Food security report points to increasing malnourishment and obesity in Thailand

By Pratch Rujivanarom

The Nation

 

Experts and academics yesterday gather at the food security forum hosted by the BioThai Foundation.

 

MORE THAN 815 million people around the world still suffer from malnutrition and hunger – 6.5 million in Thailand – but on the other hand 25 per cent of the population in developed countries were obese, including 5 million in Thailand, pointing to glaring inequalities in access to food.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028425-food-security-report-points-to-increasing-malnourishment-and-obesity-in-thailand/

Nong Nat latest: Has she come out as a lesbian?

 

Image: Instagram

 

Mystery surrounds the latest post from Nong Nat the porn star who has split up from her American sugar daddy husband Harold Nesland.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028433-nong-nat-latest-has-she-come-out-as-a-lesbian/

Pattaya: The Russians are Coming, The Russians are Coming...back

 

Image: Sophon TV

 

The head of the Thai Hoteliers Association of the eastern seaboard has painted a rosy picture for tourist numbers in Pattaya in the near future with a resurgence in the number of Russian tourists making up to a 10% improvement on last year.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028437-pattaya-the-russians-are-coming-the-russians-are-comingback/

'Pharma Bro' Shkreli sentenced to seven years for defrauding investors

By Brendan Pierson

 

FILE PHOTO: Former drug company executive Martin Shkreli arrives at U.S. District Court for the third day of jury deliberations in his securities fraud trial in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., August 2, 2017. REUTERS/Amr Alfiky/File Photo

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Martin Shkreli, the former drug company executive who made headlines by jacking up the price of a lifesaving drug before he was found guilty of defrauding investors, was sentenced to 7 years and a $75,000 fine on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028438-pharma-bro-shkreli-sentenced-to-seven-years-for-defrauding-investors/

 

Britain sends specialist troops to city where Russian double agent poisoned

By Peter Nicholls and Elizabeth Burden

 

Police officers continue to guard the scene where a forensic tent, covering the bench where Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were found, has been erected in the centre of Salisbury, Britain, March 9, 2018. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls

 

SALISBURY, England (Reuters) - Britain deployed specialist troops on Friday to remove potentially contaminated objects from the English city where a Russian former double agent and his daughter were poisoned with a nerve agent.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028439-britain-sends-specialist-troops-to-city-where-russian-double-agent-poisoned/

 

Mauritius president to resign after credit card expenditure row

 

PORT LOUIS (Reuters) - Mauritian President Ameenah Gurib-Fakim will step down next week, the prime minister said on Friday, after she was accused of using a credit card issued by an international non-governmental organisation to buy clothes and jewellery.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028440-mauritius-president-to-resign-after-credit-card-expenditure-row/

 

Florida governor signs gun-safety bill into law after school shooting

By Jonathan Allen

 

FILE PHOTO - Florida Governor Rick Scott listens during a meeting with law enforcement, mental health, and education officials about how to prevent future tragedies in the wake of last week's mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, at the Capitol in Tallahassee, Florida, U.S., February 20, 2018. REUTERS/Colin Hackley

 

(Reuters) - Florida Governor Rick Scott, a staunch ally of the National Rifle Association (NRA), signed into law on Friday a bill imposing a 21-year-old age limit and three-day waiting period on all gun purchases and allowing the arming of some school employees.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028441-florida-governor-signs-gun-safety-bill-into-law-after-school-shooting/

 

Gunman takes hostages after shots fired at California veterans home

 

 

(Reuters) - A gunman entered a party at a California home for disabled veterans on Friday, fired shots and took at least three hostages, local media and authorities reported, but there were no reports of injuries as police surrounded the facility.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028442-gunman-takes-hostages-after-shots-fired-at-california-veterans-home/

 

Saudi Crown Prince signs off UK visit with push for fighter deal

By William James and Stephen Kalin

 

Britain's Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby shows The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman the Birmingham Koran manuscript - one of the earliest surviving records of the Koran, written in Hijazi, and radiocarbon dated to between 568 and 645 AD - during a private meeting at Lambeth Palace, London, Britain, March 8, 2018. REUTERS/Yui Mok/Pool

 

LONDON/RIYADH (Reuters) - Britain and Saudi Arabia took a step closer to a multi-billion- pound arms deal on Friday, touching on the most inflammatory element of their relationship at the end of an official visit to London that has mixed warm diplomacy with angry street protests.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028443-saudi-crown-prince-signs-off-uk-visit-with-push-for-fighter-deal/

