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Thai PM vows justice over dropping of Red Bull heir hit-and-run case

 

FILE PHOTO: Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha speaks to media members at the Government House in Bangkok, Thailand June 6, 2019. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said on Wednesday his government would ensure justice prevails over a deadly 2012 hit-and-run linked to the heir to the Red Bull energy drink fortune, amid public anger over the dropping of charges against him.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1175338-thai-pm-vows-justice-over-dropping-of-red-bull-heir-hit-and-run-case/

 

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Thai students rally over gender rights, uniforms and haircut rules

By Jiraporn Kuhakan

 

Members of a youth pride student group hold an LGBT flag during a rally for gender rights in Bangkok, Thailand July 29, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Dozens of students rallied in Thailand on Wednesday to demand from the government greater gender rights and an end to what they called outdated curriculum and discriminatory rules on uniforms and haircuts.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1175260-flashes-of-rainbow-colours-as-students-call-for-equality/?do=findComment&comment=15665431

 

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Estonian ride-hailer Bolt launches in Thailand offering better rates

By Chayut Setboonsarng

 

Image: Google

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Bolt, a popular ride-sharing system in Eastern Europe and Africa, has rolled out its platform in Thailand, the company said on Wednesday, as competition grows among Southeast Asian ride-hailers.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1175298-estonian-ride-hailer-bolt-launches-in-thailand-offering-better-rates/

 

 

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Time to put Phuket on show, no price gouging, Governor urges

By Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

Phuket Governor Narong Woonciew speakign during his video address this morning (July 29). Screenshot: PR Phuket

 

PHUKET:-- Phuket will be on show in the coming week as medical workers and volunteers start to arrive unde the government-subsidised domestic tourism campaign, so be nice hosts, welcome tourists and do not take advantage of them was the strong message delivered by Phuket Governor Narong Woonciew this morning (July 29).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1175303-time-to-put-phuket-on-show-no-price-gouging-governor-urges/

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Covid-19 pandemic will significantly bring down value of Thai trade: UTCC

By THE NATION

 

 

The University of Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC)’s Centre for International Trade Studies has estimated that the Covid-19 pandemic will reduce the value of Thai trade by Bt423.05 billion to Bt1.02 trillion.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1175341-covid-19-pandemic-will-significantly-bring-down-value-of-thai-trade-utcc/

 

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Migrant workers pose biggest danger: Public Health Ministry

By The Nation

 

 

The Public Health Ministry has warned that bringing migrant workers into the Kingdom may lead to a second wave of Covid-19 infections.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1175342-migrant-workers-pose-biggest-danger-public-health-ministry/

 

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EEC’s ‘smart city’ capital takes shape in Si Racha

By The Nation

 

 

Known for its industry and Laem Chabang seaport, Si Racha in Chonburi province is set to be upgraded as the “smart” city hub of the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1175343-eec’s-‘smart-city’-capital-takes-shape-in-si-racha/

 

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Thai police consider charging organizers of recent Jennie concerts

 

 

Police are considering taking legal action against the organizers of concerts, held in Thailand’s southern provinces of Nakhon Si Thammarat and Krabi on July 24th and 25th, during which some attendees were seen not wearing face masks and not observing social distancing rules.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1175344-thai-police-consider-charging-organizers-of-recent-jennie-concerts/

 

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TAT plans to boost domestic tourism among three target groups

 

Pha-Ngan Island / Photo from tourismthailand.org

 

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) will seek Cabinet approval for its plan to boost domestic tourism by targeting affluent Thais, who can afford overseas trips, adding that between 12 and 13 million Thais travelled abroad last year, spending an estimated 400 billion baht, according to the authority’s Governor, Mr. Governor Yutthasak Supasorn today.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1175345-tat-plans-to-boost-domestic-tourism-among-three-target-groups/

 

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Red Bull heir Vorayuth asked to come clean by eight of his relatives

 

 

Eight members of the billionaire Yoovidhya family issued an open letter today (Wednesday) expressing regret over the alleged mishandling of the Red Bull heir Vorayuth Yoovidhya’s fatal hit-and-run case, calling on him to come clean about what happened.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1175347-red-bull-heir-vorayuth-asked-to-come-clean-by-eight-of-his-relatives/

 

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Appeals Court upholds one-year prison term for Premchai on bribery charge

 

 

Thailand’s Appeals Court today upheld the one-year prison sentence imposed, by the Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases, on construction tycoon Premchai Karnasuta for attempted bribery.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1175348-appeals-court-upholds-one-year-prison-term-for-premchai-on-bribery-charge/

 

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Golf: Rahm ready for first start as top gun, Koepka seeks return to form

