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Phone of key ‘Boss’ case witness destroyed, say police

By The Nation

 

 

Police say the phone of a key witness in the hit-and-run case involving Vorayuth “Boss” Yoovidhya was stolen and destroyed after the witness died in a Chiang Mai traffic incident last week.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176515-phone-of-key-‘boss’-case-witness-destroyed-say-police/

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Tourism-reliant Thailand shelves 'travel bubble' plan as Asia virus cases rise

By Chayut Setboonsarng

 

FILE PHOTO: Boards with information about canceled flights are seen at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi International airport amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Thailand, June 3, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand has delayed plans for a "travel bubble" agreement with select countries as new daily coronavirus cases rise in parts of Asia, putting pressure on its vital tourism industry and complicating efforts to revive its battered economy.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176448-tourism-reliant thailand shelves-travel-bubble-plan-as-asia-virus-cases-rise/

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Phuket people petition for debt relief for COVID-affected businesses

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Phuket Governor Narong Woonciew meets the crowd outside Provincial Hall this afternoon (Aug 6). Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET:-- About 100 people gathered at Phuket Provincial Hall this afternoon (aug 6) to file a petition calling for debt relief for businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176518-phuket-people-petition-for-debt-relief-for-covid-affected-businesses/

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New ministers revealed in reshuffled Cabinet

By The Nation

 

 

The new and royally endorsed Cabinet line-up was revealed by the Royal Gazette

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176540-new-ministers-revealed-in-reshuffled-cabinet/

 

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Thai chicken industry cuts production as global demand drops

By The Nation

 

 

Thai chicken exports rose less than expected in the first half of this year, due to the Covid-19 fallout, the Thai Broiler Processing Exporters Association said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176541-thai-chicken-industry-cuts-production-as-global-demand-drops/

 

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Thailand misses chance to join CPTPP this year

By The Nation

 

 

Thailand’s chief trade negotiator said the country had missed its chance to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) this year.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176543-thailand-misses-chance-to-join-cptpp-this-year/

 

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PM predicts economy will shrink less than 10% in 2020

By The Nation

 

PM Prayut Chan-o-cha (File photo)

 

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha has predicted the Thai economy will contract less than 10 per cent this year, thanks to its strong economic fundamentals and effective handling of the Covid-19 outbreak.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176544-pm-prayut-predicts-economy-will-shrink-less-than-10-in-2020/

 

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New Cabinet economics team faces huge challenges: experts

By Wichit Chaitrong
The Nation

 

From left: Finance Minister Predee Daochai, Labour Minister Suchart Chomklin and Deputy Labour Minister Narumon Pinyosinwat.

 

Newly appointed economic ministers will find it severely difficult to rescue the economy from the Covid-19 fallout, given dwindling financial resources, rising unemployment and the global threat of a second-wave contagion, warn economists.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176545-new-cabinet-economics-team-faces-huge-challenges-experts/

 

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Bale did not wish to play for Real against City, says Zidane

 

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - La Liga Santander - Real Madrid v Athletic Bilbao - Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid, Spain - December 22, 2019 Real Madrid's Gareth Bale REUTERS/Juan Medina/File Photo

 

MANCHESTER (Reuters) - Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane has revealed Gareth Bale chose not to travel to his side's Champions League decider against Manchester City because he did not want to play, signalling the latest rift between the club and their joint-record signing.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176546-bale-did-not-wish-to-play-for-real-against-city-says-zidane/

 

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Premier League clubs vote against use of five substitutes next season

 

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Premier League - Liverpool v Chelsea - Anfield, Liverpool, Britain - July 22, 2020 Chelsea's Callum Hudson-Odoi comes on as a substitute to replace Chelsea's Mason Mount, as play resumes behind closed doors following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Pool via REUTERS/Paul Ellis

 

(Reuters) - English Premier League clubs voted against continuing to allow the use of five substitutes in each game next season at their annual general meeting (AGM) on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176547-premier-league-clubs-vote-against-use-of-five-substitutes-next-season/

 

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Sevilla, Leverkusen cruise into Europa League quarter-finals

 

Soccer Football - Europa League - Round of 16 - AS Roma v Sevilla - MSV-Arena, Duisburg, Germany - August 6, 2020 Sevilla's Sergio Reguilon scores their first goal, as play resumes behind closed doors following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Pool via REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay

 

