Month: August 2020
Residual amount of coronavirus ‘cannot infect anyone’
QUESTIONS are arising about the meaning of residual amount of coronavirus after two Thai women were found to have this low amount in their body this week and both are now under medical supervision, Sanook.com reported today (August 20, 2020) Both the women, one 34 years old and the other 35, had returned separately from …
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Pope warns rich countries against coronavirus vaccine nationalism
By Philip Pullella , Reuters & published by LiveMint.com RICH COUNTRIES should not hoard a coronavirus vaccine and should only give pandemic-related bailouts to companies committed to protecting the environment, helping the most needy and the ‘common good’, Pope Francis said today (August 19, 2020) “It would be sad if the rich are given priority …
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Urgent! Covid-19 patient found within the country
RAMATHIBODI Hospital confirmed this afternoon (August 19) that its respiratory system clinic had found a patient infected with Covid-19 with this person having previously cleared the 14-day state quarantine and allowed out to lead a normal life, Sanook.com said. Dr. Piyamit Srithara, dean of this hospital’s Faculty of Medicine, said the viral sharing online of …
Student demonstrators ‘can sue abusive teachers’
THE Thai Lawyers for Human Rights organization came out to support students who have been participating in an anti-dictatorship campaign by pointing out that they have to the right to sue teachers who abuse them under the Thai criminal code, Voice TV reported today (August 19, 2020). Another demonstration took place in Chiang Mai earlier …
Boy, 4, severely beaten by mum, stepdad
HOSPITALIZED with two ribs and a collarbone broken and around 20 new and old wounds on his body is four-year-old Nong Ton (assumed name) with his real mother and stepfather confessing to having beaten him to make sure he turns out to be a good and smart lad, Sanook.com reported this morning (August 19, 2020). …
Police move to arrest six Thammasat University students
PATHUM THANI provincial police have collected evidence to present to Thanyaburi Provincial Court to consider issuing arrest warrants against six students leaders of the August 10 rally at Thammasat University Rangsit campus on four charges, Naewna newspaper and INN News said this evening (August 18, 2020). The six student leaders are Ms. Panusaya Sitthichirawattanakul, or …
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Tropical storm heads to China, monsoon trough coming to Thailand
THE THAI Meteorological Bureau issued a warning this afternoon (August 18) that Tropical Storm Higos will soon be making a landfall at Guangdong, China, while Hong Kong is considering issuing the No 8 typhoon signal tonight. At 4 p.m. Higos, located at latitude 21.1 degrees north and longitude 115.2 degrees east with maximum sustained winds …
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Prosecutor chasing PM’s motorcade ‘in a hurry because of stomach upset’
A SENIOR prosecutor who chased, blared the horn and flashed emergency lights at Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s motorcade yesterday morning has told Special Branch police that he had only put the emergency lights on because he had diarrhoea, Sanook.com reported today (August 18, 2020). The senior prosecutor, who was previously director-general of the Attorney-General’s Office, …
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Public prosecutor’s sedan chases PM’s motorcade
AN OLD Honda Accord sedan owned by a public prosecutor chased Prime Minister’s motorcade on the expressway while he was traveling from his residence within the 1st Infantry Regiment compound to Government House yesterday morning, INN News reported today (August 18). The bluish-green Bangkok-registered sedan, driven a middle-aged man who police have already identified, chased …
Russia’s vaccine chief claims the West is trying to ‘lure’ away its scientists
By Holly Ellyatt, CNBC THE HEAD of Russia’s vaccine-development body has claimed that Western research institutions are seeking to “lure” away its scientists to work for them. Alexander Gintsburg alleged that attempts to poach scientists from Russia to work in Europe and the US had not worked. Gintsburg is the head of the Gamaleya National …
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Droves of students join white bow anti-dictatorship campaign
By Komkrit Duangmanee, Sanook.com STUDENTS at schools across the country joined an anti-dictatorship campaign today (August 17) by sporting a white bow as a symbolic display of resistance against using state power to threaten and deprive people of freedom, Sanook.com said. This campaign is also spreading on Twitter under a Thai-language hashtag, #WhiteBowAgainstDictatorship. Female students …
