Mark Prin invites you and your pet to join "The Forestias by MQDC & My Beloved Pet Friend”
Mark Prin invites you and your pet to join "The Forestias by MQDC & My Beloved Pet Friend”The Forestias by MQDC invites you to share a cute moment with your pet in “The Forestias by MQDC & My Beloved Pet Friend”. Whatever type of pet you own, it’s time to snap, shoot, and share! Mark ‘Prin’ Suparat and his beloved Hector are representing The Forestias by MQDC to invite his fans and everyone to share the excitement. "Hector and I invite you all, whatever kind of pet you have, to come and join and fun." Register to win prizes on the MQDC website >> bit.ly/3eN3SQ2 Post your photo or video on Facebook according to the conditions on the page “My Beloved Pet Friend”.
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July 07, 2020 08:15 UTC
Truck crushes cyclist, leg severed
Truck crushes cyclist, leg severedPolice attend the severely injured cyclist run over by a 10-wheel truck at Asok-Sukhumvit intersection in Bangkok on Tuesday morning. (JS100.com photo)A 10-wheel truck carrying a load of soil ran over a cyclist waiting at a red light at Asok-Sukhumvit intersection in Bangkok's Watthana district on Tuesday. His left leg was severed. Police said they arrested truck driver Prawit Praprung, 37, and charged him with reckless driving causing severe injury. He swerved the truck to the left to avoid the many motorcyclists stopped at the traffic light, and hit the waiting cyclist.
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July 07, 2020 07:52 UTC
Australia's second-biggest city under new virus lockdown
Australia's second-biggest city under new virus lockdownMore than five million residents of Melbourne will be locked down for six weeks after coronavirus cases surgeMELBOURNE - Five million Melbourne residents were ordered back into lockdown after coronavirus cases surged in Australia's second-biggest city Tuesday. State Premier Daniel Andrews announced a six-week lockdown would begin Wednesday, warning "we can't pretend" the coronavirus crisis is over. After the south-eastern city detected 191 new cases in 24 hours, Andrews said there were now too many to trace properly. Health officials last week effectively shut off some 300,000 Melbourne residents from the rest of the city until the end of July, but that has now been extended beyond those neighbourhoods. Almost all new daily cases are being detected in Melbourne, while all other regions are enjoying relaxed restrictions after largely curbing the virus spread.
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July 07, 2020 07:52 UTC
Khlong Tan blackout, traffic paralysed by morning accident
Khlong Tan blackout, traffic paralysed by morning accidentFive power poles lie fallen on Sukhumvit 71 road, brought down by an 18-wheel trailer-truck, near Khlong Tan intersection in Suan Luang district shortly after midnight on Tuesday morning. The accident occured about 12.33am near Khlong Tan intersection in Suan Luang district. It totally blocked the out-bound lane of Sukhumvit 71, causing a massive traffic snarl. Pictures of the trailer-truck, the toppled electricity poles and traffic brought to standstill were posted on the JS100 Radio webpage. Five power poles were brought down in the accident.
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July 07, 2020 07:18 UTC
Tie for warmest June globally, Siberia sizzles: EU
Tie for warmest June globally, Siberia sizzles: EUSiberia and the Arctic Circle are prone to large year-on-year temperature fluctuations, but the persistence of this year's warm spell is very unusual. PARIS: Temperatures soared 10 degrees Celsius above average in June across much of permafrost-laden Siberia, with last month in a dead heat for the warmest June on record globally, the European Union's climate monitoring network said Tuesday. The hourly record -- averaged across 60 minutes -- was one to two degrees above previously registered Arctic highs in 1969 and 1973. - Permafrost 'carbon bomb' -"What is worrisome is that the Arctic is warming faster than the rest of the world," he said in a statement. Across the Arctic region, average temperatures have risen by more than two degrees Celsius since the mid-19th century, twice the global average.
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July 07, 2020 07:07 UTC
Malaysia cuts key rate to historic low of 1.75%
Malaysia cuts key rate to historic low of 1.75%KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's central bank on Tuesday cut its key interest rate for a fourth straight meeting to a historic low, as Southeast Asia's third-largest economy grapples with the coronavirus pandemic and faltering demand for its exports. Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) eased its overnight policy rate by 25 basis points to 1.75%. A slim majority of economists in a Reuters poll had expected a rate reduction of at least 25 bps.
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July 07, 2020 07:07 UTC
Lin Dan retirement ends era of 'Chinese sports superstar'
Lin Dan retirement ends era of 'Chinese sports superstar'Lin Dan said on Saturday that he was bringing the curtain down on a career that brought double Games gold and five world titlesSHANGHAI - The retirement of two-time Olympic champion Lin Dan signals the end of a golden era of Chinese sporting superstars, state media said on Tuesday. "With the 'Super Dan' curtain call, people cannot help but sigh," Xinhua news agency said. "The era of the superstar that once belonged to Chinese sports has faded. "When will the next Lin Dan appear? "When will the next Lin Dan and China's next sports superstar appear again?"
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July 07, 2020 06:45 UTC
Malaysia probes Al Jazeera documentary about migrant arrests
Malaysia probes Al Jazeera documentary about migrant arrestsPolice officers wearing protective suits pick up an illegal immigrant from an apartment under enhanced lockdown, during the movement control order due to the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 1, 2020. Defence minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob this week called on Al Jazeera to apologise to Malaysians, and said allegations of racism and discrimination against undocumented migrants were untrue. Police will call in Al Jazeera staff as part of a probe opened after several complaints filed against the documentary, Inspector-General of Police Abdul Hamid Bador told reporters on Tuesday. Spokespeople for Al Jazeera did not respond to an emailed request for comment. In May, a journalist from the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post was questioned by police over her reporting on the migrant arrests.
