Thais can watch World Cup on 3 free TV channels

By The Nation

 

 

Thais nationwide will be able to enjoy live broadcast of 64 matches of World Cup on True4U, Amarin TV and Channel 5 said Deputy Prime Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwon on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036068-thais-can-watch-world-cup-on-3-free-tv-channels/

 

Microsoft launches new tool that stops you being distracted by social media

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

Microsoft has recently announced they will be rolling out a new update for their Windows 10 operating system, and it’s free!

 

Full story:  https://tech.thaivisa.com/microsoft-launches-new-tool-stops-distracted-social-media/28516/

Microsoft starts rolling out next major Windows 10 update – here’s what’s new

BY STAFF WRITER 

 

 

Microsoft has begun rolling out its next major Windows 10 update.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/28518-2/28518/

The Good Shepherd Phuket Learning Centre requires urgent funding

By Donna Toon

 

  

The fate of the Good Shepherd Learning Centre Phuket is a matter of concern. The Centre has an urgent need to obtain sustainable funds to continue operations as its initial period of regular, committed funding will cease in May 2018.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036071-the-good-shepherd-phuket-learning-centre-requires-urgent-funding/

 

Morning rush hour blasts kill 25 in Afghan capital

By James Mackenzie

 

Policemen help Afghan journalists, victims of a second blast, in Kabul, Afghanistan April 30, 2018. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

 

KABUL (Reuters) - Twin blasts in the Afghan capital Kabul killed 25 people on Monday, including journalists who had arrived to report on the first explosion and who were apparently targeted by a suicide bomber in a second attack, officials said.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036072-morning-rush-hour-blasts-kill-25-in-afghan-capital/

 

‘Help Me Think’ Prayuth Says, Dodging On Doi Suthep

By Jintamas Saksornchai, Staff Reporter

 

Protest “pallbearers” prepare to carry a coffin Sunday in the shape of a section of Doi Suthep forest clear-cut for the construction of homes for judges and other court officers in Chiang Mai province.

 

BANGKOK — Saying “help me think,” the junta leader Monday asked the public for ideas following the largest protest in years demanding he do something about homes being built for judges atop clear-cut forest.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036074-‘help-me-think’-prayuth-says-dodging-on-doi-suthep/

 

Former Saw Doctors musician Tony Lambert dies in Thailand

Band mate Leo Moran pays tribute to ‘a truly magnificent man of music’

Sorcha Pollak

 

Saw Doctors musician Tony Lambert collects his £852,643 win from the National Lottery headquarters in Dublin in 1993. Photograph: RTE Archives

 

Tony Lambert, a former keyboard and accordion player with Galway band the Saw Doctors , has died in Thailand.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036077-former-saw-doctors-musician-tony-lambert-dies-in-thailand/

 

Submarine surfacing off Phuket causes stir

The Phuket News

 

The surfacing of the submarine off Phuket caused a sensation online. Screengrab: Facebook via Thanapot Meeboonkit

 

PHUKET:-- The surfacing of a submarine off the west coast of Phuket yesterday (April 29) has caused a stir online, with people posting comments in belief that the submarine was one that Thailand bought from China.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036097-submarine-surfacing-off-phuket-causes-stir/

 

Brits behaving badly: UK citizens most likely to get arrested in Thailand

 

 

British nationals are more likely to be arrested in Thailand than in any other overseas country, official figures reveal.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036098-brits-behaving-badly-uk-citizens-most-likely-to-get-arrested-in-thailand/

 

Another shark attack in Hua Hin: Korean man was swimming despite warning signs

 

 

Another tourist has been bitten by a shark in the same Hua Hin area where a Norwegian was attacked two weeks ago.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036102-another-shark-attack-in-hua-hin-korean-man-was-swimming-despite-warning-signs/

 

Prince William and Kate Middleton Mark 7 Years of Marriage with Sweet Throwback Photo

STEPHANIE PETIT

 

 

There’s another royal wedding on the horizon, but Sunday was all about celebrating seven years since Prince William and Kate Middleton tied the knot.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036106-prince-william-and-kate-middleton-mark-7-years-of-marriage-with-sweet-throwback-photo/

 

Avengers 4 title teased by the Russo Brothers

BY IAN SANDWELL

 

They rule out one particular name.

