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Thailand To Reopen Borders To Foreign Workers Amid Labour Shortage

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Many migrant workers left Thailand as it battled its worst COVID-19 outbreak earlier this year.
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Bangkok:
Thailand plans to reopen its borders to workers from neighbouring Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos, a government official said on Tuesday, in a bid to ease a labour shortage that is hurting its export and tourism-dependent economy.
Pairote Chotikasathien, from the Ministry of Labor, said the rules relating to vaccination status for the migrant workers, quarantine procedures and COVID-19 testing will be decided on Wednesday.
Thailand's big exporting industries such as food and rubber production rely heavily on migrant labour. But strict border controls and quarantine rules have virtually halted all labour migration.
Pairote estimated the country needed 420,000 foreign workers at this time, mostly in the construction, manufacturing and seafood industries.
Many workers left the country as it battled its worst COVID-19 outbreak earlier this year and have not returned. Some workers who remained in the country were placed in "bubble and seal" policies under factory and construction quarantine schemes.
Thailand has nearly 2 million confirmed infections and 19,764 deaths, the majority of which came after April when the Delta variant was detected among migrant workers in a construction camp.
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Nepal Army Chief On 4-Day India Visit To Bolster Defence Ties

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Gen Prabhu Ram Sharma will return to Nepal on November 12. (File)
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Kathmandu:
Nepal Army chief Gen Prabhu Ram Sharma on Tuesday embarked on a four-day visit to India to step up defence ties between the two neighbouring nations.
During his visit to New Delhi on the invitation of Indian Army chief Gen. Manoj Mukund Naravane, Gen. Sharma will be conferred with the title of honorary "General of Indian Army", the Nepal Army said in a press release.
"COAS (Chief of Army Staff) General Sharma will be conferred upon the rank of an honorary General of the Indian Army by Ram Nath Kovind, the President of India, on Nov 10, 2021 amidst an investiture ceremony," it said.
Gen. Sharma is paying the visit on an official invitation extended by General Naravane, Chief of the Army Staff of Indian Army, the release said.
Sunita Sharma, the chairperson of the Nepali Army Wives Association and the Army chief's wife, is also accompanying him to India, it said.
During the visit, Gen. Sharma will hold meetings with defence secretary Ajay Kumar, Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, Army chief Naravane and Air Chief Marshal V R Chaudhary, the release said.
He will return to Nepal on November 12.
Announcing Gen. Sharma's India visit, Nepal government spokesperson Gyanendra Bahadur Karki said last month that he will meet Gen. Naravane and other service chiefs to boost bilateral defence ties.
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Warned Off US Drones Approaching Iran Gulf Drills, Claims Iran Military

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Iran's annual military exercises near the mouth of the Gulf concluded on Tuesday. (File)
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Dubai:
Iran's military warned off US drones trying to approach Iranian war games near the mouth of the Gulf, state broadcaster IRIB said on Tuesday.
The annual exercises concluded on Tuesday, a few weeks before resumption of talks between Tehran and world powers to revive a 2015 nuclear deal.
"These aircraft (RQ-4 and MQ-9 US drones) changed their route after approaching the borders of the Islamic Republic of Iran following the air defence's interception and decisive warning," IRIB reported.
The exercises stretched from the east of the Strait of Hormuz to the north of the Indian Ocean and parts of the Red Sea.
About a fifth of oil that is consumed globally passes through the strategic Strait of Hormuz waterway in the Gulf.
Periodic confrontations have taken place between Iran's military and US forces in the Gulf since 2018, when former US President Donald Trump exited the nuclear pact and reimposed harsh sanctions against Tehran.
Iran has reacted by breaching the deal's limits on its nuclear programme.
Indirect talks between Iran and US President Joe Biden's administration to revive the pact, which were put on hold since the election of Iran's hardline President Ebrahim Raisi in June, are set to resume in Vienna on November 29.
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Twitter Flags US Republican Rep's Video On Joe Biden, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez As Hateful Conduct

