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Zuckerberg disavows memo saying all user growth is good

BY REUTERS

 

REUTERS/Stephen Lam/File Photo

 

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A Facebook Inc executive said in an internal memo in 2016 that the social media company needed to pursue adding users above all else, BuzzFeed News reported on Thursday, prompting disavowals from the executive and Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg.

 

Full Story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/zuckerberg-disavows-memo-saying-user-growth-good/28039/

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Israeli forces kill 16 Palestinians in Gaza border protests - Gaza medics

By Nidal al-Mughrabi

 

A Palestinian demonstrator hurls stones at Israeli troops during clashes at a protest marking Land Day, near Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank March 30, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman

 

GAZA-ISRAEL BORDER (Reuters) - At least 16 Palestinians were killed and hundreds injured by Israeli security forces confronting one of the largest Palestinian demonstrations along the Israel-Gaza border in recent years, Gaza medical officials said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031515-israeli-forces-kill-16-palestinians-in-gaza-border-protests-gaza-medics/

 

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U.N. blacklists dozens of ships, companies over North Korea smuggling

By Michelle Nichols

 

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council blacklisted dozens of ships and shipping companies on Friday over oil and coal smuggling by North Korea, boosting pressure on Pyongyang as leader Kim Jong Un plans to meet with his South Korean and U.S. counterparts.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031516-un-blacklists-dozens-of-ships-companies-over-north-korea-smuggling/

 

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Russia, in spy rift riposte, expels 59 diplomats from 23 countries

By Andrew Osborn and Christian Lowe

 

Ambassadors' cars with Lithuanian, Croatian and Swedish flags are parked near the Russian Foreign Ministry in Moscow, Russia March 30, 2018. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

 

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia expelled 59 diplomats from 23 countries on Friday and said it reserved the right to take action against four other nations in a worsening standoff with the West over the poisoning of a former Russian spy and his daughter in Britain.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031517-russia-in-spy-rift-riposte-expels-59-diplomats-from-23-countries/

 

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'I've never been so happy' - Nobel winner Malala in Pakistan

By Kay Johnson

 

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai adjusts her scarf as she speaks during an interview with Reuters at a local hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan, March 30, 2018. REUTERS/Saiyna Bashir

 

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai says she has pined for her home in Pakistan's picturesque Swat Valley, even as she recalled two years living in fear under the Taliban's harsh interpretation of Islamic law.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031518-ive-never-been-so-happy-nobel-winner-malala-in-pakistan/

 

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Australia captain Paine plays peacemaker in new era of respect

By Nick Said

 

FILE PHOTO: Cricket - South Africa vs Australia - Third Test - Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa - March 25, 2018 Australia's Tim Paine during the post match press conference REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

 

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Newly-appointed captain Tim Paine wants to prove that Australia have learned valuable lessons from the fallout over the ball-tampering scandal and began the process on Friday by instructing his players to radically tone down their toxic sledging culture.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031519-australia-captain-paine-plays-peacemaker-in-new-era-of-respect/

 

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Pope marks Good Friday amid tight security; urges people to rediscover shame

By Philip Pullella

 

Pope Francis waves to the faithful after the Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) procession during Good Friday celebrations at the Colosseum in Rome, Italy March 30, 2018. REUTERS//Stefano Rellandini

 

ROME (Reuters) - Pope Francis led Roman Catholics in Good Friday services under tight security, urging people, including ministers of his Church, to rediscover the capacity to feel shame for their role in the world's ills.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031520-pope-marks-good-friday-amid-tight-security-urges-people-to-rediscover-shame/

 

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Widow of Florida nightclub gunman cleared of all charges

By Joey Roulette

 

Family members and spokespeople of defendant Noor Salman, the widow of the Pulse Nightclub gunman, speak with members of the media outside a federal courthouse following her acquittal in Orlando, Florida, U.S. March 30, 2018. REUTERS/Joey Roulette

 

ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) - The widow of the Pulse nightclub gunman walked free on Friday after a jury cleared her of charges related to the 2016 massacre that killed 49 people in Orlando, Florida.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031521-widow-of-florida-nightclub-gunman-cleared-of-all-charges/

 

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U.S., British service members killed by improvised bomb in Syria

