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Nine women of 16 returnees from Myanmar test positive for Covid-19

By The Nation

 

 

Chiang Rai has found nine new cases of Covid-19 linked to the 1G1 Hotel in Myanmar, provincial officials said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195585-chiang-rai-nine-women-of-16-returnees-from-myanmar-test-positive-for-covid-19/

 

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Two local cases in Bangkok among 14 new Covid-19 patients

By The Nation

 

 

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) on Sunday reported 14 new cases in quarantine, including two local infections, over a 24-hour period.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195588-two-local-cases-in-bangkok-among-14-new-covid-19-patients/

 

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Two killed as man 'under influence of drug' goes on stabbing spree

By The Nation

 

 

A man in Udon Thani province went on a stabbing spree on Saturday, leaving two persons dead before he was arrested.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195589-two-killed-as-man-under-influence-of-drug-goes-on-stabbing-spree/

 

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Winter is here and so is frost in Chiang Mai

By The Nation

 

 

Chiang Mai people welcomed the chill of winter as frost appeared at the top of Doi Inthanon mountain.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195590-winter-is-here-and-so-is-frost-in-chiang-mai/

 

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Actress whips up a storm online with caustic questions for PM 

By The Nation

 

Actress Focus Jeerakul posts a provocative message about flood victims on her Facebook page on December 5, drawing the attention of the public and the government. 

 

A Facebook post by an actress, scathing in its criticism of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, has drawn the attention of netizens after she posed: "Apart from praising the monarchy, are you competent on other issues?" The post drew netizens' attention to the severe floods in the South and the intensified political unrest.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195591-actress-whips-up-a-storm-online-with-caustic-questions-for-pm/

 

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Experts to map population of birds as peafowl numbers exceed estimate by 10 times

By The Nation

 

 

Researchers from King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi have found 4,000-5,000 green peafowl in Phayao province.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195593-experts-to-map-population-of-birds-as-peafowl-numbers-exceed-estimate-by-10-times/

 

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Overflowing Songkhla Lake cuts off arterial road link with province

By The Nation

 

 

The overflowing Songkhla Lake has inundated a key road connecting Songkhla and Phatthalung provinces, causing serious traffic disruption.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195594-overflowing-songkhla-lake-cuts-off-arterial-road-link-with-province/

 

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Government vows to act after complaints of shops exploiting subsidy scheme

By The Nation

 

 

The Department of Internal Trade (DIT) is taking action against stores that are abusing privileges under the government's subsidised shopping scheme.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195595-government-vows-to-act-after-complaints-of-shops-exploiting-subsidy-scheme/

 

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Pornanong still in contention for maiden victory

 

Pornanong Phatlum (Credit to Getty Images)

 

A finishing birdie saw Thai hope Pornanong Phatlum surged into contention, falling one stroke behind co-leaders after round three of the Volunteer of America Classic at the Old American Golf Club in Texas.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195596-pornanong-still-in-contention-for-maiden-victory/

 

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Emergency health centres to open nationwide ahead of possible COVID-19 spread

 

 

Thailand’s Public Health Ministry has instructed all provincial administrations to open emergency health centres, as a precautionary measure in case COVID-19 begins to spread, following the outbreak in Chiang Rai after infected Thais returned illegally from Myanmar.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195597-emergency-health-centres-to-open-nationwide-ahead-of-possible-covid-19-spread/

 

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Chiang Rai Council of Industries will not cancel festive events despite COVID-19 outbreak

 

 

The Council of Industries of Chiang Rai will not cancel tourism-related events, already planned for the run-up to the New Year and after, despite the outbreak of COVID-19 in the province brought in by Thai returnees from Myanmar’s Thachilek township.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195598-chiang-rai-council-of-industries-will-not-cancel-festive-events-despite-covid-19-outbreak/

 

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Thailand risks US trade hurdles under Biden over rights abuses, academic warns 

By The Nation

 

US President-elect Joe Biden

 

Former Rangsit University dean of the economic faculty, Anusorn Tamajai, has warned the Thai government to prepare for a new US trade policy under President Joe Biden who will take office next month.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195599-thailand-risks-us-trade-hurdles-under-biden-over-rights-abuses-academic-warns/

 

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Blockchain to cut tax evasion, boost revenue from next year

By The Nation

 

