Top Court Rules In Favor Of Thaksin's Passport Revocation

By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer

 

A screencap of Thaksin Shinawatra taken from his Facebook video in July 2016.

 

BANGKOK — The Supreme Administrative Court on Tuesday denied an injunction petition against the passport revocation of ousted former premier Thaksin Shinawatra at the same time that it returned that of a former education minister.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036255-top-court-rules-in-favor-of-thaksins-passport-revocation/

Thai police tell British YouTuber extortion attempt was just idle threat

 

 

The British YouTuber at the center of an apparent extortion attempt is confident that an email demanding money was just an idle threat and did not come from a French man who helps the Thai police.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036218-thai-police-tell-british-youtuber-extortion-attempt-was-just-idle-threat/

 

Russian Tourist Reported Missing On Koh Samui

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

Image: Ekaterina Belkovskaya / vk.com

 

SURAT THANI — A Russian tourist with memory loss is reportedly missing from her family on the island of Samui.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036235-russian-tourist-reported-missing-on-koh-samui/

Tourist police arrest Thai man posing as cop who stole from Indian visitor

 

 

The Tourist Police Bureau announced the arrest Tuesday of a 39 year old Thai con artist and thief who posed as a cop to rob an Indian tourist near his hotel in Bang Plee, south east of Bangkok.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036252-tourist-police-arrest-thai-man-posing-as-cop-who-stole-from-indian-visitor/

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Administrative Court reinstates Chaturon’s passports, rejects Thaksin’s plea

By THE NATION

 

 

THE SUPREME Administrative Court ruled yesterday that the termination of Pheu Thai Party key member Chaturon Chaisaeng’s passports was illegal.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036255-top-court-rules-in-favor-of-thaksins-passport-revocation/?do=findComment&comment=12945217

 

Gen Prayut dismisses calls for poll this year

By WASAMON AUDJARINT 
THE NATION

 

General Prayut Chan-o-cha

 

WARNINGS ISSUED AS ACTIVISTS PLAN TO PRESS FOR JUNTA TO GET OUT OF POLITICS.

 

THE PRIME minister yesterday played down rallies by pro-democracy activists planned for this month to press the ruling junta, the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), to hold the long-delayed election this year.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036278-gen-prayut-dismisses-calls-for-poll-this-year/

 

Moderate Party takes political middle path

By KAS CHANWANPEN 
THE NATION

 

Chumphol Krootkaew

 

AFTER MORE than a decade of deep political division and politicians primarily being blamed for all that is wrong in the country, many people believe there is no hope in politics.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036280-moderate-party-takes-political-middle-path/

 

Major parties say membership rule won’t hurt poll chances

By THE NATION

 

File photo

 

MAJOR POLITICAL parties have blamed the junta for the small number of their confirmed members, but they are still confident their support base has not been affected ahead of the next election.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036281-major-parties-say-membership-rule-won’t-hurt-poll-chances/

 

Germany grants Bt690m, will work with Thailand on climate-change projects

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE NATION

 

File photo

 

GERMANY has granted Bt690 million for a four-year climate change programme intended to help Thailand achieve its goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and adapting to climate change.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036282-germany-grants-bt690m-will-work-with-thailand-on-climate-change-projects/

 

Celebrity surgeon and wife claim innocence over Magic Skin endorsement

By SURIYA PATATHAYO, 
KORNKAMON AKSORNDECH 
THE NATION

 

 

TV CELEBRITY cosmetic surgeon Dr Piyapong Howilailak and his wife Pavena Namsongkhram yesterday proclaimed their innocence after responding to a police summons to explain their alleged endorsement of a product under the scandal-tainted Magic Skin brand.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036284-celebrity-surgeon-and-wife-claim-innocence-over-magic-skin-endorsement/

 

Labour leaders want better conditions, democratic progress

By RACHANON CHAROONSAK 
THE NATION

 

 

LABOUR LEADERS bombarded authorities with demands for improved benefits and welfare, better working conditions and employee protection on May Day yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036288-labour-leaders-want-better-conditions-democratic-progress/

 

Rights of workers ‘weakened’

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM, 
WASAMON AUDJARINT 
THE NATION

 

Thousands of labourers rally for Labour Day in Bangkok yesterday, calling on the government with a 10-point petition demanding better welfare as well as improvements in their working and living conditions.

