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Democrat plans NACC petition against PM over ministers’ holdings

By The Nation

 

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A SENIOR former Democrat MP yesterday said he would seek action from the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) office against Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha over what he alleged was malfeasance concerning ministers’ stock holdings.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1020275-democrat-plans-nacc-petition-against-pm-over-ministers’-holdings/

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Trafficking probe over 20 victims at parlour

By The Nation

 

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POLICE LISTED AMONG CUSTOMERS OF RAIDED VICTORIA SECRET AMID OFFICIAL SCANDAL

 

MORE THAN 20 of the 113 women detained by authorities following last Friday’s Department of Investigation (DSI) raid on Victoria Secret’s massage parlour are probably victims of a human trafficking network, according to authorities.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1020276-trafficking-probe-over-20-victims-at-parlour/

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All suspects in stolen identify fraud arrested after woman confesses to opening accounts

By KITTIPONG MANEERIT 
THE NATION 

 

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A WOMAN who allegedly stole the identity of a victim to open bank accounts for fraudulent purposes has provided “useful information” to police, authorities said yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1020277-all-suspects-in-stolen-identify-fraud-arrested-after-woman-confesses-to-opening-accounts/

 

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Confidence in teachers declines amid Thailand 4.0 challenges

By The Nation

 

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POLL FINDS THAT ROTE-LEARNING STILL SEEN AS A PROBLEM AS EDUCATORS COPE WITH NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND CREATIVE METHODS

 

PUBLIC CONFIDENCE in teachers has slightly dropped from 7.71 to 7.69 points in a recent survey, which was conducted to mark the National Teachers’ Day. 

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1020279-confidence-in-teachers-declines-amid-thailand-40-challenges/

 

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‘Cobots’ can strengthen Thailand’s food

By Shermine Gotfredsen 
Special to The Nation 

 

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The “Kitchen of the World”, Thailand is one of the largest producers of food products including rice, sugar, chicken and frozen seafood -- and the largest food exporter in Southeast Asia.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1020280-‘cobots’-can-strengthen-thailand’s-food/

 

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Bus operator denies abandoning old passengers

By Anek Krajam 
The Nation 
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A public-bus operator has denied social-media posts suggesting that one of its bus drivers abandoned two elderly passengers during a journey.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1020282-maha-sarakham-bus-operator-denies-abandoning-old-passengers/

 

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EDITORIAL

An urgent agenda for the country

By The Nation

 

These real national missions must have zero politicisation

 

When Thais and foreign observers consider 2018, a vaguely promised general election comes to mind. The issue is likely to keep everyone occupied – from the media and grassroots movements to the military rulers and politicians seeking a return to power.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1020285-an-urgent-agenda-for-the-country/

 

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35 youths escape from a remand home, but 15 of them recaptured

By Thai PBS

 

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Fifteen youths were recaptured while 20 others are still at large and being hunted by a combined force of corrections officials, police and naval personnel after they escaped from a remand home in Songkhla province Sunday afternoon (Jan 14).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1020286-35-youths-escape-from-a-remand-home-in-songkhla-but-15-of-them-recaptured/

 

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People warned against diarrhea infection caused by Rotavirus

By Thai PBS

 

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The Diseases Control Department has warned people to eat well-cooked food, clean their hands with soap before and after preparing food and use a common spoon while eating together to prevent themselves from contracting Rotavisus which has increasingly affected adults.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1020288-people-warned-against-diarrhea-infection-caused-by-rotavirus/

 

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Sixteen injured from a tourist boat explosion in southern Thailand

Reuters Staff

 

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Smoke rises from a tourist speedboat after its explosion in Phi Phi Islands, Thailand, January 14, 2018 in this still image taken from a video obtained from social media. FACEBOOK/THOTSAPHON PHANOMTARA/via REUTERS

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - A tourist speedboat carrying 31 passengers exploded in front of Phi Phi Le island in the southern Thailand province of Krabi on Sunday, injuring 16, mostly tourists from China, the Phi Phi police told Reuters.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1020226-boat-fire-off-koh-phi-phi-–-chinese-tourists-injured/?do=findComment&comment=12620483

 

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One tourist killed, 11 Thai and Chinese injured in speed boat fire

By Thai PBS

 

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One tourist was killed and 11 other tourists of both Thai and Chinese nationalities were injured, four of them in serious condition, when a speed boat in which they were travelling caught fire after the explosion of its engine in the Andaman Sea near Phi-Phi Islands, Krabi province Sunday afternoon.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1020226-boat-fire-off-koh-phi-phi-–-chinese-tourists-injured/?do=findComment&comment=12620487

 

 

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PM says never uses Article 44 to intervene in justice system

 

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BANGKOK, 15th January 2018 (NNT) – Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has confirmed that the government and the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) have never invoked Article 44 of the interim constitution to influence a court decision. 

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1020290-pm-prayut-says-never-uses-article-44-to-intervene-in-justice-system/

 

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Exclusive: France expects UK to pay up, take more refugees to keep border - official

By Matthias Blamont

 

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Migrant walks past the fence which secures the approach to the city from migrants trying to reach Britain, in Calais, France, September 21, 2016. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol

 

PARIS (Reuters) - France expects Britain to agree to take more asylum seekers and pay more for border security in order to maintain a frontier on the French side of the Channel, a French government official said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1020291-exclusive-france-expects-uk-to-pay-up-take-more-refugees-to-keep-border-official/

 

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FCC says appears Hawaii had no safeguard to stop missile scare

By David Shepardson

 

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A combination photograph shows screenshots from a cell phone displaying an alert for a ballistic missile launch and the subsequent false alarm message in Hawaii January 13, 2018. REUTERS/Hugh Gentry

 

