webfact Posted September 12, 2017 Author Share Posted September 12, 2017 Australia kicks off weeks-long same-sex marriage ballot By Colin Packham People participate in a march for marriage equality of same-sex couples in Sydney, Australia, September 10, 2017. REUTERS/Steven Saphore SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia on Tuesday launched a postal vote on whether to legalise same-sex marriage as a widely watched poll indicated the country would be overwhelmingly in support. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001786-australia-kicks-off-weeks-long-same-sex-marriage-ballot/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted September 12, 2017 Author Share Posted September 12, 2017 Alleged drug boss arrested By The Nation BANGKOK: -- Police have seized 100,000 methamphetamine pills from an alleged drug boss. Metropolitan Police Bureau Commissioner Lt-General Sanit Mahathavorn told a press conference on Tuesday that the seizure of the meth pills and 23 grams of marijuana as well as Bt800,000 made the case against Kessaya Thepmorya, 30, stronger. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001788-alleged-drug-boss-arrested in-bangkok/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted September 12, 2017 Author Share Posted September 12, 2017 Tip-off leads to arrest of Thai driver, four undocumented Cambodians By The Nation BANGKOK: -- A 38-year-old man was arrested in Sa Kaew’s Aranyaprathet district on Tuesday morning for transporting four undocumented workers from Cambodia towards Bangkok. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001789-tip-off-leads-to-arrest-of-thai-driver-four-undocumented-cambodians/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted September 12, 2017 Author Share Posted September 12, 2017 Thai tourists warned of Dutch ban on Ya Hom powder BANGKOK: -- The Foreign Ministry has warned Thais travelling to Netherlands not to carry a traditional Chinese medicinal powder with them as it has ingredients banned under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Cites). Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001790-thai-tourists-warned-of-dutch-ban-on-ya-hom-powder / Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted September 12, 2017 Author Share Posted September 12, 2017 Anupong vows to scrap approval of land use and punish responsible officials By Thai PBS BANGKOK: -- Interior Minister Anupong Paochinda assured on Tuesday (Sept 12) he was ready to scrap a ministry’s order allowing a private company to utilise a community forest for the production of drinking water, and non-alcoholic drinks in Khon Kaen province if there is even one villager protesting the project. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001791-anupong-vows-to-scrap-approval-of-land-use-and-punish-responsible-officials/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted September 12, 2017 Author Share Posted September 12, 2017 UPDATE: Ministry: No One Opposed Granting Public Land To Red Bull By Sasiwan Mokkhasen, Staff Reporter The disputed area where a Red Bull plant can be seen under construction Monday in Khon Kaen province. BANGKOK — The Interior Ministry said Tuesday it would revoke a public land concession granted last year to energy drink maker Red Bull – provided a single local resident could be found who had opposed it. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001791-anupong-vows-to-scrap-approval-of-land-use-and-punish-responsible-officials/?do=findComment&comment=12263873 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted September 12, 2017 Author Share Posted September 12, 2017 17 year old using BB gun to rob locals and tourists The 17 years old confessed that he had robbed people in Phuket town and Kathu area 4-5 times after taking Alprazolam (Xanax). By Nattha Thepbamrung and Kritsada Mueanhawong PHUKET: -- Last night (September 11), Phuket police arrested a 17 year old from Had Yai, Songkhla, in Soi Hongyok-Utit, Phuket Town. He’d already committed 4 or 5 robberies and claimed that he robbed people after taking drugs. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001793-17-year-old-using-bb-gun-to-rob-locals-and-tourists-in-phuket/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted September 12, 2017 Author Share Posted September 12, 2017 Yingluck’s whereabouts still unknown: Don By The Nation BANGKOK: -- Nearly three weeks after Yingluck Shinawatra failed to show up in court to hear the verdict in the malfeasance case against her, authorities remain uncertain as to where the fugitive former premier might be. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001794-yingluck’s-whereabouts-still-unknown-don / Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted September 12, 2017 Author Share Posted September 12, 2017 Google has made it easier to see all the stuff it knows about you BY JONATHAN FAIRFIELD Google is updating its Dashboard feature, making it easier for you to see all the data and information it knows about you. Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/google-made-easier-see-stuff-knows/24208/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted September 12, 2017 Author Share Posted September 12, 2017 Bizarre story of the day: Sex robot dolls could be programmed to kill you, expert warns BY STAFF WRITER REUTERS/Albert Gea Is this how you’re going to die? Sex robot dolls could be programmed to kill their owners if they are hacked, a cyber security expert has warned. Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/bizarre-story-day-sex-robot-dolls-programmed-kill-experts-warn/24212/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted September 12, 2017 Author Share Posted September 12, 2017 BMA prepares area beneath Phong Phraram Tollway for street vendors BANGKOK, 12th September 2017 (NNT) - The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is setting up free vendor space beneath Phong Phraram Tollway in Pathum Wan district, to assist street hawkers displaced by the capital's cleanup program. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001796-bma-prepares-area-beneath-phong-phraram-tollway-for-street-vendors/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted September 12, 2017 Author Share Posted September 12, 2017 Quest continues for details of Yingluck’s escape By The Nation BANGKOK: -- Further information has to be sought about who facilitated Yingluck Shinawatra’s escape from justice and how many people assisted her, the National Security Council’s secretary-general General Thaweep Netniyom said on Tuesday. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001797-quest-continues-for-details-of-yingluck’s-escape/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted September 12, 2017 Author Share Posted September 12, 2017 Pets rescued from locked car in Lampang By Pratheep Nanthaparp The Nation Lampang rescue workers released a Siberian dog and 13 cats that were trapped in a locked car for about 10 hours on Tuesday. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001798-pets-rescued-from-locked-car-in-lampang/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Fairfield Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 Air Berlin cancels flights as pilots call in sick BERLIN (Reuters) - Insolvent Air Berlin <AB1.DE> said it has cancelled around 70 flights so far on Tuesday, affecting both its own operations and flights it carries out for Lufthansa's <LHAG.DE> Eurowings, after pilots called in sick in unusually high numbers. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001803-air-berlin-cancels-flights-as-pilots-call-in-sick/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Fairfield Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 China facing intensified threat of religious infiltration, extremism - official BEIJING (Reuters) - China is facing heightened threats from foreign infiltration via religion and from the spread of extremism, a top official for religious affairs said on Tuesday, after strict new rules were passed to manage religious practice in the country. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001805-china-facing-intensified-threat-of-religious-infiltration-extremism-official/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Fairfield Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 Carmakers face electric reality as combustion engine outlook dims By Laurence Frost and Edward Taylor FRANKFURT (Reuters) - European car bosses gathering for the Frankfurt auto show are beginning to address the realities of mass vehicle electrification, and its consequences for jobs and profit, their minds focused by government pledges to outlaw the combustion engine. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001806-carmakers-face-electric-reality-as-combustion-engine-outlook-dims/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Fairfield Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 U.N. says 370,000 flee Myanmar, exodus continuing GENEVA (Reuters) - Violence in Myanmar has prompted 370,000 people belonging to the Muslim Rohingya minority to flee to Bangladesh since Aug. 25, up from a previous estimate of 313,000, the U.N. International Organization for Migration said on Tuesday. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001807-un-says-370000-flee-myanmar-exodus-continuing/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Fairfield Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 Macau's unused billions: booming casino taxes sit in government coffers By Farah Master MACAU (Reuters) - Over the past five years, Macau has raked in $70 billion in taxes from the casinos that have made the territory the largest gambling center in the world. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001808-macaus-unused-billions-booming-casino-taxes-sit-in-government-coffers/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Fairfield Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 Interpol publishes Red Notice for arrest of Red Bull heir The Interpol has published a Red Notice for the arrest of Red Bull scion Vorayuth Yoovidhya, a suspect in a hit-and-run case, at the request of the Royal Thai Police’s Foreign Affairs Division. Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001775-latest-int’l-sighting-of-fugitive-red-bull-heir-is-on-interpol-wanted-notice…finally/?tab=comments#comment-12264097 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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snoop1130 Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 Bewildering Wild Mushrooms are Available in the Markets by CityNews CityNews – Bewildering wild mushrooms and bamboo shoots continue to be sold in the local markets due to the recent continuous rains, increasing daily income for local vendors up to a thousand baht. Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001828-bewildering-wild-mushrooms-are-available-in-the-markets/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoop1130 Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 Burmese Man Dies Attempting to Trespass onto a Farm by CityNews CityNews – A Burmese man died after being electrocuted when was trying to sneak onto a farm for fishing. Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001830-burmese-man-dies-attempting-to-trespass-onto-a-farm/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoop1130 Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 Army medical team gives free artificial limbs to disabled in deep South By The Nation A 13-member team from the Royal Thai Army Medical Department's Phramongkutklao Hospital is preparing to provide free artificial limbs to 100 disabled persons and has repaired another 99 artificial limbs in the deep South, as a merit for HM the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej. Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001832-army-medical-team-gives-free-artificial-limbs-to-disabled-in-deep-south/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoop1130 Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 Good Samaritan returns lost wallet containing Bt31,000 By The Nation A farmer and scavenger in Maha Sarakham's Muang district has returned a wallet containing Bt31,000 to a PhD student who lost it on a night out with friends and who needs the money to pay his tuition. Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001833-good-samaritan-returns-lost-wallet-containing-bt31000/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoop1130 Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 Student activists put Abhisit on the spot over 2010 crackdown By The Nation Former PM and Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva was confronted on Tuesday by student activists questioning him about the deadly crackdown in 2010, as he was giving a lecture at Thammasat University. Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001834-student-activists-put-abhisit-on-the-spot-over-2010-crackdown/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoop1130 Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 Seven tour companies hit in Tourist Police Bureau crackdown By Khanathit Srihirandej The Nation The newly-appointed deputy chief of the Tourist Police Bureau (TPB), Pol Maj Gen Surachet Hakpan, has led a crackdown on seven tour companies that allegedly used unlicensed tour guides and red licence plate vehicles on their commercial services. Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001837-seven-tour-companies-hit-in-tourist-police-bureau-crackdown/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoop1130 Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 Apple set to unveil anniversary iPhone in major product launch BY REUTERS REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo CUPERTINO, Calif. (Reuters) – A decade after then-CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the first iPhone, Apple Inc on Tuesday is set to introduce a completely redesigned top-of-the-line iPhone along with two other new phones, as well as a big upgrade to the Apple Watch and a higher-definition Apple TV. Full Story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/apple-set-unveil-anniversary-iphone-major-product-launch/24214/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoop1130 Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 Dell ramps up sales push with new products BY THE NATION Dell Inspiron 7000 Series DELL CORPORATION (Thailand) yesterday announced a plan to further expand its sales channel network coverage nationwide, boost online sales growth, and tap more provincial markets as part of its consumer business group’s growth strategy in the second half of this year. Full Story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/dell-ramps-sales-push-new-products/24217/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoop1130 Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 Sorrayuth makes bail pending appeal By The Nation File photo: Sorrayuth Suthassanachinda The Supreme Court approved bail requests for former famous TV news host Sorrayuth Suthassanachinda and his employee on Tuesday. Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001840-sorrayuth-makes-bail-pending-appeal/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoop1130 Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 PM urged to stop Temple of Dawn renovation By Chakkawan Salethu The Nation A petition has been presented to Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha urging him to halt the renovation of the stupa of the Temple of Dawn, also known as Phra Prang Wat Arun. Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001841-pm-urged-to-stop-temple-of-dawn-renovation/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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