 

Unions and labour groups slam junta despite hike in minimum wage.

 

AS WORKERS took part in Labour Day events across Thailand yesterday, labour rights groups stressed that unjust employment and the depletion of employees’ power was undermining the well-being of the Thai workforce.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036290-rights-of-workers-‘weakened’/

 

EDITORIAL

On Labour Day, the labourers ignored

By The Nation

 

Has the government finally stopped resisting foreign pressure to take better care of migrant workers?

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036291-editorial-on-labour-day-the-labourers-ignored/

 

Scotland introduces minimum alcohol pricing to cut deaths

 

Bottles of alcoholic beverages are seen for sale in a shop in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, May 1, 2018. REUTERS/Russell Cheyne

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Scotland introduced minimum unit pricing on alcohol on Tuesday as it tries to improve public health by raising the cost of cheap, strong drinks favoured by young people and binge-drinkers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036292-scotland introduces-minimum-alcohol-pricing-to-cut-deaths/

 

Riot police, masked protesters clash at Paris May Day rally

By Antoine Boddaert and Lucien Libert

 

A masked protester walks near a car that burns outside a Renault automobile garage during clashes during the May Day labour union march in Paris, France, May 1, 2018. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann

 

PARIS (Reuters) - Hundreds of masked and hooded anarchists smashed shop windows, torched cars and hurled cobblestones at riot police on Tuesday, hijacking a May Day rally by labour unions against President Emmanuel Macron's economic reforms.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036295-riot-police-masked-protesters-clash-at paris may-day-rally/

 

Blazing building collapses in Sao Paulo; 1 dead, 3 missing

By Flavia Bohone

 

Firefighters try to extinguish a fire at a building in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil May 1, 2018. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker

 

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - A 22-story abandoned office building occupied by hundreds of squatters was engulfed in flames and collapsed in the centre of Sao Paulo early Tuesday, shooting a massive black cloud of smoke into the sky and red-hot chunks of debris into nearby structures.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036296-blazing-building-collapses-in-sao-paulo-1-dead-3-missing/

 

Pushing to bury Iran deal, Israel says no one wants war with Tehran

By Maayan Lubell, Dan Williams and Jonathan Landay

 

Israeli Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a news conference at the Ministry of Defence in Tel Aviv, Israel, April 30, 2018. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

 

JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israel said on Tuesday it does not seek war with Iran and suggested U.S. President Donald Trump backed Israel's latest attempt to kill the 2015 Iran nuclear deal by disclosing purported evidence of past Iranian nuclear arms work.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036297-pushing-to-bury-iran-deal-israel-says-no-one-wants-war-with-tehran/

 

EU proposes jump in crisis funding as U.S. steps back-document

By Robin Emmott

 

European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini speaks during an international conference on the future of Syria and the region, in Brussels, Belgium, April 25, 2018. REUTERS/Francois Walschaerts

 

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's foreign policy chief will on Wednesday propose a 30 percent rise in its foreign aid budget for 2021-2027, according to a document seen by Reuters, as the bloc seeks to increase its influence while the United States pulls back.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036298-eu-proposes-jump-in-crisis-funding-as-us-steps-back-document/

 

Death toll in Swiss Alps after sudden storm rises to six

 

The Pigne d'Arolla mountain is pictured near Sion, Switzerland, in this picture released by the Police Cantonale Valaisanne April 30, 2018. Police Cantonale Valaisanne/Handout via REUTERS

 

GENEVA (Reuters) - Two more ski hikers have died after being caught in a sudden storm in the Swiss Alps, bringing the toll to six, while three women remain hospitalised in poor condition, Swiss police said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036299-death-toll-in-swiss-alps-after-sudden-storm-rises-to-six/

 

Mosque blasts kill at least 27 in northeast Nigeria

By Percy Dabang and Emmanuel Ande

 

Members of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) evacuate casualties from the site of blasts attack in Mubi, in northeast Nigeria May 1, 2018. NEMA/Handout via REUTERS.

