Thai returnee tests positive after 14-day state quarantine

By The Nation

 

 

The first Covid-19 case outside the state quarantine area was found on Wednesday (August 19) – the 86th day for Thailand without a domestic case.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1178527-thai-returnee-tests-positive-after-14-day-state-quarantine/

Two Thai women in hospital after COVID virus DNA found in their system

 

 

Two Thai women have been hospitalized for observation after traces of COVID-19 were found in their system, despite the fact that they were cleared of infection during their 14-days in state quarantine, prior to going home.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1178553-two-thai-women-in-hospital-after-covid-virus-dna-found-in-their-system/

 

About 20 police officers mishandled Vorayuth’s hit and run case

 

 

About 20 police officers, including a police commissioner, have been found, by a police fact-finding panel, to be at fault over the mishandling the Red Bull heir’s hit-and-run case.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1178554-about-20-police-officers-mishandled-vorayuth’s-hit-and-run-case/

 

Scuba Divers Unite for Underwater Cleanup in Chumphon

 

 

A team of scuba divers clean up trash and restore coral reels in a rehabilitation project at Thailand's Chumphon Islands National Park.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1178555-scuba-divers-unite-for-underwater-cleanup-in-chumphon/

 

Prayut’s new economic panel targets 1m jobs, tourism boost

 

 

The new committee tasked with steering the economy through the virus crisis got off to a fast start on Wednesday, announcing measures to boost tourism and create 1 million jobs.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1178556-prayut’s-new-economic-panel-targets-1m-jobs-tourism-boost/

 

United Nations removes survey asking staff if they are 'yellow'

By Michelle Nichols

 

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United Nations has been accused by some of its staff of racism after it issued a survey that included a question asking how they identify themselves, and offered 'yellow' among the possible responses.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1178557-united-nations-removes-survey-asking-staff-if-they-are-yellow/

 

Apple's stock market value tops $2 trillion

By Subrat Patnaik and Noel Randewich

 

 

(Reuters) - Just two years after Apple became the first publicly listed U.S. company with a $1 trillion stock market value, the iPhone maker has now topped $2 trillion.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1178560-apples-stock-market-value-tops-2-trillion/

U.S. economy rebounding strongly; fresh aid coming to unemployed: Kudlow

 

FILE PHOTO: White House National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow talks with media during a break in a meeting to wrap up work on coronavirus economic aid legislation to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Washington, U.S., March 21, 2020. REUTERS/Mary F. Calvert

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy is rebounding "very, very strongly," and fresh federal aid will reach unemployed Americans in the next week or two, White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on Wednesday, shaking off concerns about a second wave of COVID-19 infections.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1178558-us-economy-rebounding-strongly-fresh-aid-coming-to-unemployed-kudlow/

 

Kamala Harris to get Democrats' nod, Obama to say Trump has failed

By James Oliphant

 

FILE PHOTO: Democratic vice presidential candidate Senator Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign event, on her first joint appearance with presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden after being named by Biden as his running mate, at Alexis Dupont High School in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., August 12, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Kamala Harris will unleash her prosecutorial skills against President Donald Trump on Wednesday when she addresses the Democratic National Convention as presidential nominee Joe Biden's running mate.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1178559-kamala-harris-to-get-democrats-nod-obama-to-say-trump-has-failed/

 

Gnabry double sends dominant Bayern into Champions League final

 

Soccer Football - Champions League Semi Final - Olympique Lyonnais v Bayern Munich - Jose Alvalade Stadium, Lisbon, Portugal - August 19, 2020 Bayern Munich's Serge Gnabry in action, as play resumes behind closed doors following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Miguel A. Lopes/Pool via REUTERS

 

LISBON (Reuters) - Bayern Munich powered into the Champions League final, where they will face Paris St Germain, as two goals from Serge Gnabry led them to an emphatic 3-0 win over Olympique Lyonnais on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1178561-gnabry-double-sends-dominant-bayern-into-champions-league-final/

 

Barcelona appoint Koeman as new coach to lead recovery from disastrous season

 

