Record-breaking U.S. astronaut and crew back on Earth

By Irene Klotz

 

FILE PHOTO - From the International Space Station, Commander Peggy Whitson and Flight Engineer Jack Fischer of NASA speak via video conference to U.S. President Donald Trump at Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S., April 24, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

 

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla (Reuters) - NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson and two crewmates made a parachute touchdown in Kazakhstan on Saturday, capping a career-total 665 days in orbit, a U.S. record.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000303-record-breaking-us-astronaut-and-crew-back-on-earth/

 

Malta-based charity group suspends Mediterranean migrant rescues

By Steve Scherer

 

FILE PHOTO: Migrants disembark from the Malta-based NGO Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) ship Phoenix after it arrived with migrants and a corpse on board, in Catania on the island of Sicily, Italy, May 6, 2017. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi/ File Photo

 

ROME (Reuters) - A Malta-based humanitarian group that has been rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean for three years said on Monday it was suspending operations after months of rising tensions with Italian and Libyan authorities.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000306-malta-based-charity-group-suspends-mediterranean-migrant-rescues/

 

UPDATE:

 

No outside interference in zero-dollar case: Pol Gen Srivara

By Thai PBS

 

 

The national deputy police chief, Srivara Ransibrahmanakul, has denied a suggestion that a police major-general had interfered with police handling of a case concerning zero-dollar tour agencies to help the suspects.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000239-police-blamed-for-zero-dollar-tour-acquittal/?do=findComment&comment=12241674

 

New York vows to sue Trump over immigrant children protections

By David Shepardson

 

U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he visits with flood survivors of Hurrican Harvey at the NRG Center, in Houston, Texas, U.S., September 2, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

 

(Reuters) - New York and Washington state on Monday vowed to sue President Donald Trump if he scraps a program shielding from deportation immigrants who came to the United States illegally as children.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000308-new-york-vows-to-sue-trump-over-immigrant-children-protections/

 

Ex-Democrat MP Praporn dies

By The Nation

 

SONGKHLA: -- Former Democrat MP Praporn Ek-ur died late Monday night after he was admitted to Songkhla Hospital.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000309-songkhla-ex-democrat-mp-praporn-dies/

 

Phuket hosts key Asean women and children’s rights conference

The Phuket News

 

Former Phuket Governor Maitri Inthusut (centre), who is now the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security, is joined by current Phuket Governor Norraphat Plodthong (centre, left) at the launch of the Asean event in Patong yesterday (Sept 4). Photo: PR Dept

 

PHUKET: -- Former Phuket Governor Maitri Inthusut, who is now the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security (MSDHS), yesterday announced the beginning of a series of meetings to be held in Patong all week focussing on the development of women’s and children’s rights throughout Asean.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000310-phuket-hosts-key-asean-women-and-children’s-rights-conference/

 

Bang Tao crocodile has a name

By Nattha Thepbamrung and Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

Local villagers living around the area spoke to the Phuket Coastal Fisheries Research and Development Centre saying that there were some saltwater crocodiles spotted near Bang Tao and Layan Beach for decades.

 

  

PHUKET: -- After another veterinarian checkup, the saltwater crocodile found in an old tin mine near Layan and Bang Tao beaches has been named “Laypang”. Fisheries Officers visited a crocodile farm, show and zoo but haven’t found yet any record about a missing crocodile while the Marine Specialist said that this maybe the beginning of a saltwater crocodile study in Thailand.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000311-bang-tao-crocodile-has-a-name/

 

Sa Kaew businesswoman arrested for allegedly duping villagers

By The Nation

 

Police arrested a businesswoman in Sa Kaew province on Monday night after some 30 villagers alleged that she cheated them out of their vehicles.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000313-sa-kaew-businesswoman-arrested-for-allegedly-duping-villagers/

 

Pattaya transvestites steal Indian tourist’s gold necklace

By The Nation

 

