"I will go on!" 900 kilometer British runner won't quit in 'Great King's Home Run'

 

 

Despite doctors imploring him to stop a British man, running to raise money for the hospital where His Majesty died, says he must go on.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007359-i-will-go-on-900-kilometer-british-runner-wont-quit-in-great-kings-home-run/

Child sex abuse rising with Internet use in Southeast Asia

BY REUTERS

 

An internet user browses internet in front of an advertising billboard for 4G connection service at a bus stop in Hanoi, Vietnam August 29, 2017. REUTERS/Kham/Files

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Rising internet use in Southeast Asia is fuelling the spread of material that is abusive and sexually exploitative of children, particularly as growing numbers of young people put footage of themselves online, an Australian police expert said on Tuesday.

 

Full Story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/child-sex-abuse-rising-internet-use-southeast-asia/25039/

Video: Peril awaits at Thai U-turns - three on bike in lucky escape

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Dash cam video posted on Facebook showed three young people on a motorcycle collide at speed with a pick-up that was being allowed to do a U-turn by a traffic cop.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007374-video-peril-awaits-at-thai-u-turns-three-on-bike-in-lucky-escape/

 

Jomtien beach back to pristine splendor.... until the next time

 

Picture: Manager Online

 

Manager online said that Jomtien beach was clean again after damning pictures appeared earlier in the week with tourists sunbathing among the trash.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007375-jomtien-beach-back-to-pristine-splendor-until-the-next-time/

 

Ekamai bridal studio faces losses of 50 million baht as basement shop floods

 

Picture: Sanook

 

A top end bridal studio with a thousand quality dresses in stock was submerged under flood water for more than three days after the record breaking deluge that hit Bangkok Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007376-ekamai-bridal-studio-faces-losses-of-50-million-baht-as-basement-shop-floods/

 

Villagers strive to rescue stranded young elephant from muddy canal

By The Nation

 

 

Local villagers tried hard on Tuesday to rescue a young wild elephant that had become stuck in mud in a canal after apparently being caught up in a flash flood in Phitsanulok’s Noen Maprang district.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007377-villagers-strive-to-rescue-stranded-young-elephant-from-muddy-canal/

 

Thailand moves toward abolishing death penalty

By PIYANUCH THAMNUKASETCHAI 
THE NATION 

 

File photo

 

AS MANY as 447 convicts are now on death row in Thailand, which is reviewing the use of death penalty.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007378-thailand-moves-toward-abolishing-death-penalty/

 

Bangkok in danger of flooding unless old drainage improved, say academics

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE NATION 

 

 

BANGKOK will not be safe from the severe impact of major storms unless there is a huge improvement in the capital’s drainage system and canal network, academics have warned as more heavy rain is predicted for the capital.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007379-bangkok-in-danger-of-flooding-unless-old-drainage-improved-say-academics/

 

No quick fix for flooding problem: PM

By The Nation

 

 

PRAYUT LAMENTS LONG-STANDING ISSUES AND VOWS TO TAKE CARE OF AFFECTED PEOPLE

 

PRIME MINISTER General Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday said it was impossible for Thailand to be completely flood-free as long as there was no comprehensive overhaul of city planning, the water-drainage system or littering solutions. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007380-no-quick-fix-for-flooding-problem-pm-prayut/

 

Things to know & services guide for Royal Cremation Ceremonies 

 

 

Photo by Chalinee Thirasupa

 

The Nation Online has compiled the things we need to know as the country is moving closer to the Royal Cremation of His Majesty the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej on October 26.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007381-things-to-know-services-guide-for-royal-cremation-ceremonies/

 

Roads to close Wednesday as King conducts ceremony at Royal Crematorium

 

 

There will be road closures on Wednesday when HM King Maha Vajiralongkorn installs the grand ninetiered umbrella at the top of the elaborate Royal Crematorium for his late father.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007383-roads-to-close-wednesday-as-king-conducts-ceremony-at-royal-crematorium/

 

Thailand Denies Baht Manipulation Ahead of U.S. Currency Report

By Sunil Jagtiani

 

-- Thai commerce minister says trade ties with U.S. are healthy

-- Country at risk of meeting U.S. criteria on unfair practices

 

Thailand rejected claims that it engages in unfair currency practices to gain a trade advantage, even as the nation appears close to meeting U.S. criteria on exchange-rate manipulation.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007385-thailand-denies-baht-manipulation-ahead-of-us-currency-report/
 

 

Teachers unhappy with school Web speeds, poll finds

By JIRAPAN BOONNOON 
THE NATION

 

Kasititorn Pooparadal, senior executive vice president at the Digital Economy Promotion Agency (DEPA).