Barcelona unveil new coach Ronald Koeman - Auditorium 1899, Barcelona, Spain - August 19, 2020 Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman during the unveiling REUTERS/Albert Gea

 

BARCELONA (Reuters) - Barcelona have appointed Ronald Koeman as their next coach, the club said in a statement on Wednesday, as the Catalans look to rebuild after their 8-2 thrashing by Bayern Munich in the Champions League last week.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1178403-koeman-will-be-barcas-next-coach-messi-to-stay-president/?tab=comments#comment-15730525

Sixty residents flee for their lives as block of flats leans over backwards in Bangkok

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Almost sixty residents in a 30 room block of flats in Samut Sakhon fled for their lives as their three story building leant over backwards and appeared about to topple. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1178568-sixty-residents-flee-for-their-lives-as-block-of-flats-leans-over-backwards-in-bangkok/

 

Double whammy! Photographer recovering from Covid now in hospital after Victory Monument accident

 

Picture: Sanook

 

A freelance photographer was admitted to hospital with several broken ribs after a woman on a motorcycle cut in front of him and his girlfriend at the Victory Monument in Bangkok on Monday. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1178570-double-whammy-photographer-recovering-from-covid-now-in-hospital-after-victory-monument-accident/

 

Trump touts convalescent plasma as a coronavirus treatment

 

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., August 19, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday touted the use of convalescent plasma as a treatment for COVID-19 and suggested a reported decision by regulators to put on hold an emergency authorization for its use could be politically motivated.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1178572-trump touts-convalescent-plasma-as-a-coronavirus-treatment/

 

Qantas says Australian state border closures hampering recovery, posts $1.4 bln loss

By Jamie Freed

 

FILE PHOTO: Workers are seen near Qantas Airways, Australia's national carrier, Boeing 737-800 aircraft on the tarmac at Adelaide Airport, Australia, August 22, 2018. REUTERS/David Gray

 

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's Qantas Airways Ltd <QAN.AX> said state border closures were severely hampering a recovery in the domestic aviation market, which, alongside its lack of international flying, would lead to a significant loss this financial year.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1178575-qantas-says-australian-state-border-closures-hampering-recovery-posts-14-bln-loss/

 

Pompeo warns Russia, China against ignoring move to reimpose U.N. sanctions on Iran

By Andrea Shalal

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo holds a joint news conference with Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg in Vienna, Austria, August 14, 2020. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/Pool

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned Russia and China not to disregard the reimposition of all United Nations sanctions on Iran, which President Donald Trump has directed him to trigger at the U.N. Security Council in New York on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1178576-pompeo-warns-russia-china-against-ignoring-move-to-reimpose-un-sanctions-on-iran/

 

Cha-Am shooting: "Tessaban" Suspect allowed to go home on 400K bail as two victims fight for life

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

The suspect in the shooting of two men at a set of deck chairs on the north end of Cha-Am beach on Tuesday evening gave himself up to police about four hours after the incident. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1178579-cha-am-shooting-tessaban-suspect-allowed-to-go-home-on-400k-bail-as-two-victims-fight-for-life/

 

Behind fortress walls, Macron and Merkel to chart Europe's course

 

FILE PHOTO: German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) and French President Emmanuel Macron (L) arrive for a joint press conference at the end of the European summit at the EU headquarters in Brussels on July 21, 2020. John Thys/Pool via REUTERS

 

PARIS (Reuters) - Germany's Angela Merkel and France's Emmanuel Macron meet on Thursday in a medieval island fortress in the Mediterranean to chart the next steps for a partnership that is the driving force behind the European Union.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1178580-behind-fortress-walls-macron-and-merkel-to-chart-europes-course/

 

PM warns protesters of COVID-19 danger after report of a locally-acquired case

 

 

Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha today warned protesting students to be mindful of the risk of COVID-19 infection at congested protest sites, citing a report of the first case, in several months, of a locally-transmitted infection.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1178583-pm-warns-protesters-of-covid-19-danger-after-report-of-a-locally-acquired-case/

