Month: May 2020

PTI published by Deccan Chronicle New Delhi: Chinese helicopters were spotted flying close to the undemarcated border between India and China in Eastern Ladakh after around 250 soldiers of both sides were engaged in a fierce face-off near Pangong Lake in the area last week, official sources said. The situation in the area remained tense …

Chinese helicopters spotted in Eastern Ladakh along India-China border: SourcesRead More

DEPUTY police spokesman Pol Col Krissana Pattanacharoen this afternoon (12.5.2020) said police and security officials are “searching for the truth” in the beaming of laser messages at various places last night and are closely following the situation as it is known that there are people who want to create confusion this month, PostToday reported. Those …

Police ‘searching for the truth’ in probing beamed laser messagesRead More

DEPUTY Prime Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwan this morning (12.5.2020) refused to say whether the shining of laser messages at various important buildings and stations last night were in violation of the Emergency Decree pointing out that the police are investigating the incident, INN News reported. The Deputy Premier added that he does not as yet …

Gen Prawit: Police checking beamed laser messagesRead More

By Ajay Banerjee, Tribune News Service TROOPS of nuclear-armed India and China have clashed in eastern Ladakh and north Sikkim along the un-demarcated and disputed frontier between the two neighbours, leaving many injured on both sides. Details are emerging of the ongoing development in eastern Ladakh, which is much bigger in scale and has wider …

India, China skirmishes in Ladakh, Sikkim; many hurtRead More

Surat Thani – A Thai businesswoman on Koh Phangan island, which is renowned for its monthly Full Moon Party, invited foreign tourists marooned here by the coronavirus pandemic to create coconut stalk art as a way to de-stress and their imaginative renderings have now turned into a new attraction, PostToday reported this afternoon (11.5.2020). Ms …

Stranded tourist create coconut stalk art on Koh PhanganRead More

THE Metropolitan Waterworks Authority (MWA) came out to debunk fake news going viral on the Thai social media warning people to not cook rice with tap water pointing out that the tap water it produces is tested and therefore safe for consumption and cooking rice, Thai Rath newspaper reported today (11.5.2020). In an announcement issued …

MWA debunks fake news on cooking rice with tap waterRead More

The Associated Press, published by Denver Post Washington — Former US President Barack Obama harshly criticized President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic as an “absolute chaotic disaster” during a conversation with ex-members of his administration, according to a recording obtained by Yahoo News. Obama also reacted to the Justice Department dropping its criminal …

Barack Obama lashes out at President TrumpRead More

THE Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) spokesman said today (10.5.2020) that the phase 2 relaxation of the coronavirus lockdown will be considered at a full meeting on May 15 but there will not be trial reopening of shopping malls on May 14-15, PostToday reported. Dr Taweesin Visanuyothin, CCSA’s spokesman, said several forms of relaxing …

Malls not reopening on May 14-15, movie halls to stay shut for nowRead More

THE Ministry of Tourism and Sports is getting ready to approve relief measures for this key industry which has been badly impacted by the coronavirus pandemic and may distribute 5,000 baht a month for three months to those affected, INN News reported today (10.5.2020). Sarawut Sae Tiew, a member of this ministry’s tourism working group …

Tourism industry will also likely get 5,000 baht cash giveawayRead More

(ChannelNewsAsia) Washington: US Vice President Mike Pence’s press secretary, the wife of one of President Donald Trump’s senior advisors, has tested positive for the coronavirus, raising alarm about the virus’ potential spread within the White House’s inner most circle. The diagnosis of Katie Miller, who is married to White House immigration adviser Stephen Miller, was …

White House defends coronavirus safety measures as Pence aide falls illRead More

WITH barber shops and beauty salons now open for limited service, many are making appointments for the ever so important hair cut to be properly groomed but while availing themselves of this indispensable service they are nevertheless still fearful of catching the deadly coronanvirus. It was in this state of mind that Dr Manoon Leechawengwongs, …

