Trump’s Plans Would Increase US Debt Significantly More than Harris’s, Study Finds

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Foreigners on non-immigrant visas urged to exploit loophole: Phuket Immigration

By The Phuket News

 

The exit sign at the Phuket Immigration Office in Phuket Town. Photo: Tanyaluk Sakoot / file

 

PHUKET:-- The new long-stay visas approved by Cabinet yesterday are not grounds for tourists already in the country to apply for similar extensions of stay, Phuket Immigration confirmed to The Phuket News .

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182894-foreigners-on-non-immigrant-visas-urged-to-exploit-loophole-phuket-immigration/

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Immigration Bureau gets ready for tourists making most of new long-stay visa

By The Nation

 

 

The Immigration Bureau has started making preparations for an influx of foreign tourists now that the government has started offering long-stay visas to stimulate the economy.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182877-immigration-bureau-gets-ready-for-tourists-making-most-of-new-long-stay-visa/

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Thailand plans $1.6 billion of cash handouts to boost consumption

 

FILE PHOTO: A boy and his father, who are affected by the government's measures against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), receive free food at a food pantry installed by people who want to donate at a community in Bangkok, Thailand, May 11, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand plans cash handouts worth 51 billion baht ($1.64 billion) to boost domestic consumption and support an economy struggling from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, a government official said on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182878-thailand-plans-16-billion-of-cash-handouts-to-boost-consumption/

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Govt eyes new visa rules in bid to woo investors

By The Nation

 

 

The government’s Centre for Economic Situation Administration (CESA) on Wednesday (September 16) approved in principle amendments to the criteria of granting permanent residence and smart visa to foreigners in a bid to woo more investment, the National Economic and Social Development Council's deputy secretary-general Danucha Pichayanan said.

 

Full story:  https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182910-thai-govt-eyes-new-visa-rules-in-bid-to-woo-investors/                   

 

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Teen victims of rape, road accidents and addiction thrown lifeline by Thai Health Foundation

By The Nation

 

 

A 13.6 per cent rise in teenage drinking, 13 children killed daily on Thai roads, 3.6 million teens with gambling problems, and rape victims as young as 5 years old are among the social issues being tackled by the Thai Health Promotion Foundation.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182911-teen-victims-of-rape-road-accidents-and-addiction-thrown-lifeline-by-thai-health-foundation/

 

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Agriculture ministry seeks drought-resistant crops amid water shortage

By THE NATION

 

Chalermchai Srion

 

Agriculture agencies are seeking drought-resistant crops that can cope with Thailand’s future water shortages, Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives Minister Chalermchai Srion revealed on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182912-agriculture-ministry-seeks-drought-resistant-crops-amid-water-shortage/

 

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Miss Universe Thailand hopefuls pray for success

By The Nation

 

Photo Credit: Nation Photo by Tanachai Pramarnpanich

 

Miss Universe Thailand 2020 contestants wore regal Thai Chitralada costumes to pay their respects at two sacred sites in Bangkok on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182913-miss-universe-thailand-hopefuls-pray-for-success/

 

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Ultraconservatives demand Trump’s pledge to stay out of Thai politics

By THE NATION

 

 

Activists calling themselves “The People of Thailand” visited the US Embassy in Bangkok on Wednesday to demand assurances from President Donald Trump that his country would not meddle in Thai politics.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182914-ultraconservatives-demand-trump’s-pledge-to-stay-out-of-thai-politics/

 

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Flood alert as tropical storm No Eul heads for Thailand

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Chalermchai Sreeon

 

Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Chalermchai Sreeon has ordered the Royal Irrigation Department (RID) to be on high alert when tropical storm No Eul blows into Thailand this weekend.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182863-thailand-braces-for-tropical-storm-“noul”/?tab=comments#comment-15822969

 

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Democrat MP Theptai Seanapong suspended from parliamentary duty

 

 

Thailand’s Constitutional Court has suspended Democrat MP Theptai Seanapong from performing his duty as an MP, pending its ruling on his parliamentary status.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182916-democrat-mp-theptai-seanapong-suspended-from-parliamentary-duty/

 

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NESDB to design 2-year strategic plan to cope with COVID-19 pandemic fallout

 

 

Thailand’s National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) has been tasked by the Prime Minister to draw up a two-year national strategic plan, to deal with the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, with the emphasis on job creation, income distribution, care for vulnerable groups and laying the foundation for a new economic structure.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182917-nesdb-to-design-2-year-strategic-plan-to-cope-with-covid-19-pandemic-fallout/

 

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British sport ruling bodies hold talks with government on return of spectators

 

