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Thailand extends grace period for stranded foreigners

 

 

BANGKOK, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Thailand on Monday extended a grace period for visa renewals for foreigners stranded in the country due to the coronavirus pandemic until the end of October, as travel restrictions remain in place and new infections climb globally.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1184833-thailand-extends-grace-period-for-stranded-foreigners/

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More foreigners to be allowed entry into the country

By The Nation

 

Dr Taweesin Visanuyothin

 

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) approved on Monday entry into the country for more groups of foreigners.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1184806-more-foreigners-to-be-allowed-entry-into-thailand/

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The Great Expat Explore Hotel Stay Prize Draw Giveaway

 

Early this year Thaivisa.com launched Expat Explore designed to help domestic travel in Thailand through Expat travel. Thaivisa went to the industry and negotiated hard to get the best possible travel rates for its Expat members in exchange for free advertising.

 

 

The market responded and Expats not surprisingly redeemed these wonderful offers and started to travel more throughout Thailand, a win-win in every sense.

 

To celebrate this and further push Expat Explore Thaivisa have again teamed up with hoteliers throughout Thailand to offer 10 lucky winners free hotel accommodation ranging from 1 to 2 nights. We also have over 10 other runner prizes of vouchers for hotel stay at 40% - 50% off.

 

More information: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1184027-the-great-expat-explore-hotel-stay-prize-draw-giveaway/

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Phuket gears up for reopening to long-staying foreign tourists in October

 

Image Credit: Phuket 101

 

Thailand’s resort island of Phuket is preparing to reopen to long-stay foreign tourists on October 1st and one of the areas being improved is road safety.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1184843-phuket-gears-up-for-reopening-to-long-staying-foreign-tourists-in-october/

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Pheu Thai to get new leadership on Thursday, ‘no shift to ruling coalition’

By The Nation

 

Photo Credit: Nation Photo by Wanchai Kraisornkhajit

 

The main opposition Pheu Thai Party will select a new leader and executive committee on Thursday, acting leader Chusak Sirinil said following a meeting on Monday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1184881-pheu-thai-to-get-new-leadership-on-thursday-‘no-shift-to-ruling-coalition’/

 

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GLO eyes referendum on online lottery

By The Nation

 

 

The Government Lottery Office (GLO) is planning to hold a public referendum on online lottery in March next year to decide on the future of online betting.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1184882-glo-eyes-referendum-on-online-lottery/

 

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Expert predicts failure for MK Real Estate takeover bid

By THE NATION

 

 

An expert predicts that Finansa (FNS)’s bid to take control of MK Real Estate Development (MK) by purchasing MK stocks at Bt3.10 will be unsuccessful.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1184883-expert-predicts-failure-for-mk-real-estate-takeover-bid/

 

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Gang charged after besieging activist Ekachai's home

By The Nation

 

 

Nine men who besieged the Bangkok home of prominent pro-democracy activist Ekachai Hongkangwan were charged with causing a disturbance on Monday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1184884-gang-charged-after-besieging-activist-ekachais-home/

 

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Former candidate for Seri Ruam Thai Party given 50 years for drug trafficking

 

 

A former candidate for Thailand’s Seri Ruam Thai political party, and a Chinese man, were today sentenced to 50 years in prison after they, along with two other Chinese nationals, were found guilty of drug trafficking.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1184885-former-candidate-for-seri-ruam-thai-party-given-50-years-for-drug-trafficking/

 

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Survey - People believe political conflicts can be resolved

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - With many people still coping with the adverse effects of COVID-19, the country also has to put up with political conflicts. A recent public survey, by the Suan Dusit Rajabhat University, or Suan Dusit Poll, reveals that most respondents see that this is the time for people to help find solutions to the problems and that they can be resolved, if there is sincerity.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1184886-survey-people-believe-political-conflicts-can-be-resolved/

 

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Ministries promote rubber as road safety material

 

   

BUENG KAN (NNT) - The Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives have ordered the acceleration of campaigns promoting the use of natural rubber in the production of road safety equipment, aimed at increasing road safety while raising rubber prices.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1184887-thai-ministries-promote-rubber-as-road-safety-material/

 

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Commerce Ministry holds ASEAN-Canada FTA public forum