PATTAYA: -- An Indian tourist told police his Bt20,000 gold necklace was stolen by two transvestites on a Pattaya street early Tuesday morning.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000314-pattaya-transvestites-steal-indian-tourist’s-gold-necklace/

 

Damning statistics - only 13% of Thai rapes end in convictions, report

 

File photo

 

BANGKOK: -- A National Police report on rape revealed this week shows only a fraction of cases result in the perpetrator facing justice.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000315-damning-statistics-only-13-of-thai-rapes-end-in-convictions-report/

 

Police volunteer shot in Songkhla

By The Nation

 

SONGKHLA: -- A police volunteer was shot in the leg in Songkhla province while helping a patrol policeman chase a suspect on a motorcycle early Tuesday morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000317-police-volunteer-shot-in-songkhla/

 

Voice of triumph or doom: North Korean presenter back in limelight for nuclear test

By Christine Kim

 

FILE PHOTO: People watch a TV news report about North Korea's hydrogen bomb test at a railway station in Seoul, South Korea on September 3, 2017. Han Jong-Chan/Yonhap/via REUTERS/File Photo

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - Wearing a pink Korean dress and flashing a wide smile, television presenter Ri Chun Hee delivered the news of Pyongyang's sixth nuclear test with her usual gusto.

 

Source: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000318-voice-of-triumph-or-doom-north-korean-presenter-back-in-limelight-for-nuclear-test/

 

Trump agrees 'in principle' to scrap South Korean warhead weight limit -White House

 

South Korean President Moon Jae-in looks at U.S. President Donald Trump after delivering a joint statement from the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, U.S., June 30, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/Files

 

WASHINGTON/SEOUL (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump agreed "in principle" to scrap a warhead weight limit on South Korea's missiles in the wake of North Korea's sixth nuclear test, the White House said on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000319-trump-agrees-in-principle-to-scrap-south-korean-warhead-weight-limit-white-house/

 

Motorists set to pay 105 baht Bangkok - Pattaya from next year

 

Picture: Daily News

 

BANGKOK: -- The highways department have announced the charges that will be levied for the Chonburi to Pattaya section of the motorway from next year.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000320-motorists-set-to-pay-105-baht-bangkok-pattaya-from-next-year/

 

Wood House Fire Fuels Large Column Of Smoke

By Khaosod English

 

  

A burning home on Vibhavadi Rangsit Road in the Chatuchak district is sending a large column of smoke over north Bangkok. Photo: Yothinin / Twitter

 

BANGKOK — A fire in north of Bangkok is sending up a large column of smoke Tuesday morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000324-bangkok-wood-house-fire-fuels-large-column-of-smoke/

 

Finance to speed up law to promote joint venture startups

By Thai PBS

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The National Start Up Committee says it is speedily drafting a legislation that will exempt capital gain tax for start-up business that is jointly invested by Thai and foreign investors.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000325-finance-to-speed-up-law-to-promote-joint-venture-startups/

 

Taxi driver enjoys windfall from Thai woman arriving from Norway

 

Picture: Manager

 

BANGKOK: -- A Thai woman who had arrived back from Norway didn't have enough local money to pay for the taxi to a Bangkok hotel.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000327-taxi-driver-enjoys-windfall-from-thai-woman-arriving-from-norway/

 

Myanmar man stabs estranged wife to death in front of shocked shoppers

By The Nation

 

 

A Myanmar man stabbed his estranged wife to death in front of shoppers and police at a community market in Phetchaburi’s Khao Yoi district on Monday night.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000330-myanmar-man-stabs-estranged-wife-to-death-in-front-of-shocked-shoppers/

 

Back to the Field: Music festival Wonderfruit to return to Pattaya in December

By Coconuts Bangkok 

 

Photo: Courtesy of Wonderfruit

 

PATTAYA: -- Wonderfruit, a cross-cultural music festival that incorporates arts, inspiring talks, crafts, and culinary delights, is set to return to Pattaya on December 14-17.

