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Day: August 21, 2020

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Coronavirus: What are the risks of catching it from food packaging?

By BBC TRACES of the coronavirus were reportedly found on packaging in China recently, on consignments of frozen shrimp and frozen chicken wings from South America. This has again raised questions about whether coronavirus can be transmitted via food packaging. How safe are takeaways and supermarket deliveries? What are the chances? In theory, it may […]

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Arrest warrant out for Dutch-Thai actress who has fled to Dubai

A WARRANT has been issued for the arrest of a former actress of Dutch-Thai parentage whose suspended sentence for drug use by the Court of First Instance was overturned on appeal to 33 years 4 months with a fine 666,666 baht today but records show she left Thailand for Dubai last year, Sanook.com and Naewna […]

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Chuan tells 2 MPs no punch-up in Parliament

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Speaker Chuan Leekpai this morning (August 21) told two MPs that brawling and punching up will not be tolerated in the legislative assembly after the two of them clashed fiercely on social media last night soon after one of them called on Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to resign, Naewna and Sanook.com reported […]

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Driver injured after truck’s tall load gets entangled with dangling electric wires

AN ACCIDENT in the middle of Phuket town led to the driver of a six-wheel truck carrying a high load of steel frames getting electrocuted and burnt after some of the frames got ensnared with live loose wires hanging down at a key intersection, Sanook.com and Ejan.co reported this morning (August 21, 2020). The accident […]

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