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New cases, concert, foreign troops, spark virus surge warning

By The Nation

 

 

Authorities warned Thailand may have to fight a second wave of Covid-19 infections, after seven more returnees tested positive for the virus on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176362-new-cases-concert-foreign-troops-spark-virus-surge-warning/

 

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More stranded Russians fly home from Phuket

By The Phuket News

 

Russian tourists check-in to board the special flight home yesterday (Aug 4). Photo: Phuket Consulate-General of the Russian Federation

 

PHUKET:-- The special flights to fly home Russian nationals left stranded in Phuket due to the COVID-19 pandemic continued at Phuket International Airport yesterday (Aug 4).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176340-more-stranded-russians-fly-home-from-phuket/

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Thailand to get its first electric ferry service soon

By The Nation

 

 

As part of its 161-year anniversary, the Marine Department is launching the country’s first electric ferry – the BanpuNext e-Ferry – as part of efforts to cut down on pollution.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176337-thailand-to-get-its-first-electric-ferry-service-soon/

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Thailand’s ‘rice basket’ still short of water despite storm Sinlaku

By The Nation

 

 

Water management plans have been tightened after tropical storm Sinlaku failed to fill the four giant dams of the Chao Phraya River basin, threatening rice crops.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176365-thailand’s-‘rice-basket’-still-short-of-water-despite-storm-sinlaku/

 

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Suspect named in rape of 80-year-old steamed sticky rice vendor

 

 

Police in Phatthalung province are hunting a suspect over the rape of an 80-year-old woman on July 21.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176366-phatthalung-suspect-named-in-rape-of-80-year-old-steamed-sticky-rice-vendor/

 

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OBEC to propose to CCSA this Friday that its 4,500 schools reopen

 

 

Thailand’s Office of Basic Education Commission (OBEC) will, on Friday, propose to the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) that all the 4,500 schools under its supervision resume classes.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176367-obec-to-propose-to-ccsa-this-friday-that-its-4500-schools-reopen/

 

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Johnson irons out wrinkles in game ahead of PGA Championship

 

FILE PHOTO: Aug 4, 2020; San Francisco, California, USA; Dustin Johnson hits his tee shot on the second hole during a practice round of the PGA Championship golf tournament at TPC Harding Park. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports

 

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - World number five Dustin Johnson said he went "back to basics" after an inconsistent spell in which he won the Travelers Championship in June, only to miss the cut three weeks later at the Memorial Tournament in Ohio.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176368-johnson-irons-out-wrinkles-in-game-ahead-of-pga-championship/

 

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Lowry far from complacent a year after first major win

 

FILE PHOTO: Jul 16, 2020; Dublin, Ohio, USA; Shane Lowry plays his shot from the fifth tee during the first round of The Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club. Mandatory Credit: Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports

 

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Ireland's Shane Lowry said on Wednesday that he has not grown complacent in the year since he took home his first major title as he faces stiff competition at this week's PGA Championship.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176369-lowry-far-from-complacent-a-year-after-first-major-win/

 

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Fauci expects tens of millions of coronavirus vaccine doses at start of 2021

By Michael Erman and Jeff Mason

 

FILE PHOTO: Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks during a House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 31, 2020. Erin Scott/Pool via REUTERS

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Drugmakers will likely have tens of millions of doses of a coronavirus vaccine in the early part of next year, with production ramping up so that it hits a billion doses by the end of 2021, Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. government official on infectious diseases, said in a Reuters interview on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176370-fauci-expects-tens-of-millions-of-coronavirus-vaccine-doses-at-start-of-2021/

 

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Shakhtar, Copenhagen reach Europa League last eight

 

Soccer Football - Europa League - Round of 16 Second Leg - Shakhtar Donetsk v VfL Wolfsburg - NSC Olimpiyskiy, Kyiv, Ukraine - August 5, 2020 Shakhtar Donetsk's Manor Solomon celebrates scoring their second goal with teammates, as play resumes behind closed doors following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

 

KYIV (Reuters) - Shakhtar Donetsk and FC Copenhagen became the first two teams to reach the Europa League quarter-finals as the continent's second-tier competition resumed on Wednesday after a five-month break forced by the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176371-shakhtar-copenhagen-reach-europa-league-last-eight/

