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DPM Prawit: Election date cannot be determined until organic laws are enforced

 

 

BANGKOK, 2 October 2017 (NNT) - Deputy Prime Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwan says an election date will be announced once all organic acts have been promulgated in the royal gazette. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004965-dpm-prawit-election-date-cannot-be-determined-until-organic-laws-are-enforced/

 

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Security to dominate PM’s talks in the US

By WASAMON AUDJARINT, 
WICHIT CHAITRONG 
THE NATION 

 

 

THAI GOVT SEES TRIP AS A TURNING POINT IN RELATIONS AFTER OBAMA’S CRITICISM FOLLOWING 2014 COUP

WHILE GOVERNMENT officials have said they will focus on economic matters during a top-level Thailand-US meeting at the White House today, it is security concerns, particularly relating to Thailand’s logistics role regarding the US on rising tensions in East Asia, that should be watched closely, academics believe.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004967-security-to-dominate-pm’s-talks-in-the-us/

 

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Royal Urn and Coffin reflect CENTURIES OF TRADITION

By Kupluthai Pungkanon 
The Nation 

 

The Sandalwood Royal Urn (Phra Kot Chan) and the Sandalwood Royal Coffin (Phra Heep Chan) of His Majesty King Bhumibol are displayed at the Throne Hall.

 

AS CONSTRUCTION preparing the Royal Crematorium for the Royal Cremation of His Majesty Bhumibol Adulyadej at the Sanam Luang ceremonial ground nears completion, huge crowds of mourners have flooded the Grand Palace.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/980183-royal-cremation-of-the-late-king-bhumibol-adulyadej-is-set-on-october-26/?do=findComment&comment=12321193

 

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Low-income welfare programme begins amid hiccups

By The Nation

 

 

MANY REGISTERED low-income earners nationwide, except in Bangkok and its vicinity, started using welfare cash cards for discounts at Blue Flag outlets or other shops participating in the government’s scheme for the first time yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004969-low-income-welfare-programme-begins-amid-hiccups/

 

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Family seeks return of Erawan Shrine bomb suspect

By PHUKET GAZETTE

 

Wanna

 

THE FAMILY of Erawan Shrine bombing suspect Wanna Suansan, who has given birth to two children while in immigration prison in Turkey, is calling for her return to Thailand to face trial.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004970-family-seeks-return-of-erawan-shrine-bomb-suspect/

 

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Three foreign overstayers arrested

The police found that Khurram had been overstaying for 1,302 days, Riasat 1,115 days and Ratnakar 278 days overstay

By Nattha Thepbamrung and Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

  

PHUKET: -- 3 foreigners have been arrested on Bangla Road, Patong, including 33 year old Khurram Rasheed from Pakistan, 23 year old Riasat Ali from Pakistan, and 21 year old Ratnakar Reddy Singireddy from India.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004971-three-foreign-overstayers-arrested-in-phuket/

 

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More jobs for elderly will ease labour shortage: employment agency

By Chularat Saengpassa 
The Nation

 

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NEARLY HALF the number of elderly Thais, or 4.7 million people, continue to work beyond the retirement age because they are short of cash, according to the 2016 statistics.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004972-more-jobs-for-elderly-will-ease-labour-shortage-employment-agency/

 

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New water fees ‘threaten livelihoods’

By Pratch Rujivanarom 
The Nation

 

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Academics warn of expected shortages

 

BANGKOK: -- CITING ITS likely impact of further impoverishing already vulnerable rice farmers, some academics and farming leaders are slamming a proposed new national water-use policy that would tax farmers for irrigating their fields.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004973-new-water-fees-‘threaten-livelihoods’/

 

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Poll: Thais support Prayut’s trip to Washington

By The Nation

 

 

Most people approve of Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha’s visit to the White House, seeing it as an opportunity to strengthen Thailand’s diplomatic ties with the United States and for the administration to update itself on global trends, according to a Suan Dusit Poll released on Sunday.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004975-poll-thais-support-prayut’s-trip-to-washington/

 

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Killer 'wanted to eat victim’s liver' 

By The Nation

 

 

A 24-year-old man, who was reportedly suffering hallucinations from a mix of yaba and marijuana, allegedly killed his elderly neighbour and cut open the body so he could eat the liver.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004976-killer-wanted-to-eat-victim’s-liver-thai-police-say/

 

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Construction suspended after Chao Phraya bridge collapse

By The Nation

 

 

CHAI NAT: -- Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith on Sunday ordered a one-month suspension of the construction of a bridge across the Chao Phraya River in Chai Nat’s Muang district, following an incident on Saturday when concrete section collapsed and seriously wounded four workers. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004977-construction-suspended-after-chao-phraya-bridge-collapse/

 

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US media tend to pay less attention to Trump-Prayut meeting

