Thailand Eyes UN Human Rights Council Seat with Optimism

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16 Cambodians hurt in Prachin Buri road accident

By The Nation

 

Sixteen Cambodian migrants were injured when their pickup hit an ice truck in Prachin Buri’s Muang district on Saturday morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1034769-16-cambodians-hurt-in-prachin-buri-road-accident/

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The week that was in Thailand news: Overreaction or doing squat – Welcome to Thailand!

 

 

In my experience Thais have two contrasting reactions to a crisis.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1034753-the-week-that-was-in-thailand-news-overreaction-or-doing-squat-–-welcome-to-thailand/

 

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US report details Thai rights abuses

By THE SUNDAY NATION

 

 

THAILAND’S military junta remained a human rights abuser over the past year by limiting civil liberties, notably restriction of freedom of speech and assembly, according to the US State Department’s annual report on human rights.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1034788-us-report-details-thai-rights-abuses/

 

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Earth Day focuses on oceans drowning in single-use plastics

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE SUNDAY NATION

 

 

SINGLE-USE plastic is being seen as a major threat to Mother Earth this Earth Day, while environmental group Greenpeace has suggested a tax on plastic production to cut down Thailand’s high rate of plastic waste generation.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1034789-earth-day-focuses-on-oceans-drowning-in-single-use-plastics/

 

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Doi Suthep conservation network insists COJ housing project must be demolished

 

 

The state-people joint committee on the Court of Justice (COJ) housing project controversy in Chiang Mai has agreed on four-point proposal, but still at odds over whether the houses should be demolished.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1034791-doi-suthep-conservation-network-insists-coj-housing-project-must-be-demolished/

 

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Gen Prawit: Thailand is ready to host Trump-Kim summit

 

 

Deputy Prime Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwon said today (April 21) that Thailand is ready to welcome US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un if they choose Thailand for the historic meeting.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1034792-gen-prawit-thailand-is-ready-to-host-trump-kim-summit/

 

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Alibaba deal no monopoly threat, Prayut assures

By THE SUNDAY NATION

 

 

PRIME MINISTER Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has allayed mounting fears of a monopoly developing following a deal that Chinese online trade giant Alibaba signed with the government earlier this week.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1034793-alibaba-deal-no-monopoly-threat-prayut-assures/

 

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Law reform panel hints at complete overhaul of police bill

 

 

The law reform committee may not just amend the National Police Bill as propose by the police reform panel but may rewrite the whole bill and amended the other related laws, said Kamnoon Sidhisamarn a member of the law reform committee on Saturday (April 21).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1034794-law-reform-panel-hints-at-complete-overhaul-of-police-bill/

 

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Police chief: corrupt monks won’t be spared

 

 

Royal Thai Police commissioner Pol Gen Chakthip Chaijinda insists that anyone who are found to commit crimes would not be spared even they are monks.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1034795-police-chief-corrupt-monks-won’t-be-spared/

 

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Lottery winners to be charged 2% stamp duty instead of 0.5%

 

 

Lottery winners will have to be charged 2 percent stamp duty on the amount of their winning prizes under Revenue Code amendments to be submitted to the cabinet in May by the Revenue Department.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1034796-lottery-winners-to-be-charged-2-stamp-duty-instead-of-05/

 

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Weed Fans Head to Highland to Spark Hope For Legal Thai Bud

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

A vendor Saturday at Highland 420 atop Fortune Town in Bangkok.

 

BANGKOK — Tribeswomen from the north on Saturday taught urbanites to weave fiber made from hemp, while other marijuana enthusiasts crowded to learn how to make bamboo bongs.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1034797-weed-fans-head-to-highland-to-spark-hope-for-legal-thai-bud/

 

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Prayut plots path to political future

By POLITICAL DESK 
THE SUNDAY NATION

 

 

AFTER ALMOST four years in power, the ruling junta appears to have strayed tremendously away from its original mission of healing the severe political conflicts that led to the 2014 coup.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1034798-prayut-plots-path-to-political-future/

 

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Taxi drivers to be given English-speaking crash course

 

 

Taxi drivers at Suvarnabhumi international airport will be the first group of cabbies to be given a crash course in English conversation and basic writing free of charge.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1034799-taxi-drivers-to-be-given-english-speaking-crash-course/

 

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Premier’s songs fail to strike the right chord with the people

By PHATARAWADEE PHATARANAWIK 
THE SUNDAY NATION

 

 

OCCASIONAL songbird Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha recently released another tune, “Fight for the Nation”, aiming to encourage citizens to strive for a better tomorrow and promising he would “stand strong and never leave you alone”.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1034800-premier’s-songs-fail-to-strike-the-right-chord-with-the-people/

 

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Why bull sharks are a fast VANISHING BREED

By PIYAPORN WONGRUANG 
THE SUNDAY NATION

 

 

IT WAS AN unlucky day for Norwegian tourist Werner Danielsen after he went to swim in the sea off Sai Noi Beach in the popular tourist town of Hua Hin, in Prachuap Khiri Khan province, last Sunday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1034801-why-bull-sharks-are-a-fast-vanishing-breed/

 

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Barbara Bush remembered for her dignity and wit at Houston funeral

By Erwin Seba

 

Rev. Dr. Russell J. Levenson, Jr., gives a sermon during funeral services for former first lady Barbara Bush at St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Houston, Texas, U.S., April 21, 2018. David J. Phillip/Pool via Reuters

 

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Former first lady Barbara Bush was remembered at her funeral on Saturday as a formidable but caring figure whose devotion to her family was matched only by her commitment to public service.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1034804-barbara-bush-remembered-for-her-dignity-and-wit-at-houston-funeral/

 

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Nicaragua's Ortega offers benefits rethink as protest death toll rises

By Oswaldo Rivas

 

