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Health minister seeking Bt600m for vaccine production

By The Nation

 

 

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul will tomorrow (August 18) ask the Cabinet to approve a plan to collaborate on production of Covid-19 vaccines.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1178173-health-minister-seeking-bt600m-for-vaccine-production/

 

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Thai court extends Thai Airways bankruptcy hearings until Aug 25

 

FILE PHOTO: Empty lines are seen at Thai Airways counters in Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Thailand April 30, 2020. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's bankruptcy court said on Monday it had scheduled two more days of hearings to consider Thai Airways International Pcl's <THAI.BK> request for restructuring.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1178176-thai-court-extends-thai-airways-bankruptcy-hearings-until-aug-25/

 

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Explainer: Source of New Zealand coronavirus outbreak still a mystery

By Praveen Menon

 

FILE PHOTO: A bull statue with a mask covering its face is seen in a township called Bulls, near Palmerston North, on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand, amid the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), July 12, 2020. REUTERS/Praveen Menon/File Photo

 

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Almost a week after the discovery of New Zealand's first locally transmitted coronavirus outbreak in more than three months, its origin remains a mystery.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1178177-explainer-source-of-new-zealand-coronavirus-outbreak-still-a-mystery/

 

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Malaysia says Vietnamese fisherman killed in clash with coast guard

 

Vietnamese fishing boats are seen detained in Malaysian territorial waters, in Kelantan, Malaysia August 17, 2020. Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency/Handout via REUTERS

 

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia said on Monday that a Vietnamese fisherman died from gunshot wounds after a confrontation broke out when the country's coast guard sought to inspect two boats they believed were illegally fishing.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1178179-malaysia-says-vietnamese-fisherman-killed-in-clash-with-coast-guard/

 

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Netflix tools up in South East Asia as Disney+ Indonesia launch sets scene for streaming battle

By Fanny Potkin

 

FILE PHOTO: Traffic moves on a road past hoardings of Netflix television series "Sacred Games" in Mumbai, India, July 11, 2018. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas

 

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - U.S streaming giant Netflix is ramping up its mobile-only subscription plans in Southeast Asia and expanding local content, senior executives told Reuters, just as arch-rival Disney arrives in the fast-growing market.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1178181-netflix-tools-up-in-south-east-asia-as-disney-indonesia-launch-sets-scene-for-streaming-battle/

 

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Philippines records 3,314 new coronavirus cases, 18 deaths

 

Vendors tend to customers inside a store selling medical and personal protective equipment, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Manila, Philippines August 10, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez

 

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines has recorded 3,314 new coronavirus cases and 18 additional deaths from the disease, the health ministry said on Monday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1178184-philippines-records-3314-new-coronavirus-cases-18-deaths/

 

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Lukashenko says he is ready to share power in Belarus as protests mount

By Andrei Makhovsky

 

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko gestures as he delivers a speech during a rally of his supporters near the Government House in Independence Square in Minsk, Belarus August 16, 2020. REUTERS/Stringer

 

MINSK (Reuters) - Facing growing protests that have posed the biggest challenge to his 26 years in power, President Alexander Lukashenko said on Monday he was ready to share power in Belarus, although not under pressure from the streets.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1178185-lukashenko-says-he-is-ready-to-share-power-in-belarus-as-protests-mount/

 

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New Zealand's Ardern postpones election as coronavirus flares up

By Praveen Menon

 

FILE PHOTO: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks during a joint press conference held with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison at Admiralty House in Sydney, Australia, February 28, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott/File Photo

 

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's prime minister postponed the country's general election on Monday by a month to Oct. 17 as the city of Auckland remains in lockdown due to a growing coronavirus outbreak.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1178186-new-zealands-ardern-postpones-election-as-coronavirus-flares-up/

 

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Labor Ministry tackles unemployment from COVID-19

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Minister of Labor has refuted the claim of 8 million job losses by opposition parties at a COVID-19 forum on the pandemic’s impact on workers, stressing that the Ministry of Labor is offering help to affected persons by means of several mechanisms.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1178187-labor-ministry-tackles-unemployment-from-covid-19/

 

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Rebel Wilson takes the plunge in a cleavage-baring swimsuit as she shows off her 18kg weight loss

By CANDICE JACKSON

 

Into the blue: Rebel Wilson took the plunge in a cleavage-baring swimsuit in Los Angeles on Sunday, as she showed off her 18kg weight loss in a stunning underwater photo shoot

 

Australian actress Rebel Wilson has worked hard over the past eight months during her 'year of health'.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1178188-rebel-wilson-takes-the-plunge-in-a-cleavage-baring-swimsuit-as-she-shows-off-her-18kg-weight-loss/

 

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Sharon Stone blames mask refuseniks as sister is hospitalised with Covid

By Catherine Shoard

 

Sharon Stone at an event in February. Photograph: Stewart Cook/Rex/Shutterstock

 

Sharon Stone has condemned “non-mask wearers” for the fate of her younger sister, who is hospitalised with coronavirus and “fighting for her life”.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1178192-sharon-stone-blames-mask-refuseniks-as-sister-is-hospitalised-with-covid/

 

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Lovecraft Country author: ‘I needed a bridge between paranormal horror and the horrors of racism’

By Ed Power

 

Racial horror ‘Lovecraft Country’ stars Jonathan Majors as Atticus Black, a man who goes searching for his missing father ( Sky )

 

As a long-haired undergraduate at Cornell University in upstate New York, writer Matt Ruff loved to unwind by taking leisurely walks in the wilderness.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1178193-lovecraft-country-author-‘i-needed-a-bridge-between-paranormal-horror-and-the-horrors-of-racism’/

 

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Flood of plastic waste washes ashore Phuket beach

By The Phuket News

 

The plastic waste on Layan, Leypang beaches stretches as far as the eye can see. Image: Supplied

 

PHUKET:-- MaAnn Samran, Chief of the Cherng Talay Tambon Administration (OrBorTor), today told The Phuket News that he will dispatch officers to inspect the deluge of plastic waste that has smothered large areas of Layan and Leypang beaches and organise a mass clean-up operation.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1178194-flood-of-plastic-waste-washes-ashore-phuket-beach/

 

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