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Cabinet okays 9-month visas for foreigners

 

 

 

The Cabinet has approved a proposal of issuing long-stay visas for foreigners visiting Thailand.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182655-cabinet-okays-9-month-visas-for-foreigners/

 

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New RTP chief "Big Pat" reminds immigration about their duties

 

Picture: Naew Na

 

Thailand's incoming new police chief General Suwat Chaengyodsuk has reminded top brass at the Immigration Bureau about their responsibilities in keeping Thailand safe from foreign law breakers, reported Naew Na.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182586-new-rtp-chief-big-pat-reminds-immigration-about-their-duties/

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Thailand’s tsunami-warning buoys both out of action

By Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

The tsunami-warning buoy in the ‘Bay of Bengal array’ has been broken into and scavenged for parts. Photo:NOAA

 

PHUKET:-- The two tsunami-warning buoys deployed west of Phuket that Thailand is responsible for maintaining are both out of action, the National Disaster Warning Centre (NDWC) in Bangkok has confirmed.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182678-thailand’s-tsunami-warning-buoys-both-out-of-action/

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Govt workers get extra 2 days of subsidised holiday

By The Nation

 

 

Government employees have been handed an additional two days of subsidised travel under the "We travel together" tourism stimulus scheme. The measure was proposed by the Tourism and Sports Ministry and approved by the Cabinet on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182713-govt-workers-get-extra-2-days-of-subsidised-holiday/

 

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Taxis’ service life to be extended from 9 to 12 years

By The Nation

 

 

The Cabinet on Tuesday gave the green light to extending the service life of taxis from nine years to 12 years, in a move to reduce financial burdens for cabbies during the Covid-19 crisis.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182714-taxis’-service-life-to-be-extended-from-9-to-12-years/

 

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Cabinet earmarks over Bt6 billion to deal with flooding, drought

By The Nation

 

Rachada Dhnadirek

 

The Cabinet on Tuesday (September 15) resolved to set aside Bt6.17 billion to solve flooding and drought problems in the country, the government’s deputy spokesperson Rachada Dhnadirek said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182715-cabinet-earmarks-over-bt6-billion-to-deal-with-flooding-drought/

 

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Thai police hunt smuggler as Australia seizes huge liquid meth shipment

By The Nation

 

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Thai anti-drugs police contacted Australian authorities on Tuesday after almost 1 tonne of liquid methamphetamine was found hidden inside cans of Thai coconut milk shipped to Sydney.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182717-thai-police-hunt-smuggler-as-australia-seizes-huge-liquid-meth-shipment/

 

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PM delivers awards to agencies with excellent financial management

 

   

BANGKOK(NNT) - The Prime Minister has delivered awards to government agencies with excellent financial management practices, while elaborating on the need for government expenditure planning, to ensure the money will reach the general public as quickly as possible.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182720-pm-delivers-awards-to-agencies-with-excellent-financial-management/

 

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Thai coconut milk cannery denies involvement in illicit drugs seizure in Australia

 

 

A Thai coconut milk cannery has denied any involvement in the smuggling of liquid methamphetamine into Australia, contained in cans apparently bearing the company’s brand name.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182717-thai-police-hunt-smuggler-as-australia-seizes-huge-liquid-meth-shipment/?do=findComment&comment=15819136

 

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Thailand: All visitors will need insurance

By TTR WEEKLY

 

  

BANGKOK, 15 September 2020: A consortium of 16 insurance companies in Thailand are now offering foreigners, who are eligible to travel to Thailand, the mandatory insurance cover valued at USD100,000.      

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182723-thailand-all-visitors-will-need-insurance/

 

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PAOK dump Benfica out of Champions League qualifying

 

Soccer Football - Champions League - Third Qualifying Round - PAOK v Benfica - Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki, Greece - September 15, 2020 Benfica's Everton in action REUTERS/Alexandros Avramidis

 

SALONIKA, Greece (Reuters) - Former European Cup winners Benfica crashed out of the Champions League third qualifying round after a shock 2-1 defeat at PAOK Salonika on Tuesday as Serbia winger Andrija Zivkovic scored against his former club a week after leaving them.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182725-paok-dump-benfica-out-of-champions-league-qualifying/

 

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Spurs in talks with Real Madrid to re-sign Bale, says agent

 

