265-thailand-may-get-its-first-female-supreme-court-president/

 

 

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CAAT tightens up control of stopover charter and special flights

 

 

The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) has tightened the control of chartered and special flights by Thai airliners and international flights, which land in Thailand for refueling or brief stopovers with their passengers remaining on board.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1173266-caat-tightens-up-control-of-stopover-charter-and-special-flights/

 

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Transport Ministry pledges to help country recover from COVID-19

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Ministry of Transport has highlighted benefits to be had from transportation infrastructure development for post COVID-19 economic recovery, in an exhibition where the Minister of Transport stressed changes have been made to the ministry’s budget giving priority to projects that will yield concrete benefits to the general public.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1173267-transport-ministry-pledges-to-help-country-recover-from-covid-19/

 

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Thailand accepts World Bank’s climate change grant

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - In addition to several projects and agreements approved in the Cabinet meeting yesterday, the government has agreed to accept a 5 million dollar U.S. grant from the World Bank to reduce emissions of hydrofluorocarbon gas (HFC), which is one of the greenhouse gases affecting the globe’s ozone layer.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1173268-thailand-accepts-world-bank’s-climate-change-grant/

 

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PM visits Sisaket, follows up economic development

 

   

SISAKET (NNT) - The Prime Minister has made his first official trip since the COVID-19 outbreak to Sisaket province, observing the adaptation of people’s lives to the New Normal as well as following up on local economic projects.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1173269-pm-visits-sisaket-follows-up-economic-development/

 

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Four economic ministers say resignation was not pressured

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The resignations of the Deputy Prime Minister, Dr. Somkid Jatusripitak, and four ministers in his economic team have taken effect, with the five holding a press conference claiming their decision was in the best interests of the country and that they were not pressured to step down.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1173148-somkid-and-four-key-members-quit-cabinet/?do=findComment&comment=15623540

 

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Too-tight virus policy is strangling economy, experts warn 

By The Nation

 

File photo

 

Thailand should overcome concern of a second wave of Covid-19 and instead relax restrictions on foreign investors and tourists in order to shore up its falling economy, say a prominent investor and leading economist.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1173270-too-tight-virus-policy-is-strangling-thai-economy-experts-warn/

 

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Satellite Images Give Snapshot of Thailand’s Path to Recovery

By Randy Thanthong-Knight

 

>> Nitrogen dioxide, night lights show pick-up in activity

>> High-frequency data assist Thailand’s fiscal policy planning

 

Nitrogen dioxide concentration over Bangkok metropolitan region during the lockdown in March and April, left, and gas compound concentration over Bangkok in May. Red shows higher concentration of nitrogen dioxide. Source: Google Earth Engine data, compiled by Finance Ministry’s Fiscal Policy Office.

 

Thailand is turning to satellite images for faster updates on the economy than official data can provide -- and the signs suggest a nascent recovery is underway.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1173272-satellite-images-give-snapshot-of-thailand’s-path-to-recovery/

 

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Russia trying to steal COVID-19 vaccine data, say UK, U.S. and Canada

By William James and Steve Scherer

 

FILE PHOTO: Hands are seen on a keyboard in front of a displayed cyber code in this picture illustration taken October 4, 2018. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

 

LONDON/OTTAWA (Reuters) - Hackers backed by the Russian state are trying to steal COVID-19 vaccine and treatment research from academic and pharmaceutical institutions around the world, Britain's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1173273-russia-trying-to-steal-covid-19-vaccine-data-say-uk-us-and-canada/

 

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Leeds win to move within a point of Premier League promotion

 

Soccer Football - Championship - Leeds United v Barnsley - Elland Road, Leeds, Britain - July 16, 2020 Leeds United's Pascal Struijk and Jordan Stevens celebrate victory, as play resumes behind closed doors following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Action Images/Lee Smith

 

LEEDS, England (Reuters) - Leeds United moved one step closer to ending a 16-year wait for a Premier League return after a 1-0 win over Barnsley in the second-tier Championship put them within a point of automatic promotion to the top flight.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1173274-leeds-win-to-move-within-a-point-of-premier-league-promotion/

 

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Real Madrid seal Spanish title with win over Villarreal

 

Soccer Football - La Liga Santander - Real Madrid v Villarreal - Alfredo Di Stefano Stadium, Madrid, Spain - July 16, 2020 Real Madrid's Karim Benzema scores their second goal from the penalty spot, as play resumes behind closed doors following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) REUTERS/Sergio Perez

 

MADRID (Reuters) - Real Madrid clinched a record-extending 34th La Liga title with one game to spare by beating Villarreal 2-1 at home on Thursday thanks to two goals from their leading scorer Karim Benzema.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1173275-real-madrid-seal-spanish-title-with-win-over-villarreal/

 

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Man United keep up top-four chase with win at Palace

 

Soccer Football - Premier League - Crystal Palace v Manchester United - Selhurst Park, London, Britain - July 16, 2020 Manchester United's Mason Greenwood in action, as play resumes behind closed doors following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Pool via REUTERS/Glyn Kirk

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Manchester United kept up their chase for a Champions League qualification spot with Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial on target in a 2-0 Premier League win over Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1173276-man-united-keep-up-top-four-chase-with-win-at-palace/

 

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UK-born Islamic State recruit can return from Syria to challenge citizenship removal

By Guy Faulconbridge and Alistair Smout

 

FILE PHOTO: Renu Begum, sister of teenage British girl Shamima Begum, holds a photo of her sister as she makes an appeal for her to return home at Scotland Yard, in London, Britain February 22, 2015. REUTERS/Laura Lean/Pool/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - A British-born woman who went to Syria as a schoolgirl to join Islamic State can return to Britain to challenge the government's removal of her citizenship, judges ruled on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1173277-uk-born-islamic-state-recruit-can-return-from-syria-to-challenge-citizenship-removal/

