Great news! Facebook is finally killing off its most annoying feature

BY STAFF WRITER 

 

 

Facebook has announced it will kill off the one feature that most users find really annoying.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/great-news-facebook-finally-killing-off-annoying-feature/25692/

'There's no going back,' Zimbabwe ruling party tells Mugabe

 

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe attends the launch of basic commodities in Harare, Zimbabwe July 16, 2008. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo/Files

 

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Leaders of Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF party are meeting on Friday to draft a resolution 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011757-theres-no-going-back-zimbabwe-ruling-party-tells-mugabe/

 

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Missing Brit, 80, found alive and well

The Phuket News

 

The 80-year-old British man Christopher John Russell, who disappeared on Wednesday, has been found alive and well. Photo: Supplied

 

PHUKET: The 80-year-old British man Christopher John Russell, who disappeared on Wednesday...

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011719-british-man-80-missing-in-phuket/?do=findComment&comment=12455777

 

Luk Thung Singer ‘Lumyai’ Invades, Divides Laos

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

  

BANGKOK — Lumyai is back and this time her golden hot pants and crop top have caused an international furor.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011759-luk-thung-singer-‘lumyai’-invades-divides-laos/

 

New reception house opens for Bangkok homeless

By The Nation

 

The Social Development and Human Security Ministry on Friday opened a new reception house for homeless and underprivileged people in Bangkok’s Huay Kwang district.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011763-new-reception-house-opens-for-bangkok-homeless/

 

YouTube video captures the terrifying moment KLM plane is struck by lightning

BY STAFF WRITER

 

Image: Valk Aviation

 

Footage uploaded to YouTube has captured the terrifying moment a plane was struck by lightning during take off.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/youtube-video-captures-terrifying-moment-klm-plane-struck-lightning/25694/

Line announces new WhatsApp inspired feature – but makes it even better

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

Naver, the company behind the popular Line messaging app has announced a new feature which allows users to unsend or delete sent messages.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/line-messaging-app-now-lets-unsend-messages/25698/

Injured defector's parasites and diet hint at hard life in North Korea

By Josh Smith and Hyonhee Shin

 

North Korean soldiers patrol behind a border fence near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, March 31, 2017. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj/Files

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - Parasitic worms found in a North Korean soldier, critically injured during a desperate defection, highlight nutrition and hygiene problems that experts say have plagued the isolated country for decades.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011766-injured-defectors-parasites-and-diet-hint-at-hard-life-in-north-korea/

 

Chaktip tightens rules on dress and haircuts of police officers 

By Thai PBS

 

 

The Royal Thai Police has issued an order instructing all police officers to dress properly and wear short haircuts.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011768-chaktip-tightens-rules-on-dress-and-haircuts-of-police-officers/

 

US Human Genome Project and influenza researchers win Prince Mahidol Award for 2017

By Thai PBS

 

 

The US Human Genome Project and four researchers from the United States have been named Prince Mahidol awardees for 2017.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011770-us-human-genome-project-and-influenza-researchers-win-prince-mahidol-award-for-2017/

 

New Tesla Roadster will be the fastest production car ever

BY REUTERS

 

Tesla's new Roadster is unveiled during a presentation in Hawthorne, California, U.S., November 16, 2017. REUTERS/Alexandria Sage

 

New $200,000 Tesla Roadster speeds in front of electric big-rig truck

 

HAWTHORNE, Calif. (Reuters) – Tesla Inc upstaged its own debut of an electric heavy duty truck when a red Roadster pulled out of the big rig’s trailer and Chief Executive Elon Musk said the new $200,000 sports car would be the fastest production car ever.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/new-tesla-roadster-will-fastest-production-car-ever/25700/

Two Pattani schools close after nearby arson, bomb attack

By The Nation

 

 

Separatist insurgents set fire to a motorcycle in Pattani’s Mayo district on Friday morning and detonated a bomb to ambush officials, prompting two nearby schools nearby to suspend classes for the day.

