THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Wednesday 13 Sep 2017

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Cars and houses damaged as badminton court collapses in storm in Nonthaburi

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

NONTHABURI: -- Dozens of cars and several houses were damaged after a two story badminton club came crashing down in a storm yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001924-cars-and-houses-damaged-as-badminton-court-collapses-in-storm-in-nonthaburi/

 

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Video: Brake failure - standard excuse ruled as nonsense

 

 

CCTV from an intersection in Phayao showed a ten wheel truck laden with earth ploughing into four cars in the Mae Tam area.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001925-video-brake-failure-standard-excuse-ruled-as-nonsense/

 

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Hardliners protest French labour reform after Macron chides 'slackers'

By Richard Lough and Johnny Cotton

 

Demonstrators face off with French CRS riot police as they attend a national strike and protest against the government's labour reforms in Lyon, France, September 12, 2017. REUTERS/Robert Pratta

 

PARIS (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of hard-left trade unionists marched through French cities on Tuesday to protest against President Emmanuel Macron's labour law reforms, although turnout appeared lower than at demonstrations in previous years.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001926-hardliners-protest-french-labour-reform-after-macron-chides-slackers/

 

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Cabinet give green light to new alcohol, cigarette tax rates

 

BANGKOK, 13 September 2017 (NNT) - The Cabinet meeting on Tuesday approved the new excise tax rates for alcohol, cigarettes and playing cards. The new tax rates will be published in the Royal Gazette before they become effective on 16 September 2017. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001929-thai-cabinet-give-green-light-to-new-alcohol-cigarette-tax-rates/

 

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MOPH continues to develop five-star subdistrict health promotion hospitals nationwide by 5 years

 

BANGKOK, 13 September 2017 (NNT) - Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) Sophon Mekthon has said that the ministry has developed 9,826 health centers nationwide to later become sub-district health promotion hospitals. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001931-moph-continues-to-develop-five-star-subdistrict-health-promotion-hospitals-nationwide-by-5-years/

 

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Trump likely to visit China during November Asia trip - U.S. official

 

U.S. President Donald Trump waits to greet Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak at the White House in Washington, U.S. September 12, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is likely to make a stop in China in November during his first official visit to Asia, a U.S. official said on Tuesday, a trip that will come amid tensions over North Korea's nuclear tests.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001934-trump-likely-to-visit-china-during-november-asia-trip-us-official/

 

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New Apple Watch that makes calls turns comic book fantasy into reality

BY REUTERS 

 

Jeff Williams, Apple COO, talks about the Apple Watch Series 3. REUTERS/Stephen Lam

 

CUPERTINO, Calif. (Reuters) – More than two years after releasing the Apple Watch, Apple Inc has finally been able to replicate 1940s comic strip technology, an advance that analysts say will spur sales.

 

Full story:  http://tech.thaivisa.com/new-apple-watch-makes-calls-turns-comic-book-fantasy-reality/24228/

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Graphic – Apple: Will a $1,000 phone deliver a $1 trillion company?

BY REUTERS 

 

(L-R) iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X and iPhone 8 models are displayed during an Apple launch event in Cupertino, California, U.S. September 12, 2017. REUTERS/Stephen Lam

 

(Reuters) – At around $830 billion, Apple Inc’s stock market value on the day of its newest iPhone launch towers over its next-largest rival and has Wall Street asking: Will it be the first listed company to crack the Big T?

 

Full story:  http://tech.thaivisa.com/24232-2/24232/

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Cryptocurrency chaos as China cracks down on ICOs

BY REUTERS 

 

REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/Illustration/Files

 

SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s move last week to ban initial coin offerings (ICO) has caused chaos among start-ups looking to raise money through the novel fund-raising scheme, prompting halts, about-turns and re-thinks.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/cryptocurrency-chaos-china-cracks-icos/24238/

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Bangkok to get 459-metre city observation tower

By The Chao Phraya River Tourism Association

 

Bangkok Observation Tower

 

Observation Tower to be new city landmark on the Chao Phraya River

 

BANGKOK, /PRNewswire/ -- Thailand's capital is to get its first city observation. A 459-metre-high tower will rank 6th among the world's tallest towers as well as be the tallest observation tower in Southeast Asia.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001935-bangkok-to-get-459-metre-city-observation-tower/