Doctor tapes mask to his face before hair cutRead More

THE Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) announced that the test opening of a shopping mall will take place prior to the likely official further relaxation of the coronavirus lockdown measures on May 17 with the opening of Chatuchak market this weekend governed by strict measures,  PostToday reported this afternoon (May 9, 2020). Dr Taweesin …

Test opening of a mall soon as Chatuchak is back in business this weekendRead More

Reuters published by ChannelNewsAsia GENEVA: A wholesale market in the central Chinese city of Wuhan played a role in the outbreak of the novel coronavirus last year, as the source or possibly as an “amplifying setting”, the World Health Organization said on Friday (May 8), calling for more research. Chinese authorities shut down the market …

Wuhan market had role in virus outbreak, but more research needed: WHORead More

DEPUTY Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak said today (8.5.2020) that with the overall picture of the Thai economy in the first quarter not being good and the second quarter still worrying as exports are in a poor shape while tourism is in a crisis there remains only one functioning economic engine and that is the domestic …

Somkid sets his sights on domestic economyRead More

By Peeranut P., Sanook.com A CAFÉ that became very popular among coffee-loving tourists towards the end of last year before coronavirus spread to Thailand for its location right next to the sea at Bang Saen beach and the unusual style and design of the building is called Red Tempt Coffee, Sanook.com reported this week (4.5.2020-10.5.2020). …

Unusual seaside tower café reopens with strict steps in placeRead More

By Maggie Fox, CNN (CNN)  – Blood thinning drugs could help save some patients who are the most severely affected by the new coronavirus, doctors reported on Wednesday. The findings from a team at Mount Sinai Hospital could help with a troubling problem that has shocked and horrified doctors treating coronavirus patients around the world …

Blood thinners may help patients with severe Covid-19 infections, study findsRead More

IN a bleak projection of the coronavirus-wracked Thai real estate market Century 21 (Thailand) Company said developers are now facing liquidity problems and have started selling their assets to keep afloat with land prices expected to drop by 20-30% in the second half of this year, PostToday reported this afternoon (7.5.2020). Kittisak Jampathipphong, president and …

Coronavirus ‘will lead to land prices plunging by 20-30% in H2’Read More

DEFRAUDED business operators who lost over 100 million baht in a scam that promised them big profits for investing in a  cryptocoin that could be exchanged for chips at Cambodian casinos which a Thai woman and some Cambodian military officers had mounted asked for help from the Economic Crime Suppression Division today (7.5.2020), INN News …

Investors lose 100m baht in Thai-Cambodian cryptocoin-casino chip scamRead More

By Stuart Lau, South China Morning Post THE European Union has called for a worldwide investigation into the origins and spread of Covid-19 in a move its foreign policy chief described as “standing aside from the battlefield between China and the US”. The EU said the bloc and its 27 member states would co-sponsor a …

European Union backs international inquiry into origins of coronavirus outbreakRead More

THE Spokesman for the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) advised those jogging in the park that they should leave a distance of 10 metres from the person behind them because their heavy breathing and panting would spread droplets quite far and suggests walking with a face mask on as a better option, PostToday reported …

Joggers told to keep 10 metres apartRead More

A VILLAGE In Nokhon Ratchasima (Korat) province adopted a colourful way to drive out the deadly coronavirus by hanging a red shirt in front of the house to scare it off, PostToday reported this morning (6.5.2020). Most of the people at Nong Ya Khao village, Sam Phaniang subdstrict in Non Daeang district, enthusiastically agreed to …

Red shirts hung in front of houses to chase away coronavirusRead More

By Reuters and published by Daily Mail BEIJING could face a rising wave of hostility in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak that could tip relations with the United States into “armed confrontation”, an internal Chinese report has warned. The report, presented early last month by the Ministry of State Security to top Beijing leaders …

Report warns Beijing faces Tiananmen-like global backlash over virusRead More