Bangkok Post - April 20, 2025

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April 20, 2025

All foreigners must file digital arrival card

All foreigners entering Thailand will be required to register for the Thailand Digital Arrival Card (TDAC) at least three days before travelling, starting from May 1.

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CASINO BILL HITS HARD WALL

The fate of the casino-entertainment complex bill hangs in the balance after the Pheu Thai-led government backed away from its bid to push the bill through parliament in a hurry following strong opposition from various sectors.

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Focus turns to lift shaft in hunt for collapse victims

>>Rescue teams are focusing on clearing rubble around the lift shaft of the collapsed State Audit Office (SAO) building, where the bodies of around 30 missing individuals are expected to be found.

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Anutin hails Pheu Thai connection

>>Bhumjaithai (BJT) Party leader Anutin Charnvirakul has dismissed talk of a rift with Pheu Thai, reaffirming close ties and continued cooperation with the ruling party.

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Unesco registers 3 new Thai 'Memory of the World' items

Three Thai documentary heritage items have been inscribed on Unesco's Memory of the World Register, part of a new batch of 74 entries from around the world announced earlier this year.

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Phuket tourism off to strong start

>>>The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) Phuket Office has reported a robust start to 2025, with tourism revenue reaching 149 billion baht in the first quarter.

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Police bust Indian scam gang for kidnapping

An Indian scam gang has been arrested in Thailand after abducting two fellow countrymen and demanding a ransom of 2.5 million rupees (approximately 970,000 baht) for each victim.

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BMTA to replace fleet with EVs

>>The Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) will replace its natural gas-powered (NGV) buses with electric-powered (EV) air conditioned buses, with the first batch of 500 EV buses set for delivery this year.

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Ferrari's death ruled a suicide after autopsy

An autopsy report has confirmed Thitison “Joe Ferrari” Uthanaphon, a former police colonel, committed suicide while in custody at Klong Prem Central Prison.

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Cops take down online gambling networks worth over B3.5bn

>>Police have dismantled two large-scale online gambling networks, uncovering more than 3.5 billion baht linked to illicit financial activity.

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Casino bill hits wall

Bangkok Post The government cannot keep postponing deliberation of the bill if it continues to face resistance.

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Carney calls China a threat to Canada

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney said that China is one of the largest threats with respect to foreign interference in Canada and is an emerging threat in the Arctic.

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At least 143 dead, dozens missing in DRC boat fire

At least 143 people died and dozens more went missing after a boat carrying fuel caught fire and capsized in the Democratic Republic of Congo, officials said Friday.

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Sudan camp survivors still in peril, MSF says

Hundreds of thousands of Sudanese civilians, who had already endured months of famine, have fled in \"disastrous conditions\" after paramilitaries overran their camp in Darfur, medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said Friday.

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Gosling to star in new 'Star Wars' film: 'Starfighter'

After his scene-stealing turn as Ken in the 2023 blockbuster hit Barbie, Oscar-nominated actor Ryan Gosling is taking on another huge pop culture franchise: the Star Wars universe.

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Tunisian opposition get prison terms

A Tunisian court handed jail terms of 13 to 66 years to opposition leaders, businessmen and lawyers on charges of conspiring, a case the opposition says is fabricated and a symbol of President Kais Saied's authoritarian rule.

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Humanoid robots race in Beijing

Twenty-one humanoid robots joined thousands of runners at the Yiqipaoing half-marathon in Beijing yesterday, the first time these machines have raced alongside humans over a 21-kilometre course.

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Black Sea oil spill hits beach holiday plans

A massive Black Sea oil spill prompted Moscow's consumer watchdog on Friday to urge Russian holiday-makers to reconsider their summer plans, warning that the popular seaside resort of Anapa's beaches were unsafe.

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Macron invites researchers to 'choose France'

>>PARIS: President Emmanuel Macron on Friday invited foreign researchers to work in France, in an apparent effort to lure US scientists hit by federal research spending cuts under Donald Trump.

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Pope Francis skips Rome's annual Good Friday procession

Pope Francis, still recovering from double pneumonia, did not attend an annual procession on Friday at Rome's Colosseum with thousands of Catholic faithful for the third year in a row.

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Israel 'still eyeing Iran nuke strike'

Israel has not ruled out an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities in the coming months despite President Donald Trump telling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the US was for now unwilling to support such a move, according to an Israeli official and two other people familiar with the matter.

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US to withdraw 1,000 troops from Syria in coming months

The United States will roughly halve the number of troops it has deployed in Syria to less than 1,000 in the coming months, the Pentagon said Friday.

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Russia may bag Crimea in event of peace deal

The US is prepared to recognise Russian control of the Ukrainian region of Crimea as part of a broader peace agreement between Moscow and Kyiv, according to people familiar with the matter.

