Day: February 22, 2021
Two strangers get married in Las Vegas after meeting on TikTok
By Chelsea Ritschel, The Independent, published by MSN.com PEOPLLE are sharing their well-wishes for two strangers who recently tied the knot in Las Vegas after meeting on TikTok. The unique meeting and subsequent wedding occurred after Gunnar Michels, a 24-year-old videographer posted a TikTok last month in which he explained that he wanted to marry …
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Mekong River levels ‘slightly’ rise amid conflicting regional data
By Reuters Staff, published by Todayonline.com THE inter-governmental Mekong River Commission (MRC) said today (Feb. 22) that levels on the vital waterway have “slightly” increased and it would look into why its outflow data from Chinese dams upstream differed from data later given by Beijing. Whether or not China’s 11 dams are harming downstream nations …
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Public Health Ministry launches Medical Marijuana Institute
AS parts of marijuana plants, including leaves, roots and stems, can now be used in food in Thailand the Medical Marijuana Institute was officially launched today (Feb. 22) to provide information about marijuana to the general public, while promoting it as a cash crop, NNT said The Public Health Minister, Anutin Charnvirakul, presided over the …
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Four protest leaders denied bail for the fourth time
FOUR protest leaders held in pretrial detention since Feb. 9 were for the fourth time denied temporary bail by the Criminal Court today (Feb. 22), Siam Rath newspaper quoted Mr. Paisal Puechmongkol, a former assistant deputy prime minister, as saying in his Facebook post. Paisal mentioned that the court did now allow the four protest …
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Update: CCSA allows drinking alcohol till 11 p.m.
THE Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) announced at 3.25 p.m. today (Feb. 22) that it was agreed at a meeting held earlier to extend the emergency decree another month till end of March while now allowing alcohol to be served at all licenced venues till 11 p.m., Siam Rath said. CCSA’s spokesman Dr. Taweesilp …
Over a dozen protesters detained in Myanmar
By Myanmar Now and Reuters Staff MORE than a dozen protesters were detained by security forces in Myanmar’s administrative capital Naypyidaw today (Feb. 22) as the widespread fury over the February 1 military coup is channeled into a general strike taking place in a number of cities across the country. The protesters, who are on …
PM moves to ease restaurant dine-in regulation tomorrow
PRIME Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said in a message posted on his Facebook page today (Feb. 22) that the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration’s (CCSA’s) big committee will consider relaxing a regulation on people eating and drinking in restaurants and pubs at its meeting tomorrow, Siam Rath newspaper said. On January 4 the Bangkok Metropolitan …
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