(Reuters) - Sevilla made light work of AS Roma when first half goals from Sergio Reguilon and Youssef En-Nesyri gave them a 2-0 win over AS Roma and sent them into the Europa League quarter-finals on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176548-sevilla-leverkusen-cruise-into-europa-league-quarter-finals/

 

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Conservation activists urge post-pandemic tourism reset in Thailand

They warn economic reboot could exacerbate environmental problems

TOM VATER and LAURE SIEGEL, Contributing writers

 

Divers clean reefs off the coast of the Thai island of Koh Phangan. (Photo courtesy of Stefan Follows)

 

KOH PHANGAN, Thailand -- It is 9 a.m. on a sultry Sunday morning off the coast of Koh Phangan, a popular tourist island in the Gulf of Thailand. More than 30 divers are getting ready to plunge into the tropical waters -- not to marvel at the underwater world but to spend the day removing kilometers of abandoned fishing nets that lie on the ocean floor, snagged on rocks and coral and suffocating marine life.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176550-conservation-activists-urge-post-pandemic-tourism-reset-in-thailand/

 

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Germany fights virus uptick with mandatory testing for travellers

By Thomas Escritt

 

German Health Minister Jens Spahn holds a news conference on the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Germany, in Berlin, Germany August 6, 2020. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany announced mandatory tests for travellers returning from high-risk regions after new coronavirus cases breached the 1,000-a-day threshold for the first time since May, fuelling fears of a return to an economically disruptive lockdown.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176551-germany fights-virus-uptick-with-mandatory-testing-for-travellers/

 

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Teens with AK-47 arrested after fleeing onto Trump's Mar-a-Lago

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort is seen after local authorities restricted the activities of restaurants, bars, gyms, movie theaters and other similar businesses and asked residents to practice 'social distancing' for precaution due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spread, in Palm Beach, Florida U.S., March 24, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - Police in Florida said three teenage boys were arrested after they entered U.S. President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort with an AK-47 in a backpack.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176552-teens-with-ak-47-arrested-after-fleeing-onto-trumps-mar-a-lago/

 

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Home Office drops 'racist' algorithm from visa decisions

 

 

 

The Home Office has agreed to stop using a computer algorithm to help decide visa applications after allegations that it contained "entrenched racism".

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176553-uk-home-office-drops-racist-algorithm-from-visa-decisions/

 

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U.S. lifts global health coronavirus travel advisory

By David Shepardson and Doina Chiacu

 

FILE PHOTO: Passengers walk past artwork between terminals at IAH George Bush Intercontinental Airport amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Houston, Texas, U.S., July 21, 2020. REUTERS/Adrees Latif

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department and Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention on Thursday lifted global advisories recommending U.S. citizens avoid all international travel because of the coronavirus pandemic, and instead issued a raft of high-level warnings for individual countries.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176557-us-lifts-global-health-coronavirus-travel-advisory/

 

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PM aide Cummings damaged public confidence in UK COVID-19 response: study

 

FILE PHOTO: Dominic Cummings, special advisor for Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves his home in London, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), London, Britain, May 28, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Dominic Cummings, a top aide to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, damaged public confidence in the government's coronavirus response by travelling out of London when the city was in lockdown, an academic study published on Thursday said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176558-pm-aide-cummings-damaged-public-confidence-in-uk-covid-19-response-study/

 

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New York sues to break up NRA, accuses it of corruption

By Daniel Trotta and David Shepardson

 

New York State Attorney General, Letitia James, speaks during a news conference, to announce a suit to dissolve the National Rifle Association, In New York, U.S., August 6, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

 

(Reuters) - New York state's attorney general sued to dissolve the National Rifle Association on Thursday, alleging senior leaders of the non-profit group diverted millions of dollars for personal use and to buy the silence and loyalty of former employees.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176559-new-york-sues-to-break-up-nra-accuses-it-of-corruption/

 

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University of Washington forecasts 300,000 U.S. COVID-19 deaths

By Doina Chiacu and Rich McKay

 

FILE PHOTO: Customers wait in line to shop for food at a Food 4 Less grocery store, during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Los Angeles, California, U.S., August 5, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly 300,000 Americans could be dead from COVID-19 by Dec. 1, University of Washington health experts forecast on Thursday, although they said 70,000 lives could be saved if people were scrupulous about wearing masks.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176560-university-of-washington-forecasts-300000-us-covid-19-deaths/

 

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Tiger adjusting to a new normal at spectator-free PGA Championship

By Rory Carroll

 

