Thailand's prime minister fined for not wearing a mask in Bangkok
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As of Sunday, everyone in Bangkok, Thailand was required to wear a mask. On Monday, the country's prime minister was went without a mask during a meeting — and had to pay up.
Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha was fined 6,000 baht – about $190 – the governor of Bangkok wrote on Facebook on Monday. The fine came after Prayuth posted a photo on Facebook showing him not wearing a mask in a meeting, according to Reuters. The photo has since been deleted, but was widely shared online.Two climbers were waiting to be rescued near the peak of Denali, a colossal mountain that towers over miles of vast tundra in southern Alaska, officials said Wednesday. Originally part of a three-person team that became stranded near the top of the mountain, the climbers put out a distress call more than 30 hours earlier suggesting they were hypothermic and unable to descend on their own, according to the National Park Service.
There's no making up for what Olympic hurdler Lashinda Demus lost on the day she finished .07 seconds behind a Russian opponent who, everyone later learned, was doping. What the American 400-meter hurdles champion will finally receive is a great day under the Eiffel Tower where she'll be presented with the gold medal she was denied 12 years ago at the London Olympics.