 

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Despite Trump’s pressure, most Americans think it is unsafe to reopen schools: Reuters poll

By Chris Kahn

 

Social distancing dividers for students are seen in a classroom at St. Benedict School, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Montebello, near Los Angeles, California, U.S., July 14, 2020. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Only one in four Americans think it is safe for public schools to reopen this fall as U.S. coronavirus cases climb, and four in 10 parents said they would likely keep their children home if classes resume, a new Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll shows.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1173281-despite-trump’s-pressure-most-americans-think-it-is-unsafe-to-reopen-schools-reuters-poll/

 

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So close yet so far: EU seeks deal on stimulus for COVID-hit economy

By Gabriela Baczynska and Robin Emmott

 

A European Union flag flutters outside the European Commission headquarters, ahead of an EU leaders summit at the European Council headquarters, in Brussels, Belgium July 16, 2020. REUTERS/Yves Herman

 

WARSAW/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders will seek to overcome their differences over a proposed stimulus to kick-start economic growth stifled by the coronavirus as they meet in Brussels on Friday for their first face-to-face talks since the pandemic hit.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1173282-so-close-yet-so-far-eu-seeks-deal-on-stimulus-for-covid-hit-economy/

 

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COVID-19, electric vehicles to reshape Thailand’s auto industry

By Chayut Setboonsarng

 

FILE PHOTO: A woman wearing a face mask stands near the Mini Electric during the media day of the 41st Bangkok International Motor Show after the Thai government eased measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Bangkok, Thailand July 14, 2020. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - The COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating the remaking of Thailand's automotive industry, the backbone of Southeast Asia's auto sector, as factory shutdowns compound a shift toward electric vehicles.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1173286-covid-19-electric-vehicles-to-reshape thailand’s-auto-industry/

 

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Innovation needed if Thailand wants to be No 1 in global food market: Jurin

By The Nation

 

Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit

 

Thailand will have to focus more on innovative food-production methods to meet global demands if it wants to become the world’s No 1 food exporter, Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit said on Thursday (July 16).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1173289-innovation-needed-if-thailand-wants-to-be-no-1-in-global-food-market-jurin/

 

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Vietnam seen as investment magnet as virus saps ageing Thailand 

By The Nation

 

Thiti Tantikulanan, executive chairman of Kasikorn Securities

 

Vietnamese stocks are outshining their Thai counterparts due to Vietnam’s high potential for economic growth, prominent investor Niwes Hemvachiravarakorn said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1173291-vietnam-seen-as-investment-magnet-as-virus-saps-ageing-thailand/

 

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No Thai passengers in flight to China, Thai Lion Air clarifies after Beijing imposes ban

By THE NATION

 

 

Thai Lion Air said on Thursday (July 16) that there were no Thai passengers on board the flight that carried some Covid-19 patients to China and that no one had left the plane or entered the terminal building when the flight stopped in Bangkok on July 7.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1173295-no-thai-passengers-in-flight-to-china-thai-lion-air-clarifies-after-beijing-imposes-ban/

 

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Letter inviting Egyptian to Bangkok is fake, says Thai finance authority

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Thailand's Comptroller General's Department has reacted to a letter circulating online that purports to invite an Egyptian national to come to Thailand for an investors' meeting for a medical and housing project. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1173297-letter-inviting-egyptian-to-bangkok-is-fake-says-thai-finance-authority/

 

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Thai monetary policy should remain accommodative to help economy - central bank

 

FILE PHOTO: The Bank of Thailand logo is pictured in Bangkok, Thailand, August 5, 2016. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's central bank said monetary policy should remain accommodative for some time to support an economy hit by the coronavirus pandemic and help inflation return to target.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1173298-thai-monetary-policy-should-remain-accommodative-to-help-economy-central-bank/

 

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Thai immigration urge foreigners to do 90 day/address reports by post or online to ease Covid-19 congestion

 

PIcture: Naew Na

 

Naew Na reported that Thailand's immigration police are advising foreigners who need to report their address or do 90 day reports to do so by post or online.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1173302-thai-immigration-urge-foreigners-to-do-90-dayaddress-reports-by-post-or-online-to-ease-covid-19-congestion/

 

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Bangkok motorcycle incidents: Thai police exonerate themselves and blame the riders

 

 

The national police spokesman has said that the RTP are not guilty of being heavy handed at checkpoints. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1173304-bangkok-motorcycle-incidents-thai-police-exonerate-themselves-and-blame-the-riders/

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Rayong department stores reopen after two-day closure but customers stay away

By THE NATION

 

 

Two department stores in Rayong that had been ordered to shut down for two days reopened on Thursday (July 16) only to see virtually no customers as locals stayed away in fear after a Covid-19-infected Egyptian soldier paid a short visit to the eastern coastal province.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1173306-rayong-department-stores-reopen-after-two-day-closure-but-customers-stay-away/

 

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Philippines to allow some foreigners to enter country from August

 

FILE PHOTO: Passengers wearing personal protective equipment for protection against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) queue at the check-in counters of Emirates airline, in Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines, July 9, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez/File Photo

 

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' coronavirus task force has approved the entry of foreign nationals holding long-term visas starting from August, the presidential spokesman said on Friday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1173309-philippines-to-allow-some-foreigners-to-enter-country-from-august/

 

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Fourth time lucky? Meatball guy treats 1,000 villagers hoping for lottery riches from sacred tree trunk

 

Picture: Sanook

 

More than 1,000 Thai people flocked to a paddy field in Phitsanulok yesterday to divine lottery numbers from a tree trunk.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1173310-fourth-time-lucky-meatball-guy-treats-1000-villagers-hoping-for-lottery-riches-from-sacred-tree-trunk/