 

U.S. eases way to more tariff exemptions under pressure from allies

By Lindsay Dunsmuir, Robin Emmott and Ruby Lian

 

U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a proclamation during a White House ceremony to establish tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 8, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis

 

WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The United States opened the way for more exemptions from its steel and aluminum tariffs on Friday, after pressure from allies and intense lobbying from lawmakers, further diluting the measures just a day after they were formally announced.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028444-us-eases-way-to-more-tariff-exemptions-under-pressure-from-allies/

 

Top politicians believe poll will be held on time

By THE NATION

 

From left: Abhisit, Chaturon and Anutin

 

PROMINENT POLITICIANS yesterday voiced confidence that the next election would take place by February as promised by the junta leader.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028445-top-politicians-believe-poll-will-be-held-on-time/

 

‘Thai society needs dialogue between diverse groups’

By WASAMON AUDJARINT 
THE NATION

 

 

EMINENT intellectual Seksan Prasertkul has called on people with varying ideologies – conservatives and progressives – to tolerate their differences and have an authentic dialogue so that Thai society can move forward with dynamism based on both “change and continuity”.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028446-‘thai-society-needs-dialogue-between-diverse-groups’/

 

Senior education official confesses to stealing Bt88m from funds for at-risk children

 

 

A SENIOR education official has confessed that she embezzled Bt88 million from a state fund for underprivileged children, particularly those at risk of being lured into the sex trade.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028447-senior-education-official-confesses-to-stealing-bt88m-from-funds-for-at-risk-children/

 

Police general to be charged over lottery probe

By Marisa chimprabha 
The Nation

 

 

A SENIOR POLICE officer in Kanchanaburi province, who was transferred to Bangkok pending an investigation into his handling of the much-publicised Bt30-million lottery scandal, will be charged with dereliction of duty.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028448-police-general-to-be-charged-over-lottery-probe/

 

Weather ‘aggravating’ Chiang Mai haze

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM, 
PARINYA SRISUPAMATU 
THE NATION

 

 

POOR WEATHER conditions were responsible for the worsening haze in the North, a Chiang Mai University academic explained, even as local authorities warned people to avoid outdoor activities.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028449-weather-‘aggravating’-chiang-mai-haze/

 

Minister cancels planned book loans

By The Nation

 

 

EDUCATION MINISTER Teerakiat Jareonsettasin has cancelled his plan to require all school students to borrow textbooks for their studies.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028450-minister-cancels-planned-book-loans/

 

Video footage ‘implicates school director’

By Tawee Apisakulchart, 
Kanita Seetong 
The Nation

 

 

Locals told to lie over destitute fund payments

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028452-video-footage-‘implicates-school-director’/

 

Major course changes for Phuket Open

By The Nation

 

Paul Wilson, left, Assistant Vice President and Group Golf Director of Laguna Golf Phuket and Cho Minn Thant, right, Asian Tour Chief Operating Officer.

 

The Singha Laguna Phuket Open will welcome Laguna Golf Phuket as a new joint title sponsor when the popular event returns for its second straight appearance on the Asian Development Tour (ADT) from May 10 to 13.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028453-major-course-changes-for-phuket-open/

 

11 agencies team up to tackle youth online gambling

By The Nation

 

 

YOUTH ATTRACTED to online gambling during the 2018 World Cup football tournament are the early focus of a collaborative effort being planned by 11 state agencies and civil groups that yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028454-11-agencies-team-up-to-tackle-youth-online-gambling/

 

FT surcharge frozen during May-August

 

 

The energy regulatory commission (ERC) has decided to freeze the FT surcharge for the months of May until August despite the continuing increase of all fuel prices.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028455-ft-surcharge-frozen-during-may-august/

 

200 million baht worth of Ice seized in Hat Yai

 

 

Narcotic police seized 447 kilogrammes of crytal methamphetamine, or Ice, worth more than 200 million baht in street prices from a pickup truck in Hat Yai district on Friday (March 9).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028456-200-million-baht-worth-of-ice-seized-in-hat-yai/

 

Video: A motley crew! Pattaya police chief announces arrest of 19 foreigners.