By Idrees Ali and Maher Chmaytelli

 

WASHINGTON/BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A U.S. and a British service member in the U.S.-led coalition battling Islamic State were killed by an improvised explosive device in Syria, U.S and British officials said on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031522-us-british-service-members-killed-by-improvised-bomb-in-syria/

 

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Amal Clooney joins Reuters reporters’ legal team

 

 

Celebrity human rights lawyer Amal Clooney has joined the legal team representing two jailed Reuters reporters accused of possessing secret government documents, according to the Irrawaddy News Online on Friday (March 30).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031523-amal-clooney-joins-reuters-reporters’-legal-team/

 

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Maya Bay will be closed to visitors, confirmed 

Shela Riva

 

Maya Bay will be closed to any visitors during a four-month period this year from June to September. Photo: Dickinson / Flickr
 

PHUKET: The Chief of the Hat Nopparat- Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park Worapot Lomlim has today confirmed to The Phuket News the closure of Maya Bay to any visitors during a four-month period this year from June 1 to September 30.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031524-maya-bay-will-be-closed-to-visitors-confirmed/

 

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CPF commits to upgrade operations to challenge global sustainability issues

By THE NATION

 

 

Bangkok - Charoen Pokphand (CPF/CP Foods), has committed to “CPF Safety Health Environment and Energy Standard."

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031525-cpf-commits-to-upgrade-operations-to-challenge-global-sustainability-issues/

 

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Unicef seeks measures to improve lives of children on construction sites

By RACHANON CHAROONSAK 
THE NATION

 

 

MOST OF THE 60,000 children living in camps at construction sites in Thailand have been deprived of a proper childhood, according to the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (Unicef).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031526-unicef-seeks-measures-to-improve-lives-of-children-on-construction-sites/

 

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Drone developers fly high with startup venture after contest win

By SOMLUCK SRIMALEE 
THE NATION

 

Members of the management team of Novy (2018) Co Ltd show off their drone that will benefit farmers.

 

VICTORY in a national competition aimed at fostering innovation has spurred five university students and their teacher to set up a company to produce and distribute drones for use by farmers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031527-drone-developers-fly-high-with-startup-venture-after-contest-win/

 

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Condition of bus under scrutiny as 20 Myanmar migrants perish in fire

By The Nation

 

 

A CHARTERED double-decker bus taking 47 registered Myanmar workers to Pathum Thani province caught fire in Tak’s Muang district early yesterday, killing 20 of them trapped inside, police said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031528-condition-of-bus-under-scrutiny-as-20-myanmar-migrants-perish-in-fire/

 

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Cuteness by the numbers

By Kitchana Lersakvanitchakul 
THE NATION 

 

BNK48 is now the hottest idol girl group shaking up the country's music circle.

 

Idol girl groups become all the rage in Thailand and the boys are not far behind

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031530-cuteness-by-the-numbers/

 

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Thai Niyom gets a hotline

By The Nation

 

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha

 

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha is preparing to launch the Sustainable Thai Niyom Hotline to get closer to people.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031531-thai-niyom-gets-a-hotline/

 

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DPM Prawit says officials are still pursuing Thaksin and Yingluck

 

 

As Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha declined to comment on the appearance of former prime ministers Thaksin and Yingluck Shinawatra in Tokyo on Thursday (March 29), Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon said authorities concerned were trying to bring the two fugitives back to serve their jailterms.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031532-dpm-prawit-says-officials-are-still-pursuing-thaksin-and-yingluck/

 

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Hospital confirms scavenger dies of blood infection, not by injuries from beating

 

 

The Rajvithi hospital clarified today (March 30) that the elderly scavenger who was kicked to unconsciousness by a young man two weeks ago has died of blood infection and not by injuries inflicted by his assailant.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031533-hospital-confirms-scavenger-dies-of-blood-infection-not-by-injuries-from-beating/

 

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Huge outlay for reform plan gets nod

By THE NATION

 

 

THAILAND NEEDS more than Bt130 billion to implement a five-year reform plan, one of the most expensive reform packages to be carried out by any coup-installed government in recent history, observers said yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031536-huge-outlay-for-reform-plan-gets-nod/

 

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Prawit dismisses Thaksin prediction of a ‘landslide win’