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Pridi: Government not broke, situation manageable
NEW Finance Minister Pridi Daochai said today (August 17) after delivering his policy to ministry officials that the government is not broke and additional economic recovery measures will definitely be implemented, INN News said. The new minister pointed out that the entire world economy is in a decline as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic …
Thai villagers launch gold-digging tourism
By Thai Newsroom Reporters VILLAGERS IN A western Thai province have been eagerly inviting visitors to dig for gold in a creek, literally. The villagers in Ron Thong community in Bang Sapan district of Prachuap Khiri Khan province are not only digging for gold themselves in the creek called Klong Thong but inviting travellers and …
After Ladakh, Nepal and Bhutan, China now claims territory In Tajikistan
By EurAsian Times RUSSIA’S sphere of influence in Tajikistan is under threat as China has now claimed a part of the Central Asian country. China’s claim over Tajikistan comes after it claimed parts of India, Bhutan, Nepal and has ongoing disputes in the South China Sea (SCS) with many nations. According to reports, an article …
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Free Youth group starts rally at Democracy Monument, Penguin shows up
THE rally by the Free Youth group at Democracy Monument kicked off at 2.33 p.m. this afternoon (August 16) amid tight security with demonstrators calling for Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to resign, INN News reported. The demonstrators, who insisted that their gathering was absolutely in accordance with law, said Gen. Prayut should step down to …
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Condo scaffolding collapse kills two Myanmar workers
THE SUDDEN collapse of a section of the scaffolding at a high-rise condominium being built in Chonburi province led to two Myanmar workers dying on the spot and two other being injured, one seriously, INN News reported today (August 16, 2020). Pol. Capt. Suchart Charoensri, an investigator at Sansuk police station in this province, rushed …
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‘Canary in the coal mine’: Greenland ice has shrunk beyond return, study finds
By Reuters, published by Straits Times Nuuk, Greenland – Greenland’s ice sheet may have shrunk past the point of return, with the ice likely to melt away no matter how quickly the world reduces climate-warming emissions, new research suggests. Scientists studied data on 234 glaciers across the Arctic territory spanning 34 years through 2018 and …
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PM denies ordering arrest of students as Penguin is released
SPEAKING after the Criminal Court temporarily released student activist Mr. Parit Chivarak, or Penguin, on bail under the guarantee of a Thammasat University lecturer, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha confirmed he had not ordered the arrest of students or political activists, Sanook.com reported. Deputy government spokesperson Ms. Trisulee Trisaranakul said Gen. Prayut pointed out that he …
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Over 250,000 ecstasy pills seized in 10 months
THAI officials have intercepted the potent ecstasy drug parcelled from Europe 28 times over the last 10 months impounding 259,416 tablets with 26 traffickers arrested, INN News reported today (August 15, 2020). Mr. Niyom Termsrisuk, secretary-general of the Narcotics Control Board (NACC), said this agency together with customs officials acting under Airport Interdiction Task Force …
Chula students ignore ban, stage rally at campus
CHULALONGKORN University flash mob turned up for a rally within the campus last evening (August 14) despite the administrators having in the morning stopped the planned activity, Naewna newspaper reported this morning (August 15, 2020). The gathering, under the hashtags #Main pillar will break dictatorship and #Let it end with our generation, drew both university …
US home prices climb to record in pandemic as buyers seek space
By Associated Press, published by Fox Business New York — A renter most of his adult life, Clarence Swann became fearful that landlords would use the coronavirus pandemic as an excuse to gouge their tenants. So, with a desire to move near family, the retired veteran bought his first home last month at the age …
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#SaveParit zooms in social media after Penguin’s arrest
THE #SaveParit hashtag is going viral on Thai social media after Mr. Parit Chivarak, or Penguin, a political activist, was arrested by police at 4.20 p.m. just as he was going to attend a rally at Nonthaburi pier, Sanook.com reported today (August 14, 2020). Police showed him a Criminal Court arrest warrant number 1172/2563 with …
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