(Reuters) - Hawaii apparently did not have adequate safeguards in place to prevent a false emergency alert about a missile attack that panicked residents for more than a half-hour before it was withdrawn, a federal official said on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1020292-fcc-says-appears-hawaii-had-no-safeguard-to-stop-missile-scare/

 

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Plane skids off Turkish runway and plunges towards sea

 

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A Pegasus Airlines aircraft is pictured after it skidded off the runway at Trabzon airport by the Black Sea in Trabzon, Turkey, January 14, 2018. Ihlas News Agency (IHA) via REUTERS

 

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A Pegasus Airlines flight skidded off the runway of a Turkish coastal airport and plunged down a steep slope on the edge of the Black Sea, ending up only metres from the water's edge.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1020293-plane-skids-off-turkish-runway-and-plunges-towards-sea/

 

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Violent protests resume in Tunisia after two days of calm

By Tarek Amara

 

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A woman shout slogans during demonstrations on the seventh anniversary of the toppling of president Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali, in Tunis, Tunisia January 14, 2018. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal

 

TUNIS (Reuters) - Violent protests erupted again on Sunday in two areas of the capital Tunis and another town after a relatively calm two days, the latest protests in the country against austerity measures.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1020294-violent-protests-resume-in-tunisia-after-two-days-of-calm/

 

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Peace efforts can only resume under international mediation - Abbas

By Ali Sawafta

 

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during the meeting of the Palestinian Central Council in the West Bank city of Ramallah January 14, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman

 

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Sunday he would only accept a broad, internationally-backed panel to broker any peace talks with Israel, but did not rule out a U.S. role in such a panel.


Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1020295-peace-efforts-can-only-resume-under-international-mediation-abbas/

 

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Strong earthquake in southern Peru leaves one dead, scores injured

By Marco Aquino

 

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A man and a child stand at debris of a building after a strong magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck the coast of southern Peru, in Acari, Arequipa , Peru, January 14, 2018. REUTERS/Diego Ramos

 

LIMA (Reuters) - A strong magnitude-7.1 earthquake struck the coast of southern Peru on Sunday morning, killing one person, injuring scores and causing homes and roads to collapse.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1020296-strong-earthquake-in-southern-peru-leaves-one-dead-scores-injured/

 

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China absence looms over Canada meeting on how to pressure North Korea

By David Ljunggren

 

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Head of North Korean delegation Ri Son Gwon, Chairman of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Country (CPRC) of DPRK, reaches out to shake hands with a South Korean official as he crosses a concrete border to attend their meeting at the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas, South Korea, January 9, 2018. REUTERS/Korea Pool

 

VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Foreign ministers from around 20 nations gather on Tuesday to discuss how to curb North Korea's nuclear ambitions through diplomatic and financial pressure, but China, seen as a key player in any long-term solution, will be absent.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1020300-china-absence-looms-over-canada-meeting-on-how-to-pressure-north-korea/

 

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Leader of Britain's UKIP faces calls to quit over girlfriend's remarks

 

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Meghan Markle waves to well wishers after visiting radio station Reprezent FM, with her fiancee Britain's Prince Harry, in Brixton, London January 9, 2018. REUTERS/Dominic Lipinski/Pool

 

LONDON (Reuters) - The leader of Britain's eurosceptic UK Independence Party faced calls on Sunday to stand down after a newspaper published racist messages sent by his girlfriend about Prince Harry's fiancee Meghan Markle.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1020303-leader-of-britains-ukip-faces-calls-to-quit-over-girlfriends-remarks/

 

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Merkel could join Macron in Davos for epic clash with Trump

By Noah Barkin

 

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BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel is considering joining French President Emmanuel Macron at the World Economic Forum in Davos next week in what could turn into an epic clash of competing world views with U.S. President Donald Trump.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1020304-merkel-could-join-macron-in-davos-for-epic-clash-with-trump/

 

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Trump: Program protecting young illegal immigrants 'probably' dead

By Lucia Mutikani and Pete Schroeder

 

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U.S. President Donald Trump pumps his fist as he boards Air Force One upon departure from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, U.S., January 12, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that a program that protects illegal immigrants brought to the United States as children from being deported would "probably" be discontinued.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1020305-trump-program-protecting-young-illegal-immigrants-probably-dead/

 

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Trump says 'I'm not a racist,' willing to reach deal on DACA

 

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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks upon arrival for dinner at his golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., January 14, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

 

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he is "not a racist" despite reports of his derogatory comments about immigrants from Haiti and Africa, adding that he was "ready, willing and able" to reach a deal to protect immigrants brought to the United States as children.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1020306-trump-says-im-not-a-racist-willing-to-reach-deal-on-daca/

 

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Jeff Flake expected to deliver floor speech comparing Trump's attacks on media to Stalin's

By Aileen Graef and Liz Turrell, CNN

 

(CNN)Republican Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona is expected to deliver a floor speech on Wednesday in which he will compare President Donald Trump's attacks on the news media to the rhetoric of late Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1020308-jeff-flake-expected-to-deliver-floor-speech-comparing-trumps-attacks-on-media-to-stalins/

 

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One killed, three injured in armoured vehicle road crash

By The Nation

 

A speeding armoured personnel vehicle lost control and hit a side cart in Pattani on Sunday evening, killing the cart rider and injuring three others.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1020310-one-killed-three-injured-in-armoured-vehicle-road-crash-in-pattani/

 

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Call for arrest of man who kicked young boy on Children's Day

By The Nation

 

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Angry Facebook users are urging each other to help locate an unidentified man who kicked a young boy on a pavement in Bangkok on Saturday, which was also National Children's Day.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1020311-call-for-arrest-of-man-who-kicked-young-boy-on-childrens-day-in-bangkok/

 

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