 

Jul 19, 2020; Dublin, Ohio, USA; Jon Rahm waits to putt on the 18th green during the final round of The Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club. Mandatory Credit: Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports

 

(Reuters) - Spaniard Jon Rahm will make his first start as world number one at this week's WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational in Memphis where defending champion Brooks Koepka hopes to rediscover his form ahead of next week's PGA Championship title defence.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1175349-golf-rahm-ready-for-first-start-as-top-gun-koepka-seeks-return-to-form/

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Ibrahimovic scores two, Donnarumma saves penalty in Milan win

 

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Serie A - AC Milan v Atalanta - San Siro, Milan, Italy - July 24, 2020 AC Milan's Zlatan Ibrahimovic reacts during the match, as play resumes behind closed doors following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) REUTERS/Daniele Mascolo

 

(Reuters) - AC Milan's veteran forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored twice and Gianluigi Donnarumma saved a penalty as they won 4-1 at Sampdoria on Wednesday to stay unbeaten since the Serie A season restarted.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1175350-ibrahimovic-scores-two-donnarumma-saves-penalty-in-milan-win/

 

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Man City set to sign Valencia winger Torres - reports

 

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Champions League - Group H - Chelsea v Valencia - Stamford Bridge, London, Britain - September 17, 2019 General view of Valencia's Ferran Torres during the warm up before the match REUTERS/Hannah McKay

 

(Reuters) - Manchester City are close to agreeing a deal to sign Valencia winger Ferran Torres for an initial fee of 20.9 million pounds ($27.13 million), British media reported on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1175351-man-city-set-to-sign-valencia-winger-torres-reports/

 

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Fast start propels Brentford into Championship playoff final

 

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Championship - Birmingham City v Brentford - St Andrew's, Birmingham, Britain - February 15, 2020 Brentford's Ollie Watkins appeals to a linesman Action Images/Adam Holt

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Early goals from Ollie Watkins and Emiliano Marcondes settled Brentford nerves and laid the platform for a 3-1 victory over Swansea City on Wednesday to seal a place in the English Championship playoff final next week.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1175352-fast-start-propels-brentford-into-championship-playoff-final/

 

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Facebook, Google absorb U.S. lawmakers' jabs in rare Big Tech hearing

By Nandita Bose and Diane Bartz

 

Witnesses Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, and Apple CEO Tim Cook are sworn-in before a hearing of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law on "Online Platforms and Market Power", in the Rayburn House office Building on Capitol Hill, in Washington, U.S., July 29, 2020. Mandel Ngan/Pool via REUTERS

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Google and Facebook took the sharpest jabs for alleged abuse of their market power from Democrats and Republicans on Wednesday in a much-anticipated congressional hearing

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1175353-facebook-google-absorb-us-lawmakers-jabs-in-rare-big-tech-hearing/

 

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U.S. coronavirus deaths top 150,000 as economy suffers further

By Lisa Shumaker and Rich McKay

 

FILE PHOTO: A paramedic dressed in personal protective equipment exits an ambulance at St. Petersburg General Hospital, where coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases are being treated, in St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S. July 15, 2020. REUTERS/Octavio Jones

 

(Reuters) - Deaths from COVID-19 surpassed 150,000 in the United States on Wednesday, more than any other country and nearly a quarter of the world's total, according to a Reuters tally, delivering fresh blows to the U.S. economy

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1175354-us-coronavirus-deaths-top-150000-as-economy-suffers-further/

 

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Ghislaine Maxwell loses late bid to block deposition's release, quickly appeals

By Jonathan Stempel

 

FILE PHOTO: Ghislaine Maxwell appears via video link during her arraignment hearing where she was denied bail for her role aiding Jeffrey Epstein to recruit and eventually abuse of minor girls, in Manhattan Federal Court, in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S. July 14, 2020 in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Wednesday denied Ghislaine Maxwell's last-ditch effort to keep a potentially damaging deposition from becoming public, as the jailed British socialite defends against criminal charges she aided the late financier Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse of girls.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1175358-ghislaine-maxwell-loses-late-bid-to-block-depositions-release-quickly-appeals/

 

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U.S. to withdraw about 12,000 troops from Germany but nearly half to stay in Europe

By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali

 

FILE PHOTO: A general view of Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) Headquarters building near Mons, Belgium July 2, 2018. SHAPE/Nic Edouard Bocquet/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military on Wednesday unveiled plans to withdraw about 12,000 troops from Germany, in fallout from President Donald Trump's long-simmering feud with Berlin but said it will keep nearly half of those forces in Europe to address tension with Russia.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1175360-us-to-withdraw-about-12000-troops-from-germany-but-nearly-half-to-stay-in-europe/