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - UEFA Nations League - League B - Group 4 - Wales v Bulgaria - Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff, Wales, Britain - September 6, 2020 Wales' Gareth Bale reacts REUTERS/Andrew Boyers/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - Tottenham Hotspur are in talks with Real Madrid to re-sign winger Gareth Bale, his agent said on Tuesday, as the Wales international looks to end his troubled spell at the Spanish club.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182726-spurs-in-talks-with-real-madrid-to-re-sign-bale-says-agent/

 

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Arsenal tie down striker Aubameyang with new three-year deal

 

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Premier League - Fulham v Arsenal - Craven Cottage, London, Britain - September 12, 2020 Arsenal's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang celebrates scoring their third goal Pool via REUTERS/Paul Childs

 

(Reuters) - Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has signed a new three-year deal, the Premier League club said on Tuesday, ending speculation over a potential exit as he entered the final year of his contract.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182727-arsenal-tie-down-striker-aubameyang-with-new-three-year-deal/

 

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In year of tough tests, Rahm ready for U.S. Open challenge

By Amy Tennery

 

Sep 15, 2020; Mamaroneck, New York, USA; Jon Rahm is interviewed outside of the course during a practice round for the 2020 U.S. Open golf tournament at Winged Foot Golf Club - West. Rahm has not participated in the practice round as of Tuesday. Mandatory Credit: Danielle Parhizkaran-USA TODAY Sports

 

MAMARONECK, New York (Reuters) - Spain's Jon Rahm brings a battle-tested spirit to the U.S. Open this week, having secured his two victories this year at some of the toughest courses on the PGA Tour.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182728-in-year-of-tough-tests-rahm-ready-for-us-open-challenge/

 

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Woods aims to end lacklustre run at U.S. Open

By Amy Tennery

 

Sep 15, 2020; Mamaroneck, New York, USA; Tiger Woods meets the media after his practice round for the 2020 U.S. Open golf tournament at Winged Foot Golf Club - West. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports

 

MAMARONECK, New York (Reuters) - Tiger Woods hopes to snap his run of lacklustre performances at the U.S. Open this week, nearly a year after his last PGA Tour victory.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182729-woods-aims-to-end-lacklustre-run-at-us-open/

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History a red flag for in-form Johnson at U.S. Open

By Steve Keating

 

FILE PHOTO: Jun 19, 2016; Oakmont, PA, USA; Dustin Johnson poses with the championship trophy after winning the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club. Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports / Reuters

 

(Reuters) - Form has Dustin Johnson as the hot favourite to be holding the U.S. Open trophy on Sunday but history is a major red flag for the big-hitting world number one.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182730-history-a-red-flag-for-in-form-johnson-at-us-open/

 

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In break with past, UAE and Bahrain sign U.S.-brokered deals with Israel

By Steve Holland and Matt Spetalnick

 

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks prior to signing the Abraham Accords, normalizing relations between Israel and some of its Middle East neighbors in a strategic realignment of Middle Eastern countries against Iran, as Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, United Arab Emirates (UAE) Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed and Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif Al Zayani applaud at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 15, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates and Bahrain signed agreements on Tuesday to normalize ties with Israel, becoming the first Arab states in a quarter century to break a longstanding taboo, in a strategic realignment of Middle East countries against Iran.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182731-in-break-with-past-uae-and-bahrain-sign-us-brokered-deals-with-israel/

 

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Louisville to pay $12 million settlement over Breonna Taylor's death in botched police raid

By Maria Caspani and Jonathan Allen

 

FILE PHOTO: Signs used during protests and rallies are gathered around a memorial for Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., September 10, 2020. Picture taken September 10, 2020. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - The city of Louisville, Kentucky, will pay $12 million to the family of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman shot dead by police in a botched raid on her apartment in March, to settle a wrongful-death lawsuit, Mayor Greg Fischer said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182732-louisville-to-pay-12-million-settlement-over-breonna-taylors-death-in-botched-police-raid/

 

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As Arab Gulf starts opening to Israel, Palestinians face a reckoning

By Rami Ayyub

 

FILE PHOTO: Palestinians pray next to a mock coffin of Arab League during a protest against normalizing ties with Israel, in Kafr Qaddum town in the Israeli-occupied West Bank September 11, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman/File Photo

 

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's rapprochement with Gulf Arab states has left the Palestinians feeling abandoned by traditional allies and clutching an old playbook in a rapidly changing Middle East, analysts and critics say.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182733-as-arab-gulf-starts-opening-to-israel-palestinians-face-a-reckoning/

 

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Putin opponent Navalny posts photo from hospital, plans to return to Russia

By Alexander Marrow

 

Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny and his family members pose for a picture at Charite hospital in Berlin, Germany, in this undated image obtained from social media September 15, 2020. Courtesy of Instagram @NAVALNY/Social Media via REUTERS

 

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny shared a photograph from a Berlin hospital on Tuesday, sitting up in bed and surrounded by his family, and said he could now breathe independently after being poisoned in Siberia last month.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182734-putin-opponent-navalny-posts-photo-from-hospital-plans-to-return-to-russia/

 

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Chinese owners revive Thomas Cook as online-only holiday brand

 

FILE PHOTO: Signage is seen outside a closed Thomas Cook travel agents store near Manchester, Britain, October 9, 2019. REUTERS/Phil Noble

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Thomas Cook re-emerged as an online-only travel company on Wednesday, backed by its Chinese owners, a year after the high-profile collapse of the British company left thousands stranded, out of work and out of pocket.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182735-chinese-owners-revive-thomas-cook-as-online-only-holiday-brand/

 

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Egypt cuts highways across pyramids plateau, alarming conservationists

By Patrick Werr

 

People walk as a new superhighway cuts across desert within a view of the Red Pyramid, the world's third tallest and the Bent Pyramid behind in Giza, Egypt September 5, 2020. REUTERS/Staff

 

MEMPHIS, Egypt (Reuters) - Egypt is building two highways across the pyramids plateau outside Cairo, reviving and expanding a project that was suspended in the 1990s after an international outcry.

 

Full story:  https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182738-egypt-cuts-highways-across-pyramids-plateau-alarming-conservationists/

 

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Fee for making new ID card to be waived

By THE NATION

 

 

The government will waive the fee for making a new identification card for people who have been affected by Covid-19 or natural disasters, the Royal Gazette announced on its website yesterday (September 15).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182740-fee-for-making-new-thai-national-id-card-to-be-waived/

 

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French tourist arrested for alleged rape of British woman on Phuket after "Tinder" meeting

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Patong police stopped a 36 year old Frenchman in his car in Muang district of Phuket yesterday after a British tourist claimed that he raped her in his Patong hotel room. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182745-french-tourist-arrested-for-alleged-rape-of-british-woman-on-phuket-after-tinder-meeting/

 

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Chiang Rai man goes berserk with a knife - PEA security in citizen's arrest

 

Picture: Daily News

 

A security guard with the Provincial Electricity Authority performed a citizen's arrest after a 52 year old local man went berserk with a one foot knife in Mae Sai,Chiang Rai in the far north of Thailand.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182750-chiang-rai-man-goes-berserk-with-a-knife-pea-security-in-citizens-arrest/

 

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New Special Tourist Visa: A drop in the ocean compared to 2019 as many retirees feel abandoned

 

File Photo: REUTERS

 

As netizens on online forums panned plans by the Thai authorities to open the country to well-heeled long stay foreign tourists, comparisons with last year's official tourism figures for October make for interesting reading. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182756-new-special-tourist-visa-a-drop-in-the-ocean-compared-to-2019-as-many-retirees-feel-abandoned/

 

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VIDEO: Quite possibly the worst bit of driving you will ever see

 

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Hilarious footage posted by Channel 7 showed the moment when an impolite Thai driver got their comeuppance. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182759-video-quite-possibly-the-worst-bit-of-driving-you-will-ever-see/

 

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DSI investigate attempted land grab near Phuket airport

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The DSI were in Phuket to investigate the attempted land grab on Monday (Sept 14). Photo: DSI

 

PHUKET: The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) is investigating an attempt to claim about 100 rai of land belonging to the Thalang Technical College, located along the road leading to Phuket International Airport.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182761-dsi-investigate-attempted-land-grab-near-phuket-airport/

 

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"Samui Bubble" latest plan to rescue foreign tourism on devastated holiday island

 

 

Channel 3 reported that a tourism promotion leader on Koh Samui is planning a third attempt to convince the CCSA (Thailand's Covid-19 response centre) to open the holiday island up to foreign tourism.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182768-samui-bubble-latest-plan-to-rescue-foreign-tourism-on-devastated-holiday-island/

 

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Pattaya: Ten Chinese arrested for illegal work in online gambling operation

 

Picture: Naew Na

 

Thailand's immigration chief Lt-Gen Sompong "Big Oud" Chingduang and IB officers from Region 3 announced the arrest of ten Chinese nationals working illegally in Pattaya.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182772-pattaya-ten-chinese-arrested-for-illegal-work-in-online-gambling-operation/