 

YOLA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Explosions in and around a mosque in northeast Nigeria killed at least 27 people on Tuesday, a hospital official said, in the latest in a spate of attacks by militants in the region.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036300-mosque-blasts-kill-at-least-27-in-northeast nigeria/

 

Ubon Ratchathani airport closed - all flights cancelled

 

Pictures (2): Daily News

 

All flights were cancelled at Ubon Ratchathani airport last night due to an electrical problem.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036304-ubon-ratchathani-airport-closed-all-flights-cancelled/

 

Video: Heavy rains lash Chiang Mai - Mae Jo Uni roads inundated

 

Photos from Facebook: Aekkapon Poungthong
 

A video posted to Facebook showed the effect of heavy rains on an outbound road at Mae Jo University in Chiang Mai.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036306-video-heavy-rains-lash-chiang-mai-mae-jo-uni-roads-inundated/

 

Hua Hin Pool Villa - rented for 12,000 baht a night but they get a slum!

 

Picture: Sanook

 

A Thai tourist went on Facebook to complain that they rented what they thought was a luxury pool villa in Hua Hin.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036307-hua-hin-pool-villa-rented-for-12000-baht-a-night-but-they-get-a-slum/

 

Have you just woken up? Pattaya police and district office raid more illegal hotels

 

Picture: We Love Pattaya

 

We Love Pattaya reported that Pattaya station chief Pol Col Apichai Krobpetch along with tourist police and local officials raided a further 10 properties in Sai 2 and Sai 3 and Pratumnak Hill.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036308-have-you-just-woken-up-pattaya-police-and-district-office-raid-more-illegal-hotels/

 

Two race shoot-out brings 2018 Top of the Gulf Regatta to an end

 

THA72 took the win in IRC 1. Top of the Gulf Regatta 2018. Photo by Guy Nowell.

 

PATTAYA, Thailand – The 2018 Top of the Gulf Regatta Presented by Ocean Marina has lived up to its reputation for delivering close and competitive racing, and this year the weather made the racing even tougher.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036310-two-race-shoot-out-brings-2018-top-of-the-gulf-regatta-to-an-end/

 

Hua Hin sharks: Fake news as doctors say second "attack" was just a cut

 

Fotos (2): NewsthuaThai

 

News organisations and a general public panic have been blamed for spreading fake news about a second shark attack in Hua Hin.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036314-hua-hin-sharks-fake-news-as-doctors-say-second-attack-was-just-a-cut/

 

Lottery fever as magical log - and mystery figure - is dragged from a bog in Trang

 

Pictures: Thai Rath

 

Locals are rushing to get lottery numbers after a magical log was dragged from a quagmire in Trang.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036318-lottery-fever-as-magical-log-and-mystery-figure-is-dragged-from-a-bog-in-trang/

 

D-Day passes for using refurbished Pattaya port - but some still haven't got the message

 

Pictures (3): Pattaya News

 

Yesterday - May 1st - was D-Day in Pattaya when boat operators were all meant to have returned to Bali Hai port after its refurbishment.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036319-d-day-passes-for-using-refurbished-pattaya-port-but-some-still-havent-got-the-message/

 

South Korea says it wants U.S. troops to stay regardless of any treaty with North Korea

By Christine Kim

 

A U.S. soldier stands guard in front of their Air F-16 fighter jet at Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, January 10, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea said on Wednesday the issue of U.S. troops stationed in the South is unrelated to any future peace treaty with North Korea and that American forces should stay even if such an agreement is signed.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036320-south-korea-says-it-wants-us-troops-to-stay-regardless-of-any-treaty-with-north-korea/

 

Texas sues Trump administration to end 'Dreamers' programme

By Lawrence Hurley

 

FILE PHOTO: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton addresses reporters on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, DC, U.S., March 2, 2016. At right is Texas Solicitor General Scott Keller. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Texas and six other Republican-governed states on Tuesday sued the Trump administration to try to end a programme launched by Democratic former President Barack Obama that protects immigrants brought to the United States illegally as children.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1036321-texas-sues-trump-administration-to-end-dreamers-programme/