 

Now that Avengers: Infinity War is out, speculation has increased over just what the title of Avengers 4 will be.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036107-avengers-4-title-teased-by-the-russo-brothers/

 

ABBA dash Glastonbury boss Michael Eavis’ hopes for performance at the festival

By Ashleigh Rainbird & Sam Rkaina

 

No Abba for Glastonbury unfortunately (Image: BBC)

 

ABBA have refused the chance to play Glastonbury, despite a promise to bring back this year’s festival just for them.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036108-abba-dash-glastonbury-boss-michael-eavis’-hopes-for-performance-at-the-festival/

 

Video: Aunty forgets to brake! Nearly kills herself at level crossing

 

 

CCTV footage from the PR page of the State Railways on Facebook showed the moment a woman on a motorcycle failed to see a barrier down at a level crossing as an express train approached.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036109-video-aunty-forgets-to-brake-nearly-kills-herself-at-level-crossing/

 

Cashier stabbed by bar girl as many tourists look on

 

 

Pattaya News reported that startled tourists looked on as a bar girl grabbed a knife and stabbed a cashier this morning.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036110-cashier-stabbed-by-bar-girl-as-many-tourists-look-on/

 

Women appeal for help after home used as animal shelter damaged by storm

By The Nation

 

Two women in Chon Buri’s Sri Racha district appealed for public help on Monday after their house, which is used as a shelter for stray dogs and cats, was damaged by a large tree uprooted by a storm.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036114-women-appeal-for-help-after-home-used-as-animal-shelter-damaged-by-storm/

 

Pro-Election Rallies Resume Saturday

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

Nuttaa ‘Bow’ Mahattana,at left, broadcasts a March 24 demonstration via her Facebook atop a truck.

 

BANGKOK — A weekly campaign to call for an election within this year will resume after a month-long break, one of the organizers said Monday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036115-pro-election-rallies-resume-saturday/

 

Attorney General To Seek 3 Million Baht From Premchai

By Jintamas Saksornchai, Staff Reporter

 

Premchai Karnasuta, far left, on Feb. 5 sits in the campsite where he was found with the remains of a leopard, panther and other wildlife in the Thungyai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary in Kanchanaburi province.

 

BANGKOK — The attorney general Monday will seek to punish accused wildlife poacher Premchai Karnasuta with a 3 million baht fine after signing off on six criminal complaints related to alleged poaching in a wildlife sanctuary.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036116-attorney-general-to-seek-3-million-baht-from-premchai/

 

Divine Penis Anthill Erupts In Lottery Mojo For Yasothon

By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer

 

 

YASOTHORN — Luck-seekers flocked to pray for lucky lottery numbers Monday from an anthill shaped like a divine penis in Yasothon province.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036117-divine-penis-anthill-erupts-in-lottery-mojo-for-yasothon/

 

‘Nong Lin’ Wins Miss Grand Prachuap Khirikhan 2018

By Hua Hin Today

 

‘Nong Lin’ Wins Miss Grand Prachuap Khirikhan 2018

 

Miss Muangpetch (Nong Lin), aged 22, a 4th year student at Rajamangala University of Technology Rattanakosin Wang Klai Kangwon Campus, Hua Hin, has been proclaimed Miss Grand Prachuap Khirikhan 2018.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036118-‘nong-lin’-wins-miss-grand-prachuap-khirikhan-2018/

 

Countdown to the Hua Hin International Jazz Festival 2018

By Hua Hin Today

 

Countdown to the Hua Hin International Jazz Festival 2018

 

On April 1st there will be 48 days to go before the Hua Hin International Jazz Festival 2018 gets underway.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036119-countdown-to-the-hua-hin-international-jazz-festival-2018/

 

Norton and Baxter visit Bangkok to help push drug-free powerlifting community

By Agencies

 

World Champion Fitness Model Holly Baxter, 2nd from right and Founder of BioLayne Dr. Layne Norton, 1st from right, in a photo session.

 

Two of the world’s leading powerlifting, fitness athletes and social media stars are leading a special showcase demonstrating the international sport of Powerlifting in Bangkok.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036121-norton-and-baxter-visit-bangkok-to-help-push-drug-free-powerlifting-community/

 

Premchai faces seven charges

By Saichon Srinuanchan

The Nation

 

Police plea for three more charges turned down by attorney general

 

CONSTRUCTION tycoon Premchai Karnasuta will face prosecution on seven charges related to his alleged poaching in a wildlife sanctuary.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036116-attorney-general-to-seek-3-million-baht-from-premchai/?do=findComment&comment=12941539

 

FFC: Over 90 percent of water vending machines are unhygienic

 

 

The Foundation for Consumers has urged the City Administration to shut down the operations of many water vending machines in Bangkok, alleging that they were not registered and are unhygienic.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036124-ffc-over-90-percent-of-water-vending-machines-are-unhygienic/

 

Leaked photos reveal budget iPhone SE 2 complete with headphone jack

Image: letemsvetemapplem.eu

 

 

Apple is reportedly set to release an updated version of the iPhone SE, the iPhone SE 2, later this year.

 

Full Story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/28520-2/28520/

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