'Sick man of Europe': UK cut off over fears about new COVID strain

By Gerhard Mey and Ben Makori

 

Security officers stand guard at an entrance of the Port of Dover as EU countries impose a travel ban from the UK following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Dover, Britain, December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Matthew Childs

 

DOVER, England (Reuters) - The United Kingdom stood shut off from the rest of Europe on Monday after allies cut transport ties over fears of a new coronavirus strain, sowing chaos for families, truckers and supermarkets just days before the Brexit cliff edge.

 

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Negligent Officials Targeted for Illegal Immigration

 

 

BANGKOK, Dec 21 (TNA) – The National Security Council (NSC) will punish the officials who let illegal migrants sneak into the country.

 

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Up to 10 million condo units to come with long-term visas: TPC

By The Nation

 

 

Thirty real estate developers will offer foreign buyers five-year visas for an estimated 10 million properties, under the “Elite Flexible One” card scheme launched on January 1 next year.

 

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Cinemas shut, movies postponed: how Covid-19 upturned film in 2020

By Steve Rose

 

Be seeing you? … (from left) Tenet; Bad Boys for Life; Wonder Woman 1984; No Time to Die.

 

If you had money on drive-in movies making a comeback in 2020, the year’s most talked-about actor being Laurence Fox, and the biggest Hollywood hit being Bad Boys for Life, then you invented Covid-19 and should pay for your crimes.

 

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SNL fans approve of new Joe Biden as Jim Carrey quits role: ‘Much more accurate’

By Jacob Stolworthy

 

Alex Moffat as Joe Biden on ‘SNL’ (YouTube)

 

Saturday Night Live has debuted a brand new Joe Biden – and viewers have approved the performance.

 

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The cosiest comfort reads to curl up with this Christmas

By Jenny Colgan

 

The 1987 film adaptation of James Joyce’s The Dead. Photograph: Moviestore Collection Ltd/Alamy

 

Even if you feel you have had more “curling up quietly at home” time than is strictly necessary this year, finding a good Christmas read is still an extremely pleasant yuletide activity, to add to your newer pleasant yuletide activities of not having to go to your office party and not tearing off your coat in overheated department stores. So find a quiet corner, pretend your Zoom isn’t working, and enjoy the treats of the reading season.

 

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Two more Bangkok cases linked with Samut Sakhon outbreak

By The Nation

 

 

Two more people have tested positive for Covid-19 in Bangkok, bringing the total number of infections in the capital linked with the outbreak in Samut Sakhon to four.

 

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Thanathorn hails local poll results as boost for Progressive Movement, despite losses

By The Nation

 

Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit

 

Progressive Movement co-founder Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit has apologised to supporters after the movement’s candidates all failed to get elected as provincial administration organisation (PAO) chiefs on Sunday.

 

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Thai baby elephant hit by motorcycle survives after receiving CPR

 

A rescue worker performs CPR on a baby elephant after a motorcycle crash in Chanthaburi province, Thailand, December 20, 2020. Picture taken December 20, 2020. KUNCHAYLEK/Handout via REUTERS

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's Mana Srivate has performed dozens of resuscitation attempts in his 26 years as a rescue worker, but never before on an elephant.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1197818-thai-baby-elephant-hit-by-motorcycle-survives-after-receiving-cpr/

 

Phuket officials ramp up COVID-19 screening at bridge, airport

By The Phuket News

 

Passengers are scanned at Phuket International Airport today (Dec 21). Photo: Supplied

 

PHUKET:-- Following the order from Phuket Governor Narong Woonciew, officers at the Phuket Check Point in Tha Chatchai today began checking all arrivals suspected of being infected with COVID-19.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1197819-phuket-officials-ramp-up-covid-19-screening-at-bridge-airport/

 

The Peaks Residences condo project ordered to be demolished

By The Phuket News

 

MP Sira Jenjaka delivered the order in person in Phuket today (Dec 21). Photo: PR Phuket

 

PHUKET:-- MP Sira Jenjaka in Phuket in person today (Dec 21) delivered the order from the Supreme Administrative Court for The Peaks Residences condo project in Kata to be demolished as it is illegally occupying state land.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1197821-the-peaks-residences-condo-project-ordered-to-be-demolished/

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