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Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire strained by new fighting reports

By Nailia Bagirova and Nvard Hovhannisyan

 

People carry the coffins of Anar Aliyev and his wife Nurcin Aliyeva, killed in Ganja attack during the fighting over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, in the city of Shamkir, Azerbaijan October 12, 2020. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

 

BAKU/YEREVAN (Reuters) - Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces accused each other on Monday of launching new attacks in and around Nagorno-Karabakh, increasing strains on a two-day old humanitarian ceasefire intended to end heavy fighting over the mountain enclave.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187110-nagorno-karabakh-ceasefire-strained-by-new-fighting-reports/

 

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11 schools in Mae Sot closed as health officials conduct random COVID-19 tests

 

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Eleven municipal schools, in Mae Sot district of Thailand’s northwestern province of Tak, are closed today as health workers spray them with disinfectant.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187111-11-schools-in-mae-sot-closed-as-health-officials-conduct-random-covid-19-tests/

 

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Floods kill 17 people in central Vietnam, next storm due soon

 

Military personnel rescue sailors of a ship at Cua Viet Port in Quang Tri province, Vietnam October 11, 2020. Ho Cau/VNA via REUTERS.

 

HANOI (Reuters) - At least 17 people have been killed by floods in Vietnam's central provinces in the past week and 13 are still missing, state media said on Sunday as the country braced for another tropical storm.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187112-floods-kill-17-people-in-central-vietnam-next-storm-due-soon/

 

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Singapore and Indonesia agree to resume business and official travel

 

Essential workers wearing face masks walk past the skyline of the central business district outside a regional screening center amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Singapore June 9, 2020. REUTERS/Edgar Su/Files

 

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore and Indonesia have agreed to reopen borders between the two countries for essential business and official travel after they were shut to curb the spread of COVID-19.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187113-singapore-and-indonesia-agree-to-resume-business-and-official-travel/

 

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'Not scared of the virus', Myanmar taxi driver's pilgrimage to a sacred pagoda

By Zaw Naing Oo

 

Taxi driver Ko Naing poses in front of Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar, October 9, 2020. REUTERS/Zaw Naing Oo

 

YANGON (Reuters) - Defying the threat of contracting coronavirus and a citywide lockdown, Myanmar taxi driver Ko Naing, 50, still travels each day to pray outside the sacred Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, the country’s holiest Buddhist site.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187114-not-scared-of-the-virus-myanmar-taxi-drivers-pilgrimage-to-a-sacred-pagoda/

 

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China and Thailand to discuss COVID-19 recovery strategies

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Kingdom of Thailand is set to welcome the Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, on an official visit designed to enhance cooperation by the two nations in recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187115-china-and-thailand-to-discuss-covid-19-recovery-strategies/

 

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Govt studies "Land Bridge" idea to connect two seas

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Deputy Government Spokeswoman, Traisulee Traisaranakul announced that the government led by PM and Minister of Defence General Prayut Chan-o-cha is proceeding to reform the Thai economy by strengthening the self-reliance of citizens, as well as investing in mega projects to boost Thailand’s competitive ability. At the moment, the Ministry of Transport is studying a land bridge mega project to connect the Gulf of Thailand and the Andaman sea. The proposed bridge is expected to be 130 kilometers long, and run from a seaport in Chumphon to a seaport in Ranong; it would reduce transportation time by at least two days.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187116-govt-studies-land-bridge-idea-to-connect-two-seas/

 

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Broken railway signal, lack of gate blamed for deadly accident in Chachoengsao killing 18

By The Nation

 

 

The tragic accident on Sunday in Chachoengsao province that left 18 people dead on Sunday, when a train rammed into a tourist bus, stemmed from a broken crossing signal and the lack of the gate, the Department of Rail Transport said.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187012-video-train-crosses-tracks-where-there-is-no-barrier-loud-music-on-merit-makers-bus/?do=findComment&comment=15907492

 

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Russell Crowe is unrecognisable as he sports a beard and ponytail during a tennis session in Sydney

By NICOLE DOUGLAS

 

My, how you've changed! Russell Crowe (pictured in Sydney on Thursday evening) looks very different these days compared to when he first rose to fame in Hollywood

 

Russell Crowe shot to fame playing Maximus in the 2000 epic Gladiator.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187119-russell-crowe-is-unrecognisable-as-he-sports-a-beard-and-ponytail-during-a-tennis-session-in-sydney/

 

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Universal is building its own hotels, including a $1.2BN complex in Mississippi

BY TIM INGHAM

 

An official mock-up of the Biloxi UMUSIC hotel performance area

 

MBW’s Stat Of The Week is an article series in which we show why a single data point deserves the attention of the global music industry. Stat Of the Week is supported by Cinq Music Group, a technology-driven record label, distribution, and rights management company.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187121-universal-is-building-its-own-hotels-including-a-12bn-complex-in-mississippi/

 

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Killing Eve's Sandra Oh explains why she wouldn't return to Grey's Anatomy even if the show ends

BY DAN SEDDON

 

ABC

 

Sandra Oh has admitted she's uninterested in returning to Grey's Anatomy as Cristina Yang.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187122-killing-eves-sandra-oh-explains-why-she-wouldnt-return-to-greys-anatomy-even-if-the-show-ends/

 

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New mobile app gives access to universal healthcare

By The Nation

 

Dr Jadet Thammathat-Aree

 

Universal healthcare users will soon be able to access the service via a mobile app developed by the National Health Security Office (NHSO) and Krungthai Bank.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187125-new-mobile-app-gives-access-to-universal-healthcare/

 

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Thailand to make, supply AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine

 

FILE PHOTO: A test tube labeled with the vaccine is seen in front of AstraZeneca logo in this illustration taken, September 9, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic

 

(Reuters) - Thailand has agreed to manufacture and supply AstraZeneca Plc's experimental COVID-19 vaccine in the southeast Asian country and other nations in the region, the British and Thai governments said on Monday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1187126-thailand-to-make-supply-astrazenecas-covid-19-vaccine/

 

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