By Thai PBS

 

 

Washington – US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha are to meet at the White House on Monday (Oct 2), but US media are likely to pay more attention to domestic issues ranging from aids to Puerto Rico devastated by  Hurricane Maria to racial tensions in the US than the Thai PM’s visit, according to some Washington-based reporters.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004978-us-media-tend-to-pay-less-attention-to-trump-prayut-meeting/

 

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GLO metes out short-term measure to tackle lottery overpricing

By Thai PBS

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Government Lottery Office has decided to delay the allocation of lottery quotas to dealers two days later than normal schedule as part of a short-term measure to tackle lottery over-pricing.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004979-glo-metes-out-short-term-measure-to-tackle-lottery-overpricing/

 

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DPM Prawit orders crime crackdown in tourist destinations

By Thai PBS

 

 

Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan has ordered a crackdown on foreign Mafia gangs, dark influential figures and foreign illegal immigrants in tourist destinations nationwide.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004980-dpm-prawit-orders-crime-crackdown-in-tourist-destinations/

 

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Thai chef attacks foreign owner in Pattaya Soi 7

By Online Admin -

 

 

PATTAYA: -- A former Thai chef at the popular Mexican restaurant, Tequila Reef, in Pattaya Soi 7 has attacked the boss after a heated argument.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004981-thai-chef-attacks-foreign-owner-in-pattaya-soi-7/

 

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Knifeman yelling "Allahu Akbar" shot dead after killing two in France

By Marc Leras and Emmanuel Jarry

 

Emergency services vehicles are seen outside the Saint-Charles train station after French soldiers shot and killed a man who stabbed two women to death at the main train station in Marseille, France, October 1, 2017. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier

 

MARSEILLE, France/PARIS (Reuters) - Two women were stabbed to death and their assailant shot dead by a soldier in the southern French port city of Marseille on Sunday in what officials described as a "likely terrorist act".

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004982-knifeman-yelling-allahu-akbar-shot-dead-after-killing-two-in-marseille-france/

 

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O.J. Simpson walks out of Nevada prison after serving nine years for robbery

By Dan Whitcomb

 

FILE PHOTO: O.J. Simpson reacts during his parole hearing at Lovelock Correctional Center in Lovelock, Nevada, U.S. on July 20, 2017. REUTERS/Jason Bean/Pool/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - O.J. Simpson, acquitted of the 1994 murder of his ex-wife and her friend after the "Trial of the Century," was released early on Sunday from a prison in Nevada, where he had been held since 2008 for a botched armed robbery at a Las Vegas casino hotel.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004983-oj-simpson-walks-out-of-nevada-prison-after-serving-nine-years-for-robbery/

 

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Violence erupts as Catalans vote on split from Spain

By Sam Edwards

 

Spanish Civil Guard officers break through a door at a polling station for the banned independence referendum where Catalan President Carles Puigdemont was supposed to vote in Sant Julia de Ramis, Spain October 1, 2017. REUTERS/Juan Medina

 

BARCELONA (Reuters) - Spanish riot police burst into polling stations across Catalonia on Sunday, seizing ballot boxes and voting papers to prevent a banned referendum on a split from Spain in a show of force aimed at asserting Madrid's authority over the rebel region.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004984-violence-erupts-as-catalans-vote-on-split-from-spain/

 

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Trump to top U.S. diplomat: Don't bother talking to North Korea

By Doina Chiacu and Steve Holland

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump points to Marine One as he departs for Bedminster, New Jersey, from the White House in Washington, U.S., September 29, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he told the top U.S. diplomat not to waste his time trying to negotiate with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004985-trump-to-top-us-diplomat-dont-bother-talking-to-north-korea/

 

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Under pressure, PM May says she can steer Britain through Brexit

By Elizabeth Piper and Kate Holton

 

Britain's Prime Minister, Theresa May leaves the Midland Hotel on the opening day of the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, Britain October 1, 2017. REUTERS/Phil Noble

 

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Apologising for losing her Conservative Party's majority at a June election, Prime Minister Theresa May responded to her critics on Sunday by saying she had the right strategy to lead Britain and win a Brexit deal.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004986-under-pressure-pm-may-says-she-can-steer-britain-through-brexit/

 

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Canada police charge Somali refugee in Edmonton stabbing, car attacks

By Ethan Lou

 

Edmonton Police investigate at the scene where a man hit pedestrians then flipped the U-Haul truck he was driving, pictured at the intersection at 107 Street and 100th Avenue in front of the Matrix Hotel in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, October 1, 2017. REUTERS/Candace Elliott

 

