Primary student falls out of emergency door on school trip in Lampang

 

Picture: Sanook

 

An investigation is underway after a primary school student fell out of a bus via the emergency door onto the road.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005170-primary-student-falls-out-of-emergency-door-on-school-trip-in-lampang/

 

Canada defends refugee system as Somali immigrant charged in attack

By Ethan Lou

 

Abdulahi Hasan Sharif, 30, a Somali immigrant, is shown in this police booking photo provided in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, October 2, 2017. Sharif faces charges including five for attempted murder linked the weekend vehicle and knife attack that injured five including a police officer. Edmonton Police Department/Handout via REUTERS              

 

EDMONTON, Alberta (Reuters) - Canada defended its immigration and refugee vetting system on Monday after a Somali immigrant, who had drawn scrutiny for his alleged extremist views, was charged with attempted murder for a weekend vehicle and knife attack that injured five.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005171-canada-defends-refugee-system-as-somali-immigrant-charged-in-attack/

Department store owner orders toilet shut after man filmed in ladies loos

 

Picture: Sanook

 

The owner of a department store has ordered the closure of some toilets after a man was filmed in the ladies.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005172-department-store-owner-orders-toilet-shut-after-man-filmed-in-ladies-loos/

Microsoft to end Groove streaming service; offers Spotify migration

BY REUTERS

 

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo

 

(Reuters) – Microsoft Corp said on Monday it would discontinue its Groove Music Pass subscription service, allowing its existing customers to move their playlists and music collections to Spotify.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/microsoft-end-groove-streaming-service-offers-spotify-migration/24700/

Equifax failed to patch security vulnerability in March – former CEO

BY REUTERS 

 

REUTERS/Tami Chappell/Files

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Equifax Inc was alerted in March to the software security vulnerability that led to hackers obtaining personal information of more than 140 million Americans but took months to patch it, its former CEO said in testimony to be delivered to Congress on Tuesday.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/equifax-failed-patch-security-vulnerability-march-former-ceo/24696/

Apple investigating reports the iPhone 8 is ‘bursting open’

BY STAFF WRITER 

 

Image: @Magokoro0511

 

Apple are being forced to investigate claims that the new iPhone 8 can burst open during charging.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/apple-investigating-reports-iphone-8-bursting-open/24692/

Merkel's Bavarian allies insist on conservative unity before coalition talks

By Andrea Shalal

 

FILE PHOTO: Angela Merkel, German Chancellor and leader of the conservative Christian Democratic Union party CDU and Horst Seehofer, federal state premier of Bavaria and chairman of the CDU's Bavarian sister party Christian Social Union (CSU) address the media following their meeting to end their differences over refugee policy in Munich, southern Germany, February 6, 2017. REUTERS/Michael Dalder/File Photo

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - The Bavarian sister party of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has said her conservative bloc must agree policies on immigration, pensions and healthcare before opening coalition negotiations with two other parties.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005173-merkels-bavarian-allies-insist-on-conservative-unity-before-coalition-talks/

Foreign Min releases statement of condolence over Las Vegas shooting

 

BANGKOK, 3RD October 2017 (NNT) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has expressed Thailand's sympathy to the victims of the Las Vegas music festival shooting that killed multiple people in a crowd of concert goers enjoying the last night of the festival. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005174-thai-foreign-min-releases-statement-of-condolence-over-las-vegas-shooting/

New leaked photos claim to reveal the Huawei Mate 10

BY JONATHAN FAIRFIELD

 

 

Image which claim to show the Huawei Mate 10 have been leaked online ahead of its expected launch later this month.

 

Source: http://tech.thaivisa.com/new-leaked-photos-claim-reveal-huawei-mate-10/24703/

Two arrested, 400 kgs of ‘ice’ seized in Chiang Rai

By The Nation

 

Police arrested two men and seized 400 kilograms of crystal meth or “ice” at a road checkpoint in Chiang Rai province late Monday night.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005181-two-arrested-400-kgs-of-‘ice’-seized-in-chiang-rai/

 

UPDATE:

 

Prayut and Trump hold talks

By The Nation

 

 

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha on Monday met US President Donald Trump in the White House’s Oval Office.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005154-trump-says-wants-to-reduce-us-trade-deficit-with-thailand/?do=findComment&comment=12325478

 

ISLA sends expert trainers amid Phuket lifeguard crisis

The Phuket News

 

The 30-hour course, to be held over three days, is free and open to all participants who can pass the swim test.

 

PHUKET: While the Phuket lifeguard crisis continues, a ray of light has shone through with confirmation that in November the International Surf Lifesaving Association (ISLA) will be sending 20 Humanitarian Lifeguard Trainers from around the world to conduct their international certification course.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005182-isla-sends-expert-trainers-amid-phuket-lifeguard-crisis/

 

Phuket’s public toilets to get tourism boost

The Phuket News

 

In March this year Wichit Municipality won Best Public Park Toilet for the facilities at the Elderly Relaxing Centre at Wichit Public Park. Photo: Phuket Provincial Health Office

 

PHUKET: -- Tourism officials from Bangkok have unveiled plans to improve public toilets across the island in the hope of improving tourist’s “experience” while on holiday in Phuket.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005183-phuket’s-public-toilets-to-get-tourism-boost/

 

Trump tells Thailand to buy more from US

By The Nation

 

 

United States President Donald Trump told Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha that Thailand should buy more American products to reduce the trade imbalance.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005185-trump-tells-thailand-to-buy-more-from-us/

 

Pheu Thai seeks NACC probe into PM, Cabinet for  appointing Yingluck-case judges to posts outside court

By The Nation

 

