Thailand confirms two cases of Zika-linked microcephaly, first in region

By Aukkarapon Niyomyat | BANGKOK

 

BANGKOK: -- Thailand confirmed on Friday that the Zika virus had caused two cases of microcephaly, a condition that results in babies being born with small heads, the first time microcephaly had been linked to Zika in Southeast Asia.

 

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JERUSALEM (AP) - Speaking at the funeral, Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu says ex-President Shimon Peres was a 'great man of the world'

Clinton's 'nasty' Trump ads are mostly his own words 
JULIE BYKOWICZ, Associated Press

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump says Hillary Clinton is making "nasty" ads about him. Most of Clinton's commercials about Trump, though, merely include clips of him speaking. Her campaign seems to have concluded that Trump is his own worst enemy.

 

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2 dead, 15 injured in fire at hospital in western Germany 

 

BERLIN (AP) — Police say two people have died and 15 have been injured in a hospital fire in western Germany.

 

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Israelis, world leaders gather for Peres funeral 
JOSEF FEDERMAN, Associated Press
ARON HELLER, Associated Press

 

JERUSALEM (AP) — Shimon Peres was being laid to rest on Friday in a ceremony attended by thousands of admirers and dozens of international dignitaries — in a final tribute to a man who personified the history of Israel during a remarkable seven-decade political career and who came to be seen by many as a potent symbol of hopes of Mideast peace.

 

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Transport Company purchases 489 NGV buses

 

  

BANGKOK, 30 September 2016 (NNT) – Transport Company has signed on to purchase new air-conditioned Natural Gas Vehicle (NGV) buses to serve Bangkok starting this December. 

 

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ROME (AP) - Amsterdam museum says 2 stolen Van Gogh paintings have been found by Naples anti-Mafia police.

For departing veteran corespondent, big events matched by small moments

By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer -

 

Nirmal Ghosh, as president of the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand, looks on during a keynote address by former Prime Minister Anand Panyarachun on March 23 at the InterContinental Bangkok. Photo: Nirmal Ghosh / Courtesy

 

BANGKOK — Thirteen years of reporting has led him throughout Thailand, from tsunami tragedy to political upheaval and beyond.

 

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Trackable SIM cards for foreigners to be decided on next month

By Coconuts Bangkok 

 

Photo: Holiday Point/Flickr

 

BANGKOK: -- Remember that plan to track all foreigners who enter the kingdom via GPS traceable SIM cards? It has been reported by Bangkok Post that that plan might be scratched if too many people oppose it.

 

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Court orders BMA to demolish illegal parts of Aetas hotel in Ruamrudee

The Nation

 

THE Central Administrative Court issued an execution order Friday for Bangkok Metropolitan Administration and Pathumwan District Office to demolish illegal parts of the 24-storey luxury Aetas Bangkok hotel on Soi Ruamrudee.

 

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Japan provides Bt53-bn loan for Red Line train project

The Nation

 

The Red Line commuter train project for the Bang Sue-Rangsit route will be extended a Bt53.48-billion loan by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) for its construction, with it slated to be operational in 2020.

 

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Samkong Underpass to be closed for maintenance, completion pushed to October end

Kongleaphy Keam

 

 

PHUKET:-- Samkong Underpass is to be closed from 10pm today until 4am tomorrow for electrical maintenance and installation. 

 

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Thailand’s first two confirmed cases of babies with abnormal heads from Zika virus

 

 

The Public Health Ministry on Friday announced Thailand’s first two confirmed cases of babies born with smaller than normal heads as a result of Zika virus infection during pregnancy.

 

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Phuket Super Cheap discontinues ‘Pla Ra’ snake surprise

The Phuket News

 

 

PHUKET:-- Super Cheap have discontinued their orders of the traditional Thai fermented fish dish “Pla Ra” from their supplier after officials confirmed that the suspect meat in a customer’s order was snake, not fish, as ordered.

 

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New Phuket governor arrives

Chutharat Plerin

 

 

PHUKET:-- Newly appointed Phuket Governor Chokchai Detamornthan and his wife Raweewan Detamornthan, who is the new president of the Phuket Red Cross, received a warm welcome on their arrival in Phuket this morning. 

 

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