 

ONLY 35 per cent of science teachers are satisfied with the high-speed Internet service at their schools, which also suffer from a nationwide lack of teachers with specialist computer skills, a survey has found.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007387-teachers-unhappy-with-school-web-speeds-poll-finds/

 

Defeat of Islamic State in Raqqa may herald wider struggle for U.S.

By Arshad Mohammed and Yara Bayoumy

 

Fighters of Syrian Democratic Forces gesture the "V" sign in Raqqa. REUTERS/Rodi Said

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The defeat of Islamic State in its de facto capital Raqqa may only be the start of a wider struggle by the United States to contain any insurgency launched by the militant group and to stabilise the region, as Washington struggles to define a comprehensive strategy in Syria.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007388-defeat-of-islamic-state-in-raqqa-may-herald-wider-struggle-for-us/

 

May to pitch on Brexit at EU summit dinner

By Gabriela Baczynska and Jan Strupczewski

 

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Street with the Secretary of State for departing the EU David Davis, in London, October 16, 2017. REUTERS/Mary Turner

 

LUXEMBOURG/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Theresa May will make a pitch to fellow EU leaders in Brussels on Thursday as she tries to break a deadlock in Brexit talks that has left Britain's future trading position up in the air.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007389-may-to-pitch-on-brexit-at-eu-summit-dinner/

 

China's Xi to open Communist Party congress, likely signalling plans for next five years

 

Pictures of late People's Liberation Army soldier Lei Feng, Chinese President Xi Jinping and late Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong overlook a courtyard in Shanghai, China, September 26, 2017. The quotes read: "Lei Feng：There is a limit to one's life, but there is no limit to serving the people. I would devote my limited life to limitlessly serving the people. Xi Jinping: Be a seed of Lei Feng spirit, and let it be widely promoted in the motherland. Mao Zedong: Learn from Comrade Lei Feng" Picture taken September 26, 2017. REUTERS/Aly Song

 

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday opens a critical Communist Party congress expected to cement his authority with a closely watched address signalling how he intends to put that power to use during a second five-year term.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007390-chinas-xi-to-open-communist-party-congress-likely-signalling-plans-for-next-five-years/

 

Catalonia refuses to renounce independence, separatist protesters rally

By Sonya Dowsett and Sam Edwards

 

Students wear Esteladas (Catalan separatist flags) as they block a street during a gathering to protest against the imprisonment of leaders of two of the largest Catalan separatist organizations, Catalan National Assembly's Jordi Sanchez and Omnium's Jordi Cuixart, who were jailed by Spain's High Court, in Barcelona, Spain, October 17, 2017. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

 

BARCELONA (Reuters) - Catalonia refused on Tuesday to bow to the Spanish government's demand that it renounce a symbolic declaration of independence, setting it on a political collision course with Madrid later this week.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007391-catalonia-refuses-to-renounce-independence-separatist-protesters-rally/

 

Judge blocks latest Trump curbs on people entering United States

By Dan Levine and Yeganeh Torbati

 

A family exits after clearing immigration and customs at Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Virginia, U.S. September 24, 2017. REUTERS/James Lawler Duggan

 

SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump's latest bid to impose restrictions on citizens from several countries entering the United States, which would have taken effect this week.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007393-judge-blocks-latest-trump-curbs-on-people-entering-united-states/

Kurds abandon territory in the face of Iraq government advance

By Ahmed Rasheed and Mustafa Mahmoud

 

Members of Iraqi federal forces gather in Dibis area, on the outskirts of Kirkuk, Iraq October 17, 2017. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani

 

BAGHDAD/KIRKUK (Reuters) - The Baghdad government recaptured territory from Kurds across the breadth of northern Iraq on Tuesday, making startlingly rapid gains in a sudden campaign that has shifted the balance of power in the country almost overnight.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007394-kurds-abandon-territory-in-the-face-of-iraq-government-advance/

 

National security tops list in Zuckerberg talks

By WASAMON AUDJARINT, JIRAPAN BOONNOON
THE NATION

 

 

Facebook co-founder’s visit seen as boost to country’s digital economy.

