French man released without charge after allegations of rape from British teen
 

Image: Daily News

 

The French man arrested in Phuket in April after a British 18 year old claimed that she had been raped on Koh Tao has been set free.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041337-breaking-french-man-released-without-charge-after-allegations-of-rape-from-british-teen/

British boxer found in a bloodbath after altercation with Thai wife in Lampang

 

 

Police in Bor Haew sub-district of Lampang were called to a house where a man had locked himself in.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041343-british-boxer-found-in-a-bloodbath-after-altercation-with-thai-wife-in-lampang/

Video: Ex boyfriend shoots girlfriend dead then fails to kill himself

 

 

 

Shocking footage from the street in Nakorn Pathom on Monday lunchtime showed a Rayong man aim a .38 gun at his ex girlfriend and kill her.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041342-video-ex-boyfriend-shoots-girlfriend-dead-then-fails-to-kill-himself/

 

Don denies wife’s stockholding bars him from office

By THE NATION

 

 

AFTER DAYS of speculation, Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai has declared that his wife Narirat’s stockholdings should not disqualify him from holding a ministerial seat, despite a ruling by the Election Commission (EC).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041371-don-denies-wife’s-stockholding-bars-him-from-office/

 

Reforms will take time to yield results, says Prayut

By THE NATION

 

 

PRIME MINISTER Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday hit back at critics who accused his government of failing to eliminate poverty after four years of reforming the country.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041372-reforms-will-take-time-to-yield-results-says-prayut/

 

Thailand one of 50 nations taking part in global peace campaign

By The Nation

Photo courtesy of HWPL

 

Thailand was among 50 countries participating in the annual global peace campaign to promote the “International Law and Culture of Peace” last month. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041373-thailand-one-of-50-nations-taking-part-in-global-peace-campaign/

 

Poisonous electronic waste being processed in secret: Ministry

By The Nation

 

 

Four factories lose licences, banned from importing e-waste for 10 years

 

THE INDUSTRY Ministry has suspended import licences of four companies found sending electronic waste to other factories that have no permission to handle the toxic material.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041374-poisonous-electronic-waste-being-processed-in-secret-ministry/

 

UPDATE:

 

Man charged with murder of wealthy ex-wife

By SANTIPARP RAMASUT 
THE NATION

 

 

POLICE YESTERDAY laid four charges against the ex-husband of a businesswoman whose incinerated remains were discovered on Friday in Songkhla’s Hat Yai district despite his continued protests of innocence.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041267-hat-yai-man-claims-innocence-in-wealthy-ex-wife’s-murder/?do=findComment&comment=13046975

 

Thai police chief in Germany to collect monk

By The Nation

 

 

Secretary resigns after personal life exposed

 

A HIGH-RANKING monk who fled accusations of money-laundering will be escorted back to Thailand tomorrow, according to a source with the police team sent to collect him from detention in Germany. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041375-thai-police-chief-in-germany-to-collect-monk/

 

Sour taste in sugar-cane province

By CHULARAT SAENGPASSA 
THE NATION 

 

 

“I HAVE NOT heard frogs or bullfrogs croaking recently. And I can’t help wondering if all of them have already died from farm chemicals,” said Luang Phor Wichien, the abbot of Ban Klong Charoen Temple in Nong Bua Lamphu’s Suwannakhuha district.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041376-sour-taste-in-sugar-cane-province/

 

Review of paraquat green light demanded

By The Nation

 

File photo

 

HUNDREDS of activists will rally at Government House today to demand a review of the decision to not ban three dangerous farm chemicals.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041377-review-of-paraquat-green-light-demanded/

 

May the force be with you!

By Lerpong Amsa-ngiam 
The Nation

 

 

Ariya conquers her demons to win biggest event in women’s golf.

 

Ariya Jutanugarn displayed fighting qualities worthy of a champion to dig herself out of a deep hole and win the $5 million US Women’s Open on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041378-us-womens-open-ariya-conquers-her demons-to-win-biggest event-in-women’s-golf/

 

Singapore on top, Laos on the bottom – English proficiency

In South East Asia, Thailand only beat out Cambodia and Laos with all other ASEAN countries performing better in the index.

By Tim Newton

 

PHOTO: talkpoverty.org

 

The EF English Proficiency Index is out for the past 12 months, the seventh overview of countries where English is not the native language. Ranked from top to bottom and broken up into specific demographics.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041379-singapore-on-top-laos-on-the-bottom-–-english-proficiency/

 

Despite stacked odds, election is essential

By The Nation

 

 

The junta is likely to hold on to power at the polls, but its opponents must seize every opportunity for change and progress
 

The recent emergence of a raft of political parties is sending a clear signal to the ruling military junta – the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) – and to society as a whole. It is that elections are essential if the country is to continue making progress.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041380-despite-stacked-odds-election-is-essential/

 

Thailand’s last untouched Mekong tributary

By The Nation

 

 

THE LOWER Songkram River basin is the latest site in Thailand under the global spotlight as a crucial ecological resource, the WWF-Thailand said ahead of World Environment Day today.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041381-thailand’s-last-untouched-mekong-tributary/

 

Police to set up technology crime suppression center

 

FILE photo//Thai Tourist Police

 

BANGKOK, 5th June 2018 (NNT) – The Royal Thai Police will set up a technology crime suppression center to deal with call center scams. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041383-thai-police-to-set-up-technology-crime-suppression-center/

 

Russia not trying to split EU, Putin says before rare visit to Western Europe

 