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Engagement with the video featuring Joe Biden and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been restricted. (File)
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Washington:
Twitter Inc added a warning label on Tuesday to an anime video shared by US Republican lawmaker Paul Gosar, depicting him swinging swords at President Joe Biden and killing Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Twitter said the video violated its "hateful conduct" policy and restricted engagement with the tweet, blocking the ability to like, reply or retweet it.
However, the social media giant said in a notification attached above the tweet that it had determined "it may be in the public's interest for the Tweet to remain accessible."
"As is standard with this notice, engagements with the Tweet will be limited," Twitter said in an email.
A representative for Gosar did not immediately respond to Reuters' request for comment.
The 90-second video shared by Gosar on Sunday appears to be an altered version of a Japanese animated series and is interspersed with real-life footage of US Border Patrol officers rounding up migrants at the US-Mexico border.
The doctored video has been widely condemned by prominent politicians and social media users.
Ocasio-Cortez responded with a Twitter thread noting the video posted by a "creepy member I work with" and said she expected no consequences for Gosar from the Republican leader of the House of Representatives.
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So while I was en route to Glasgow, a creepy member I work with who fundraises for Neo-Nazi groups shared a fantasy video of him killing me
And he'll face no consequences bc <a href="https://twitter.com/GOPLeader?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GOPLeader</a> cheers him on with excuses.
Fun Monday! Well, back to work bc institutions don't protect woc <a href="https://t.co/XRnMAKsnNO">https://t.co/XRnMAKsnNO</a>
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1457886208563032066?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 9, 2021</a></blockquote>
 
"This man should not serve in Congress," Democratic representative Ilhan Omar said.
"Fantasizing about violently attacking your colleagues has no place in our political discourse and society."
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Singapore Court Delays Disabled Man's Execution Due To Covid Infection

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The Malaysian man whose execution was postponed was arrested for drug trafficking.
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Singapore:
A Singapore court Tuesday postponed the imminent <a href="https://www.ndtv.com/indians-abroad/singapores-reply-to-global-calls-against-death-row-for-indian-origin-man-2600939" target="_self">execution of a Malaysian man</a> whom campaigners say is mentally disabled after he tested positive for COVID-19, meaning a last-ditch appeal could not proceed.
Nagaenthran K Dharmalingam was arrested in 2009 for trafficking a small amount of heroin into the city-state, which has some of the world's toughest drugs laws. He was sentenced to death the following year.
He was scheduled to be hanged on Wednesday after losing a series of appeals, despite mounting international outrage and supporters' claims his intellectual disability means he is incapable of making rational decisions.
The execution was put on hold after a last-resort appeal was lodged, with the Court of Appeal due to hear the challenge Tuesday.
But Judge Andrew Phang Boon Leong announced Nagaenthran had contracted COVID-19, meaning the appeal could not proceed and the execution was stayed.
He cited "logic, common sense and humanity" in deciding to delay the hanging.
Nagaenthran's lawyer, M Ravi, told reporters he was "pleasantly surprised that this man, because of Covid, cannot be executed".
He had been "saved by none other than the divine force," he added.
There was no immediate indication of when the appeal might now go ahead.
'Illegal, ineffective'
Ahead of the court proceedings, campaigners had warned the appeal might be hastily dismissed, paving the way for the execution to take place Wednesday as originally scheduled.
A group of United Nations human rights experts on Monday added their voice to growing concerns surrounding the case, saying that people with intellectual disabilities should not be executed.
"Resorting to this type of punishment to prevent drug trafficking is not only illegal under international law, it is also ineffective," they said.
The European Union has called for his sentence to be commuted and Malaysia's prime minister has written to his Singaporean counterpart urging a delay in the execution.
An online petition calling for Nagaenthran's death sentence to be commuted has garnered almost 70,000 signatures.
If the execution does eventually go ahead, it will be the first since 2019 in Singapore, which defends its use of capital punishment as an effective deterrent against crime.
Nagaenthran was arrested at the age of 21 after a bundle of heroin weighing around 43 grams -- equivalent to about three tablespoons -- was found strapped to his thigh as he sought to enter Singapore.
Supporters say he has an IQ of 69 -- a level recognised as a disability -- was struggling with an alcohol problem, and was coerced into committing the crime.
But Singapore's home affairs ministry has defended the decision to press ahead with the hanging, saying that legal rulings had found he "knew what he was doing" at the time of the offence.
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Report: Gavin Newsom Is Out Of Sight Because He Has Bell’s Palsy From His Booster Shot

It’s been rumored that California Gov. Gavin Newsom is out of sight since getting his vaccine booster because he developed Bell’s Palsy or Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS).
This normally would happen within hours after getting his booster, so this would make perfect sense. Alex Jones reports:
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Also watch Jones’ earlier report: <a href="https://banned.video/watch?id=6189729fb2140737c325c741">EXCLUSIVE: Law Enforcement Sources Confirm Newsom Is Recovering At Home After Mixing COVID Vaccines</a>
 
 
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It’s been rumored that California Gov. Gavin Newsom is out of sight since getting his vaccine booster because he developed Bell’s Palsy or G...