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Video: Bus station employee arrested for pointing air rifle at pregnant woman in Chiang Mai road rage

 

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Police in Chiang Mai have arrested a 31 year old bus station employee after he pointed an air rifle at a heavily pregnant woman in a car who was turning at a busy downtown intersection. 

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1032053-video-bus-station-employee-arrested-for-pointing-air-rifle-at-pregnant-woman-in-chiang-mai-road-rage/

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Mother and daughter die in car after "not wanting to impose" on relatives

 

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Nakorn Sri Thammarat Muang district police were called after a 34 year old Koh Samui woman and her 14 year old daughter were found dead in a car in a coconut orchard.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1032055-mother-and-daughter-die-in-car-after-not-wanting-to-impose-on-relatives/

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Prayut rejects call to lift political activities ban

By The Nation

 

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Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday dismissed a concerted call by major political parties to lift a controversial junta order that prevents political activities.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1032083-prayut-rejects-call-to-lift-political-activities-ban/

 

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NLA petitions court after nod from Prayut on MP election bill

By THE NATION

 

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THE NATIONAL Legislative Assembly (NLA) yesterday submitted the organic bill on the election of MPs to the Constitutional Court for a ruling on its constitutionality.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1032084-nla-petitions-court-after-nod-from-prayut-on-mp-election-bill/

 

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PM basks in reflected glory of popular period TV drama

By WASAMON AUDJARINT 
THE NATION

 

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Prayut and the drama crew

 

GLAMMED UP in silky sabais and archaic Thai costumes, the stars of the most talked-about television drama, “BuppeSanNivas” (Love Destiny), yesterday visited Government House to promote the series which has registered the highest ratings of the digital era.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1032085-pm-basks-in-reflected-glory-of-popular-period-tv-drama/

 

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Late night online game proves lucky

By The Nation

 

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Warut (red shirt) sits with his friend after escaping the fire from his apartment building on Tuesday.

 

WARUT POONPON, 29, was lucky to have been awake until early yesterday playing the online ROV game. He was alert to the fire that broke out in his apartment building, which claimed three lives, and escaped in time.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1031967-three-die-three-others-injured-in-bangkok-apartment-building-blaze/?page=4&tab=comments#comment-12859809

 

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Swoop by troops and police in Chiang Rai leads to Bt1.7m in drugs seized

By NATTHAWAT LAPING, 
KORNKAMON AKSORNDECH 
THE NATION 

 

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NAVY TROOPS, police and district officials seized 9.4 million methamphetamine pills and 788 kilograms of crystal meth, or “ice”, in Chiang Rai’s Wiang Kaen district on Monday night.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1032009-thailand-makes-one-of-its-largest-ever-crystal-methamphetamine-busts/?do=findComment&comment=12859850

 

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Narrow road foils firefighters

By CHULARAT SAENGPASSA 
THE NATION 

 

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THREE KILLED, MORE THAN 30 INJURED AS RESCUE EFFORT IN APARTMENT BUILDING SEVERELY HAMPERED

 

SEVERAL FIRE trucks that rushed to a burning apartment building in Bangkok early yesterday were prevented from reaching the fire because access was too narrow for the vehicles to negotiate. The blaze killed three people and injured more than 30 others before it could be put out. 

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1032086-apartment-building-blaze-in-bangkok-narrow-road-foils-firefighters/

 

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PACC seeks action against 96 officials

By The Nation

 

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PACC secretary-general Korntip Daroj

 

PROBE SHOWS LINKS TO EMBEZZLEMENT OF DESTITUTE-CENTRE FUNDS

 

THE PUBLIC Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) yesterday proposed that the Social Development and Human Security Ministry punish 96 state officials allegedly involved in irregularities at dozens of provincial protection centres for the destitute. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1032027-pacc-proposes-ministry-punish-96-officials-over-irregularities-at-protection-centres-for-destitute/?do=findComment&comment=12859863

 

 

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McThai names Thai kids as Player Escorts for FIFA World Cup in Russia

By The Nation

 

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Hester Chew, chairman of the executive committee and CEO of McThai, and marketing director Phornphan Madhurapojanakul on Tuesday presented awards to the two Thai children chosen to be “McDonald’s Player Escorts” at the upcoming World Cup tournament.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1032089-mcthai-names-thai-kids-as-player-escorts-for-fifa-world-cup-in-russia/

 

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Cabbies fined 1,000 baht each for refusing to accept passengers

By Thai PBS

 

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Two taxi drivers in Bangkok  were fined 1,000 baht each and ordered to undergo behavioral training course for three hours after they refused to accept passengers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1032014-video-the-reality-of-hailing-a-taxi-in-bangkok-on-a-rainy-night/?do=findComment&comment=12859887

 

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Rangsit U wants unhindered experiments with marijuana for medical use

By Thai PBS

 

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Rangsit University wants Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to exercise his special power in his capacity as head of the National Council for Peace and Order to do away with legal restrictions hindering experiments with marijuana for medical use.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1032091-rangsit-u-wants-unhindered-experiments-with-marijuana-for-medical-use/

 

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New Party Wants To Discard Old Politics, But Can It Win Elections?

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

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Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, back row fifth from left, and the founding members of the Future Forward Party on March 15 at Warehouse Charoenkrung .

