Inspire & Thaivisa Gala Dinner with Frank Bruno at Four Points by Sheraton

 

When - Wednesday, 17 January 2018 at 19:30–22:30

 

Where - Four Points by Sheraton Bangkok, Sukhumvit 15

More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/1299211190182797/

 

German man found dead in Walking Street hotel room

 

 

A German man was found dead inside his hotel room in Walking Street Pattaya on Monday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015456-german-man-found-dead-in-walking-street-hotel-room/

Chinese couple robbed of 350,000 baht diamond ring and gold necklace.

 

 

A young Chinese could reported to Pattaya police that they had lost a gold necklace and a diamond ring on the beach.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015455-chinese-couple-robbed-of-350000-baht-diamond-ring-and-gold-necklace/

Police called as dozens of passengers "abandoned" in Hat Yai

 

 

Hat Yai police were called after dozens of tourists were left high and dry waiting for a bus they had paid for that didn't come.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015454-police-called-as-dozens-of-passengers-abandoned-in-hat-yai/

 

Net Idol arrested for e-cigarette faces 5 years saying police treatment "over the top"

 

Picture: Siam News

 

A well known internet celebrity who was arrested in Pattaya at a checkpoint when an e-cigarette and vaping liquid were found has said her treatment at the hands of the local cops was over the top.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015474-net-idol-arrested-for-e-cigarette-faces-5-years-saying-police-treatment-over-the-top/

 

EU to resume political contact 'at all levels' with Thailand: statement

 

Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha attends the opening session of the 31st ASEAN Summit in Manila, Philippines, November 13, 2017. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - The European Union will resume political contact "at all levels" with Thailand, its foreign affairs council said on Monday, after putting relations on hold following a 2014 coup by the Thai military.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015476-eu-to-resume-political-contact-at-all-levels-with-thailand/

 

Prayut defends economic effort after Chuan letter

By The Nation

 

File photo: Lt-General Sansern Kaewkamnerd

 

GOVERNMENT spokesman Lt-General Sansern Kaewkamnerd said yesterday that Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha had expressed his thanks to former Democrat prime minister Chuan Leekpai for his concerns and suggestions on plunging household incomes of people in the South.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015479-prayut-defends-economic-effort-after-chuan-letter/

 

Public told not to speculate about Prawit's luxurious wristwatch, ring

By The Nation

 

 

ACTING National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) secretary-general Worawit Sookboon yesterday appealed for “normal procedures” to be followed over allegations regarding Deputy Prime Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan’s possession of a luxury watch and diamond ring.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015480-public-told-not-to-speculate-about-prawits-luxurious-wristwatch-ring/

 

Online campaign tells Prawit to resign over cadet remarks

By The Nation

 

Prawit

 

Deputy PM under fire for lack of empathy over teen’s death

AN ONLINE campaign has taken off with the clear objective of pressuring Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister General Prawit Wongsuwon to step down over his offhand comments about the death of a cadet that has seized national headlines. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015481-online-campaign-tells-prawit-to-resign-over-cadet-remarks/

 

DSI denies culpability in Jomsap case

By The Nation

 

 

THE DEPARTMENT of Special Investigation (DSI) has denied a direct role in the case surrounding hit-and-run convict Jomsap Saenmuangkhot, who is now accused of hiring a scapegoat to claim responsibility for a fatal accident she caused in 2005.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015482-dsi-denies-culpability-in-jomsap-case/

 

EDITORIAL

Prawit’s watch could be ticking time bomb

By The Nation

 

If the deputy PM’s luxury goods aren’t fully explained, we can write off the junta’s war on corruption

The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has to prove its neutrality and its professionalism as it sifts the facts behind Prawit Wongsuwan’s disturbing possession of luxury trinkets

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015483-prawit’s-watch-could-be-ticking-time-bomb/

 

Visitors flock for final Dusit Zoo visits

By WASAMON AUDJARINT 
THE NATION

 

 

EXPECTED RELOCATION TO PATHUM THANI MET WITH MIXED REACTIONS FROM PUBLIC

THE LAST DAY of the long weekend at Dusit Zoo was busy as usual. Families and couples wandered from one enclosure to the next to see the animals – from flamingos flashing their pink feathers to 51-year-old Mae Mali, Thailand’s oldest hippopotamus, simply enjoying eating the grass.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015484-visitors-flock-for-final-dusit-zoo-visits/

 

BMTA suspends the use of cash boxes in buses after technical problem

By Thai PBS

 

 