 

NATIONAL security issues and digital business opportunities will likely figure prominently during talks between Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and Mark Zuckerberg, the co-founder of Facebook, the world’s largest social media platform, when they meet later this month in Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/national-security-tops-list-zuckerberg-talks/25043/

Qatar suggests Gulf crisis hurts fight against Islamic State: CNBC

 

Qatar's foreign minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani attends the 36th Session of the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland September 11, 2017. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

 

(Reuters) - Qatar's foreign minister suggested on Tuesday that measures taken by Saudi Arabia and three other Arab states in their dispute with Qatar had hurt the U.S.-led fight against Islamic State, according to the text of an interview with CNBC.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007397-qatar-suggests-gulf-crisis-hurts-fight-against-islamic-state-cnbc/

George Saunders' 'Lincoln in the Bardo' wins 2017 Man Booker prize

By Mark Hanrahan

 

George Saunders, author of 'Lincoln in the Bardo', poses for photographers after winning the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2017 in London, Britain, October 17, 2017. REUTERS/Mary Turner

 

LONDON (Reuters) - American author George Saunders has won the 2017 Man Booker Prize, a high-profile literary award, for his first novel, "Lincoln in the Bardo," - a fictional account of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln burying his young son.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007398-george-saunders-lincoln-in-the-bardo-wins-2017-man-booker-prize/

 

Las Vegas gunman's estate could offer rare redress for victims

By Tina Bellon

 

FILE PHOTO: A broken fence is pictured leading from the parking lot near the site of the Route 91 music festival mass shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., October 5, 2017. REUTERS/Chris Wattie/File Photo

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Victims of mass shootings in the United States often win little or no damages from perpetrators but the Las Vegas massacre may be different because the shooter is thought to have been a wealthy man, lawyers said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007399-las-vegas-gunmans-estate-could-offer-rare-redress-for-victims/

 

Japan ruling coalition seen winning around 2/3 majority: Kyodo

 

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is also ruling Liberal Democratic Party leader, attends an election campaign rally in Fukushima, Japan, October 10, 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai

 

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's coalition is on track for a roughly two-thirds majority in Sunday's general election, a survey by Kyodo news agency showed, as its conservative rival led by Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike appeared to lose momentum.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007401-japan-ruling-coalition-seen-winning-around-23-majority-kyodo/

Koreans busted running online football betting from house in Bangkok

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Crime Suppression Division police raided a rented property in Bangkok yesterday and arrested four Koreans for running football betting websites.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007402-koreans-busted-running-online-football-betting-from-house-in-bangkok/

 

Untangling a knotty problem - electrical and cable operators get to work on Pattaya wires

 

Picture: Sophon Cable

 

Sophon Cable TV reported that electrical engineers from the PEA and several cable operators were at work in Pattaya yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007408-untangling-a-knotty-problem-electrical-and-cable-operators-get-to work-on-pattaya-wires/

 

Thai man flying drone at Don Mueang will pop in to see police by Friday

 

Picture: INN

 

A man suspected of flying a drone near Don Mueang airport has told police he is busy but will answer their summons by Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007412-thai-man-flying-drone-at-don-mueang-will-pop-in-to-see-police-by-friday/

 

Thai woman arrested for stealing 6,000 euros from German tourist

By The Nation

 

A Thai woman was arrested on Wednesday for stealing 6,000 euros (about Bt234,000) in cash from a 74-year-old German tourist inside his Pattaya hotel room.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007413-thai-woman-arrested-for-stealing-6000-euros-from-german-tourist-in-pattaya/

 

Thailand, U.S. to form joint panel on trade, investment

 

BANGKOK, 18th October 2017 (NNT) - The Thai Chamber of Commerce will set up a Thai-U.S. joint committee to drive trade between the two countries. The work of the committee will be an expansion of Thai-U.S. economic cooperation, following Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s visit to the U.S. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007414-thailand-us-to-form-joint-panel-on-trade-investment/

 

Xi says China will oppose any behaviours that try to separate the country

 

Chinese President Xi Jinping bows before delivering his speech during the opening session of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, October 18, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

 

BEIJING (Reuters) - China will safeguard its sovereignty and security and oppose any behaviours that try to separate the country, President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday in a speech at the opening of a key Communist Party congress.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1007419-xi-says-china-will-oppose-any-behaviours-that-try-to-separate-the-country/