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - FA Community Shield - Arsenal v Liverpool - Wembley Stadium, London, Britain - August 29, 2020 General view of empty seats before the match, as play resumes behind closed doors following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Pool via REUTERS/Justin Tallis

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British sport chiefs on Wednesday held talks with Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Oliver Dowden on whether spectators can return to stadiums starting next month.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182918-british-sport-ruling-bodies-hold-talks-with-government-on-return-of-spectators/

 

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Messi at the double as improved Barca beat Girona in friendly

 

Soccer Football - Pre Season Friendly - FC Barcelona v Girona - Johan Cruyff Stadium, Barcelona, Spain - September 16, 2020 Barcelona's Lionel Messi in action with Girona's Bernardo Espinosa, Alex Granell and Enric Franquesa REUTERS/Albert Gea

 

BARCELONA (Reuters) - Lionel Messi scored twice as Barcelona eased to a 3-1 victory over Girona in their second pre-season friendly under Ronald Koeman on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182919-messi-at-the-double-as-improved-barca-beat-girona-in-friendly/

 

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Ferencvaros stun Dinamo in Champions League qualifying

 

Soccer Football - Champions League - Third Qualifying Round - Ferencvaros v GNK Dinamo Zagreb - Groupama Arena, Budapest, Hungary - September 16, 2020. Ferencvaros' Myrto Uzuni celebrates scoring their second goal with Tokmac Nguen. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo

 

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungarian champions Ferencvaros progressed to the Champions League playoff round for the first time after winger Myrto Uzuni went from villain to hero in their shock 2-1 win over Dinamo Zagreb on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182920-ferencvaros-stun-dinamo-in-champions-league-qualifying/

 

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WikiLeaks acted in public interest, 'Pentagon Papers' leaker tells Assange hearing

By Michael Holden

 

FILE PHOTO: WikiLeaks editor Kristinn Hrafnsson speaks to reporters outside the Old Bailey, the Central Criminal Court ahead of a hearing to decide whether Julian Assange should be extradited to the United States, in London, Britain September 8, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

 

LONDON (Reuters) - The man who leaked the "Pentagon Papers" about the Vietnam War defended Julian Assange at his London extradition hearing on Wednesday, saying WikiLeaks had acted in the public interest and warning Assange would not get a fair trial in the United States.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182921-wikileaks-acted-in-public-interest-pentagon-papers-leaker-tells-assange-hearing/

 

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Bt51bn consumption stimulus package gets green light

By The Nation

 

 

The government's Centre for Economic Situation Administration (CESA) on Wednesday approved a three-month consumption stimulus package worth Bt51 billion.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182878-thailand-plans-16-billion-of-cash-handouts-to-boost-consumption/?do=findComment&comment=15823035

 

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Democrat Biden warns against rushing out coronavirus vaccine, says Trump cannot be trusted

By Joseph Ax

 

FILE PHOTO: Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Joe Biden adjusts his protective face mask before departing for travel to Orlando from Tampa International Airport, Florida, U.S., September 15, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo

 

WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Wednesday rejected President Donald Trump's charge that he is spreading fear about the safety of a potential coronavirus vaccine, urging Trump to defer to scientists and not rush its rollout.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182923-democrat-biden-warns-against-rushing-out-coronavirus-vaccine-says-trump-cannot-be-trusted/

 

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Trump urges reluctant Republicans to go higher on coronavirus relief

By Susan Cornwell and David Morgan

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event at the Arizona Grand Resort and Spa in Phoenix, Arizona U.S., September 14, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump urged his fellow Republicans on Wednesday to go for "much higher numbers" in a coronavirus aid bill, as Washington remained deadlocked over economic relief from the crisis ahead of the Nov. 3 elections.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182925-trump-urges-reluctant-republicans-to-go-higher-on-coronavirus-relief/

 

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Hurricane Sally swamps U.S. Gulf Coast with massive floods, 'unreal' rain

By Devika Krishna Kumar and Catherine Koppel

 

A downed tree pulled electrical lines with it after Hurricane Sally made a landfall, in Irvington Alabama, U.S., September 16, 2020. REUTERS/Kathleen Flynn

 

PENSACOLA, Fla. (Reuters) - Hurricane Sally uprooted trees, flooded streets and cut power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses on Wednesday as it brought what the U.S. National Hurricane Center called "historic and catastrophic" flooding to the Alabama-Florida coast.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182926-hurricane-sally-swamps-us-gulf-coast-with-massive-floods-unreal-rain/

 

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Special Tourist Visa a safe way of allowing foreigners to visit Thailand, says DDC

 

 

A Channel 7 news report spoke to a leading doctor in the fight against coronavirus and a tourism business leader in the wake of the cabinet agreeing a new 270 day visa. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182927-special-tourist-visa-a-safe-way-of-allowing-foreigners-to-visit-thailand-says-ddc/

 

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Home alone two year old saved from ledge - motorcycle taxi guy turns hero!

