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Traffic chaos in Samut Prakan after torrential rain

A HEAVY downpour lasting over an hour in Samut Prakan this evening (Oct. 22)  led to many roads being badly flooded and traffic slowing down to a snail’s pace in some areas, TV Channel 7 and JS100 Radio said.  The flooding was worse at Mueang district, Srinakharin road, Thepharak and Si Thepa intersections with floodwater

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World news

Myanmar junta rearrests more than 100 released in amnesty: Monitoring group

  By AFP and published by Channel NewsAsia MYANMAR’S junta has rearrested more than 100 anti-coup protesters freed in a recent amnesty, according to a local monitoring group that tracks detentions and killings in the country. The Southeast Asian nation has been in chaos since the February coup, with more than 1,100 killed in a

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List of 46 countries allowed quarantine-free entry from November 1

    THE FOREIGN Ministry this morning (Oct. 22) released the list of 46 countries benefiting from quarantine-free entry from November 1 as announced by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Facebook last night, Amarin TV said. Mr. Thani Thongphakdi, the ministry’s permanent secretary, signed the list as required by the  Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration

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