Two students, gunman dead in New Mexico school shooting

Reuters Staff

 

(Reuters) - A gunman fatally shot two students at a high school in New Mexico on Thursday, before he himself died, state and local police said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1014976-two-students-gunman-dead-in-new-mexico-school-shooting/

 

Knicker nicker says about stolen underwear - "the owners are welcome to have it back, it's undamaged..."

 

Picture: Daily News

 

The story of a Thai man stealing underwear in Kamphang Phet involved a sting, a manhunt and finally a statement that beggared belief.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1014978-knicker-nicker-says-about-stolen-underwear-the-owners-are-welcome-to-have-it-back-its-undamaged/

 

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U.S. Rep. Franks to resign after staff members' complaints of harassment

By Susan Cornwell

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Representative Trent Franks said on Thursday he would resign after two female staffers complained that he had discussed surrogacy with them.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1014961-us-congressman-trent-franks-resigns/?do=findComment&comment=12518226

 

"Foreigners against smoking ban" video hits the internet as authorities scurry to explain

 

Picture: Sophon Cable

 

The head of regional coastal resources rushed to Dong Tan beach in Pattaya yesterday as a "Foreigners Against the Smoking Ban" video hit the internet.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1014982-foreigners-against-smoking-ban-video-hits-the-internet-as-authorities-scurry-to-explain/

 

Road to nowhere - except a very badly damaged car...

 

Picture: Daily News

 

An incorrectly placed ramp on a busy Bangkok street has caused many motorists to drive headlong into a field of flowers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1014983-road-to-nowhere-except-a-very-badly-damaged-car/

 

SCN-CHO joint venture likely to clinch bus deal with BMTA

By Thai PBS

 

 

The only bidder for the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority’s NGV bus project, the SCN-CHO joint venture, is mostly likely to be awarded with the contract to supply 489 NGV buses to the city bus operator at a cost of 4,020 million baht.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1014984-scn-cho-joint-venture-likely-to-clinch-bus-deal-with-bmta/

 

Red flags out, vendors move furniture to high ground as storms lash Hua Hin coast

 

Picture: Manager Online

 

Manager reported that storms and high seas were lashing the Hua Hin coast.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1014987-red-flags-out-vendors-move-furniture-to-high-ground-as-storms-lash-hua-hin-coast/

 

After 100 die on Najomtien roads, police pull out radar guns

 

SATTAHIP: Najomtien Police have set up speed traps and pulled radar guns following 100 traffic-related deaths in the Sattahip sub-district this year.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1014986-after-100-die-on-najomtien-roads-police-pull-out-radar-guns/

 

Belgian dies after hitting tour bus

 

PATTAYA:--A Belgian expat died when his pickup truck slammed into a tour bus making a U-turn in Najomtien.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1014990-belgian-dies-after-hitting-tour-bus/

 

Seniors trapped as Phang Nga villages slammed by run-off

By The Nation

 

Two villages in Phang Nga were walloped by mountain run-off early in the overnight hours on Friday, a local politician said.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1014993-seniors-trapped-as-phang-nga-villages-slammed-by-run-off/

 

Pattaya requests 1.6 billion baht for flood-drainage pipeline

 

PATTAYA:--Pattaya is requesting 1.6 billion baht to construct a major flood-drainage pipeline running through from the center of the city to the ocean.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1014992-pattaya-requests-16-billion-baht-for-flood-drainage-pipeline/

 

Video: What a lovely kid! But most men are ogling the teacher...

 

video screenshot

 

An video doing the round of Thai social media had thousands of women cooing over a young student teaching singing and dancing to her teacher.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1014999-video-what-a-lovely-kid-but-most-men-are-ogling-the-teacher/

 

Killer baht bus driver captured at border

 

PATTAYA:--The driver of a Sattahip baht bus who killed five passengers and injured nine others was captured on the Cambodian border trying to flee the country.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1014998-killer-baht-bus-driver-captured-at-border/

 

Celebrity jet-ski racer ends up in hospital again after Jomtien accident

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Accident prone Thai celebrity Nakhon Silachai - better known as Pern Nakhon - was taken to Bangkok Hospital in Pattaya after crashing his jet-ski in high waves off Jomtien Beach yesterday.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015000-celebrity-jet-ski-racer-ends-up-in-hospital-again-after-jomtien-accident/

 

 

Dispose of old furniture at Bangkok community locations

By The Nation

 

This red sofa is among the largest items collected on Sunday by Chatuchak District Office workers.

 

Bangkok residents can dispose of large items such as furniture, appliances and tree branches at designated locations from December 9-17.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015001-dispose-of-old-furniture-at-bangkok-community-locations/

 

Interior Ministry to enforce 7 road safety measures to curb road fatalities

 

 

BANGKOK, 8 December 2017 (NNT) - The Ministry of Interior is planning to invest more to ensure the safety of Thai motorists. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015002-interior-ministry-to-enforce-7-road-safety-measures-to-curb-road-fatalities/

 

Major security flaw found in banking apps puts millions of customers at risk

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

A flaw in several major banking apps has been discovered by scientists which could potentially put millions of customers at risk from hackers who are exploiting WiFi.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/major-security-flaw-found-banking-apps-puts-millions-customers-risk/26143/