Bangkok Mass Transit Authority has suspended the installation of cash boxes on 1,800 public buses after it has found out that the cash boxes which were equipped in 800 buses for a trial run did not function properly.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015486-bmta-suspends-the-use-of-cash-boxes-in-buses-after-technical-problem/

 

UPDATE:

 

'Amateur' bomber targets New York commuters; suspect held

By Nick Zieminski and Daniel Trotta

 

Akayed Ullah, a Bangladeshi man who attempted to detonate a homemade bomb strapped to his body at a New York commuter hub during morning rush hour is seen in this handout photo received December 11, 2017. New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission/Handout via REUTERS

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Bangladeshi man with a homemade bomb strapped to his body set off an explosion at a New York commuter hub during rush hour on Monday morning, wounding himself and three others in what New York Mayor Bill de Blasio called an attempted terrorist attack.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015450-new-york-police-responding-to-reports-of-explosion-police-tweet/?do=findComment&comment=12528588

 

EU tells Netanyahu it rejects Trump's Jerusalem move

By Robin Emmott and John Davison

 

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini brief the media at the European Council in Brussels, Belgium December 11, 2017. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

 

BRUSSELS/CAIRO (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took his case to Europe to ask allies to join the United States in recognising Jerusalem as Israel's capital, but met a firm rebuff from EU foreign ministers who saw the move as a blow against the peace process.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015488-eu-tells-netanyahu-it-rejects-trumps-jerusalem-move/

 

Trump wants to send U.S. astronauts back to moon, someday Mars

By Steve Holland

 

U.S. President Donald Trump holds a space astronaut toy as he participates in a signing ceremony for Space Policy Directive at the White House in Washington D.C., U.S. December 11, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - At a time when China is working on an ambitious lunar programme, President Donald Trump vowed on Monday that the United States will remain the leader in space exploration as he began a process to return Americans to the moon.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015489-trump-wants-to-send-us-astronauts-back-to-moon-someday-mars/

 

Women accusing Trump of sexual misconduct seek congressional probe

By Renita D. Young

 

 

(L-R) Rachel Crooks, a former receptionist in Trump Tower in 2005, Jessica Leeds and Samantha Holvey, a former Miss North Carolina, exit a news conference for the film "16 Women and Donald Trump" which focuses on women who have publicly accused President Trump of sexual misconduct, in Manhattan, New York, U.S., December 11, 2017. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Three women who have accused U.S. President Donald Trump of sexual misconduct called on Monday for a congressional investigation into his behaviour amid a wave of similar accusations against prominent men in Hollywood, the media and politics.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015490-women-accusing-trump-of-sexual-misconduct-seek-congressional-probe/

 

Putin, in Syria, says mission accomplished, orders partial Russian pull-out

By Andrew Osborn

 

Russian President Vladimir Putin (2nd R) and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (R) visit the Hmeymim air base in Latakia Province, Syria December 11, 2017. Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik via REUTERS

 

MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin flew into Syria and ordered "a significant part" of Moscow's military contingent there to start withdrawing on Monday, declaring their work largely done.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015491-putin-in-syria-says-mission-accomplished-orders-partial-russian-pull-out/

 

U.S. military must accept transgender recruits by Jan. 1, judge rules

By Andrew Chung and Idrees Ali

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks to U.S. military personnel at Naval Air Station Sigonella following the G7 Summit, in Sigonella, Sicily, Italy, May 27, 2017. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi

 

(Reuters) - Transgender recruits will be able to join the U.S. military as of Jan. 1 after a federal judge on Monday denied a request by President Donald Trump's administration to enforce his ban on transgender troops while the government appeals an order blocking it.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015492-us-military-must-accept-transgender-recruits-by-jan-1-judge-rules/

 

£27k raised to bring Northern Ireland crash victim home from Thailand

By Allan Preston

 

Sait Can Ozdemir with mum Christine in hospital //Belfast Telegraph

 

The family of a Co Down man facing a battle to walk again following a cycling accident in Thailand have praised his courage and thanked supporters after £27,000 was raised in just two days to bring him home safely.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015493-£27k-raised-to-bring-northern-ireland-crash-victim-home-from-chiang-mai-thailand/

 

Apple confirms deal to buy music discovery app Shazam

BY REUTERS 

 

Image: REUTERS/Yuya Shino/Files

 

SAN FRANSICO (Reuters) – Apple Inc (AAPL.O) on Monday confirmed it had reached a deal to acquire Shazam Entertainment Ltd, the U.K.-based app that lets users identify songs by pointing a smart phone at the audio source.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/apple-confirms-deal-buy-music-discovery-app-shazam/26219/

