Egypt's president backs Saudi purge, urges de-escalation with Iran

By Ahmed Aboulenein and Malak Ghobrial

 

FILE PHOTO - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi delivers a statement following a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France November 26, 2014. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer/File Picture

 

SHARM AL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Wednesday he was against military strikes on Iran or the Tehran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah, saying there was enough turmoil in the Middle East.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010512-egypts-president-backs-saudi-purge-urges-de-escalation-with-iran/

 

Video: Thai cop has both legs broken as drunk motorcyclists ignore nighttime checkpoint

 

Picture: Daily News

 

A shocking video shows a Laem Chabang cop severely injured as a 20 year old motorcyclist with someone on the back refuses to stop at a 2am checkpoint.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010514-video-thai-cop-has-both-legs-broken-as-drunk-motorcyclists-ignore-nighttime-checkpoint/

 

Family in crisis as Thai woman murdered by company bus driver in South Korea

 

video screenshot

 

Thai parents in Korat are in grief after their 29 year old daughter was reportedly murdered in South Korea.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010517-family-in-crisis-as-thai-woman-murdered-by-company-bus-driver-in-south-korea/

 

Truck driver killed in crash after avoiding dropped road debris

By The Nation

 

A lorry driver was killed when he crashed into a power pole on a road in Samut Sakhon on Thursday morning, apparently after he swerved to avoid a wreck buoy that had been dropped from a six-wheeled truck.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010519-truck-driver-killed-in-crash-after-avoiding-dropped-road-debris/

 

Senior Thai royal official dismissed in latest shake-up: palace

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's Royal Household Bureau has dismissed a top palace official for "extremely evil behaviour", a note on Wednesday said, in what appears to be the latest shake-up under new King Maha Vajiralongkorn.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010520-senior-thai-royal-official-dismissed-in-latest-shake-up-palace/

 

When 'Walking Street' was a beach - meeting told that was 1952

 

Picture: Manager Online

 

A crisis meeting discussing encroachment in South Pattaya heard that the area was a pleasant beach in 1952.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010521-when-walking-street-was-a-beach-meeting-told-that-was-1952/

 

Video: What have we here then? Pattaya police find gun haul in Pattaya beach road car stop

 

Picture: Siam Chon News

 

A video showed what happened when a police checkpoint by the station on Pattaya beach road stopped a car.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010524-video-what-have-we-here-then-pattaya-police-find-gun-haul-in-pattaya-beach-road-car-stop/

 

150 charging stations to be opened next year

By The Nation

 

A total of 150 charging stations will be opened around Thailand in a pilot project for promoting the use of electric vehicles, the chief of the Energy Policy and Planning Office said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010525-electric-vehicles-150-charging-stations-to-be-opened-around-thailand-next-year/

 

14 Cambodians arrested for sneaking into Sa Kaew

By The Nation

 

Sa Kaew immigration police arrested 14 Cambodians at the border market at Rong Klua for illegally crossing the border.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010527-14-cambodians-arrested-for-sneaking-into-sa-kaew/

 

"Man with two heads" needs help

 

Picture: Workpoint News

 

Workpoint News reported on a Lopburi man living in poverty who has a large tumor on the side of his head.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010528-man-with-two-heads-needs-help/

 

EU states see Britain failing to meet Brexit divorce terms

By Jan Strupczewski and Gabriela Baczynska

 

An anti Brexit protester adjusts his EU flags outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Britain October 19, 2017. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls/Files

 

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU envoys discussed on Wednesday delaying into next year the launch of talks with London on a post-Brexit relationship, raising the risk of businesses shifting out of Britain due to lack of clarity on what will happen after March 2019.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010529-eu-states-see-britain-failing-to-meet-brexit-divorce-terms/

 

Video: Motorcycle snatch thief on the loose in Pahonyothin/ Lat Prao area

 

Picture: video screenshot

 