By THE NATION

 

Thaksin and Yingluck on a private visit in Tokyo. Photo: AFP

 

THE JUNTA yesterday played down the current visit of former prime ministers Thaksin and Yingluck Shinawatra to Japan, with a key figure disputing a claim by the Pheu Thai patriarch that the party would gain “another landslide victory” in the next election.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031537-prawit-dismisses-thaksin-prediction-of-a-‘landslide-win’/

 

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Chiang Mai magazine in the dock over painting of former kings in masks

By The Nation

 

 

CHIANG MAI Governor Pawin Chamniprasart has taken legal action against the magazine Citylife Chiang Mai for posting on social media a painting featuring three late kings wearing masks.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031539-chiang-mai-magazine-in-the-dock-over-painting-of-former-kings-in-masks/

 

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Prisoners allowed to watch Love Destiny – by popular demand

By The Nation

 

 

The popularity of period TV series “Love Destiny” has jokingly been said to empty the normally congested roads on the days it broadcast. Now it goes to be broadcast behind bars at the plea of inmates.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031543-prisoners-allowed-to-watch-love-destiny-–-by-popular-demand/

 

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Huge update for World Of Tanks finally arrives

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

The critically acclaimed and very popular tank-battling game World of Tanks has just received the biggest update in its eight year history.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/huge-update-world-tanks-finally-arrives/28045/

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Chrome on Android gets new feature to help you hide your dodgy browsing habits

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

Google’s very popular browser Google Chrome has now increased the security pertaining to your web browsing habits.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/chrome-android-gets-new-feature-help-hide-dodgy-browsing-habits/28043/

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Venezuela government breaks silence over jail riot, fire that killed 68

 

 

Mourners grieve next to the coffin of Edgar Martinez, one of the inmates who died during a riot and a fire in the cells of the General Command of the Carabobo Police, during his funeral at a cemetery in Valencia, Venezuela, March 30, 2018. REUTERS/Adriana Loureiro

 

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela’s government broke its silence about a riot and fire in a police station’s cells that killed dozens of prisoners on Wednesday, issuing a statement on Friday night sending condolences to relatives and promising an investigation.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031551-venezuela-government-breaks-silence-over-jail-riot-fire-that-killed-68/

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IOC chief Bach met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un - KCNA

 

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang March 31, 2018. KCNA/via Reuters

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach told North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at a meeting on Friday that the IOC would cooperate with the North to prepare for its participation in the 2020 Tokyo and 2022 Beijing Olympic Games, the North's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) has reported.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031552-ioc-chief-bach-met-with-north-korean-leader-kim-jong-un-kcna/

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White Baton Rouge policeman fired over shooting of black man

By Ian Simpson

 

FILE PHOTO: A boy sits next to a makeshift memorial outside the Triple S Food Mart where Alton Sterling was fatally shot by police in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S. July 7, 2016. REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - A white Louisiana police officer was fired on Friday and a second suspended for the killing of Alton Sterling, a black man shot in a 2016 incident that inflamed the U.S. debate on racial bias in law enforcement, a police official said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031553-white-baton-rouge-policeman-fired-over-shooting-of-black-man/

 

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Trump tells advisers he wants U.S. out of Syria - senior officials

By Steve Holland

 

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks on the Infrastructure Initiative at the Local 18 Richfield Training Site in Richfield, Ohio, U.S., March 29, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

 

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) - President Donald Trump has told advisers he wants an early exit of U.S. troops from Syria, two senior administration officials said on Friday, a stance that may put him at odds with U.S. military officials who see the fight against Islamic State as nowhere near complete.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031556-trump-tells-advisers-he-wants-us-out-of-syria-senior-officials/

 

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Apologetic Warner resigned to never playing for Australia again

By Nick Mulvenney

 

Former Australian cricket vice-captain David Warner arrives at Cape Town International Airport, South Africa March 27, 2018. REUTERS/Sumaya Hisham

 

SYDNEY (Reuters) - A distraught David Warner issued an abject apology for his role in the Cape Town ball-tampering scandal on Saturday and said he was resigned to the prospect of never playing cricket for Australia again after his 12-month ban.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031558-apologetic-warner-resigned-to-never-playing-for-australia-again/