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Pro-democracy activist and student leaders raise a three-fingers salute, a symbol of resistance after a protest rally at Democracy Monument in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020. A two-day rally planned for this weekend is jangling nerves in Bangkok, with apprehension about how far student demonstrators will go in pushing demands for reform of Thailand’s monarchy and how the authorities might react. More than 10,000 people are expected to attend the Saturday-Sunday event. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

Apprehensive Thais await major political rally in Bangkok

By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA - Associated Press

Christina Ihlenfeldt of Clinton Township, Mich., looks at old photos of her late husband in her home on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020. She became widowed, unemployed and lost $30,000 from a scam in one week. Heartbroken and vulnerable, the scam group using the name Geek Squad conned her into wiring them money to fix her computer. Her late husband, Robert Ihlenfeldt passed away on Friday, Aug. 7, 2020. (Rodney Coleman-Robinson/Detroit Free Press via AP)

Michigan widow lost $30K to scammers after burying husband

By TRESA BALDAS - Associated Press

Thai finance minister quits 1 month after appointment

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Supporters of the Thai monarchy hold up images of King Maha Vajiralongkorn and the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej during a rally in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday Aug. 30, 2020. Royalists led by a group calling itself &quot;Loyal Thai,&quot; have begun organizing to the defend the monarchy in a response to recent student-led pro-democracy protests, some of which have included criticism of the royal institution. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thai royalists rally in riposte to anti-government movement

By JERRY HARMER - Associated Press

Thai Minister of Digital Economy and Society, Phutthipong Punnakan greets journalists ahead of a press conference to discuss the government's decision to request Facebook to block an account in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020. Facebook bowed to pressure from the Thai government and blocked Facebook account belonging to a group whose members have an open discussion about the Thai monarchy. &quot;Royalist Marketplace,&quot; on Monday, Aug. 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

Thailand vows to step up action vs ‘illegal’ online sites

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FILE - In this April 5, 2017, file photo, Vorayuth &quot;Boss&quot; Yoovidhya, whose grandfather co-founded the energy drink company Red Bull, walks to his car as he leaves a house in London. Thai judicial authorities said Wednesday that police will seek the arrest of Vorayuth on three charges, one more than had been announced a day earlier. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

Thai police seek new Interpol notice for Red Bull heir

By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA - Associated Press

In this image taken from video, Pavin Chachavalpongpun, administrator of Facebook page &quot;Royalist Marketplace&quot; group which was recently blocked in Thailand, speaks to the Associated Press during a Zoom interview on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020 from Kyoto, Japan. Facebook has blocked in Thailand the “Royalist Marketplace” group, which has more than a million members and engages in open discussion about the Thai monarchy, an institution that is staunchly protected from criticism by strict laws. (AP Photo)

Facebook blocks group that discusses Thai monarchy

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Pro-democracy students raise a three-fingers, symbol of resistance salute and their mobile phone during a protest rally in front of Education Ministry in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. Student protesters have stepped up pressure on the government with three core demands: holding new elections, amending the constitution and ending the intimidation of critics of the government. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thai students jeer education minister as protests escalate

By JERRY HARMER - Associated Press

Pro-democracy students with tape covering their mouths raise a three-finger salute, a symbol of resistance, during a protest rally at Mahidol University in Nakhan Pathom, Thailand, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020. Student protesters have stepped up pressure on the government with three core demands: holding new elections, amending the constitution and ending the intimidation of critics of the government. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

Thailand’s student-led protests against government grow

By JERRY HARMER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 6, 2020, file photo, shoppers walk though a clothing market in Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand's economy contracted at a 12.2% annual rate in the April-June quarter, its sharpest downturn since the Asian financial crisis of the late 1990s. (AP Photo/ Gemunu Amarasinghe, File)

Thai economy shrinks 12% in 2Q, worst decline in 22 years

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A pro-democracy protester holds up a poster during a rally in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, Aug, 16, 2020. Protesters have stepped up pressure on the government if it failed to meet their demands, which include holding of new elections, amending the constitution, and an end to intimidation of critics. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Campus-based Thai protest movement extends reach to streets

By JERRY HARMER - Associated Press

Pro-democracy students raise a three-finger symbol of resistance salute and hold mobile phones with flashlights switched on†during a protest at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Aug, 14, 2020. Student activists at Thailand's most prestigious university defied a ban by college administrators to stage an anti-government rally Friday, even as a prominent protest leader was arrested elsewhere for his involvement in a previous demonstration.. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thai student rallies continue despite activist’s arrest

By JERRY HARMER - Associated Press

Researcher put bat into bag in cave inside Sai Yok National Park in Kanchanaburi province, west of Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2020. Researchers in Thailand have been trekking though the countryside to catch bats in their caves in an effort to trace the murky origins of the coronavirus.(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

AP PHOTOS: Thai scientists catch bats to trace virus origins

By SAKCHAI LALIT - Associated Press

List 2/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

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Cabinet reshuffle in Thailand installs new economic team

By BUSABA SIVASOMBOON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 7, 2019, file photo, bottles of extracted cannabis oil are displayed during a press conference at Thailand's Health Ministry in Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand’s Cabinet on Tuesday approved a proposal from the Public Health Ministry that would allow health professionals, farmers and medical patients to grow, produce and export cannabis and its products. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)

Thai Cabinet approves draft law expanding access to cannabis

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Thai court allows Cambodian class action against Thai firm

By BUSABA SIVASOMBOON - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 5, 2017, file photo, Vorayuth &quot;Boss&quot; Yoovidhya, whose grandfather co-founded energy drink company Red Bull, walks to get in a car as he leaves a house in London. Thailand’s prime minister responded Wednesday, July 29, 2020, to growing public furor by ordering a probe into the dropping of criminal charges against the Thai heir to the Red Bull energy drink fortune accused of killing a policeman in a hit-and-run accident eight years ago. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

Key witness in Thai Red Bull heir case dies in road accident

By BUSABA SIVASOMBOON - Associated Press

Supporter of Thailand's monarchy lift a giant national flag during a gathering stating their concern over the country's pro-democracy movement which they feel besmirches the royal institution in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, July 30, 2020. The demonstration was held at Democracy Monument, a traditional venue for protests of all political stripes that in recent weeks has hosted several larger pro-democracy, anti-government protests organized by students. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Royalists in Thailand rally against pro-democracy protesters

By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA - Associated Press

In this photo released by the Thailand's Dept. of Special Investigation, Thailand's Justice Minister Somsak Thepsuthin, second left, leads a press conference Thursday, July 23, 2020, in Bangkok, Thailand. Somsak announced that a possible breakthrough in the unsolved 2007 killing of a Japanese tourist. The body of Tomoko Kawashita was found by the ruins of an ancient temple in the northern province of Sukhothai on May 25, 2007. From left: Wannapong Kocharak, director of Central Institute of Forensic Science; Somsak Thepsuthin, minister of Justice; Korawat Panrnprapakorn, DSI secretary general; Tomoyuki Fujiyama, Japan embassy’s first secretary. (Thailand's Dept. of Special Investigation via AP)

Thailand claims breakthrough in Japanese tourist murder case

By BUSABA SIVASOMBOON - Associated Press