Aug 6, 2020; San Francisco, California, USA; Tiger Woods tees off on the 4th during the first round of the 2020 PGA Championship golf tournament at TPC Harding Park. Mandatory Credit: Kelvin Kuo-USA TODAY Sports

 

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Tiger Woods said the absence of an adoring and raucous crowd at the PGA Championship on Thursday was part of the "new normal" for the sport, which is holding its first major without any fans in attendance due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176563-tiger adjusting-to-a-new-normal-at-spectator-free-pga-championship/

 

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McIlroy trying to slow down even as golf speeds up

By Rory Carroll

 

Aug 6, 2020; San Francisco, California, USA; Rory McIlroy plays from the bunker on the 6th hole during the first round of the 2020 PGA Championship golf tournament at TPC Harding Park. Mandatory Credit: Kelvin Kuo-USA TODAY Sports

 

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Rory McIlroy on Thursday said he is trying not to play too fast at golf's first major tournament of the year even as the absence of fans allows rounds to be completed more quickly.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176564-mcilroy-trying-to-slow-down-even-as-golf-speeds-up/

 

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Noodle vendor faces jail for jibe about overweight customer

 

Picture: Naew Na

 

A 24 year old woman who went out with friends for some noodles on Monday returned home to find that a picture of her had been posted on Facebook. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176566-noodle-vendor-faces-jail-for-jibe-about-overweight-customer/

 

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Biometrics hailed! Human trafficking and drug suspects nabbed at Bangkok airports

 

Picture: INN

 

Thai media INN reporting on the activities of Region 2 immigration once again hailed the IB's 2 billion baht biometrics system for the arrest of a human trafficker. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176574-biometrics-hailed-human-trafficking-and-drug-suspects-nabbed-at-bangkok-airports/

 

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Coming soon! Nigerian's coke bust in Bangkok could lead to big drug player

 

Picture: INN

 

Thailand's immigration chief Lt-Gen Sompong Chingduang gave details of the arrest of a Nigerian man in downtown Bangkok who was dealing in cocaine. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176575-coming-soon-nigerians-coke-bust-in-bangkok-could-lead-to-big-drug-player/

 

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Trump says coronavirus vaccine possible before Nov. 3

By Doina Chiacu

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump addresses a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., August 5, 2020. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday it was possible the United States would have a coronavirus vaccine before the Nov. 3 election, a more optimistic forecast on timing than anything suggested by his own White House health experts.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176579-trump-says-coronavirus-vaccine-possible-before-nov-3/

 

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Arab "mafia" running protection racket in Nana - two arrested

 

Picture: INN

 

Thailand's immigration police chief Lt-Gen Sompong Chingduang announced the arrest of two arabs in the Nana area of Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176580-arab-mafia-running-protection-racket-in-nana-two-arrested/

 

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Metropolitan police chief takes responsibility for shootout at Bangkok gambling den

By THE NATION

 

 

The chief of the Metropolitan Police Bureau, Pol Lt-General Pakkapong Pongpetra, on Thursday (August 6) took sole responsibility for the deadly shootout in a Yannawa gambling den on August 3 that left four people, including a police inspector from Samaedam Police Station, dead.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176584-metropolitan-police-chief-takes-responsibility-for-shootout-at-bangkok-gambling-den/

 

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Casino shootout latest: Man to be charged with evidence tampering after CCTV removed

 

Picture: INN

 

A senior met policeman involved in the investigation of the shootout at a Rama 3 casino in Bangkok has said that the police will be charging a man with evidence tampering after CCTV was removed. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176585-casino-shootout-latest-man-to-be-charged-with-evidence-tampering-after-cctv-removed/

 

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100 billion baht rescue package for Thai tourism mooted - foreign tourists wanted before year's end

 

File photo

 

Thai media reported that the chief of the Thai Hoteliers' Association has called for the government to set up a 100 billion baht fund to rescue the tourism industry devastated by the coronavirus pandemic. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176594-100-billion-baht-rescue-package-for-thai-tourism-mooted-foreign-tourists-wanted-before-years-end/

 

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Video: Eleven family members somehow survive as pick-up crosses median and overturns - driver fell asleep

 

Picture: anook

 

CCTV footage from Route 214 in the Prasat area of Surin in Thailand's north east showed the moment an Isuzu D-Max pick-up crossed the median strip, smashed into a U-turn sign and overturned onto its side. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176597-video-eleven-family-members-somehow-survive-as-pick-up-crosses-median-and-overturns-driver-fell-asleep/