Lavaron Sangsnit

 

Tax collection by the Excise Department will be boosted by blockchain technology from next year, said director general Lavaron Sangsnit.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195600-blockchain-to-cut-tax-evasion-boost-revenue-from-next-year/

 

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DPM Anutin: No need to enforce lockdown

 

   

The Deputy PM and Minister of Public Health, has stressed the need for all illegal crossers from Tachileik in Myanmar, to be tested to prevent the virus from spreading.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195601-dpm-anutin-no-need-to-enforce-lockdown/

 

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PM to visit southern flood victims on Monday

 

   

December 7, Prime Minister Prayut is going to visit flood areas in the southern region to console sufferers and to discuss long-term flood prevention measures.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195602-pm-to-visit-southern-flood-victims-on-monday/

 

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Tourism recovery: One Million Baht Club privilege plan launched for first time in Thailand

By Megha Paul 

TD Editor

 

 

Hyatt Regency Bangkok Sukhumvit has announced its cooperation with five leading business and strategic partners for Tourism 2021 recovery plan with the launching of the ‘One Million Baht Club’, the first privilege package from Hyatt Regency Bangkok Sukhumvit in Thailand.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195603-tourism-recovery-one-million-baht-club-privilege-plan-launched-for-first-time-in-thailand/ 

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Salah puts on a show for fans as Liverpool wallop Wolves 4-0

 

Soccer Football - Premier League - Liverpool v Wolverhampton Wanderers - Anfield, Liverpool, Britain - December 6, 2020 Liverpool's Mohamed Salah scores their first goal Pool via REUTERS/Jon Super

 

LIVERPOOL, England (Reuters) - Mohamed Salah scored one and made another as Liverpool thrashed a hapless Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-0 in front of 2000 fans in the Premier League on Sunday on a night to forget for Wolves captain and former Reds player Conor Coady.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195604-salah-puts-on-a-show-for-fans-as-liverpool-wallop-wolves-4-0/

 

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Milan battle to 2-1 win at dogged Samp to stay five points clear

 

Soccer Football - Serie A - Sampdoria v AC Milan - Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris, Genoa, Italy - December 6, 2020 AC Milan's Franck Kessie celebrates scoring their first goal with teammates REUTERS/Jennifer Lorenzini

 

GENOA, Italy (Reuters) - Serie A leaders AC Milan battled their way to a 2-1 win away to a dogged Sampdoria side to remain unbeaten in the league this season and stay five points clear at the top on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195605-milan-battle-to-2-1-win-at-dogged-samp-to-stay-five-points-clear/

 

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Spurs back on top as Son and Kane sink Arsenal

By Martyn Herman

 

Soccer Football - Premier League - Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal - Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, Britain - December 6, 2020 Tottenham Hotspur's Harry Kane celebrates scoring their second goal with Son Heung-min Pool via REUTERS/Glyn Kirk

 

LONDON (Reuters) - The Premier League's deadliest current double-act struck again as Son Heung-min and Harry Kane were both on target as Tottenham Hotspur beat Arsenal 2-0 to return to the top of the table on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195606-spurs-back-on-top-as-son-and-kane-sink-arsenal/

 

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Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani positive for COVID-19 after wave of lawmaker lobbying

By Jan Wolfe

 

FILE PHOTO: Trump Campaign Senior Legal Advisor Jenna Ellis speaks as Trump campaign advisor Boris Epshteyn whispers to former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, personal attorney to U.S. President Donald Trump, during a news conference about the 2020 U.S. presidential election results at Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington, U.S., November 19, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - President Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani has tested positive for COVID-19, Trump said on Sunday, after a wave of travel by the former New York mayor seeking to persuade Republican state lawmakers to overturn the election results.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195607-trump-lawyer-rudy-giuliani-positive-for-covid-19-after-wave-of-lawmaker-lobbying/

 

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'On a knife edge': Britain and EU in last-ditch trade talks

By Estelle Shirbon and Padraic Halpin

 

An electronic billboard displays a British government information message advising business to prepare for the Brexit, in London, Britain December 4, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville

 

LONDON/DUBLIN (Reuters) - Britain and the European Union will make a last-ditch attempt to strike a post-Brexit trade deal this week, with probably just days left for negotiators to avert a chaotic parting of ways at the end of the year.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195609-on-a-knife-edge-britain-and-eu-in-last-ditch-trade-talks/