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Mystery surrounds how a two year old girl got out of a room and onto a narrow ledge in Bang Khun Thian, south west of Bangkok yesterday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182934-home-alone-two-year-old-saved-from-ledge-motorcycle-taxi-guy-turns-hero/

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Tourists on the new Special Tourist Visa will have to arrive on charter flights

By The Thaiger

 

 

After months of pondering when some tourists might actually come back through the turnstiles, the Thai Immigration Bureau says they’re dusting off the finger-print ID and cameras at arrival booths in Bangkok in preparation for the first wave of ‘general’ tourism back to Thailand. But the projected flow of around 1,200 incoming passengers under the new Special Tourist Visa will still fall a long way short of the 3 million monthly arrivals from last year.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182935-tourists-on-the-new-special-tourist-visa-will-have-to-arrive-on-charter-flights/

 

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August flights take wing, up by 10%

By THE NATION

 

 

Flights in August rose nearly 10 per cent as the Covid-19 situation improved, resulting in more people travelling domestically, Aeronautical Radio of Thailand (Aerothai) reported yesterday (September 16).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182936-august-flights-take-wing-up-by-10/

 

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Beware: BAAC warns against fake Line account scamming customers for personal data

By THE NATION

 

 

Nefarious attempts are being made to scam customers of the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) into divulging their personal data to a fake Line account under the bank’s name, which invites victims to add the account as a friend, assistant manager Somkiat Kimaoha warned.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182938-beware-baac-warns-against-fake-line-account-scamming-customers-for-personal-data/

 

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Toyota car salesman wins 48 million in lottery - but he's not quitting his job!

 

Picture: Daily News

 

A Toyota car salesman in Chaiyaphum won first prize yesterday in the state lottery.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182940-toyota-car-salesman-wins-48-million-in-lottery-but-hes-not-quitting-his-job/

 

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Thai MP allegedly caught looking at porn during "stressful" reading of budget bill

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Thai media Daily News went to town on a male MP who a news photographer snapped in a still shot looking at porn on his smart phone in parliament yesterday evening. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182946-thai-mp-allegedly-caught-looking-at-porn-during-stressful-reading-of-budget-bill/

 

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Trump contradicts CDC director on vaccine, masks: 'He was confused'

By Manas Mishra, Carl O'Donnell and Alexandra Alper

 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Robert Redfield holds up a CDC document that reads "COVID-19 Vaccination Program Interim Playbook for Jurisdiction Operations" as he speaks during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing "Review of Coronavirus Response Efforts" on Capitol Hill, Washington, U.S., September 16, 2020. Andrew Harnik/Pool via REUTERS

 

(Reuters) - President Donald Trump took exception on Wednesday to comments from the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, who said a vaccine for the novel coronavirus could be broadly rolled out in mid-2021 and that masks might be even more effective.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182947-trump-contradicts-cdc-director-on-vaccine-masks-he-was-confused/

 

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Drug trafficker who fled UK for Thailand is tracked down by North Yorkshire Police and jailed

 

Jailed: Fugitive Ross Hemington

 

A convicted drug trafficker who fled to Thailand when he was wanted by police has today been brought home so he can be jailed.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182951-drug-trafficker-who-fled-uk-for-thailand-is-tracked-down-by-north-yorkshire-police-and-jailed/

 

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Exclusive: In the weeds - How Bayer, U.S. government teamed up against Thailand's glyphosate ban

By Patpicha Tanakasempipat

 

FILE PHOTO: A farmer sprays an unidentified pesticide over a rice field in Nonthaburi province, on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand, June 8, 2017. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom/File Photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Chemicals giant Bayer and the U.S. government cooperated closely last year to lobby Thailand to reverse its ban on glyphosate, used in the company's controversial weedkiller Roundup, documents obtained by an environmental group and reviewed by Reuters show.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182956-exclusive-in-the-weeds-how-bayer-us-government-teamed-up-against thailands-glyphosate-ban/

 

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Bear that attacked 5 people in Khon Kaen finally captured

By THE NATION

 

 

A bear that attacked and injured five people in Khon Kaen province was successfully captured by officials after a 10-day hunt that went into operation on September 6.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1182959-bear-that-attacked-5-people-in-khon-kaen-finally-captured/