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Ministry of Commerce is trying to improve the advantages for Thai exporters on the global stage through Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) between ASEAN and other countries around the world. The Ministry has held a seminar on the ASEAN-Canada FTA, which promises better access to a high-potential market with a population of 36 million.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1184888-thai-commerce-ministry-holds-asean-canada-fta-public-forum/

 

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Liverpool maintain 100% start with win over Arsenal

 

Soccer Football - Premier League - Liverpool v Arsenal - Anfield, Liverpool, Britain - September 28, 2020. Liverpool's Diogo Jota celebrates scoring their third goal with teammates Pool via REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff

 

LIVERPOOL, England (Reuters) - Premier League champions Liverpool maintained their 100% start to the season with a 3-1 win against Arsenal at Anfield on Monday leaving them level on nine points with pacesetters Everton and Leicester City.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1184889-liverpool-maintain-100-start-with-win-over-arsenal/

 

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Villa beat Fulham 3-0 to move into top four

 

Soccer Football - Premier League - Fulham v Aston Villa - Craven Cottage, London, Britain - September 28, 2020 Aston Villa's Tyrone Mings celebrates scoring their third goal with teammates Pool via REUTERS/Will Oliver

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Aston Villa moved into the Premier League top four after they strolled to a 3-0 win at Fulham thanks to goals from Jack Grealish, Conor Hourihane and Tyrone Mings in a lopsided contest on Monday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1184890-villa-beat-fulham-3-0-to-move-into-top-four/

 

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Dutch football reluctantly accepts ban on spectators

 

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - UEFA Nations League - League A - Group 1 - Netherlands v Italy - Johan Cruijff Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands - September 7, 2020 General view inside the stadium before the match REUTERS/Piroschka Van De Wouw

 

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch football reluctantly accepted Monday’s decision by the government to ban spectators from all sporting events to slow a second wave of novel coronavirus infections.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1184891-dutch-football-reluctantly-accepts-ban-on-spectators/

 

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After New York Times revelations, Trump says he paid millions in taxes

 

U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to inspect the Lordstown Motors 2021 endurance truck, an electric pickup truck, on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 28, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he paid "many millions of dollars in taxes" and that he had many more assets than debt, but did not provide evidence or promise to release any financial statements before the Nov. 3 election.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1184892-after-new-york-times-revelations-trump-says-he-paid-millions-in-taxes/

 

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Threat to evacuate U.S. diplomats from Iraq raises fear of war

By John Davison

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo faces the news media with Iraq's Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein at the State Department in Washington, U.S., August 19, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo

 

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Washington has made preparations to withdraw diplomats from Iraq after warning Baghdad it could shut its embassy, two Iraqi officials and two Western diplomats said, a step Iraqis fear could turn their country into a battle zone.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1184893-threat-to-evacuate-us-diplomats-from-iraq-raises-fear-of-war/

 

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Biden campaign tees up Trump tax issue on eve of first debate

By Susan Cornwell and Trevor Hunnicutt

 

Students stand in for U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic U.S. presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden as technicians prepare the stage for their first presidential debate on the campus of the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. September 28, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

WASHINGTON/WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - Joe Biden's campaign seized on a fresh line of attack on the eve of the Democratic presidential nominee's first debate with President Donald Trump, accusing the Republican incumbent of gaming the system to avoid paying his fair share of taxes.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1184896-biden-campaign-tees-up-trump-tax-issue-on-eve-of-first-debate/

 

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U.S. CDC director says 'We're nowhere near the end' of pandemic: NBC

 

FILE PHOTO: Robert Redfield, MD, Director, United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, testifies during a U.S. Senate Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Hearing to examine COVID-19, focusing on an update on the federal response at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 23, 2020. Alex Edelman/Pool via REUTERS

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of a top U.S. government health agency contradicted President Donald Trump upbeat assessment of the coronavirus pandemic, saying "We're nowhere near the end," NBC News reported on Monday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1184895-us-cdc-director-says-were-nowhere-near-the-end-of-pandemic-nbc/

 

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Trump, pressured over pandemic, says states will receive 150 million tests

By Steve Holland and Andrea Shalal

 