 

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Abandoned parcel causes bomb scare at post office

By The Nation

 

An unidentified woman caused a bomb scare at a post office in Samut Songkram province after she abandoned a parcel in the office on Tuesday evening.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001937-abandoned-parcel-causes-bomb-scare-at-post-office-in-samut-songkram/

 

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German man arrested after riding unicycle naked around Pattaya

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Police have arrested a 56 year old German after he was caught riding an electric unicycle naked around Pattaya.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001938-german-man-arrested-after-riding-unicycle-naked-around-pattaya/

 

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Thief blasts open ATM machine to rob cash

By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- A thief used an explosive device to blast open an ATM machine in Bangkok’s Prawet district early Wednesday and decamped with some cash, police and witnesses said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001942-thief-blasts-open-atm-machine-in-bangkok-to-rob-cash/

 

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Indian businessman killed in car crash in Pathum Thani

By The Nation

 

 

An Indian businessman was killed when his car crashed through the concrete wall of a house in a housing estate in Pathum Thani province late Tuesday night.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001943-indian-businessman-killed-in-car-crash-in-pathum-thani/

 

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U.S. gay marriage pioneer Edith Windsor dies at 88

By Joseph Ax

 

Edith "Edie" Windsor (C) reacts to cheers as she arrives for a news conference following the U.S. Supreme Court 5-4 ruling striking down as unconstitutional the Defense of Marriage Act, in New York June 26, 2013. REUTERS/Mike Segar

 

NEW YORK, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Edith Windsor, the New York woman whose successful challenge to a federal law that defined marriage as between one man and one woman helped pave the way for gay marriage nationwide, died on Tuesday at age 88.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001946-us-gay-marriage-pioneer-edith-windsor-dies-at-88/

 

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Trump open to Dreamers relief legislation without wall funding: aide

By James Oliphant and Richard Cowan

 

Alliance San Diego and other Pro-DACA supporters hold a protest rally, following U.S. President Donald Trump's DACA announcement, in front of San Diego County Administration Center in San Diego, California, U.S., September 5, 2017. REUTERS/John Gastaldo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will not necessarily insist on including funding for a border wall with Mexico in legislation to address protections for children brought to the United States illegally, a senior aide said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001949-trump-open-to-dreamers-relief-legislation-without-wall-funding-aide/

 

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Family of Australian woman fatally shot wants Minnesota cop charged

By Chris Kenning

 

Justine Damond, also known as Justine Ruszczyk, from Sydney, is seen in this 2015 photo released by Stephen Govel Photography in New York, U.S., on July 17, 2017. Stephen Govel/Stephen Govel Photography/Handout via REUTERS/Files

 

(Reuters) - The family of an Australian woman who was fatally shot wants the Minneapolis policeman involved charged, their attorney said on Tuesday, the same day investigators sent the evidence collected to the local prosecutor.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001951-family-of-australian-woman-fatally-shot-wants-minnesota-cop-charged/

 

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Russian drunk driver charged as woman in hospital with head injuries

The Phuket News

 

The car driven by Russian national Julian Ranmer rolled twice before striking the oncoming motorbike. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: -- A Russian man face serious charges which may incur years in jail for a drunk-driving accident in Rawai last night (Sept 12) that left a local woman in hospital with head injuries.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001954-russian-drunk-driver-charged-as-woman-in-hospital-with-head-injuries/

 

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Myanmar's Suu Kyi to skip U.N. General Assembly amid Rohingya crisis

By Wa Lone

 

Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi talks during a news conference with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Naypyitaw, Myanmar September 6, 2017. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

 

YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's national leader Aung San Suu Kyi, facing outrage over ethnic violence that has forced about 370,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh, will not attend the upcoming U.N. General Assembly session in New York, a party spokesman said on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001955-myanmars-suu-kyi-to-skip-un-general-assembly-amid-rohingya-crisis/

 

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"Most-hated German in Thailand" denied boarding Thai Airways flight to Laos

 

Facebook Benjamin Holst

 