Russian President Vladimir Putin answers questions from journalists during a joint news conference with Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov following their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia May 30, 2018. Pavel Golovkin/Pool via REUTERS

 

VIENNA (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin, in an interview broadcast on Monday, said he did not want to divide the European Union as he prepared to visit Austria in his first bilateral trip to a West European country in almost a year.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041384-russia-not-trying-to-split-eu-putin-says-before-rare-visit-to-western-europe/

 

Trump says has power to pardon himself; critics disagree

 

U.S. President Donald Trump talks to the media after meeting with North Korea's envoy Kim Yong Chol at the White House in Washington, U.S., June 1, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said he had committed no wrongdoing but has the "absolute" power to pardon himself, echoing an sweeping argument put forth by his lawyers amid the U.S. special counsel's investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041385-trump-says-has-power-to-pardon-himself-critics-disagree/

 

 

U.S. envoy's unorthodox diplomacy stirs stiff response in Berlin

By Andreas Rinke

 

New U.S. ambassador to Germany Richard Allen Grenell pose with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (not pictured) after his diplomatic accreditation at Bellevue Palace in Berlin, Germany, in a still image taken from a Reuters TV footage on June 4, 2018. REUTERS/Reuters TV

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany has asked the U.S. government to clarify remarks by President Donald Trump's new ambassador to Berlin after he told a right-wing website he wanted to empower "other conservatives" in Europe.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041386-us-envoys-unorthodox-diplomacy-stirs-stiff-response-in-berlin/

 

Nowhere to hide from Russia, says Ukrainian journalist named on hit-list

By Olena Vasina and Sergei Karazy

 

Ukrainian journalist Matvey Ganapolsky speaks during an interview with Reuters in Kiev, Ukraine June 4, 2018. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

 

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian journalist Matvei Ganapolsky sees no point in hiding abroad from Russians who might be trying to kill him, because if they want to find him, geography won't stop them.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041387-nowhere-to-hide-from-russia-says-ukrainian-journalist-named-on-hit-list/

 

Bill Clinton: 'Monica Lewinsky affair was dealt with correctly'

 

Bill Clinton says he would not respond any differently today to reports of his affair with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky than he did in 1998.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041388-bill-clinton-monica-lewinsky-affair-was-dealt-with-correctly/

 

School snack money con - it's just a disgruntled employee says deputy director

 

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A deputy director of a Suphanburi school has hit back at claims that he pocketed a government fund meant to provide students with snacks.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041390-school-snack-money-con-its-just-a-disgruntled-employee-says-deputy-director/

 

Video: Water monitor leads to death of motorcyclist, but Thai TV finds it funny

 

Pictures (2): TNA

 

CCTV showed a terrible accident from Nonthaburi on Monday in which a young motorcyclist died because a car slowed for a crossing water monitor.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041392-video-water-monitor-leads-to-death-of-motorcyclist-but-thai-tv-finds-it-funny/

 

Siamese Ruby potentially worth a million baht dug up by villager in Trat

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Experts from Kaset University in Bangkok confirmed that a red stone dug up in a disused mining pit in Bor Rai district of Trat is in fact a Siamese Ruby.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041394-siamese-ruby-potentially-worth-a-million-baht-dug-up-by-villager-in-trat/

 

England Defeat Scotland in Opening Match of Senior’s World Cup in Thailand

By James Goyder

 

 

Matches between England and Scotland are always blood and thunder affairs and the opening match at the Senior’s World Cup produced plenty of the latter. A second half storm waterlogged the pitch at Takiab Stadium in Hua Hin as the veterans ended up trying to play through the puddles.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041395-england-defeat-scotland-in-opening-match-of-senior’s-world-cup-in-thailand/

 

Find the "Naked Lads Gang" and bang them to rights - pictures shock netizens!

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Thai netizens are demanding action after pictures of a group of gay men cavorting in the countryside were posted online.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041396-find-the-naked-lads-gang-and-bang-them-to-rights-pictures-shock-netizens/

 

Drama as doctor disputes claim from clinic employee over expensive broken plate

 

Picture: Sanook

 

A drama is being played out in the public eye after it was claimed that a doctor tried to get 35,000 from a poor worker who inadvertently smashed a commemorative plate at a clinic.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041401-drama-as-doctor-disputes-claim-from-clinic-employee-over-expensive-broken-plate/

 

Apple focuses on speed, parental controls in software upgrades [VIDEO]

BY REUTERS

 

REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage

 

SAN JOSE, Calif. (Reuters) – Apple Inc on Monday unveiled software upgrades that would let older iPhones run faster, help parents limit their children’s screen time and make its Siri voice assistant work more like a rival feature from Amazon.com .

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/apple-focuses-speed-parental-controls-software-upgrades/29049/

Facebook fends off new NYT charges over data access

BY REUTERS

 

REUTERS/Regis Duvignau/Illustration

 

(Reuters) – Facebook Inc on Sunday rejected claims by the New York Times that it had allowed Apple and other major device makers “deep” access to users’ personal data saying any such links were tightly controlled and largely subject to users’ consent.

 

Full story:  https://tech.thaivisa.com/facebook-fends-off-new-nyt-charges-data-access/29052/

Microsoft to take on Amazon with $7.5 billion GitHub deal

BY REUTERS 

 

REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo

 

(Reuters) – Microsoft Corp said on Monday it would buy privately held coding website GitHub Inc for $7.5 billion in an all-stock deal to beef up its cloud computing business and challenge market leader Amazon.com Inc.

 

Source: https://tech.thaivisa.com/microsoft-take-amazon-7-5-billion-github-deal/29055/