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000332-back-to-the-field-music-festival-wonderfruit-to-return-to-pattaya-in-december/

 

She rented cars then pawned them for cash - Cha-Am woman finally arrested

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Police in Petchaburi have announced the arrest of a Cha-Am woman wanted on 16 separate warrants.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000333-she-rented-cars-then-pawned-them-for-cash-cha-am-woman-finally-arrested/

 

Thai researchers develop mechanical robot arm for bomb disposal operations

By Somchai Samart 
The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- By the end of this year 10 mechanical robot arms developed in Thailand are slated to be handed to the Defence Technology Institute for distribution to explosive ordnance disposal teams nationwide.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000334-thai-researchers-develop-mechanical-robot-arm-for-bomb-disposal-operations/

 

YouTube to MP3 converter site shut down following piracy crackdown

BY STAFF WRITER

 

Image: REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/Files

 

Popular YouTube riping site YouTube-MP3.org is to close following legal action by some of the world’s biggest record labels.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/youtube-mp3-converter-site-shut-following-piracy-crackdown/24051/

Japan Airlines plane makes emergency landing in Tokyo

 

TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japan Airlines (JAL) plane made an emergency landing at Tokyo's Haneda International Airport shortly after takeoff on Tuesday following an apparent bird strike, an airline spokesman said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000336-japan-airlines-plane-makes-emergency-landing-in-tokyo/

 

Pharmacist knew what teens were up to - takes abuse for not giving Tramadol

 

Picture: Manager

 

UBON RATCHATHANI: -- A pharmacist in Ubon went on Facebook to say what she did when she suspected teens you came into her shop were trying to get the restricted painkiller Tramadol.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000339-pharmacist-knew-what-teens-were-up-to-takes-abuse-for-not-giving-tramadol/

 

Chomsky among signers of pro-Netiwit petition

By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- A petition has appeared online in support of eight Chulalongkorn University students whose “behaviour scores” were reduced for perceived misbehaviour at the school’s annual oath-taking ceremony for freshmen.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000340-chomsky-among-signers-of-pro-netiwit-petition/

 

Video: "Spiderman! Spiderman! Does whatever a Thai man can!"

 

Picture: Manger

 

A police CCTV video widely shared online showed the superhero Spiderman coming to the rescue as a motorcyclist took a tumble on a Thai road.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000342-video-spiderman-spiderman-does-whatever-a-thai-man-can/

 

Democrat party leader urges speedy revocation of Yingluck’s Thai passport

By Thai PBS

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva yesterday called on the government to immediately revoke the Thai passport of fugitive ex-premier Yingluck Shinawatra, reasoning that any delay could backfire and tarnish the image of the military junta.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000353-abhisit-urges-speedy-revocation-of-yingluck’s-thai-passport/

 

Four men arrested over waitress’ alleged gang rape and murder

By The Nation

 

 

Four 23-year-old men were arrested early Tuesday morning for the alleged gang rape and murder of a 24-year-old waitress in Sara Buri's Nong Khae district in August.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000354-four-men-arrested-over-waitress’-alleged-gang-rape-and-murder/

 

Several vehicles linked to Yingluck vanishing act, says Army chief

By The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- Army chief Chalermchai Sitthisart has said several vehicles were involved in the disappearance of former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra and authorities need to examine CCTV footage as part of the investigation.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000356-several-vehicles-linked-to-yingluck-vanishing-act-says-army-chief/

 

UPDATE:

 

Man found hiding in forest arrested over young girl’s murder

By The Nation

 

 

Police and troops have arrested a man for allegedly slashing the throat of a five-year-old girl and dumping her body in an old septic well at a deserted house in Kanchanaburi’s Sisawat district.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1000143-girl-5-found-murdered-and-dumped-in-old-septic-well-in-kanchanaburi/?do=findComment&comment=12242660