Current events ppt5
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The document provides summaries of several current events articles: 1) Some climbers on Mount Everest falsely claim to need helicopter rescues for insurance payouts. 2) A man from Finland was scammed out of 797 million baht in bitcoin by Thai men who promised to invest it but stole the funds. 3) Thailand is building a new railway from Bangkok to China, stopping in Korat and Khon Kaen, that will open in 2021. 4) A 19-year-old British girl was raped on the Thai island of Koh Tao, which has seen 10 tourist deaths in strange circumstances, raising questions of a murderer.
Current events ppt5
- 2. Insurance fraud at Mount Everest People climbing Mount Everest are often “rescued” by a helicopter even when they don’t need it. The insurance company has to pay money to the helicopter company and hospitals.
- 3. Bitcoin investment fraud การหลอกลวง การลงทุน The man from Finland gave the Thai men 797,000,000 baht of bitcoin to invest in Thailand. They did not invest, they just stole the money.
- 4. Thailand railway They are building it now. It will go from Bangkok to China. It will stop in Korat and Khon Kaen. It will open in 2021.
- 5. 19 year old British girl raped on Koh Tao
- 6. Koh Tao is nicknamed “death island” • 10 tourists have died on Koh Tao recently in strange ways. • Is there a murderer on Koh Tao?
- 7. Supertyphoon kills six people in Japan It is the strongest storm to hit Japan in 25 years.
- 8. Banking system crash on August 31st. There were problems with Kasikornbank, Krungthai Bank, Thanachart Bank and Krungsri Bank. Do we rely too much on electronic banking? What would happen if we couldn’t use the internet for one week?
- 9. Illegal hunting in Kanchanaburi Killing protected animals is called “poaching.”
- 10. Thai Police found illegal weight loss medicine These weight loss medicines have been banned in Thailand since 2010 because people often die when using them. They make you not hungry so you can lose weight.
- 11. New laws for Google and Facebook? Facebook and Google know a lot about you and sell that information. There may be new laws to make sure they are not doing bad things.
- 12. Kneeling for the National Anthem Colin Kaepernick kneels down when they play the song at the start of a football game. He says he does this because he is angry about racism. Many people think he is disrespecting America.
- 13. People are burning Nike shoes because Nike made a commercial with him.