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'Fake soldiers' kill 12 at cockfight in rural Ecuador

>>QUITO: Criminals dressed in fake military uniforms opened fire on spectators at a cockfight in rural Ecuador, killing 12 unarmed people and wounding several others, police and a victims' advocacy group said Friday.

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US Treasury's Bessent ousts IRS acting boss

WASHINGTON: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirmed on Friday that Deputy Treasury Secretary Michael Faulkender has been appointed acting Internal Revenue Service commissioner, replacing ongoing IRS career official Gary Shapley in the temporary role.

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Ecuador's Gonzalez loses backing of coalition

>>QUITO: Ecuador's leftist presidential challenger Luisa Gonzalez plans to formally challenge the result of last Sunday's election, claiming widespread fraud, although she has lost the support of a key allied party in disputing her defeat.

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US senator says El Salvador staged 'margarita' pics.

A US senator described Friday how El Salvador staged a photo of him supposedly sipping margaritas with a wrongly deported constituent to cover up the man’s ordeal in a notorious prison.

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Supreme Court halts deportation of Venezuelans from Texas temporarily

>>WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court yesterday paused the Trump admin istration's deportation of alleged Venezuelan gang members under an 18th-century law.

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US TARIFF WARS HIT FRANCE'S RICHEST MAN

Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy head says failure to strike deal with US would be 'the fault of Brussels.' By Liz Alderman

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Sarah Palin defamation suit back before federal court

James Bennet, the former New York Times Opinion editor, told a jury on Thursday that he was the person responsible for rewriting crucial parts of an editorial that Sarah Palin said defamed her.

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Govt toys with risky roll of the dice

As protests against the proposed entertainment complex legislation — commonly known as the “casino bill” — gather steam, its sponsor, the Pheu Thai Party, would be naive to assume the problem lies merely in communication.

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SUPREME COURT TO HEAR BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP ROW

The US Supreme Court said it will hear arguments on President Donald Trump's bid to start restricting automatic birthright citizenship in a clash that could upend a longstanding constitutional right.

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Canada's Gen Z voters leaning right

Giancarlo Zorrilla attended a campaign rally for the first time in his life in March.

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THE MAGICAL THINKING ABOUT A MIRACLE MINERAL

I remember when railing against the supposed evils of fluoride in drinking water was the work of a few voices clustered on the fringes of political discourse.

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Katie Perry is suing Katy Perry in Oz

»One is an international pop star who just went to space. The other is a clothing designer. A court in Australia will decide which gets to claim their name.

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Heat and Grizzlies claim final spots in NBA playoffs

Tyler Herro scored 30 points as the Miami Heat reached the NBA playoffs with a thrilling 123-114 overtime defeat of the Atlanta Hawks in their Eastern Conference play-in clash on Friday.

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Cubs rally, earn wild victory over Diamondbacks

>>CHICAGO: Carson Kelly hit two homers, Kyle Tucker, Ian Happ and Seiya Suzuki also went deep, and the hosts Chicago Cubs blew a six-run lead against the Arizona Diamondbacks before recovering for a 13-11 victory on Friday.

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Barca boss Flick demands answers from La Liga for 'joke' schedule

Barcelona coach Hansi Flick on Friday demanded to meet with La Liga officials over what he called a “joke” schedule, saying Spanish football was failing to take care of players.

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Thomas maintains two-shot lead despite even-par day at Heritage

Justin Thomas followed up his sizzling 61 with a two-under-par 69 on Friday that was good enough to keep him two shots clear atop the leaderboard at the RBC PGA Tour at RBC Heritage in Hilton Head, South Carolina.

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Yesteryear star Niwat passes away

Former Thailand player Niwat Srisawat passed away yesterday morning at a hospital in Nakhon Pathom due to heart infection. He was 77.

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Arteta seeks quick reset as Ipswich loom

Arsenal's superb performances against Real Madrid prove they can compete against the best but manager Mikel Arteta said on Friday that they had little time to celebrate as they look to delay Liverpool's coronation as Premier League champions.

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Alonso refuses to discuss Real links

>>BERLIN: Bayer Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso on Friday refused to shut down speculation that he could be set for a move to Real Madrid this summer.

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FAT, Bhutan ink MoU to bolster collaboration

>>>Football Association of Thailand (FAT) president Nualphan Lamsam has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for technical collaboration with the Bhutan Football Federation.

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NEXT-LEVEL STRANGE

HOW STRANGER THINGS SCALED UP FOR BROADWAY

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A NEW ERA FOR SPACE FASHION

JEFF BEZOS' FIANCEE TEAMS UP WITH MONSE TO REDESIGN BLUE ORIGIN FLIGHT SUITS FOR AN ALL-FEMALE LAUNCH

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AI ACTION FIGURES FLOOD SOCIAL MEDIA (ACCESSORIES INCLUDED)

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