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks about the administration's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing plan in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 28, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump, under fire over his handling of the coronavirus epidemic, announced on Monday the federal government would ship 150 million rapid tests to U.S. states and warned an increase in positive cases is likely in the days ahead.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1184894-trump-pressured-over-pandemic-says-states-will-receive-150-million-tests/

 

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August indicators show Thai economy recovering

By The Nation

 

 

Economic indicators for August show significant improvement from July but suggest the economy is still contracting, according to the Finance Ministry.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1184902-august-indicators-show-thai-economy-recovering/

 

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Caddie injured by Italian golfer in Chiang Mai claims she only got 5,000 baht compensation

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

A Chiang Mai caddie who was seriously injured in the eye after she was hit by a golf ball has gone back to the Chiang Mai police. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1184909-caddie-injured-by-italian-golfer-in-chiang-mai-claims-she-only-got-5000-baht-compensation/

 

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Korat man allegedly kills wife, then himself after she 'wants a divorce’

By THE NATION

 

 

A Korat man allegedly shot his wife dead then turned the gun on himself after the woman was said to want a divorce.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1184913-korat-man-allegedly-kills-wife-then-himself-after-she-wants-a-divorce’/

 

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Bear footprints spark alert in Chaiyaphum

By THE NATION

 

 

Residents in Chaiyaphum’s Kudloh subdistrict and surrounding areas have been warned against going into sugarcane plantations after officials confirmed that footprints found in one sugarcane field belonged to bears.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1184915-bear-footprints-spark-alert-in-chaiyaphum/

 

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Thailand's 'rule breaker' school uniforms challenge tradition

By Juarawee Kittisilpa and Jorge Silva

 

Models pose for an advertising campaign wearing Thai designer Tin Tunsopon's creations aiming to be an alternative to the school uniforms that are mandatory in the country, in this handout picture taken in Thailand, June 2020. Wacoal X Post-Thesis/Handout via REUTERS

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - In Thai classrooms, showing a rebellious or creative streak through what you wear is difficult.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1184918-thailands-rule-breaker-school-uniforms-challenge-tradition/

 

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Puzzled scientists seek reasons behind Africa's low fatality rates from pandemic

By Alexander Winning

 

FILE PHOTO: A health worker walks between beds at a temporary field hospital set up by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Khayelitsha township near Cape Town, South Africa, July 21, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

 

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Africa's overburdened public health systems, dearth of testing facilities and overcrowded slums had experts predicting a disaster when COVID-19 hit the continent in February.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1184920-puzzled-scientists-seek-reasons-behind-africas-low-fatality-rates-from-pandemic/

 

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EU and Britain far apart as key week of Brexit talks begins

By Jan Strupczewski, John Chalmers and Elizabeth Piper

 

FILE PHOTO: A Mini car is seen with a Union flag and European Union flag design on its bonnet in London, Britain March 31, 2016. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo

 

BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) - The European Union and Britain both said a post-Brexit deal was still some way off and differences persisted on Monday over putting in place their earlier divorce deal as they began a decisive week of talks in Brussels.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1184923-eu-and-britain-far-apart-as-key-week-of-brexit-talks-begins/

 

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School axes 4 teachers for allegedly assaulting kindergartners, vows to change exec panel

By THE NATION

 

 

Sarasas Witaed Ratchaphruek School in Nonthaburi province has terminated the employment of four teachers who allegedly physically assaulted young students.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1184626-school-sacks-teacher-caught-assaulting-kindergartners-offers-legal-help-to-parents-in-prosecuting-her/?do=findComment&comment=15863996

 

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Thai man pulls gun on convenience store staffer over mask wearing - police give him SEVEN days to come in

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Sanook reported that a social media post on "Hunter.Reborn" showed a Thai man pull a gun on a staffer outside a convenience store. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1184934-thai-man-pulls-gun-on-convenience-store-staffer-over-mask-wearing-police-give-him-seven-days-to-come-in/

 

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STV: Chinese will be first foreign tourists allowed in, then Scandinavians

 

 

Thai media The Bangkok Insight has revealed the first flights that will be allowed into Thailand now that the government has approved plans for the STV or special Tourist Visa. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1184911-stv-chinese-will-be-first-foreign-tourists-allowed-in-then-scandinavians/