 

Full stry: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011772-two-pattani-schools-close-after-nearby-arson-bomb-attack/

 

Online records to follow ex-inmates throughout life

By The Nation

 

File photo

 

Police will keep an online database of records of DNA samples and fingerprints of some 300,000 inmates nationwide as a preventive measure intended to discourage them from committing crimes again, senior officials said on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011774-online-records-to-follow-ex-inmates-throughout-life/

 

Phuket Airport wheelchair operator slams into tree at speed, survives

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Police and Kusoldharm Foundation rescue workers arrived to find a Phuket-registered black Honda Jazz askew in the middle of the road. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: A staffer at Phuket International Airport employed to assist elderly and disabled by operating wheelchairs for them escaped serious injuries when his car slammed into a stinky bean tree at speed early this morning (Nov 17).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011776-phuket-airport-wheelchair-operator-slams-into-tree-at-speed-survives/

 

Three Men Attack Woman at Karaoke Restaurant

by CityNews

 

 

CityNews – Following a Facebook post by Little Ninew, claiming that she had been kicked, strangled, stabbed and thrown onto a pile of broken beer bottles, in a restaurant, the police made an arrest of the three accused men. She also posted that the three men had told her that they did not fear the police.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011795-three-men-attack-woman-at-karaoke-restaurant/

 

Zoo Aquarium Gives 1 Million Baht in Scholarship

by CityNews

 

 

CityNews – Chiang Mai Zoo Aquarium celebrates its 9th anniversary with a special discount between the 17th-30th November. The Zoo Aquarium has also announced that as it enters its 10th year, it will donate numerous 5,000 baht scholarships to 1,000 students. Tickets for this discounted period will be 210 baht for adults and 145 baht for children.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011796-zoo-aquarium-gives-1-million-baht-in-scholarship/

 

Prawit, Anupong, Chatchai to remain in Cabinet: PM

By The Nation

 

 

Deputy PM and Defence Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan and Interior Minister General Anupong Paochinda, military senior classmates of the premier, would remain in the Cabinet, Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Friday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011797-prawit-anupong-chatchai-to-remain-in-cabinet-pm/

 

Supreme Court rejects sacked teacher’s plea for retrial

By The Nation

 

Jomsap Saenmuangkhot

 

The Supreme Court on Friday resolved against launching a fresh trial into a 2005 hit-and-run accident for which a female teacher was convicted.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011799-supreme-court-rejects-sacked-teacher’s-plea-for-retrial/

 

Tesco Lotus fires rude cashier who calls customer ‘sh*tty’ in viral video

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

 

Tesco Lotus fired an employee yesterday following a heated argument with a male customer, during which she used vulgar language and sneered at him for driving a bicycle.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011800-tesco-lotus-fires-rude-cashier-who-calls-customer-‘shtty’-in-viral-video/

 

 

Phuket sea gypsies win another land rights case

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

A dilapidated shack at the sea gypsy village in Rawai. Photo: The Phuket News /file

 

PHUKET:-- The Phuket Provincial Court has once again dismissed another land right case filed against a Phuket sea gypsy in Rawai, upholding his right to occupy land in sea gypsy village at the southern end of Phuket.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011808-phuket-sea-gypsies-win-another-land-rights-case/

 

Police fundraiser bullies warned, nothing to do with us, says Chalong Police chief

Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

Don't be bullied into buying tickets for the fundraising concert, said Chalong Police Chief Col Prachum Reungthong

 

PHUKET:-- The chief of the Chalong Police is warning people to beware a group of men who are presenting themselves as acting as on behalf of policeman and bullying people into buying B2,000 tickets for a local concert which is being touted as being held in conjunction with Chalong Police Station as a fund-raiser.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011810-police-fundraiser-bullies-warned-nothing-to-do-with-us-says-chalong-police-chief/

 

Laypang sentenced to ‘special treatment’ at Phuket Zoo

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Leypang will be kept in a special area at Phuket Zoo, it was announced today (Nov1&). Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET:-- “Leypang the Croc”, captured in a swamp in BangTao on Phuket’s west coast in August, will be handed over to Phuket Zoo, the Director-General of the Department of Fisheries announced today (Nov 17).

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011811-laypang-sentenced-to-‘special-treatment’-at-phuket-zoo/

 

Siam Square Animal Cafe 'Kitties And Bears' Shut Down

By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee, Staff Reporter

 

 

BANGKOK — A controversial animal cafe has been ordered shut by the authorities.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011812-siam-square-animal-cafe-kitties-and-bears-shut-down/

 

Driver has seizure, crashes into shop

By The Nation

 

 

A 40-year-old man had a seizure while driving home late Thursday night, crashing his car into a 7-Eleven convenient store in Muang district, Phrae province.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011814-driver-has-seizure-crashes-into-shop/

 

Fork talk lifts bitcoin to all-time high near $8,000

By Jemima Kelly

 

A bitcoin sign is seen during Riga Comm 2017, a business technology and innovation fair in Riga, Latvia November 9, 2017. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Bitcoin hit an all-time high just below $8,000 on Friday, on talk that a software upgrade whose suspension sent the cryptocurrency into a tailspin at the end of last week was, after all, going ahead within hours.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1011815-fork-talk-lifts-bitcoin-to-all-time-high-near-8000/

 

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