 

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Trump keeps up false claims of widespread fraud at Georgia rally for U.S. senators

By Jeff Mason

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump participates in a medal ceremony in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S. December 3, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

 

VALDOSTA, Georgia (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump campaigned in Georgia on Saturday for two Republican senators at a rally that some in his party feared could end up hurting, not helping, their chances by focusing on his efforts to reverse his own election defeat.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195610-trump keeps-up-false-claims-of-widespread-fraud-at-georgia-rally-for-us-senators/

 

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Directed radio frequency plausible cause of 'Havana syndrome,' U.S. government report finds

 

Tourists in a vintage car pass by the U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba, November 7, 2019. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - "Directed" radio frequency is the most plausible explanation for mysterious symptoms experienced by diplomats stationed in U.S. embassies in Havana and elsewhere, a U.S. government report said on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195612-directed-radio-frequency-plausible-cause-of-havana-syndrome-us-government-report-finds/

 

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Britain gets ready for rollout of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine this week

By Estelle Shirbon and Alistair Smout

 

Specialist freezers await distribution of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines to the NHS from a secure location in Britain this undated handout obtained December 5, 2020. Public Health England/Handout via REUTERS

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is preparing to become the first country to roll out the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine this week, initially making the shot available at hospitals before distributing stocks to doctors' clinics, the government said on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195614-britain-gets-ready-for-rollout-of-pfizers-covid-19-vaccine-this-week/

 

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China's COVID-free 'Hawaii' chases local tourist dollar with a vengeance

By Stella Qiu and Ryan Woo

 

A couple poses for pictures during a wedding photoshoot session on Yalong Bay beach in Sanya, Hainan province, China November 26, 2020. Picture taken November 26, 2020. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang

 

SANYA, China (Reuters) - Millions of domestic tourists are descending on China's southernmost island province of Hainan, presenting a surreal contrast with grim hospital scenes, shuttered restaurants and stifling home quarantine elsewhere in a virus-ravaged world.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195615-chinas-covid-free-hawaii-chases-local-tourist-dollar-with-a-vengeance/

 

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Biden transition, U.S. coronavirus vaccine teams to meet amid surge, distribution questions

By Doina Chiacu

 

FILE PHOTO: Former GlaxoSmithKline pharmaceutical executive Moncef Slaoui, who will serve as chief adviser on the effort to find a vaccine for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, waits to speak as President Donald Trump holds a coronavirus disease response event in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 15, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chief adviser for U.S. efforts to develop a coronavirus vaccine said on Sunday he planned to meet with President-elect Joe Biden's team this week to discuss the program before the expected first round of vaccinations this month.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195616-biden-transition-us-coronavirus-vaccine-teams-to-meet-amid-surge-distribution-questions/

 

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Over 2.4 million farmers to get cash assistance under rice price guarantee scheme from Dec 9

By THE NATION

 

 

The Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) will disburse Bt20.4 billion to some 2.4 million farmers on Wednesday after the Cabinet approved an additional budget of Bt28 billion for the government’s rice price guarantee scheme.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195618-over-24-million-farmers-to-get-cash-assistance-under-rice-price-guarantee-scheme-from-dec-9/

 

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Cool to cold weather in upper Thailand, isolated thundershowers forecast for South

By THE NATION

 

 

The Thailand Meteorological Department forecast on Monday that the rather strong high-pressure system covering upper Thailand would bring cool to cold weather with strong winds.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195620-cool-to-cold-weather-in-upper-thailand-isolated-thundershowers-forecast-for-south/

 

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COVID-19 in Thailand: Situation is under control, don’t believe fake news, says spokesman

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Thailand's principal Covid-19 spokesman has said that the country's health authorities have everything under control despite 14 cases of the disease - one transmitted to a health care worker in state quarantine.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195623-covid-19-in-thailand-situation-is-under-control-don’t-believe-fake-news-says-spokesman/

 

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Thai health authorities announce four "risky flights" - passengers urged to contact hospitals

 

 

The Thai department of public health has announced four domestic flights that represent a risk of Covid-19 transmission. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1195626-thai-health-authorities-announce-four-risky-flights-passengers-urged-to-contact-hospitals/