 

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Below-strength Man United move into Europa League last eight

 

Soccer Football - Europa League - Round of 16 Second Leg - Manchester United v LASK Linz - Old Trafford, Manchester, Britain - August 5, 2020 Manchester United's Anthony Martial celebrates scoring their second goal with Juan Mata, as play resumes behind closed doors following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) REUTERS/Carl Recine

 

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Former Europa League winners Manchester United booked a quarter-final spot in the tournament after their second-string side laboured to a 2-1 home win over LASK Linz on Wednesday to seal a 7-1 aggregate rout of the Austrian side.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176372-below-strength-man-united-move-into-europa-league-last-eight/

 

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Man City sign Bournemouth defender Ake

 

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Premier League - AFC Bournemouth v Watford - Vitality Stadium, Bournemouth, Britain - January 12, 2020 Bournemouth's Nathan Ake during the warm up before the match REUTERS/David Klein

 

(Reuters) - Manchester City have signed defender Nathan Ake from Bournemouth on a five-year deal, the Premier League club announced on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176373-man-city-sign-bournemouth-defender-ake/

 

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'Do you really need to party?' WHO asks world's youth

By Emma Farge

 

FILE PHOTO: People enjoy the hot weather at the beach in Bournemouth, Britain, June 24, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo

 

GENEVA (Reuters) - Young people must curb their party instincts to help prevent new outbreaks of the COVID-19 disease, officials at the World Health Organization (WHO) pleaded on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176379-do-you-really-need-to-party-who-asks-worlds-youth/

 

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Beirut reels from huge blast as death toll climbs to at least 135

By Samia Nakhoul and Ellen Francis

 

A general view shows the damage at the site of Tuesday's blast in Beirut's port area, Lebanon August 5, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

 

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese rescue teams pulled out bodies and hunted for missing in the wreckage of buildings on Wednesday as investigations blamed negligence for a massive warehouse explosion that sent a devastating blast wave across Beirut, killing at least 135.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176380-beirut-reels-from-huge-blast-as-death-toll-climbs-to-at-least-135/

 

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Facebook removes Trump post over coronavirus misinformation

By Elizabeth Culliford

 

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Arizona Governor Doug Ducey in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, U.S., August 5, 2020. Andrew Harnik/Pool via REUTERS

 

(Reuters) - Facebook Inc on Wednesday took down a video by U.S. President Donald Trump in which he said children are "almost immune" to COVID-19, with the company saying it violated its rules against sharing misinformation about the coronavirus.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176381-facebook-removes-trump-post-over-coronavirus-misinformation/

 

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Gov’t seeking reopening guidelines balancing safety, and economics

 

   

BANGKOK(NNT) - The Prime Minister has ordered related agencies to devise guidelines allowing foreign nationals to enter the kingdom under strict measures mandated by the CCSA, while the government is seeking to raise public confidence following a COVID-19 scare in Rayong last month, by holding a mobile Cabinet meeting there on 24-25 August.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176383-thailand-to-develop-plan-to-allow-foreign-nationals-to-enter-the-kingdom/

 

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Covid-19 and the economy: Thai takes bigger hit than 1997 crisis - three million could be unemployed by year end

 

 

The Thai Chamber of Commerce has painted the grimmest assessment yet of the state of the Thai economy after the first stage of the coronavirus pandemic.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176384-covid-19-and-the-economy-thai-takes-bigger-hit-than-1997-crisis-three-million-could-be-unemployed-by-year-end/

 

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Pattaya: Greedy Grab - riders protest that company is not paying them enough

 

Picture: STV Pattaya

 

More than 100 Grab Food riders protested in South Pattaya yesterday that their company is not paying them enough.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176385-pattaya-greedy-grab-riders-protest-that-company-is-not-paying-them-enough/

 

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Four motorcycles catch fire at Govt House parking lot

By THE NATION

 

 

Four motorcycles caught fire at a parking lot in front of the Secretariat of the Prime Minister’s Building at Government House early today (August 6), but the flames were quickly extinguished and no one was injured.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176386-four-motorcycles catch-fire-at-govt-house-parking-lot/

 

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Private sector cuts GDP forecast to -9% as baht adds to business worries 

By The Nation

 

Kalin Sarasin, chairman of the Thai Chamber of Commerce(centre) and Supant Mongkolsuthree, president of the Federation of Thai Industry(right).