A man once dubbed the "most hated German in Thailand" was denied boarding a Thai Airways flight on Tuesday after being blacklisted by Thai immigration.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001957-most-hated-german-in-thailand-denied-boarding-thai-airways-flight-to-laos/

 

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Liquor candy factory raided in Samut Sakhon

By Thai PBS

 

 

A chocolate factory in Samut Sakhon province was ordered closed yesterday after a raid by a combined force of government authorities found it produced liquor chocolates without official licence.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001961-liquor-candy-factory-raided-in-samut-sakhon/

 

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Agencies divide up 300 cases of embezzled temple funds

By The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- The Centre for National Anti-Corruption (CNAC) has forwarded reports of about 300 cases of alleged embezzlement of temple maintenance funds to six state agencies for further investigation. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001962-agencies-divide-up-300-cases-of-embezzled-temple-funds/

 

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Officials to ponder regulations on “pet cafe”

By Thai PBS

 

 

A committee tasked with protecting animals will meet on Wednesday (Sept 13) to consider how best to regulate the operations of the so-called pet cafes in a way that will protect humans from animal diseases and, at the same time, not affecting the business and animal lovers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001972-officials-to-ponder-regulations-on-“pet-cafe”/

 

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Brits among five Phuket tourists charged for brawl on Bangla

Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

After the fight was over, all five suspects apologised for their behaviour and compensated the victims whose vehicles were damaged. Photo: Patong Police

 

PHUKET: -- Five tourists, including at least four Brits, have been charged and fined after a brawl on Patong’s Bangla Rd yesterday morning (Sept 12) that even damaged vehicles caught in the affray.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001975-brits-among-five-phuket-tourists-charged-for-brawl-on-bangla/

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Tone Nga Chang Waterfall closed to tourists after thunderstorm

By The Nation

 

 

SONGKHLA: -- The Tone Nga Chang Waterfall, a popular tourist destination in Songkhla, was closed for three days beginning Wednesday after a thunderstorm on Tuesday evening uprooted trees, damaging vehicles and buildings and blocking the walking path.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001978-tone-nga-chang-waterfall-in-songkhla-closed-to-tourists-after-thunderstorm/

 

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Turkey orders 79 school employees detained in post-coup probe - NTV

 

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish authorities issued detention warrants for 79 former school employees on Wednesday over alleged links to last year's failed military coup, broadcaster NTV said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001979-turkey-orders-79-school-employees-detained-in-post-coup-probe-ntv/

 

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Juncker to lay out vision for stronger post-Brexit EU

By Alastair Macdonald

 

President of the EU Commission Jean-Claude Juncker arrives for the G20 leaders summit in Hamburg, Germany July 6, 2017. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt

 

STRASBOURG (Reuters) - Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Union's executive body, will call on member states to take advantage of Brexit and an economic upswing that is pulling the EU out of crisis to forge a tighter Union, putting the euro zone at the heart of world trade.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001980-juncker-to-lay-out-vision-for-stronger-post-brexit eu/

 

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Robot Olympiad champs need help getting to world finals

By The Nation

 

 

CHIANG MAI: -- Three Mathayom 1 students at Wattanothaipayap School in Chiang Mai have won the World Robot Olympiad Thailand junior championship and are ready to represent the country at the international level at a competition in Costa Rica in November. 

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001981-robot-olympiad-champs-need-help-getting-to-world-finals/

 

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Son charged with hiding mother’s body 

By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- A son was charged with concealing a corpse after he buried his aged mother’s body on an unused plot on Soi Udomsuk in Bangkok without a proper funeral and without informing the authorities of her death, police said on Wednesday.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001982-son-charged-with-hiding-mother’s-body /

 

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RBI looking into cryptocurrencies, 'not comfortable' with bitcoin

 

FILE PHOTO: A sign is seen in a restaurant where a Bitcoin ATM is located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada June 3, 2017. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo

 

MUMBAI (Reuters) - The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has a group looking into cryptocurrencies as legal tender, a senior official said on Wednesday, but emphasised the central bank's discomfort with bitcoin which has recently come under intense global regulatory scrutiny.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1001983-rbi-looking-into-cryptocurrencies-not-comfortable-with-bitcoin/