 

Image: Sophon Cable TV

 

A news conference video from Sophon Cable TV showed Pattaya station chief Pol Col Apichai Krobpetch present the latest bunch of arrests of illegals and over-stayers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028436-video-a-motley-crew-pattaya-police-chief-announces-arrest-of-19-foreigners/

Convoy delivers food to Syria's besieged Ghouta amid shelling

 

International Red Cross (CIRC) and Red Crescent aid trucks are seen in the besieged town of Douma, Eastern Ghouta, in Damascus, Syria March 9, 2018.REUTERS/ Bassam Khabieh

 

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A convoy of relief trucks crossed front lines into the rebel-held Damascus suburb of eastern Ghouta on Friday and unloaded all its food to the trapped population, despite fighting that the Red Cross said had come "extremely close".

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028465-convoy-delivers-food-to-syrias-besieged-ghouta-amid-shelling/

U.S. seeks 'concrete actions' from North Korea before planned talks

By Jeff Mason and David Brunnstrom

 

FILE PHOTO - A combination photo shows a Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) handout of Kim Jong Un released on May 10, 2016, and Donald Trump posing for a photo in New York City, U.S., May 17, 2016. REUTERS/KCNA handout via Reuters/File Photo & REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will not meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un unless Pyongyang takes "concrete actions," the White House said on Friday as it faced criticism for agreeing to talks that would boost Kim's standing.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028468-us-seeks-concrete-actions-from-north-korea-before-planned-talks/

 

Suicide bomb kills at least 7 at Shi'ite gathering in Kabul

By Hamid Shalizi and Mohammad Aziz

 

Afghan officials investigate the site of a suicide bomb attack near a Shi'ite mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan March 9, 2018. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

 

KABUL (Reuters) - A suicide bomber blew himself up in the Afghan capital on Friday, killing at least seven people in an attack on a crowd gathered to commemorate a political leader from the mainly Shi'ite Hazara minority, officials said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028469-suicide-bomb-kills-at-least-7-at-shiite-gathering-in-kabul/

 

U.S.'s Tillerson says Kenya should not stifle media, threaten courts

 

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrives at Djibouti–Ambouli International Airport in Djibouti, March 9, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

NAIROBI (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Friday in Nairobi that he had shared his concerns with Kenya's president about the importance of democracy and said the government should not stifle the media and threaten the courts.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028470-uss-tillerson-says-kenya-should-not-stifle-media-threaten-courts/

Venezuela's Maduro calls UN rights chief a U.S.-backed 'tumour'

 

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks with his wife Cilia Flores during the welcoming ceremony of an ALBA alliance summit to mark fifth anniversary of the death of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez in Caracas, Venezuela March 5, 2018. REUTERS/Marco Bello

 

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan socialist President Nicolas Maduro said on Friday the United Nations human rights chief was a puppet of the United States who had implanted himself like a "tumour" and had no right to criticise Maduro's handling of the crisis-stricken nation.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028471-venezuelas-maduro-calls-un-rights-chief-a-us-backed-tumour/

 

U.S. has ordered Broadcom to give notice of steps to redomicile

By Greg Roumeliotis

 

FILE PHOTO: A sign to the campus offices of chip maker Broadcom Ltd, who announced on Monday an unsolicited bid to buy peer Qualcomm Inc for $103 billion, is shown in Irvine, California, U.S., November 6, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - A U.S. national security panel has ordered Singapore-based chipmaker Broadcom <AVGO.O> to provide it with five business days' notice before taking any action toward redomiciling to the United States, a regulatory filing this week revealed.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028472-us-has-ordered-broadcom-to-give-notice-of-steps-to-redomicile/

 

Slovakia releases suspects detained over journalist's murder - police

 

A cross is in the cemetery for the funeral of investigative reporter Jan Kuciak, who was murdered along with his fiance Martina Kusnirova, in the village of Stiavnik, Slovakia, March 3, 2018. REUTERS/Radovan Stoklasa

 

PRAGUE (Reuters) - Slovak authorities released all seven people detained in connection with the murder of an investigative journalist, a police spokeswoman said on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028473-slovakia-releases-suspects-detained-over-journalists-murder-police/

Lady boy "Lisa" charged with attempted murder after stabbing Norwegian tourist in Krabi

 

Image: Sanook

 

A Thai lady boy has been charged with attempted murder after he stabbed a Norwegian tourist in Ao Nang, Krabi in the early hours of Friday morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1028475-lady-boy-lisa-charged-with-attempted-murder-after-stabbing-norwegian-tourist-in-krabi/