YouTube to launch music subscription service next year: Bloomberg

BY REUTERS 

 

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

 

(Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s YouTube plans to introduce a paid music streaming service in March, Bloomberg reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/youtube-launch-music-subscription-service-next-year-bloomberg/26136/

Meeting set on proposal to move Dusit Zoo

By The Nation

 

Schoolteachers arrange pupils for a group photo at Dusit Zoo, a keepsake of even greater posterity amid plans to move the zoo to Pathum Thani./Photo by Nation/Prasert Thepsri

        

The Zoological Park Organisation will next Tuesday (December 12) consider relocating Dusit Zoo – Thailand’s oldest – from downtown Bangkok to a 300-rai property in Khlong Hok, Pathum Thani.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015005-meeting-set-on-proposal-to-move-dusit-zoo/

 

Aussie gangster on death row in Thailand planned to open secret underground fight club in Pattaya

 

File photo: Antonio Bagnato

 

An Australian man convicted of murdering a Hells Angel gang member was set to open a secretive underground fight club in Pattaya.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015007-aussie-gangster-on-death-row-in-thailand-planned-to-open-secret-underground-fight-club-in-pattaya/

 

Locals sure that ghosts killed "trouser-less" engineer - but police remain baffled

 

Picture: Sanook

 

PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN: Mystery surrounds the death of a Saraburi engineer found dead under a slab of concrete next to a deserted beach restaurant.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015008-locals-sure-that-ghosts-killed-trouser-less-engineer-but-police-remain-baffled/

 

Falling Crane Severs Worker’s Leg  (Video)

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

  

Emergency officials pull Somphong Kaewduangjan, 54, from a fallen crane Friday morning at Khlong Bang Sue.

 

BANGKOK — Another day, another crane falls in Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015009-falling-crane-severs-worker’s-leg/

 

Thai-foreign couples feted in Khon Kaen

By The Nation

 

 

Foreigners with Thai spouses living in Khon Kaen were treated to a fun outing with an international food fair at City Hall on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015019-thai-foreign-couples-feted-in-khon-kaen/

 

 

Instagram testing standalone Direct messaging app

BY REUTERS

 

 

(Reuters) – Facebook Inc’s Instagram said on Thursday it was testing a standalone messaging app called Direct, making it the company’s third chat tool alongside its hugely popular WhatsApp and Messenger.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/instagram-testing-standalone-direct-messaging-app/26139/

May makes dawn flight to Brussels as Brexit deal seems done

By Alastair Macdonald and Guy Faulconbridge

 

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May is welcomed by European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker at the EC headquarters in Brussels, Belgium December 8, 2017. REUTERS/Yves Herman

 

BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May met European Union chief executive Jean-Claude Juncker before dawn in Brussels on Friday after a night flight from London, apparently having clinched a deal to open talks on post-Brexit trade.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015023-may-makes-dawn-flight-to-brussels-as-brexit-deal-seems-done/

 

Repairs undertaken on leaking Phuket Airport Domestic Terminal roof

Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

Photos from Social Media showed the results of the leaking roof. Photo:

 

PHUKET: It has been confirmed today (Dec 8) that work on a leaking roof in the corridor that joins the recently renovated Domestic Terminal at Phuket International Airport to the Departure Gates within the terminal has been completed.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015024-repairs-undertaken-on-leaking-phuket-airport-domestic-terminal-roof/

 

Traffic Police warn of Phuket road closures for Phukethon

Shela Riva

 

For the full marathon, runners will start at the same point (Saphan Hin Park) and go through Sakdidejana Soi 7 to the Dowrung Intersection and along Chao Fa East Rd, straight towards Chalong Circle, along Wiset Rd in Rawai, along Rawai Beach until Phromthep Cape.

 

PHUKET: The Phuket City Traffic Police yesterday (Dec 7) announced for motorists to avoid certain roads and areas which will be closed off during this weekend’s Phukethon event whose first, short distance races will begin tomorrow (Dec 9) and long distance marathons on Sunday, Dec 10.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015025-traffic-police-warn-of-phuket-road-closures-for-phukethon/

 

Karaoke bar owner in Chiang Mai arrested for allegedly pimping underage girls

By The Nation

 

A karaoke bar owner and her assistant were arrested early Friday after allegedly offering paid sex with girls under 18 to undercover officials.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015026-karaoke-bar-owner-in-chiang-mai-arrested-for-allegedly-pimping-underage-girls/

 

Thousands of Muslims in Asia protest against Trump's Jerusalem plan

By Kanupriya Kapoor and and Joseph Sipalan

 

The proclamation to be signed by U.S. President Donald Trump, announcing that the United States recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and will move its embassy there, sits upon a table before Trump's address at the White House in Washington, U.S., December 6, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

 

JAKARTA/KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Thousands of protesters in Muslim-majority Indonesia and Malaysia joined rallies on Friday to condemn Washington's decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital, as authorities tightened security outside U.S. embassies.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015029-thousands-of-muslims-in-asia-protest-against-trumps-jerusalem-plan/ 

 

 

Apple products now sold via Lazada

BY THE NATION

 

REUTERS/Edgar Su

 

Fans of Apple gadgets can do their shopping on e-commerce website Lazada starting today (December 8).

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/apple-products-now-sold-via-lazada/26145/