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July 07, 2020 06:22 UTC
Shippers cut 2020 export outlook from -8% to -10%
Shippers cut 2020 export outlook from -8% to -10%Klong Toey port in Bangkok (Bangkok Post file photo)Thailand's exports are expected to shrink 10% this year, deeper than the previous forecast of an 8% drop, due to the coronavirus pandemic and the strength of the baht currency, a shipping association said on Tuesday. In the January-March period, the value of annual exports, a key driver of growth, fell 3.71% in dollar terms and declined 5.18% in baht terms, commerce ministry data showed. The baht gained 0.2% to 31.05 against the greenback at 11.06am It 30.79 on June 24, the strongest since late January. The central bank recently said the baht strength could affect an economic recovery and it would assess the necessity of implementing more steps to curb it. In 2019, the economy saw a 2.65% drop in exports amid global trade tensions and a strong baht.
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July 07, 2020 05:37 UTC
A-League chaos as Melbourne teams fail to beat border closure
A-League chaos as Melbourne teams fail to beat border closureAn ambulance is seen outside one of nine public housing estates locked down due to a spike in COVID-19 coronavirus numbers in MelbourneSYDNEY - Australia's planned A-League restart next week was thrown into chaos after three Melbourne teams failed to leave Victoria state when their dramatic airport dash to beat a border closure was scuppered by fog. Nine days from the scheduled opening game, the A-League was left seeking a New South Wales government exemption for the teams after the border was shut to contain a worsening COVID-19 crisis in Melbourne. The Melbourne City, Melbourne Victory and Western United players had planned to fly out Tuesday ahead of a midnight border closure, but were forced late Monday night to race to the airport at short notice when the shutdown for Melbourne residents was brought forward by 24 hours. With the NSW border now closed to Melbourne residents, Football Federation of Australia head of leagues Greg O'Rourke said they would seek an exemption for the Melbourne clubs. The NSW government indicated it would be sympathetic to the request with Deputy Premier John Barilaro saying if the opportunity was there "let's bring them across the border."
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July 07, 2020 05:03 UTC
TikTok says stopping app operation in Hong Kong
China-owned TikTok says it is stopping its popular video snippet-sharing app from working in Hong Kong due to "recent events". SAN FRANCISCO: TikTok said late Monday it is stopping its popular video snippet-sharing app from working in Hong Kong due to "recent events". "In light of recent events, we've decided to stop operations of the TikTok app in Hong Kong," TikTok told AFP. TikTok has consistently denied sharing any user data with authorities in China, and was adamant it did not intend to begin to agree to such requests. The company expects to take several days to wind down app operations in Hong Kong.
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July 07, 2020 04:18 UTC
Pig on the loose soon caught in Bang Phli
Pig on the loose soon caught in Bang PhliRescuers from the Por Teck Tung Foundation corner and calm a pig that wandered into the garden outside the Market Village department store on Theparat road in Samut Prakan's Bang Phli district on Monday. (Photo: Sutthiwit Chayutworakan)SAMUT PRAKAN: A large pig wandered into a garden in front of a department store in Bang Phli district on Monday afternoon, and was quickly caught by police and rescuers from the Por Teck Tung Foundation. It was in the landscaped area outside the Market Village department store at kilometre marker 13 on Theparat road in tambon Bang Phli. He decided to call the police when the pig reached the front of the department store. Two hours after the pig was caught and nobody had showed up to claim it, a man arrived and asked for the animal.
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July 07, 2020 04:07 UTC
Thailand’s economic outlook ‘worst in Asia’: analysts
Thailand’s economic outlook ‘worst in Asia’: analystsEmpty chairs are seen on a beach which is usually full of tourists, amid fear of coronavirus in Phuket, Thailand March 11, 2020. Yet its economic outlook is the darkest in Asia. Rising gold prices during the outbreak have led local investors to sell gold, boosting total exports. Excluding gold, total shipments have been hit hard by weak global demand and supply-chain disruptions. The central bank has showed concern about the baht’s strength, which hampers exports and will complicate the economic recovery.
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July 07, 2020 04:02 UTC
China censors Hong Kong internet, US tech giants resist
China censors Hong Kong internet, US tech giants resistHong Kong pro-democracy activists hold up their mobile phones during a rally in June. HONG KONG: China has quickly moved to censor Hong Kong's internet and access users' data using a feared new national security law, but US tech giants offered some resistance citing rights concerns. "The Chinese Communist Party's destruction of free Hong Kong continues," US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday. "Until now, Hong Kong flourished because it allowed free thinking and free speech, under an independent rule of law. "The Hong Kong government will vigorously implement this law," Chief Executive Carrie Lam, the city's Beijing-appointed leader, told reporters on Tuesday.
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July 07, 2020 03:33 UTC
'We're next': Hong Kong security law sends chills through Taiwan
'We're next': Hong Kong security law sends chills through TaiwanA woman in Taipei walks past a billboard promoting democracy for Hong Kong. TAIPEI: The imposition of a sweeping national security law on Hong Kong has sent chills through Taiwan, deepening fears that Beijing will focus next on seizing the democratic self-ruled island. "They had promised 50 years unchanged for Hong Kong but they are getting all the more heavy-handed... As well as allowing China's security apparatus to set up shop openly in Hong Kong for the first time, Beijing's security law claims universal jurisdiction. Hong Kong police have made clear that support for Hong Kong, Taiwan, Tibet or Xinjiang independence is now illegal.
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July 07, 2020 03:11 UTC