 

Bangkok man arrested for allegedly molesting woman, says he has done this twice before

By THE NATION

 

 

Bangkok’s Bang Sue police arrested Chaiyakorn Chimkul, 28, early this morning (August 20) at his house in Ladprao district after a 21-year-old housekeeper filed a complaint that she was allegedly molested after Chaiyakorn offered her a ride home.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1178584-bangkok-man-arrested-for-allegedly-molesting-woman-says-he-has-done-this-twice-before/

 

Police nab alleged rapist of girl, 11, in Chaiyaphum forest

By THE NATION

 

 

Chaiyaphum police yesterday (August 19) arrested Prathan Wangson, 50, who was accused of rape and hiding out in a mountainous forest near Wat Amphawan in Khon Kaen’s Manjakhiri district after villagers tipped off officers when Prathan came down from the mountain to ask for food and water.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1178586-police-nab-alleged-rapist-of-girl-11-in-chaiyaphum-forest/

 

Covid-19: "Necessary" app to trace foreign tourists mooted for October

 

Picture: The Bangkok Insight

 

The minister for digital economy and society told the media that several ministries had instructed the office of digital government to work on a tracing app suitable for foreign tourists.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1178588-covid-19-necessary-app-to-trace-foreign-tourists-mooted-for-october/

 

Pattaya: Massage lady on a bicycle has her phone snatched

 

Picture: Pattaya Update News

 

Nong Prue police were called after a 50 year old massage lady riding a bicycle had her phone snatched. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1178590-pattaya-massage-lady-on-a-bicycle-has-her-phone-snatched/

 

Phuket victims hold curse ritual for village molester

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The curse ritual was held at the Tha Sak Community Hall in Baan Para, Pa Khlok, yesterday (Aug 19).

 

PHUKET: Angered by a lack of police action after two years, victims and family members of victims of sexual assault and attempted rape in Bara Para, Pa Khlok, yesterday held a ceremony to curse a man in the village accused of at least 20 counts of sex assault acts with children as young as 5 years old and minors up to 18 years old.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1178591-phuket-victims-hold-curse-ritual-for-village-molester/

 

Pattaya urged to tackle tackle anti-social behaviour after motorcyclist attacked with rock

 

Picture: Siam Chon News

 

Siam Chon News went to Sai 2 in Pattaya near the end of Soi 13/2 after a rock was thrown at a motorcyclist in the early hours of Wednesday morning. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1178593-pattaya-urged-to-tackle-tackle-anti-social-behaviour-after-motorcyclist-attacked-with-rock/

 

Body of Ang Thong woman, 62, found three days after she disappeared

By The Nation

 

 

A 62-year-old woman in Ang Thong province who disappeared for three days was found dead in a field 10 kilometres from her home yesterday (August 19).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1178597-body-of-ang-thong-woman-62-found-three-days-after-she-disappeared/

 

Pattaya: Thai man goes to the police after getting fake driving licences through the post

 

Picture: Manager Online

 

What could possibly go wrong when applying for a driving licence via an app?

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1178605-pattaya-thai-man-goes-to-the-police-after-getting-fake-driving-licences-through-the-post/

CCTV in Pattaya: Mayor calls for major study after 50% of cameras don't work

 

Picture: Sophon Cable TV

 

The mayor of Pattaya has called for a major developmental study into the resort's CCTV provision. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1178611-cctv-in-pattaya-mayor-calls-for-major-study-after-50-of-cameras-dont-work/

 

Roi-Et governor on the scene as flooding inundates 500 rai of farmland

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

The governor of Roi-Et in Thailand's north east was on the scene directing relief operations after the Lam Nam Yang tributary in Lao Noi in Selaphum district burst its banks. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1178612-roi-et-governor-on-the-scene-as-flooding-inundates-500-rai-of-farmland/

 

Seven returnees found positive in state quarantine

By The Nation

 

 

The government’s Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration reported seven new virus cases over a 24-hour period today (August 20).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1178614-seven-returnees-found-positive-in-state-quarantine/