EDMONTON, Alberta (Reuters) - Canadian police charged a Somali refugee with five counts of attempted murder on Sunday after they said he stabbed a police officer and ran down several pedestrians with a car in Edmonton, Alberta, in what officials called an act of terrorism.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004987-canada-police-charge-somali-refugee-in-edmonton-stabbing-car-attacks/

 

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U.S. travel warning sends chill across Cuban tourism industry

By Nelson Acosta and Marc Frank

 

Tourists walk in Havana, Cuba, September 29, 2017. Picture taken on September 29, 2017. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini

 

HAVANA (Reuters) - Businesses catering to U.S. tourists visiting Cuba have had a rude awakening in the last few months after enjoying a 2-1/2-year boom.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004988-us-travel-warning-sends-chill-across-cuban-tourism-industry/

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Thailand says closely watching Myanmar crisis, ready to provide aid

 

Rohingya refugees who just arrived under the cover of darkness by a wooden boat from Myanmar make their way to the shore of Shah Porir Dwip, in Teknaf, near Cox's Bazar, in Bangladesh September 29, 2017. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's foreign ministry, in a rare statement on an ongoing crisis in neighbouring Myanmar's Rakhine state, said late on Saturday that it was "closely following the situation" and would provide aid to the governments of Myanmar and Bangladesh.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1004997-thailand says-closely-watching-myanmar-crisis-ready-to-provide-aid/

 

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Britain will fight its corner in Boeing-Bombardier standoff - minister

 

James Brokenshire, Britain's Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, arrives at a cabinet meeting in Downing Street, London September 12, 2017. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay/Files

 

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Britain will fight its corner in the damaging dispute between U.S. planemaker Boeing and Canadian rival Bombardier, its trade minister said on Sunday, adding that "protectionism always ends badly".

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005000-britain-will-fight-its-corner-in-boeing-bombardier-standoff-minister/

 

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Zuckerberg seeks forgiveness for division caused by his work

 

FILE PHOTO: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks on stage during the Facebook F8 conference in San Francisco, California, U.S. on April 12, 2016. REUTERS/Stephen Lam/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - Facebook Inc founder and Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg asked for forgiveness for ways his work was used to divide people in a Facebook posting marking the end of Yom Kippur, the Jewish holiday of atonement on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005002-zuckerberg-seeks-forgiveness-for-division-caused-by-his-work/

 

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Dozens arrested in Sweden as neo-Nazis, anti-fascists clash with police

 

The Nordic Resistance Movement (NMR) march in centralGothenburg, Sweden September 30, 2017. Fredrik Sandberg/TT News Agency/via REUTERS

 

GOTHENBURG, Sweden (Reuters) - More than 30 people were arrested on Saturday as both neo-Nazis and anti-fascists clashed with police during a march by the extreme right-wing Nordic Resistance Movement (NMR) in the Swedish city of Gothenburg, police said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005003-dozens-arrested-in-sweden-as-neo-nazis-anti-fascists-clash-with-police/

 

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Caught on CCTV! Australian steals Thai woman's bag at Suvarnabhumi departures

Picture: Manager Online

 

An Australian man who is a frequent visitor to Thailand was arrested at the airport after he took a Thai woman's bag and disappeared with it into the handicapped toilets.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005005-caught-on-cctv-australian-steals-thai-womans-bag-at-suvarnabhumi-departures/

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Some NFL players kneel during U.S. anthem again despite Trump call for protest to end

By Christian Radnedge and Bernie Woodall

 

NFL Football - Miami Dolphins vs New Orleans Saints - NFL International Series - Wembley Stadium, London, Britain - October 1, 2017 Maurice Smith (R) of the Miami Dolphins kneels down before the match Action Images via Reuters/Matthew Childs

 

(Reuters) - Several dozen NFL players, fewer than last week, chose to sit or kneel during the U.S. national anthem at the start of games on Sunday, a day after President Donald Trump again demanded an end to a protest he sees as a sign of disrespect for the flag.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005007-some-nfl-players-kneel-during-us-anthem-again-despite-trump-call-for-protest-to-end/

 

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Chastened Merkel faces pressure to embrace Macron on Europe

By Noah Barkin

 

Christian Democratic Union CDU party leader and German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives for a news conference at the CDU party headquarters, the day after the general election (Bundestagswahl) in Berlin. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel faced pressure at the weekend to embrace ideas by French President Emmanuel Macron in a passionate appeal for closer European cooperation and push back in looming coalition talks against parties critical of them.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005011-chastened-merkel-faces-pressure-to-embrace-macron-on-europe/

 

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Husband and wife give pathetic excuses after taxi hijack at knife point

 

Picture: Sanook

 

A taxi driver taking a husband and wife to Bang Bua Thong was held up at knife point in the early hours of Saturday morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005012-husband-and-wife-give-pathetic-excuses-after-taxi-hijack-at-knife-point/