Channel 3 news reported that a motorcycle snatch thief was operating in the northern area of Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010532-video-motorcycle-snatch-thief-on-the-loose-in-pahonyothin-lat-prao-area/

 

About 400 tourists visit Phu Chi Fa per day

By The Nation

 

About 400 tourists are visiting Phu Chi Fa mountaintop in Chiang Rai's Thoeng district to enjoy the morning sea of mist with 500 rooms almost all booked throughout New Year, a local operator said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010534-about-400-tourists-visit-phu-chi-fa-per-day/

 

Thai Vietjet receives AOC recertification and launches new route from Bangkok to Dalat

By The Nation

 

Thai Vietjet has officially been recertified with the AOC (Air Operator Certificate) by the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT). The new certificate, bestowed to the airline by Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisit, is in line with ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organisation) standards.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010536-thai-vietjet-receives-aoc-recertification-and-launches-new-route-from-bangkok-to-dalat/

 

Top Asian sports brands and events recognised at 2017 SPIA Asia Awards

“Amazing Thailand” wins Bronze for “Best Sports Tourism Destination of the Year” while “Laguna Phuket Marathon” wins Gold for “Best Amateur Sport Event in Thailand” 

 

from left: Mr. Eric M. Gottschalk, CEO of MMC Sportz Marketing LLC, organizer of SPIA Asia – Sports Industry Awards & Conference 2017; Mr. Somyot Poompanmoung, President, Football Association of Thailand; Representative of the AFC Dream Asia Foundation.

 

BANGKOK, Thailand – A successful 3rd SPIA Asia – Asia's Sports Industry Awards & Conference came to a close with a black-tie Awards Gala Dinner

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010540-top-asian-sports-brands-and-events-recognised-at-2017-spia-asia-awards/

 

Former Senator To Sue Junta For Politics Ban

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

  

Soldiers posted around the Democracy Monument in 2014 in Bangkok.

 

BANGKOK — A Pheu Thai politician said Thursday he will sue the ruling junta for retaining its three-year long ban on political activities.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010543-former-senator-to-sue-junta-for-politics-ban/

 

Education Ministry orders solution for disqualified teaching assistants

By The Nation

 

Education Minister Teerakiat Jareonsettasin

 

Education Minister Teerakiat Jareonsettasin has instructed senior officials to solve the issue of two teaching assistants disqualified due to technicalities from their jobs at Umphang Wittayakhom School in Tak.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010544-education-ministry-orders-solution-for-disqualified-teaching-assistants/

 

 

Tourist safe after midnight slam flattens streetlamp, pickup driver flees

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Police are looking for the driver of the Chevrolet Colorado pickup truck, who fled the scene. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: Police are hoping to track down the driver of a Chevrolet Colorado pickup truck who fled the scene after his pickup slammed into – and knocked clear from its base – a street lamp in the middle of Thepkrasattri Rd in central Phuket just after midnight (Nov 9).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010545-phuket-tourist-safe-after-midnight-slam-flattens-streetlamp-pickup-driver-flees/
 

 

Police hunt for Myanmar husband for alleged murder of Thai wife in Trang

By Thai PBS

 

 

Trang provincial police are now hunting for a Myanmar man after he was suspected of killing his Thai wife who he lived with for over two years in Kantang district of Trang province.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010546-police-hunt-for-myanmar-husband-for-alleged-murder-of-thai-wife-in-trang/

 

Senior boyfriend seeker goes to police after locals share her fake nudes in chat group

By Coconuts 

 

Photo: Sanook

 

A 65-year-old divorcee in Ubon Ratchathani, who recently made headlines for putting up a sign on her home stating that she is looking for love, filed a police report yesterday after fake nude photos of her circulated on the LINE chatting app.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010553-senior-boyfriend-seeker-goes-to-police-after-locals-share-her-fake-nudes-in-chat-group/

 

Thai jasmine rice named the world’s best rice

By Thai PBS

 

