THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Saturday 18 July 2020

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More than 5,000 rooms booked in an hour of new scheme opening for registration

By The Nation

 

 

Eligible people have used 5,088 privileges to reserve rooms under the “Rao Tiew Duay Kan” (We Travel Together) tourism stimulus package within one hour of it opening for applications.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1173481-more-than-5000-rooms-booked-in-an-hour-of-new-scheme-opening-for-registration/

 

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Paper made up quotes to defame Depp, actress tells UK libel trial

By Michael Holden

 

Actor Amber Heard gestures as she arrives at the High Court in London, Britain July 17, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Actress and #MeToo campaigner Katherine Kendall said on Friday Britain's Sun newspaper had deliberately misused her quotes in an article which labelled Hollywood star Johnny Depp a "wife beater".

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1173524-paper-made-up-quotes-to-defame-depp-actress-tells-uk-libel-trial/

 

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Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai, daughter, hospitalised for COVID-19

 

 

Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai poses on the red carpet as she arrives for the screening of the film "Ma loute" (Slack Bay) in competition at the 69th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, May 13, 2016. REUTERS/Yves Herman/Files

 

July 18 (Reuters) - Indian actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and her daughter were hospitalised for COVID-19 treatment, the Times of India reported on Saturday, days after her husband and father-in-law were admitted.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1173526-bollywood-star-aishwarya-rai-daughter-hospitalised-for-covid-19/

 

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Phuket seafood festival to hit the road

By The Phuket News

 

Phuket Vice Governor Phichet Panaphong announced the festival yesterday (July 17). Photo: PR Phuket

 

PHUKET: The annual “Phuket Seafood & Gastronomy Festival” will be held over five weekends from mid-August into September in the hope of bolstering confidence that Phuket is a safe location to hold such festivals.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1173528-phuket-seafood-festival-to-hit-the-road/

 

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Police investigate circumstances in two deaths in Thalang

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The body of Miss Willa is recoverd from the home in Pa Khlok yesterday (July17). Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: Police are waiting for the results of a post-mortem examination to try to help them determine whether or not a marks found on a woman’s wrists indicating that she had been bound were a factor in her being found hanged in her home in Pa Khlok yesterday (July 17).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1173531-police-investigate-circumstances-in-two-deaths-in-thalang/

 

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U.S. civil rights pioneer, congressman John Lewis dies

By Patricia Zengerle

 

FILE PHOTO: Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) testifies to the Senate Judiciary Committee during the second day of confirmation hearings on Senator Jeff Sessions' (R-AL) nomination to be U.S. attorney general in Washington, U.S., January 11, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - John Lewis, a pioneer of the civil rights movement and long-time member of the U.S. House of Representatives, died on Friday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1173535-us-civil-rights-pioneer-congressman-john-lewis-dies/

 

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