 

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Isolation for COVID-19 in UK to be increased to 10 days: Telegraph

 

FILE PHOTO: Passengers arrive at the Gatwick Airport, as travel restrictions are eased following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Gatwick, Britain July 10, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville

 

(Reuters) - The isolation period for anyone with symptoms of possible COVID-19 in the UK will be increased to 10 days from the current seven, The Telegraph newspaper reported https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2020/07/29/isolation-covid-increased-three-days late on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1175362-isolation-for-covid-19-in-uk-to-be-increased-to-10-days-telegraph/

 

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Scientists solve mystery of the origin of Stonehenge megaliths

By Will Dunham

 

General view of the Stonehenge stone circle, near Amesbury, Britain, as seen in this undated image provided to Reuters on July 29, 2020. English Heritage/A.Pattenden/Handout via REUTERS

 

(Reuters) - Scientists have solved an enduring mystery about Stonehenge, determining the place of origin of many of the megaliths that make up the famed monument in Wiltshire, England, thanks to a core sample that had been kept in the United States for decades.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1175364-scientists-solve-mystery-of-the-origin-of-stonehenge-megaliths/

 

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Two men undergoing questioning for murder of Pattaya motorcycle taxi rider, say Thai media sources

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

Thai media reported from their sources that two men are currently in custody in connection with Tuesday's slaying of a motorcycle taxi driver in broad daylight in Pattaya.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1175365-two-men-undergoing-questioning-for-murder-of-pattaya-motorcycle-taxi-rider-say-thai-media-sources/

 

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Phuket, Samui and Phi Phi could be first Thai destinations opened to foreign tourists

 

Picture: Manager Online

 

A high level meeting at Phuket Town Hall heard that pilot schemes to welcome back foreign tourists to Phuket, Koh Samui and Koh Phi Phi are in the offing if the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration gives the green light. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1175369-phuket-samui-and-phi-phi-could-be-first-thai-destinations-opened-to-foreign-tourists/

 

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Move to replace gasohol 91 with gasohol E20

By THE NATION

 

 

The Department of Energy Business is planning to ask the new energy minister to push E20 gasohol as the country’s basic benzene fuel and stop sales of gasohol 91 altogether, said department director-general Nanthika Thangsupanich.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1175374-move-to-replace-gasohol-91-with-gasohol-e20/

 

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Immigration arrest Cambodian monks who sneaked across border: "Big Oud" sends out Covid-19 defence orders

 

Picture: Naew Na

 

Thailand's immigration chief Lt-Gen Sompong Chingduang - known as Bid Oud - has issued urgent orders to keep Thailand's borders secure after cases of Cambodian monks sneaking across came to light. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1175375-immigration-arrest-cambodian-monks-who-sneaked-across-border-big-oud-sends-out-covid-19-defence-orders/

 

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Teen in a Porsche loses it at a bend and drives into a tree at Muang Thong

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Pak Kret police were called after a Porsche slammed into a tree on the expressway exit ramp near Muang Thong housing estate north west of Bangkok yesterday. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1175377-teen-in-a-porsche-loses-it-at-a-bend-and-drives-into-a-tree-at-muang-thong/

 

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Thidapa and Patty represent Thailand as the LPGA returns since February

By THE NATION

 

Thidapa Suwannapura

 

The LPGA Tour is back. After 166 days, the 2020 season resumes with consecutive events in Toledo, Ohio, starting with the inaugural LPGA Drive On Championship at Inverness Club.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1175382-thidapa-and-patty-represent-thailand-as-the-lpga-returns-since-february/

 

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122 gamblers and staff arrested at Ayutthaya casino

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Special forces from the department of public administration and the Bang Pa-In district chief descended on a casino being run in the area.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1175385-122-gamblers-and-staff-arrested-at-ayutthaya-casino/

 

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New BOT governor faces historic challenges as Thailand plots recovery path

By Wichit Chaitrong
The Nation
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Setthaput, an economist

 

Key challenges await incoming central bank governor Setthaput Suthiwart-Narueput as the country seeks a path to recovery from an unprecedented global crisis.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1175390-new-bot-governor-faces-historic-challenges-as-thailand-plots-recovery-path/

 

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Apple Central World all set for grand opening tomorrow

By THE NATION

 

 

After the success of the first official Apple Store in Thailand at Iconsiam, which opened in November 2018, the tech giant is now set to open a second, larger store at Central World in Bangkok’s Pathumwan district.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1175391-apple-central-world-all-set-for-grand-opening-tomorrow/