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MENA Tour chief fires back as LIV Golf’s world ranking points plan goes up in smoke

LIV Golf looked to have finally secured world ranking points ahead of this week's event in Bangkok thanks to a 'strategic alliance' with the MENA Tour, but the application was rejected by the Official World Golf Rankings.

Daily Mirror

LIV Golf prize money: How much will the players earn in latest event?

Dustin Johnson’s 4 Aces have made it four victories in a row in the team event, while Cameron Smith was top of the players’ pile last time as the tour heads to Asia

The Independent UK

LIV Golf live stream: How to watch latest event in Jeddah

Dustin Johnson has already wrapped up the individual points race, but Jeddah is the final event before switching to the team finale in Florida

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Grief and shock over Thailand attack on 'tiny angels' at preschool

(Corrects spelling of in paragraph 7 to Uthai Sawan from Mutahi Sawant)

Reuters

Joji to perform first solo concert in Bangkok

Joji, aka The Artist Formerly Known as Filthy Frank and Pink Guy, will perform solo for the first time in Thailand, in December.

Bangkok Post

Thailand mourns children, others slain by ex-police officer

Friends hugged sobbing family members struggling with staggering loss in a rural Thailand community mourning the children and other victims slain by a fired police officer in the nation’s deadliest shooting rampage

The Independent UK

BMA aims to avoid flooding

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is stepping up efforts to prevent possible flooding along Charoen Krung Road and nearby areas.

Bangkok Post

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Families traumatised by Thailand attack cling to slain children's toys

Grief-stricken relatives sobbed and clutched toys at a children's daycare centre on Friday, a day after a former policeman killed 34 people, most of them young children, in a knife and gun rampage there that has horrified Thailand.

Reuters

Thailand third in 'best country' survey

Thailand was ranked third on the "Best Countries in the World" list, while Bangkok ranked second on the "Best Big Cities in the World" list, according to Condé Nast Traveler's Reader's Choice Awards 2022.

Bangkok Post

BMA ups battle to avert river spill

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is stepping up efforts against flooding along Charoen Krung Road and nearby areas.

Bangkok Post

Meet K-drama actors in Bangkok

As the Covid-19 situation is almost over, Korean drama lovers are delighted to meet their favourite stars in person again. Local event organiser Koko Connection announced two actresses -- Park Eun-bin and Kim Se-jeong -- will hold their own fan meetings in Bangkok

Bangkok Post

'Little kids who were still sleeping' - Thailand mourns victims of mass killing

Pink and white coffins adorned with gold and bearing the bodies of the 22 children killed in a gun and knife rampage in Thailand were loaded onto a truck late on Thursday and driven away in the darkness.

Reuters

Bangkok and neighbours seek to coordinate flood fight

Officials in Bangkok, Nonthaburi and Pathum Thani have started talks on cooperation to more effectively remedy their shared flooding woes.

Bangkok Post

Dustin Johnson argues LIV players 'deserve ranking points' as controversial series denied

LIV Golf have been dealt another blow after being refused world ranking points for now by the Official World Golf Rankings, but Dustin Johnson believes the players 'deserve' them.

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LIV Golf members will not earn Official World Golf Ranking points in Bangkok or Jeddah, OWGR reviewing changes to MENA Tour

LIV Golf's workaround has been stopped, for now.

The Guardian - UK

LIV golfers will not earn rankings points at Bangkok Invitational, says OWGR

LIV golfers competing in Thailand this weekend will not earn world ranking points, in what serves as an embarrassment to the rebel tour after public claims to the contrary

Daily Mirror

Fresh blow to LIV as world ranking points plan left in tatters ahead of Bangkok event

It was thought that LIV Golf were to be given world ranking points this week following a 'strategic alliance' with the MENA Tour, but the Official World Golf Rankings confirm that is not the case.

Bangkok Post

BMA readies 2.5m sandbags

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has prepared 2.5 million sandbags to brace for the risk of high water surges from tomorrow until Oct 10 due to the release of flood water from the North, as heavy rain and high tides are forecast.

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LIV Golf makes ‘strategic alliance’ with developmental MENA Tour in effort to gain Official World Golf Ranking points

LIV Golf Bangkok, the series' first event in Asia, tees off later this week.

ABC News

'It's like the new Amsterdam': The rush to cash in on Thailand's hazy cannabis laws

It was once known for its zero tolerance policy. Now it has some of the most lax cannabis laws in the world.

Daily Mirror

LIV rebel Lee Westwood admits life on PGA and DP World Tours was “getting lonely”

Lee Westwood has explained how he felt on the PGA and DP World Tours in the latter stages of his career as he nods to compete in LIV golf's first Asian event in Bangkok this week

Daily Mirror

LIV Golf rebels 'to earn world ranking points' starting this week with event in Bangkok

Players on the LIV Golf Series have been competing without world ranking points since its inception at Centurion earlier this year, but this is reportedly set to change in Bangkok later this week

Bangkok Post

Special holiday to clear roads for Apec summit

The cabinet has declared a three-day government holiday in Bangkok, Nonthaburi and Samut Prakan when Bangkok hosts the Apec summit next month.

Bangkok Post

Bangkok prepares for more heavy rain

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has asked people to work from home to avoid traffic congestion as heavy rain is forecast across the capital from Wednesday until Friday.

Bangkok Post

Bangkok girds for more heavy rain

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has asked private company employees to work from home to avoid traffic congestion as heavy rain is forecast across the capital from Wednesday until Friday.

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