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Slippery road blamed for Phuket tour bus colliding with power pole

Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

There were 10 Chinese tourists on the bus when the accident took place. Photo: Wichit Traffic Police

 

PHUKET: -- A bus carrying 10 Chinese tourists crashed into an power pole on Chao Fa Tawan Tok Rd southbound close to the Darasamut Underpass yesterday night, with the accident blamed on a slippery road due to rain.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025902-slippery-road-blamed-for-phuket-tour-bus-colliding-with-power-pole/

 

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Relieve Chalong Underpass traffic jams, orders Phuket Governor

Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

Workers install the roof of the Chalong Underpass as a queue of traffic stretches off into the distance, waiting to pass the construction site. Photo: Mark Knowles

 

PHUKET: Motorists are expected to have more space on either side of the Chalong Underpass in the coming two months after Phuket Governor Norraphat Plodthong yesterday ordered that steps be taken to reduce the long traffic jams at the busy intersection construction site.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025903-relieve-chalong-underpass-traffic-jams-orders-phuket-governor/

 

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Thai court grants custody to Japanese father of 13 surrogate children

 

FILE PHOTO: Surrogate babies that Thai police suspect were fathered by a Japanese businessman who has fled from Thailand are shown on a screen during a news conference at the headquarters of the Royal Thai Police in Bangkok August 12, 2014. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - A Thai court on Tuesday said it ruled in favour of a wealthy Japanese man who had fathered 13 surrogate children in Thailand, naming him their legal parent and sole guardian.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025905-japanese-businessman-wins-custody-of-13-children-born-to-thai-surrogates/

 

 

 

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Insight: Rising poverty gnaws at Italian social fabric as election nears

By Crispian Balmer

 

A woman folds clothes next to her tent in the portico of the Basilica of the Santi Apostoli, where she lives after being evicted from an unused building along with other families in August 2017, in Rome, Italy January 29, 2018. REUTERS/Tony Gentile

 

HERCULANEUM, Italy (Reuters) - Roberto Biondi's 89-year-old mother has Alzheimer's, is housebound and no longer recognises her son. She is also the family's main breadwinner.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025909-insight-rising-poverty-gnaws-at-italian-social-fabric-as-election-nears/

 

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NLA member reiterates election road map

By The Nation

 

Jate Siratharanont, a member of National Legislative Assembly (NLA), has written on Facebook that the road map to the election will become clearer early next month.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025910-nla-member-reiterates-election-road-map/

 

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Two arrested with a tonne of marijuana in Trang

 

 

Highway police stopped a pickup truck in Trang’s Palian district and found 1,092 kilograms of marijuana hidden inside.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025911-two-arrested-with-a-tonne-of-marijuana-in-trang/

 

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Ignore the tourist attractions, what is it really that makes Hua Hin worth a visit?

By Dan Cheeseman

 

 

It would be all too easy for me to just list all the different attractions that Hua Hin offers to build the compelling case for why Hua Hin is well worth a visit

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025915-ignore-the-tourist-attractions-what-is-it-really-that-makes-hua-hin-worth-a-visit/

 

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The Real Reasons Expats Decided Thailand (And What They Think Now)

By Dan Cheeseman

 

 

In many instances there is a stigma regarding becoming an expat in Thailand, stereotypical images of old men with vests, slugging away on a can of Singha beer and ogling the young Thai women spring to mind. In my mind this is hugely misleading and in the majority of cases not true.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025914-the-real-reasons-expats-decided-thailand-and-what-they-think-now/

 

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BoE's Carney says Bitcoin has 'pretty much failed' as currency

David Milliken

 

Bank of England Governor Mark Carney speaks during the central bank's quarterly inflation report press conference in the City of London, Britain, February 8, 2018. REUTERS/Victoria Jones/Pool

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Bitcoin BTC=BTSP has failed as a currency measured by standard benchmarks, and is neither a store of value nor a useful way to buy things, Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025916-boes-carney-says-bitcoin-has-pretty-much-failed-as-currency/

 

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iOS 11.2.6: New update fixes bug that can crash any iPhone – install it NOW

BY STAFF WRITER

 

REUTERS/Regis Duvignau/File Photo

 

Apple users are being urged to download an update to iOS that protects against a bug which can crash any iPhone or iPad.

 

Full Story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/ios-11-2-6-new-update-fixes-bug-can-crash-iphone-install-now/27305/

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Bank of England Governor says Bitcoin has “pretty much failed” as currency

BY REUTERS

 

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

 

LONDON (Reuters) – Bitcoin has failed as a currency measured by standard benchmarks, and is neither a store of value nor a useful way to buy things, Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said on Monday.

 

Full Story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/bank-england-governor-says-bitcoin-pretty-much-failed-currency/27308/

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Uber CEO sees commercialisation of flying taxis in 5-10 years

BY REUTERS

 

REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

 

TOKYO (Reuters) – Uber Technologies Inc Chief Executive Officer Dara Khosrowshahi said on Tuesday he can see commercialisation of the Uber Air flying taxi service happening within five to 10 years.

 

Full Story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/uber-ceo-sees-commercialisation-flying-taxis-5-10-years/27310/

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Google discloses security flaw in Edge browser that Microsoft hasn’t yet fixed

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

Users of Microsoft Edge are being warned about a new security flaw which could let hackers take over their computer and which there is currently no fix.

 

Full Story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/27313-2/27313/

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As ang pao probe continues, police chief addresses link to ‘Aoun Loyfa’

By Jessada Chantharak 
The Nation

 

 

Metropolitan Police Bureau commissioner Lt-General Charnthep Sesawet on Tuesday admitted that the Thai amulet expert known only by the alias “Aoun Loyfa” and his team had visited and offered New Year blessings to him last year when he served as Metropolitan Police Area 1 chief.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025929-as-ang-pao-probe-continues-police-chief-addresses-link-to-‘aoun-loyfa’/

 

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Defendant in Khon Kaen dismemberment case changes plea

By Kritmet Loho 
The Nation

 

 

Jidarat Phromkhun – who is among the four people accused of killing Warisara Klinjui, 22, cutting her body in two and burying the parts in a forest area in Khon Kaen in May last year – confessed to the charge of taking into possession a stolen item at the case’s first court session on Tuesday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025930-defendant-in-khon-kaen-dismemberment-case-changes-plea/

 

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Cleaner Cars, Aggressive Steps Needed To Clear Bangkok's Air

By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer

 

 

BANGKOK — Cleaner petrol and stricter vehicle controls are some of the measures needed to handle the capital’s growing problem with fine particulate air pollution.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025933-cleaner-cars-aggressive-steps-needed-to-clear-bangkoks-air/

 

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Premchai may face charges over guns found at house

By Suriya Patathayo 
The Nation

 

 

Police forensic results have initially found that two guns seized this month from the house of Italian-Thai Development president Premchai Karnasuta were illegal.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025935-premchai-may-face-charges-over-guns-found-at-house/

 

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Pattaya a world class resort? There should be lifeguards say Thais as Russian man drowns

 

 

Thais have called for lifeguards to be posted on Pattaya beach after a Russian man drowned there on Tuesday morning.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025944-pattaya-a-world-class-resort-there-should-be-lifeguards-say-thais-as-russian-man-drowns/

 

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Pigeon death creates a bizarre finale to Prayut’s talk on superstition

By Wasamon Audjarint 
The Nation

 

 

Soon after Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha denied that his government believed in superstition, a rare bird fight that brought demise to a pigeon took place right in front of his office.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1025946-pigeon-death-creates-a-bizarre-finale-to-prayut’s-talk-on-superstition/

 

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