A THREE-YEAR-OLD boy accidentally fired a shot while playing with his father’s revolver and died on the spot just before noon today (June 15), Sanook.com reported. Upon arriving at the house where the Kor (assumed name) tragically died police from Nakhon Ratchasima province’s Thong Song station saw his body on a bed with a .357
Month: June 2020
Small boy accidently shoots, kills himself
A THREE-YEAR-OLD boy accidentally fired a shot while playing with his father’s revolver and died on the spot just before noon today (June 15), Sanook.com reported. Upon arriving at the house where the Kor (assumed name) tragically died police from Nakhon Ratchasima province’s Thong Song station saw his body on a bed with a .357
Read moreGen Prayut says foreign tourists have to submit medical certificate
PRIME Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said today (June 15) that the government is working on setting up travel bubbles in the country and foreign tourists would be required to have a medical certificate and accept this and other rules with those willing to do so to be allowed to travel here, Naewna newspaper reported. Speaking at
Read moreCheckpoints stay in place to monitor security despite curfew ending
METROPOLITAN Police Bureau is transforming its 88 curfew checkpoints to ones monitoring security and preventing crime now that night curfew has ended with this effective from 11 p.m. last night (June 14), INN News reported this morning. Pol Maj Gen Nitinan Petchabarom, deputy commander of the Metropolitan Police Bureau, told this online news site that
Read moreNASA spacecraft sends back images of stars from 4.3 billion miles away
(CNN) – From its unique vantage point 4.3 billion miles from Earth, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has captured images of nearby stars — and the stars appear to be in different positions than where we see them from Earth. This is the first time this kind of “parallax effect” has been captured using a spacecraft.
Read moreTeenager turns himself in after stabbing mother 12 times
A REMORSEFUL 16-year-old teenager who stabbed his mother 12 times in order to have a free and independent life surrendered to police today (June 14), Sanook.com reported. The teenager had used a knife to stab his mother, Bupkaree, a dozen times at 3 a.m. yesterday at their house in Songkhla province just 10 days after
Read moreFaulty ATM spits out free money
By Thai Newsroom Reporters AN UNKNOWN NUMBER of people withdrew cash from an ATM in downtown Ranong last night (June 13) and got the money 10 times as much due to its malfunctioning computer. The ATM installed in front of the Siam Commercial Bank’s branch office in the capital district of the southern province glitched
Read morePoll shows majority want to keep door shut to foreign tourists
THE majority of Thai people do not want foreign tourists to return to their country as revealed in an online opinion survey conducted by Suan Dusit Poll with 1,116 people questioned during June 9-12, PostToday reported this morning (14.6.2020). The poll was held to gauge the people’s reaction to the government’s move to revive tourism
Read moreMasks significantly reduce infection risk, study finds
By Reuters, published by Cyprus Mail REQUIRING the wearing of masks to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus in areas at the epicentre of the global pandemic may have prevented tens of thousands of infections, a new study suggests. Mask-wearing is even more important for preventing the virus’ spread and the sometimes deadly Covid-19
Read more50 ethnic youngsters get Thai ID cards in Chiang Rai
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FIFTY YOUNG ETHNIC villagers in Mae Sai district of Chiang Rai province have been naturalized and given ID cards as Thai nationals. Chief district officer of Mae Sai Prasong Onla confirmed today (June 13) all the 50 youngsters were born in Thai territory to parents of varied ethnic groups, most of
Read morePlayful pod of 20 dolphins spotted off Koh Tao
Surat Thani – Tourists were thrilled to see a pod of 20 dolphins jumping and playing in the sea off Koh Tao, which earlier this month was named by United Nation Environment Programme (UNEP) as an island with a strong community committed to coral reef conservation, PostToday reported this afternoon (13.6.2020). The tourists who were
Read moreTropical storm Nuri, monsoon bringing very heavy rain to Thailand
THAI weathermen issued a warning at 4 a.m.this morning that tropical storm Nuri is now heading for southern coast of China and is likely to make a landfall during June 13-14 while the southwesterly monsoon is also strengthening during June 13-16 with the combined weather patterns to bring very heavy rain to Thailand, People in
Read moreUK economy in record slump due to coronavirus
By Elliot Smith, CNBC THE UK posted the biggest monthly fall in GDP (gross domestic product) on record in April, according to the Office for National Statistics. GDP fell by 20.4% compared to the previous month, a sharper contraction than the 18.4% expected by analysts polled by Reuters. This represented a 24.5% decline from April
Read moreCurfew ends on Monday June 15, but inbound travel ban continues
PRIME Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha today (June 12) approved the lifting of the 11 p.m. to 3 .m. curfew from Monday June 15 onward, Naewna newspaper reported. However the full meeting of Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) which Gen Prayut presided over decided to forbid travel into Thailand by land, sea or air for the
Read moreBig hunt off Phuket for four missing fishermen
ROYAL Thai Navy and Marine Police together with Phuket residents sent out boats early this morning (June 12) to search for four fishermen missing in deep sea after their two long-tail boats sank near Maiton island with two others having been successfully rescued, PostToday reported. At 8 a.m. Vice Admiral Choengchai Chomchoengphaet, commander of the
Read moreHungry elephants raid durian orchard in Hua Hin
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A HERD OF WILD ELEPHANTS have wreaked havoc to a durian orchard in Hua Hin’s inland area where they visited uninvited and forcibly pulled down the fruit for dinner. The wild elephants in Kaeng Krachan national park caught the wind-blown smells of ripe durian grown in the neighborhood of Pala-U village
Read moreUS human trials begin for first antibody cocktail against Covid-19
(CNN) A medicine that may treat and prevent Covid-19 is now being tested in patients in multiple sites around the United States, according to an announcement today (June 11) from Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. It is the first trial of a Covid-19 antibody cocktail in the United States. If successful, Regeneron hopes it could be available
Read moreChai Nat bird park reopens, free entry till end of the month
By Peeranut P., Sanook.com BIRD lovers will be pleased to hear that Chai Nat Bird Park, which houses Asia’s largest aviary, has now reopened after being closed since March 20 to prevent the spread of coronavirus, Sanook.com reported this afternoon (June 11, 2020). Mr Anusorn Nakasai, head of Chai Nat’s Provincial Administration Organization, said the
Read moreKoh Samui police say Ukrainian woman was not murdered
THE mystery surrounding the death of a Ukrainian woman on Koh Samui after her body was found in a gully at a plantation was clarified today (June 11) with police saying they believe she was not murdered and her death could either be a suicide or as a result of her mental illness, Sanook.com reported
Read moreChinese companies put US listing plans on ice as tensions mount
Reuters, published by Deccan Chronicle Shanghai: Chinese companies are putting off plans for US listings as tensions between the world’s top two economies rise, lawyers, bankers, accountants and regulators involved in what has been a major capital-raising route told Reuters. The drop in interest, especially from those in the early stages of planning, is the
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