The Pheu Thai Party’s legal team yesterday petitioned the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) to investigate whether Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha and his Cabinet members had violated laws by appointing two of the Supreme Court judges who had ruled in the case against ex-PM Yingluck Shinawatra to positions outside the court.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005187-pheu-thai-seeks-nacc-probe-into-pm-cabinet-for -appointing-yingluck-case-judges-to-posts-outside-court/

 

No Thais injured in Las Vegas massacre

 

 

The Thai Consulate General in Los Angeles has found no Thais affected by the Vegas massacre at a music festival that killed more than 50 persons and injured about five hundreds others in Las Vegas.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005190-no-thais-injured-in-las-vegas-massacre/

 

Australian searchers say fruitless end is "unacceptable" in final report on MH370 mystery

 

The shadow of a Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) P3 Orion maritime search aircraft can be seen on low-level clouds as it flies over the southern Indian Ocean looking for missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 March 31, 2014. REUTERS/Rob Griffith/Pool/File Photo

 

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian authorities said they deeply regret not finding missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 and the ongoing mystery is "unacceptable," in their final report on the unsuccessful search which was published on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005193-australian-searchers-say-fruitless-end-is-unacceptable-in-final-report-on-mh370-mystery/

 

U.S. rocker Tom Petty dies after cardiac arrest - manager

By Piya Sinha-Roy

 

FILE PHOTO: Musician Tom Petty and his wife Dana York pose at the 31st annual ASCAP Pop Music Awards in Hollywood, California, U.S., April 23, 2014. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo

 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Veteran rocker Tom Petty, best known for hits such as "Free Fallin'" and "American Girl," died on Monday after he was found unconscious and in cardiac arrest, his manager said. He was 66.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005195-us-musician-tom-petty-dies-aged-66/

 

UPDATE:

 

Prayuth Not Striking Arms Deal In Washington, Junta Says

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

  

President Donald Trump listens as Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha speaks during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Oct. 2, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

 

BANGKOK — Junta chairman Prayuth Chan-ocha’s trip to meet US President Donald Trump did not include any discussion of arms sales, a junta deputy said Tuesday.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005185-trump-tells-thailand-to-buy-more-from-us/?do=findComment&comment=12325810

 

Monkey See, Monkey Steal: Macaque Rolls Blind Grandma For Her Coconuts

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

  

La-ong Sombatphibun, 86, and her daughter, Kanokwan Sombatphibun, 32.

 

CHUMPHON — A macaque named after one of Thailand’s most marketable faces and the human companion he allegedly teamed up with for a massive coconuts heist was still on the lam Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005199-monkey-see-monkey-steal-macaque-rolls-blind-grandma-for-her-coconuts/

 

Thai youths batter Iranian tourist in Pattaya

By The Nation

 

PATTAYA: -- No motive has emerged over a gang attack on an Iranian tourist in Pattaya early Tuesday morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005202-thai-youths-batter-iranian-tourist-in-pattaya/

 

Former senator Somkid Srisangkhom dies at 100

By The Nation

 

 

Former Udon Thani MP and senator Somkid Srisangkhom died of natural causes at Bangkok’s Ramathibodi Hospital early on Tuesday, age 100.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005203-former-senator-somkid-srisangkhom-dies-at-100/

 

Bangkok Venues Seek Clarity On Mourning Period

By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee, Staff Reporter

 

  

BANGKOK — A number of Bangkok venues said they are unsure what measures to take during the national mourning period as no official guidelines for nightlife and entertainment venues have been issued.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005205-bangkok-venues-seek-clarity-on-mourning-period/

 

Here’s how long it can take to fall out of shape and get fat, according to science

BY STAFF WRITER 

 

 

At one time or another, we’ve all skipped a workout and put off doing some exercise in favour of…well…just about anything else.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/heres-long-can-take-fall-shape-get-fat-according-science/24706/

DNA samples to reveal if Yingluck fled country in a car

 

  

BANGKOK, 3rd October 2017 (NNT) - The Central Police Forensic Science Division says it will reveal in a few days if the DNA of a woman found in a Toyota Camry, is that of former premier Yingluck Shinawatra who fled the country in August. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005213-dna-samples-to-reveal-if-yingluck-fled-country-in-a-car/

 

Businesses to be removed from parking spots

By The Nation

 

Bangkok authority officials have ordered that food-selling stalls, dishwashing spots and other businesses be removed from 57 shopping mall parking places since such use of the spaces is unauthorized.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005217-businesses-to-be-removed-from-parking-spots-in-bangkok/

 

Driver nods off at wheel, kills mother and daughter

By The Nation

 

A woman and her 12-year-old daughter were killed in Nakhon Pathom on Tuesday morning when their motorcycle was struck by a pickup truck whose driver had dozed off.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005218-driver-nods-off-at-wheel-kills-mother-and-daughter/

 

 

Pattaya no fun for pythons

By The Nation

 

A Pattaya python just about to make a meal of a cat ended up stuck in a manhole cover on Monday night, doubly mortified at having to be rescued by humans.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005219-pattaya-no-fun-for-pythons/

 

 

New Bangkok police chief to enforce traffic law strictly as he lifts all traffic checkpoints

By Thai PBS

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The acting commissioner of Metropolitan Police Bureau yesterday (Oct 2) announced to lift all traffic checkpoints in Bangkok, reasoning that they didn’t help much to ease traffic problems.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005224-new-bangkok-police-chief-to-enforce-traffic-law-strictly-as-he-lifts-all-traffic-checkpoints/

 

Homes and farmland flooded in Buriram

By The Nation

 

 

BURIRAM: -- Days of torrential rain combined with forest runoffs caused flooding Buriram's Lahan Sai district on Tuesday.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1005225-homes-and-farmland-flooded-in-buriram/