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Women creators of genetic 'scissors' win Nobel Prize in Chemistry

By Niklas Pollard and Douglas Busvine

 

FILE PHOTO: Life Sciences laureates Jennifer A. Doudna (L) and Emmanuelle Charpentier speak on stage during the 2nd annual Breakthrough Prize Awards at the NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California, U.S. November 9, 2014. REUTERS/Stephen Lam/File Photo

 

STOCKHOLM/BERLIN (Reuters) - Two women scientists won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for creating genetic 'scissors' that can rewrite the code of life, contributing to new cancer therapies and holding out the prospect of curing hereditary diseases.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1186405-women-creators-of-genetic-scissors-win-nobel-prize-in-chemistry/

 

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September was world's hottest on record, EU climate change service says

By Matthew Green and Kate Abnett

 

FILE PHOTO: A woman walks among fountains on a square in central city during a hot summer day in Brussels, Belgium September 16, 2020. REUTERS/Yves Herman

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Last month was the world's hottest September on record, with unusually high temperatures recorded off Siberia, in the Middle East, and in parts of South America and Australia, the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service said on Wednesday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1186406-september-was-worlds-hottest-on-record-eu-climate-change-service-says/

 

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Q&A: Where are we in the COVID-19 vaccine race?

By Carl O'Donnell

 

FILE PHOTO: A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a "Vaccine COVID-19" sticker and a medical syringe in this illustration taken April 10, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Drugmakers and research centers around the world are working on COVID-19 vaccines, with large global trials of several of the candidates involving tens of thousands of participants well underway.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1186407-qa-where-are-we-in-the-covid-19-vaccine-race/

 

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Migrant school closures fuel child labour in Thai seafood industry

By Nanchanok Wongsamuth

 

Burmese students study at a migrant learning center managed by the Marist Asia Foundation in Ranong, Thailand on September 10, 2020. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Nanchanok Wongsamuth

 

RANONG, Thailand (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Chit Su has been stuck at home peeling crabs with her grandmother since her school for Burmese migrants closed last year in southern Thailand. Even working together, they make less than a daily minimum wage.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1186408-migrant-school-closures-fuel-child-labour-in-thai-seafood-industry/

 

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Thailand to offer tax incentives to boost consumption

 

FILE PHOTO: Cars pass a Skytrain (Bangkok Mass Transit System) construction site in Bangkok, Thailand May 13, 2018. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand will offer tax incentives to spenders to boost domestic consumption and revive an economy stumbling from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, government officials said on Wednesday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1186411-thailand-to-offer-tax-incentives-to-boost-consumption/

 

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Labour network demands better welfare on 'decent work' day

By THE NATION

 

 

The Thai Labour Solidarity Committee held a protest on Wednesday morning outside the Social Security Office headquarters in Nonthaburi to mark the “World Day for Decent Work”.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1186412-labour-network-demands-better-welfare-on-decent-work-day/

 

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Woman about to feast on fish finds ‘tongue-eater’ got their first

By The Nation

 

 

Mysterious insect-like creatures that an Internet user found inside a fish she was about to eat have been identified as isopods known as tongue-eating lice.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1186413-woman-about-to-feast-on-fish-finds-‘tongue-eater’-got-their-first/

 

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Rihanna apologises for 'unintentionally offensive' use of Muslim sacred texts at lingerie show

 

Rihanna's Savage X Fenty show was criticised for the use of a song featuring sacred texts

 

Rihanna has apologised to the Muslim community for the "unintentionally offensive" use of sacred texts during a lingerie fashion show.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1186414-rihanna-apologises-for-unintentionally-offensive-use-of-muslim-sacred-texts-at-lingerie-show/

 

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Johnny Nash: I Can See Clearly Now singer dies aged 80

 

Johnny Nash's 1972 hit single I Can See Clearly Now sold more than a million copies

 

American reggae and pop singer-songwriter Johnny Nash, best known for the 1972 hit I Can See Clearly Now, has died aged 80, his family has said.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1186415-johnny-nash-i-can-see-clearly-now-singer-dies-aged-80/

 

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Netflix indicted by Texas grand jury over 'lewd visual material' in Cuties

 

‘A mirror of today’s society’ … the cast of Cuties. Photograph: AP

 

Netflix has defended the controversial film Cuties after it emerged the streaming giant is facing a criminal charge in Texas over the movie’s allegedly “lewd” depiction of children.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1186416-netflix-indicted-by-texas-grand-jury-over-lewd-visual-material-in-cuties/

 

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Phuket hospital defends treatment of woman who died of horseshoe crab poisoning

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Speaking at Ms Wanathana’s funeral, uncle Anukul Leng-ie said he wants justice for the death of his niece. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET:-- The operators of Phuket Provincial Hospital have denied the allegation that they were negligent in the medical care provided to a 46-year-old woman who later died of poisoning from eating a young horseshoe crab.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1186417-phuket-hospital-defends-treatment-of-woman-who-died-of-horseshoe-crab-poisoning/

 

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Thai economy expected to contract in 2020, but will recover next year

 

 

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, or OECD, has published its assessment of the Thai economy, saying that the pandemic has interrupted Thailand’s socioeconomic progress.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1186421-thai-economy-expected-to-contract-in-2020-but-will-recover-next-year/

 

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