People warned against eating venomous blue-ring octopus

By The Nation

 

 

The Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR) has warned people not to eat grilled blue-ring octopus as its venom is lethal.

 

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Stepping down before Dec 2 court verdict may be the most graceful exit for Prayut, reckons Pheu Thai

By THE NATION

 

 

The opposition is calling on people to keep a close eye on the Constitutional Court’s verdict on Wednesday in relation to a case against Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, who was accused of breaking the law by continuing to live in Army quarters after retiring.

 

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Thailand tracking 200 people as infected returnees skip COVID-19 quarantine

 

FILE PHOTO: Medical personnel perform a nose swab test on a local resident of a community in Bangkok, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Thailand, April 28, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand was racing to track down about 200 people in its northern provinces on Monday to stop a potential coronavirus outbreak, after three Thai nationals entered the country illegally from Myanmar and tested positive days later.

 

Full story:   https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1194597-thailand tracking-200-people-as-infected-returnees-skip-covid-19-quarantine/

 

‘Old car for new car’ project decision delayed to next week

By The Nation

 

 

Details of the proposed “old car for new car” scheme are being finalised and will be revealed to the public next week, according to the Industry Ministry.

 

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Kalasin, Korat farmers find safe sites for drying their paddy

By The Nation

 

 

Farmers in Kalasin and Nakhon Ratchasima have discovered a perfectly safe place to dry their paddy – in state-owned compounds.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1194621-kalasin-korat-farmers-find-safe-sites-for-drying-their-paddy/

 

Border school closes over Covid-19 alert

By The Nation

 

 

A school on Chiang Rai’s border with Myanmar will close for a week following a Covid-19 scare triggered by illegal returnees from Myanmar.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1194623-border-school-closes-over-covid-19-alert/

 

Local official killed after her car flips into canal

By The Nation

 

 

A Chai Nat municipal official was killed in Suphanburi province on Sunday night after her car left the road and flipped into a canal.

 

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England's COVID-19 infections down 30% during national lockdown - survey

By William James

 

FILE PHOTO: An almost empty check-in area is seen at Gatwick Airport, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Crawley, Britain, November 27, 2020. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - COVID-19 infections have fallen by 30% during England's month-long national lockdown and the virus is now in retreat, a large-scale study of more than 100,000 volunteers showed on Monday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1194627-englands-covid-19-infections-down-30-during-national-lockdown-survey/

 

Scotland's Sturgeon hints at legal move if independence vote blocked

 

FILE PHOTO: Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon speaks during a pro-Scottish Independence rally in Glasgow, Scotland, November 2, 2019. REUTERS/Russell Cheyne/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon on Monday declined to rule out a new vote for Scottish independence next year and hinted she might go to court for permission to hold one if London tried to block it.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1194628-scotlands-sturgeon-hints-at-legal-move-if-independence-vote-blocked/

 

Time is running out for Brexit trade deal, Britain and EU say

 

FILE PHOTO: A British Union Jack flag flutters outside the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium January 30, 2020. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain and the European Union cautioned each other on Monday that time was running out for a Brexit trade deal as negotiators sparred over state aid, enforcement and fishing in a bid to avoid a tumultuous exit in just a month's time.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1194629-time-is-running-out-for-brexit-trade-deal-britain-and-eu-say/

 

Majority of Thai-Chinese businesses see Thai growth below 2.5% next year

By The Nation

 

Chamber president Narongsak Putthapornmongkol

 

The Thai-Chinese Chamber of Commerce on Monday revealed that around 44.1 per cent of respondents in its latest survey projected the Thai economy would grow next year at less than 2.5 per cent, while 41.3 per cent forecast growth of 2.5-3.5 per cent.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1194630-majority-of-thai-chinese-businesses-see-thai-growth-below-25-next-year/

 

Thailand is in the process of "Ease of Doing Business" reforms

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The government has made improving the business environment in Thailand a key policy by setting a goal to raise the ranking of the ease of doing business to be among the top 20 countries in the world. The public and private Sectors today organized a platform to achieve the goal.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1194631-thailand-is-in-the-process-of-ease-of-doing-business-reforms/

 

Football in hijab: Thai Muslim lesbians tackle stereotypes

By Rina Chandran

 

Players at a regional futsal tournament for lesbian, bisexual and queer girls and women in Pattani, a Muslim-majority province in southern Thailand. October 18, 2020. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Rina Chandran

 

PATTANI, Thailand (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Anticha Sangchai did not come out to her family until she was 30 and married with a child. It was her own struggle confronting the conservative community in southern Thailand that led her to create a place where women like her might feel more at home.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1194632-football-in-hijab-thai-muslim-lesbians-tackle-stereotypes/

 

Audrey Hepburn: A Hollywood icon scarred by the loss of her father and baby girl

By Bethany Minelle

 

© Rex Features The iconic image of Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly in Breakfast At Tiffany's. Pic: Howell Conant/Paramount/Kobal/Shutterstock

 

Cultural icon, fashion muse and celebrated beauty - Audrey Hepburn left an indelible mark on the world.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1194633-audrey-hepburn-a-hollywood-icon-scarred-by-the-loss-of-her-father-and-baby-girl/

 

Scandal’s Kerry Washington: ‘My mother’s nightmare was for me to be a starving actress’

by Ellen E Jones

 

Kerry Washington: ‘I’ve never been able to divorce political ideology from the choices I make as an actor.’ Photograph: Jay L Clendenin/Contour RA

 

In a rational world, somewhere deep in the Democratic National Committee headquarters, a small staff would be hard at work planning Kerry Washington’s presidential bid.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1194634-scandal’s-kerry-washington-‘my-mother’s-nightmare-was-for-me-to-be-a-starving-actress’/

 

Chadwick Boseman hailed by Marvel with Black Panther tribute on day he would have turned 44

By ADAM S. LEVY

 

The latest: Chadwick Boseman was hailed by Marvel on the day he would have turned 44 Sunday, about three months after his death from colon cancer 

 

Chadwick Boseman was hailed by Marvel on the day he would have turned 44 Sunday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1194635-chadwick-boseman-hailed-by-marvel-with-black-panther-tribute-on-day-he-would-have-turned-44/

 

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