A relative holds a picture of Darwin Manuel Urbina, 29, who according to nation's Red Cross was shot dead during a protest over a controversial reform to the pension plans of the Nicaraguan Social Security Institute (INSS), during his funeral in his home in Managua, Nicaragua April 21, 2018. REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera

 

MANAGUA (Reuters) - Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega said on Saturday he was ready to consider changing an unpopular social security overhaul that has sparked days of deadly protests and one of the biggest crises of his leadership.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1034805-nicaraguas-ortega-offers-benefits-rethink-as-protest-death-toll-rises/

 

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Gunmen shoot dead Palestinian lecturer in Malaysia

 

A man hangs a poster depicting Palestinian electrical engineer Fadi al-Batash, who was shot to death in Malaysia, on his family house in the northern Gaza Strip April 21, 2018. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

 

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Two unidentified men shot dead a Palestinian man in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, Malaysian and Palestinian authorities reported, and Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister said the suspects were believed to be linked to a foreign intelligence service.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1034806-gunmen-shoot-dead-palestinian-lecturer-in-malaysia/

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One killed, 16 injured as Madagascar police disperse protests

By Lovasoa Rabary

 

Riot police fire tear gas canisters to disperse opposition demonstrators protesting against new electoral laws in Antananarivo, Madagascar April 21, 2018. REUTERS/Clarel Faniry Rasoanaivo

 

ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) - One person was killed on Saturday when Madagascar police fired tear gas at opposition demonstrators protesting against new electoral laws they say are designed to lock out their candidate from a presidential election due this year.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1034807-one-killed-16-injured-as-madagascar-police-disperse-protests/

 

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Armenian PM says country needs him as opposition stages 9th day of protests

By Hasmik Mkrtchyan

 

Armenia's former President Serzh Sarksyan attends a session of the parliament in Yerevan, Armenia April 17, 2018. REUTERS/Vahram Baghdasaryan/Photolure

 

YEREVAN (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Armenian opposition supporters rallied on Saturday for a ninth consecutive day to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Serzh Sarksyan, but he said the country needed his experience to tackle problems such as Nagorno-Karabakh.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1034808-armenian-pm-says-country-needs-him-as-opposition-stages-9th-day-of-protests/

 

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Chemical weapons watchdog: inspectors have samples from Douma

 

The United Nation vehicles carrying the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) inspectors is seen in Damascus, Syria April 18, 2018. REUTERS/ Ali Hashisho

 

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A team of inspectors from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) visited a site in Douma, Syria on Saturday to collect samples as it tries to determine whether such weapons were used there on April 7, the agency said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1034809-chemical-weapons-watchdog-inspectors-have-samples-from-douma/

 

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German minister urges Russia to cooperate in solving Syria crisis

 

FILE PHOTO - German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas speaks at a news conference in Brussels, Belgium, April 13, 2018. REUTERS/Yves Herman

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on Saturday urged Russia to help solve the Syria crisis as he set off for a meeting of foreign ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) major industrialised nations in Toronto.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1034810-german-minister-urges-russia-to-cooperate-in-solving-syria-crisis/

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Iran vows 'expected and unexpected' moves if U.S. exits nuclear deal

 

FILE PHOTO: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani attends a meeting with Muslim leaders and scholars in Hyderabad, India, February 15, 2018. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/File Photo

 

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday Iran's atomic agency was ready with "expected and unexpected" reactions if the United States pulls out of a multinational nuclear deal, as U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to do.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1034811-iran-vows-expected-and-unexpected-moves-if-us-exits-nuclear-deal/

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Sanchez inspires Man Utd comeback win over Spurs in Cup semi

By Martyn Herman

 

Soccer Football - FA Cup Semi-Final - Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspur - Wembley Stadium, London, Britain - April 21, 2018 Manchester United's Chris Smalling in action with Tottenham's Harry Kane Action Images via Reuters/John Sibley

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Manchester United inflicted yet more FA Cup semi-final misery on Tottenham Hotspur as Alexis Sanchez helped inspire a comeback 2-1 victory at a packed Wembley Stadium on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1034812-sanchez-inspires-man-utd-comeback-win-over-spurs-in-cup-semi/

 

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Zaha denied penalty shouts as Watford and Palace share point

 

Soccer Football - Premier League - Watford v Crystal Palace - Vicarage Road, Watford, Britain - April 21, 2018 Crystal Palace's Wilfried Zaha clashes with Watford's Abdoulaye Doucoure as Christian Kabasele intervenes REUTERS/Darren Staples

 

April 21 (Reuters) - - WATFORD 0 CRYSTAL PALACE 0

 

Watford and Crystal Palace continued to inch towards Premier League safety after a scrappy goalless draw at Vicarage Road on Saturday that means the home side have taken just two points from a possible 18.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1034814-zaha-denied-penalty-shouts-as-watford-and-palace-share-point/

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Rondon completes Albion comeback to grab point against Liverpool

 

Soccer Football - Premier League - West Bromwich Albion v Liverpool - The Hawthorns, West Bromwich, Britain - April 21, 2018 Liverpool's Joe Gomez in action with West Bromwich Albion's James McClean REUTERS/Andrew Yates

 

(Reuters) - Salomon Rondon completed a remarkable West Bromwich Albion comeback from two goals down against Liverpool although the hard-won point from a 2-2 draw at the Hawthorns on Saturday will probably only delay their relegation.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1034815-rondon-completes-albion-comeback-to-grab-point-against-liverpool/

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VIDEO: Scores of foreigners detained as Pattaya police bust sex orgy

 

Image: Siamchon News

 

Police in Pattaya raided a drug fuelled sex party at a hotel in the resort town on Saturday night.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1034818-video-scores-of-foreigners-detained-as-pattaya-police-bust-sex-orgy/

 

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