British banker to appeal against life sentence for Hong Kong double murder

Reuters Staff

 

FILE PHOTO: Rurik George Caton Jutting, a British banker charged with two counts of murder after police found the bodies of two women in his apartment, sitting in the back row of a prison bus as he arrives at the Eastern Law Courts in Hong Kong November 24, 2014. REUTERS/Bobby Yip/File Photo

 

HONG KONG (Reuters) - A British banker, jailed for life in Hong Kong last year for the murder of two Indonesian women he tortured and raped in his luxury apartment, is due to launch an appeal on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015495-british-banker-to-appeal-against-life-sentence-for-hong-kong-double-murder/

 

Judge tells ex-Trump adviser Manafort to stop communicating with media

By Sarah N. Lynch

 

Paul Manafort, campaign manager to Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump, escapes a mob of reporters asking about the Republican National Convention Committee on Rules in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. July 14, 2016. REUTERS/Rick Wilking/Files

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge on Monday issued a stern warning to President Donald Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort to refrain from making statements to the media that could harm his right to a fair trial.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015496-judge-tells-ex-trump-adviser-manafort-to-stop-communicating-with-media/

 

U.S. citizen on the run after busting out of Bali prison

 

FILE PHOTO: A prisoner prays in front of Kerobokan prison in Denpasar, on the Indonesian island of Bali, Indonesia March 1, 2015. REUTERS/Beawiharta/File Photo

 

DENPASAR, Indonesia (Reuters) - Indonesian police are hunting for a U.S. citizen who escaped on Monday from an overcrowded prison on the holiday island of Bali by cutting through steel bars in a ceiling, the jail's second breakout of foreign inmates this year.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015497-us-citizen-on-the-run-after-busting-out-of-bali-prison/

 

Buoyed by mayoral votes, Venezuela socialists eye presidency race

By Andrew Cawthorne and Leon Wietfeld

 

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro (R) speaks during an event with supporters, next to newly elected mayor of Libertador district Erika Farias (C) and President of Venezuela's National Constituent Assembly Delcy Rodriguez (L), in Caracas, Venezuela December 10, 2017. Picture taken December 10, 2017. Miraflores Palace/Handout via REUTERS

 

CARACAS (Reuters) - President Nicolas Maduro has set his sights on Venezuela's 2018 presidential election after the ruling Socialist Party dominated mayoral polls with the help of a partial boycott by a divided opposition.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015498-buoyed-by-mayoral-votes-venezuela-socialists-eye-presidency-race/

 

American and Australian implicated in 2015 Pattaya murder arrested again on international drugs warrant

 

Image: Luke Cook, left. Tyler Gerrard, right - Daily News.

 

Police in Pattaya have arrested a 23 year old American man on an international drugs warrant.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015499-american-and-australian-implicated-in-2015-pattaya-murder-arrested-again-on-international-drugs-warrant/

 

Jealous Thai man attacks ex-wife with axe in the street on her way home

 

Picture: Sanook

 

A 25 year old Thai man laid in wait for his ex-wife as she rode home on a motorcycle after selling garlands at a Buriram market.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015500-jealous-thai-man-attacks-ex-wife-with-axe-in-the-street-on-her-way-home/

 

Republican Moore embraces Trump message on eve of Alabama election

By Andy Sullivan

 

Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Judge Roy Moore speaks during a campaign event in Fairhope, Alabama, U.S., December 5, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Bachma

 

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore touted his ties to President Donald Trump on Monday in the final stretch of an election campaign in Alabama in which Moore has battled accusations of sexual misconduct toward teenagers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015502-republican-moore-embraces-trump-message-on-eve-of-alabama-election/

 

Honest park chiefs generate huge rise in fees for the state - but threats abound

 

Picture: Manager Online

 

Thai media has reported a huge rise in fees collected at two southern marine national parks since honest officials took over.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015503-honest-park-chiefs-generate-huge-rise-in-fees-for-the-state-but-threats-abound/

 

France awards climate grants to U.S.-based scientists on summit eve

 

French President Emmanuel Macron attends the "Tech for Planet" event at the "Station F" start up campus ahead of the One Planet Summit in Paris, France, December 11, 2017. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer

 

PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron plans to award multi-year grants for several U.S.-based scientists to relocate to France, his office said on Monday on the eve of a climate summit hosted by the president to raise finances to counter global warming.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1015505-make-our-planet-great-again-france-awards-climate-grants-to-us-based-scientists/