 

BANGKOK — With a craft brewer, disability activist, freelance translator and filmmaker as founders, the leaders of the Future Forward Party may look more like a great line up for a TED talk.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1032092-new-party-wants-to-discard-old-politics-but-can-it-win-elections/

 

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No entrance fee for visitors wearing traditional clothing to historical sites

 

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BANGKOK, 4 April 2018 (NNT) - The Ministry of Culture has invited Thais to wear traditional Thai clothing to gain free access to all historical parks during the Thai Heritage Preservation Week until this Sunday. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1032095-no-entrance-fee-for-visitors-wearing-traditional-clothing-to-historical-sites/

 

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Shooting at YouTube in California wounds at least three, female suspect dead

By Paresh Dave

 

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Officials are seen following a possible shooting at the headquarters of YouTube, in San Bruno, California, U.S., April 3, 2018 in this picture obtained from social media. GRAEME MACDONALD/via REUTERS

 

SAN BRUNO, Calif. (Reuters) - A woman opened fire at YouTube's headquarters near San Francisco on Tuesday, sending employees scrambling into the street and at least three victims to local hospitals before taking her own life, police said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1032097-shooting-at-youtube-in-california-wounds-at-least-three-female-suspect-dead/

 

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Trump says he thinks he could have a good relationship with Putin

By Steve Holland

 

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FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin talk during the family photo session at the APEC Summit in Danang, Vietnam November 11, 2017. REUTERS/Jorge Silva/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump, standing alongside the leaders of three Baltic countries most concerned about the potential for aggression from Moscow, on Tuesday said he thought he could have a good relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1032098-trump-says-he-thinks-he-could-have-a-good-relationship-with-putin/

 

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Trump: Send military to U.S.-Mexico border until wall built

By Steve Holland

 

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U.S. President Donald Trump signs a memorandum on intellectual property tariffs on high-tech goods from China, at the White House in Washington, DC, U.S., March 22, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump sharpened his anti-immigration rhetoric on Tuesday, saying he wants to deploy U.S. military forces to the Mexican border to stop illegal immigrants until his long-promised wall is built and "proper security" is in place.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1032099-trump-send-military-to-us-mexico-border-until-wall-built/

 

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Saudi king reiterates support for Palestinians after Israel comments

 

 

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RIYADH (Reuters) - King Salman reiterated Saudi Arabia's support for a Palestinian state after his son and heir apparent said Israelis were entitled to live peacefully on their own land - a rare statement by an Arab leader.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1032100-saudi-king-reiterates-support-for-palestinians-after-israel-comments/

 

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French rail unions take on Macron with mass rolling strikes

By Leigh Thomas and Brian Love

 

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Commuters walk on a platform at Gare de Lyon train station in Paris during a nationwide strike by French SNCF railway workers , France, April 3, 2018. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

 

PARIS (Reuters) - French rail workers launched a series of nationwide strikes on Tuesday, threatening months of transport disruption in the sternest challenge yet to President Emmanuel Macron's efforts to modernise Europe's second biggest economy.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1032102-french-rail-unions-take-on-macron-with-mass-rolling-strikes/

 

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UK military research boss says unable to say yet whether nerve agent was made in Russia - Sky

 

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Police officers guard the cordoned off area around the home of former Russian intelligence officer Sergei Skripal in Salisbury, Britain, April 3, 2018. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

 

LONDON (Reuters) - The head of Britain's military research centre said on Tuesday it was unable yet to say whether the military-grade nerve agent that poisoned a Russian double-agent last month had been produced in Russia.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1032104-uk-military-research-boss-says-unable-to-say-yet-whether-nerve-agent-was-made-in-russia-sky/

 

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One dead 16 injured as tour bus slams into ten wheeler in Kamphaeng Phet

 

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INN reported that a tour bus travelling between Phitsanuloke and Kamphaeng Phet had collided with a ten wheel truck on the Kamphaeng Phet to Prankratai Road.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1032112-one-dead-16-injured-as-tour-bus-slams-into-ten-wheeler-in-kamphaeng-phet/

 

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Mueller said last month Trump not a criminal target 'at this point': Washington Post

 

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FILE PHOTO: Special Counsel Robert Mueller (R) departs after briefing members of the U.S. Senate on his investigation into potential collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 21, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller told President Donald Trump's attorneys last month that he does not consider the president a criminal target in the Russia probe "at this point," the Washington Post reported on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1032113-mueller-said-last-month-trump-not-a-criminal-target-at-this-point-washington-post/

 

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U.S. escalates China trade showdown with tariffs on $50 billion in imports

By David Lawder

 

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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a joint news conference with Latvia's President Raimonds Vejonis, Estonia's President Kersti Kaljulaid and Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaite at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 3, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Tuesday raised the stakes in a growing trade showdown with China, announcing 25 percent tariffs on some 1,300 industrial technology, transport and medical products to try to force changes in Beijing's intellectual property practices.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1032114-us-escalates-china-trade-showdown-with-tariffs-on-50-billion-in-imports/

 

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Popular Bangkok library set for longer and later opening hours

 

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A library in Phra Nakorn district of Bangkok is proving so popular with Thais and foreigners that it should soon be open every day and later at night.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1032116-popular-bangkok-library-set-for-longer-and-later-opening-hours/

 

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