Google broadens takedown of extremist YouTube videos

BY REUTERS

 

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Ilustration/File Photo

 

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google in the last few months has begun removing from YouTube extremist videos that do not depict violence or preach hate, YouTube said on Monday, a major policy shift as social media companies face increasing pressure from governments.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/google-broadens-takedown-extremist-youtube-videos/25631/

Galaxy A5 2018: Everyone’s favourite affordable Samsung phone set to include awesome feature

BY STAFF WRITER

 

Galaxy S8

 

The new Samsung Galaxy A5 2018 will be launched next year and has been described at the “poor man’s Galaxy S8”.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/galaxy-a5-2018-everyones-favourite-mid-range-samsung-phone-set-include-infinity-display/25635/

Apple to launch three new full screen iPhones next year: report

BY STAFF WRITER

 

REUTERS/Thomas Peter

 

Apple will launch three new iPhones in 2018, which will feature full screen displays, according renowned KGI Securities analyst, Ming-Chi Kuo.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/apple-launch-three-new-full-screen-iphones-next-year-report/25637/

Consumer spending rises yoy after 'Shop for the Nation' scheme rolls out

 

BANGKOK, 14 November 2017 (NNT) - Consumer spending has risen, after the government's stimulus measure ‘Shop for the Nation’ went into effect on November 11th. 

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011269-consumer-spending-rises-yoy-after-shop-for-the-nation-scheme-rolls-out/

 

Trump asked for Xi's help in UCLA players' shoplifting case - official

 

FILE PHOTO: Dec 16, 2016; Las Vegas, NV, USA; Chino Hills Huskies guard LiAngelo Ball (3) dribbles against the defense of Clark Chargers forward Jalen Hill (21) on the second day of the Tarkanian Classic at Bishop Gorman High School. Chino Hills won the game 91-87. Mandatory Credit: Stephen R. Sylvanie-USA TODAY Sports/File Photo

 

MANILA (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump sought the help of Chinese President Xi Jinping in the case of three UCLA basketball players detained in China on suspicion of shoplifting last week, said a senior White House official.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011270-trump-asked-for-xis-help-in-ucla-players-shoplifting-case-official/

 

Traffic gridlock expected during university commencements next week

By The Nation

 

Traffic police have warned motorists to be prepared for gridlock on seven main Bangkok roads as two universities hold their commencements next weeks.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011271-traffic-gridlock-expected-during-university-commencements-next-week/

 

PM urged to deal drastically with lottery agents for overpricing

By Thai PBS

 

 

The self-proclaimed Network for Lottery Reform and the Network for Non-Gambling New Generation on Tuesday called on the prime minister to resolve lottery overpricing decisively after their own survey at various places showed overpricing remaining rampant.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011274-pm-urged-to-deal-drastically-with-lottery-agents-for-overpricing/

 

Test finds no ochratoxin-A contamination in 26 brands of 3-in-1 coffee

By Thai PBS

 

 

A test of 26 brands of 3-in-1 coffee on sales in the Thai market reveals that none of them is contaminated with ochratoxin-A, a kind of naturally occurring toxins, according to a report by Chalad Sue Magazine of the Foundation for Consumers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011278-test-finds-no-ochratoxin-a-contamination-in-26-brands-of-3-in-1-coffee/

 

British men sentenced for graffiti on Seoul trains

Members of the ‘SMT Crew’ in Britain who initially denied the graffiti are jailed for four months

By Jung Min-ho

 

An appellate court in Seoul, South Korea has upheld a four-month prison sentence for two British men, who were indicted in July on charges of vandalising trains with graffiti.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011282-british-men-sentenced-for-graffiti-on-seoul-trains/

 

Thai same-sex couple weds after new wife completes sex change op

By Coconuts Bangkok 

 

Screenshot: Khaosod

 

To start a life with a man she loves, a 35-year-old Thai had a sex change operation to become a woman and got married to her partner on Sunday.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011285-thai-same-sex-couple-weds-after-new-wife-completes-sex-change-op/

 

Prawit tells ministers to go on front foot to counter false information

By The Nation

 

Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan

 

Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan has instructed fellow Cabinet members to use an offensive strategy in performing their duties, as there was an ongoing attempt to discredit government officials by disseminating false information.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011286-prawit-tells-ministers-to-go-on-front-foot-to-counter-false-information/

 

 

Family appeals for help after disabled schoolgirl wins calligraphy contest

By Boonpim Baiya 
The Nation

 

 

The family of a disable schoolgirl, who writes using her foot and has won a prize in a national-level Thai writing and calligraphy contest, has urged related agencies and kind-hearted people to provide help.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011294-family-appeals-for-help-after-disabled-schoolgirl-wins-calligraphy-contest/

 

Thai firms accept more needs be done to improve employees’ perception of their benefits: survey

By The Nation 

 

Sixty-seven per cent of companies in Thailand realise that benefits matter when it comes to improving employee attraction and retention, while 53 per cent say benefits improve employee engagement, according to a survey released by global advisory firm Willis Towers Watson on Tuesday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011295-thai-firms-accept-more-needs-be-done-to-improve-employees’-perception-of-their-benefits-survey/

 

Top Health Ministry official hears attempted murder charge over driving incident

By The Nation

 

 

Public Health Ministry’s senior official Dr Yorn Chiranakhon on Tuesday surrendered to police over three serious charges linked to an incident last Friday in which his car hit a security guard within the ministry compound in Nonthaburi’s Muang district and dragged him for 20 metres.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011301-top-health-ministry-official-hears-attempted-murder-charge-over-driving-incident/

 

DSI threatens loan sharks seeking farmers’ evictions

By Piyanuch Thamnukasetchai 
The Nation

 

 

The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) is threatening to retroactively tax loan sharks who are trying to evict debtors from their homes.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011302-dsi-threatens-loan-sharks-seeking-farmers’-evictions/

 

Mother of killed woman demands police interrogate Chidlom building owners

By The Nation

 

File photo

 

The mother of a woman who was killed when a power pole fell on her motorcycle on Soi Chidlom in Lumpini district in May on Tuesday asked Lumpini police to speed up the investigation, saying it had been six months but there had not been any progress.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011303-mother-of-killed-woman-demands-police-interrogate-chidlom-building-owners/

 

Samkong underpass flooding just bad timing

Shela Riva

 

Heavy rains flooded the underpass because workers are in the middle of replacing the entire drainage system, said new Phuket Highways Office Director Somwang Lohanut. Photo: Peeraphun Kongkhum

 

PHUKET:-- The heavy flooding of the Samkong Underpass early yesterday morning was just bad timing, the new Phuket Highways Office Director Somwang Lohanut told The Phuket News today (Nov 14).

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011306-samkong-underpass-flooding-just-bad-timing/

 

Iranian woman arrested with forged passport

By The Nation

 

 

Immigration police have arrested an Iranian woman for using a fake passport to enter Thailand and try to travel to the United Kingdom.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011307-iranian-woman-arrested-with-forged-passport/

 

New tax looms for some realty

By THE NATION

 

 

A NEW TAX must be levied to reflect the increased value of land and buildings alongside major transportation infrastructure development projects, said the Fiscal Policy Office (FPO) in order to recoup some of the high costs of government investment in the projects. 

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011309-new-tax-looms-for-some-realty/

 

Government House demonstration against overpriced lottery tickets

By The Nation

 

 

Members of the Network of New Generation Youths Against Gambling and the People’s Network for Government Lottery Reform rallied outside Government House’s Public Service Centre in Bangkok on Tuesday to show support for the government’s efforts to solve the problem.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011310-government-house-demonstration-against-overpriced-lottery-tickets/

 

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