 

Thai businesses project a sharp drop in exports of 12 per cent this year and have revised downward their GDP forecast to a 9 per cent contraction. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176390-private-sector-cuts-gdp-forecast-to-9-as-baht-adds-to-business-worries/

 

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Pattaya: Major drainage works beset by problems but route expected to open in a week - or else!

 

Picture: STV Pattaya

 

Sophon Cable TV reported that the Pattaya city hall have apologized for repeated delays in major drainage works including pipe laying on Wat Sawang Fa Pritaram Road and Sai Pattaya Na Klua. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176391-pattaya-major-drainage-works-beset-by-problems-but-route-expected-to-open-in-a-week-or-else/

 

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CPF remains on guard against Covid-19

By The Nation

 

 

Thailand’s largest food company says it is using lessons from the Covid-19 epicentre in Wuhan, China to ensure 100-per-cent product safety as Thailand enters its 10th week without local transmission of the virus.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176392-cpf-remains-on-guard-against-covid-19/

 

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Damaged bridge on Chiang Mai-Chiang Rai Highway No 118 repaired

By THE NATION

 

 

The Highways Department has restored a bridge on Highway No 118 that connects Chiang Mai to Chiang Rai at km 32+941 in Chiang Mai’s Doi Saket district, director-general Sarawut Songsiwilai said yesterday (August 5).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176393-damaged-bridge-on-chiang-mai-chiang-rai-highway-no-118-repaired/

 

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Thailand road carnage video: "Miracle" escapes all round in remarkable accident

 

 

A Thai TV Channel 3 presenter said that the first question of on-scene reporters to a female pick-up driver who survived a road accident in Rayong was:

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176396-thailand-road-carnage-video-miracle-escapes-all-round-in-remarkable-accident/

 

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Body of unidentified foreigner found on Krabi beach

 

 

Channel 7 News reported yesterday that an unidentified westerner was found washed up on Hat Yao beach in the Ban Pak Ra area of Krabi in southern Thailand on Tuesday evening.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176398-body-of-unidentified-foreigner-found-on-krabi-beach/

 

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Thai farmers, food manufacturers will need to play by new Codex rules

By THE NATION

 

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The Codex Alimentarius Commission has approved several food-related standards that could affect farmers and food manufacturers in Thailand, National Bureau of Agricultural Commodity and Food Standards secretary-general Juadee Pongmaneerat said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176399-thai-farmers-food-manufacturers-will-need-to-play-by-new-codex-rules/

 

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Casino shooting latest: CCTV removed and bloodstained baccara tables go missing

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Daily News reported on the latest developments in the fatal shooting at the Rama 3 casino in Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176405-casino-shooting-latest-cctv-removed-and-bloodstained-baccara-tables-go-missing/

 

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Pompeo says U.N. Security Council to vote next week on extending Iran arms embargo

By Michelle Nichols and Humeyra Pamuk

 

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a news conference at the State Department in Washington, U.S. August 5, 2020. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Pool via Reuters

 

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council will vote next week on a U.S. bid to extend an international arms embargo on Iran, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday, despite the warnings of some diplomats that the measure lacks support.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176409-pompeo-says-un-security-council-to-vote-next-week-on-extending-iran-arms-embargo/

 

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Flattened but alive! Man and two boys survive crushing by container truck - another jumps to safety

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Several people were lucky to survive after an 18 wheel truck carrying a container toppled over in Si Racha on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176412-flattened-but-alive-man-and-two-boys-survive-crushing-by-container-truck-another-jumps-to-safety/

 

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BTS Pink Line pillar collapses, 5 workers hurt

By THE NATION

 

 

A BTS Pink Line pillar under construction collapsed today (August 6) on Chaengwattana Road in Nonthaburi’s Pak Kret district, injuring five workers.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176415-bts-pink-line-pillar-collapses-5-workers-hurt/