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Beirut's accidental cargo: how an unscheduled port visit led to disaster

By Maria Vasilyeva

 

Boris Prokoshev (R), captain of cargo vessel Rhosus, and boatswain Boris Musinchak pose next to a freight hold loaded with ammonium nitrate in the port of Beirut, Lebanon, in a summer 2014 photograph. Picture taken in summer 2014. REUTERS/Personal archives of Boris Musinchak

 

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The chemicals that went up in flames in Beirut's deadliest peace-time explosion arrived in the Lebanese capital seven years ago on a leaky Russian-leased cargo ship that, according to its captain, should never have stopped there.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176684-beiruts-accidental-cargo-how-an-unscheduled-port-visit-led-to-disaster/

 

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Mekong nations pressed to share data as water level falls to new low

 

FILE PHOTO: A view of the Mekong river bordering Thailand and Laos is seen from the Thai side in Nong Khai, Thailand, Picture taken October 29, 2019. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - The inter-governmental Mekong River Commission on Friday urged China and Southeast Asian countries to share more data on hydropower dam operations, as water flow in the Mekong hit record low levels for a second consecutive year.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176688-mekong-nations-pressed-to-share-data-as-water-level-falls-to-new-low/

 

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Indonesia imposes 10% VAT on Facebook, Disney, Tiktok

 

FILE PHOTO: A 3D-printed Facebook logo is seen placed on a keyboard in this illustration taken March 25, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

 

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia has added more technology companies that will be obligated to apply 10% value-added tax on sales to Indonesian customers to include Facebook, Disney and TikTok, its tax office said on Friday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176689-indonesia-imposes-10-vat-on-facebook-disney-tiktok/

 

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Full Service at Schools Mulled

 

 

BANGKOK, Aug 7 (TNA) – Officials supervising lockdown easing considered the resumption of full service at schools and on passenger buses.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176690-full-service-at-schools-mulled/

 

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PM: Tourism Promotion Must Continue

 

 

BANGKOK, Aug 7 (TNA) — Tourists’ reservation of about 200,000 hotel rooms was still not enough and the government would come up with new tourism campaigns, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176691-pm-tourism-promotion-must-continue/

 

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John Wick: Fifth Movie To Be Shot Back To Back With Fourth

By James White

 

 

We already knew that John Wick's fourth chapter was on the way – even if it has been pushed back to 2022.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176694-john-wick-fifth-movie-to-be-shot-back-to-back-with-fourth/

 

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Dirty Dancing sequel starring Jennifer Grey announced 33 years after original

By Catherine Shoard

 

Time of their life … Jennifer Grey with the late Patrick Swayze in the 1987 original. Photograph: Everett Collection / Rex Features

 

An official sequel to the hit summer romance movie Dirty Dancing has been announced, 33 years after the first film was released.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176695-dirty-dancing-sequel-starring-jennifer-grey-announced-33-years-after-original/

 

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Breaking Bad star returns to crime in first-look trailer at TV comeback

BY JUSTIN HARP

 

SHOWTIME

 

Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston returns to TV in a completely different type of crime drama.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176696-breaking-bad-star-returns-to-crime-in-first-look-trailer-at-tv-comeback/

 

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Not 'Thigh-land': Thais amused at Trump's slip

By Patpicha Tanakasempipat

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump wears a protective face mask due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic as he talks with workers while touring a Whirlpool Corporation washing machine factory in Clyde, Ohio, U.S., August 6, 2020. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Citizens of Thailand were surprised and bemused on Friday to discover their country’s name had become a social media meme after U.S. President Donald Trump mispronounced it.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176706-not-thigh-land-thais-amused-at-trumps-slip/

 

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Plea to find missing Brit last seen in Phuket

By The Phuket News

 

Peter Murray’s last known location was The Metropole Hotel in Phuket Town on July 27. Photo: Courtesy of Shannon Murray

 

PHUKET:-- A niece in England has made a plea to find her missing uncle, Peter Murray, 60, who was last reported to be in Phuket.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176707-plea-to-find-missing-brit-last-seen-in-phuket/

 

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Two men arrested in Thalang drug raid 

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The drugs seized. Photo: Eakkapop thongtub

 

PHUKET:-- Officers arrested two men with 40 grammes of crystal methamphetamine (ya ice) in Srisoonthorn on Wednesday (Aug 5).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1176708-two-men-arrested-in-thalang-drug-raid/

 

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Thailand Live Saturday 8 Aug 2020

 

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