 

Thailand was voted to have the best fragrant rice in the world in the latest global competition held in Macau, China yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010554-thai-jasmine-rice-named-the-world’s-best-rice/

 

Heineken introduces Strongbow apple cider from the UK

By The Nation

 

 

TAP Group, brewer and distributor of premium beers such as Heineken, Tiger, Cheers, Guinness and Kilkenny, recently unveiled Strongbow, the best-selling apple cider brand from the UK.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010555-heineken-introduces-strongbow-apple-cider-from-the-uk/

 

iPhone X is the “most breakable” iPhone ever, according to new test

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

Despite Apple claiming the iPhone X is made from the “most durable glass ever in a smartphone”, the iPhone X is the “most breakable” iPhone ever, insurers have claimed.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/25498-2/25498/

Uber and NASA plan to launch flying taxis by 2020

BY REUTERS

 

REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/Files

 

Uber in deal with NASA to build flying taxi air control software

 

LISBON (Reuters) – Uber is taking part in a joint industry and government push with NASA to develop software which the company aims to use to manage “flying taxi” routes that could work like ride-hailing services it has popularized on the ground.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/uber-nasa-plan-launch-flying-taxis-2020/25501/

Bitcoin hits record high after developers suspend plans to ‘fork’ currency

BY REUTERS

 

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

 

NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – Bitcoin hit a record high just shy of $8,000 on Wednesday after a coalition of developers and investors suspended a software upgrade planned for next Thursday that could have split the digital currency in two.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/bitcoin-hits-record-high-developers-suspend-plans-fork-currency/25503/

Rise of the machines: Philippine outsourcing industry braces for AI

BY REUTERS

 

REUTERS/Erik De Castro/File Photo

 

MANILA (Reuters) – The outsourcing industry in the Philippines, which has dethroned India as the country with the most call centres in the world, is worried that the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) will eat into the $23 billion sector.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/rise-machines-philippine-outsourcing-industry-braces-ai/25505/

Forbidden in China, but Trump skirts 'Great Firewall' to tweet about Beijing trip

By Ryan Woo

 

U.S. President Donald Trump and U.S. first lady Melania visit the Forbidden City with China's President Xi Jinping and China's First Lady Peng Liyuan in Beijing, China, November 8, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump went around and over the "Great Firewall" of China in a late-night tweet in Beijing as he thanked his hosts for a rare tour of the Forbidden City and a private dinner at the sprawling, centuries-old palace complex.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010556-forbidden-in-china-but-trump-skirts-great-firewall-to-tweet-about-beijing-trip/

 

Texas and Florida carry out executions on same day

By David Beasley

 

 

Death row inmate Patrick Hannon poses in this handout photo received November 8, 2017. Florida Department of Corrections/Handout via REUTERS

 

(Reuters) - Texas put to death a Mexican national on Wednesday for the kidnap, rape and murder of his cousin, and Florida on the same day put to death a 53-year-old man for a 1991 double-murder, officials said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010557-texas-and-florida-carry-out-executions-on-same-day/

 

In Beijing, Trump presses China on North Korea and trade

By Steve Holland and Christian Shepherd

 

U.S. President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping make joint statements at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, November 9, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump pressed China to do more on the North Korean nuclear issue on Thursday and said bilateral trade had been unfair to the United States, but praised President Xi Jinping's pledge that China would be more open to foreign firms.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010558-in-beijing-trump-presses-china-on-north-korea-and-trade/

 

Officials Say Flood Recovery Underway As South Inundated Anew

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

  

Naval officers push a boat to evacuate residents Wednesday in Prachuap Khiri Khan province.

 

PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN — Massive flooding which has ravaged dozens of provinces in recent weeks and killed at least 20 people is still affecting Isaan, while the south is drying out Thursday from a fresh monsoon.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1010559-officials-say-flood-recovery-underway-as-south-inundated-anew/