Starbucks executive Schultz to step aside, mulling 'range of options'

Lisa Baertlein, Alana Wise

 

FILE PHOTO: Starbucks Chief Executive Howard Schultz speaks during the company's annual shareholders meeting in Seattle, Washington March 18, 2015. REUTERS/David Ryder/File photo

 

LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Starbucks Corp Executive Chairman Howard Schultz is stepping away from the coffee chain he built into a global powerhouse, putting management firmly into the hands of Chief Executive Kevin Johnson, who had an office connected to the co-founder’s and regularly turned to Schultz in times of crisis.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041403-starbucks-executive-schultz-to-step-aside-mulling-range-of-options/

 

Video: Road carnage - coach driver says "but for me people would have died"

 

Picture: TNA

 

CCTV footage from an intersection in Khon Kaen showed a tour bus from Nakorn Panom collide with a cement mixer.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041405-video-road-carnage-coach-driver-says-but-for-me-people-would-have-died/

 

Man gives fruit to condemned pig - and 14,000 sentimental shares is the result!

 

Picture: Manager Online

 

Fourteen thousand "depressed yet stoical Thais" shared a picture of a man on a motorcycle giving a pig on the way to the abattoir a share of his fruit.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041407-man-gives-fruit-to-condemned-pig-and-14000-sentimental-shares-is-the-result/

 

Heavy rain brings island-wide flash floods, landslide north of Patong

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Heavy rains flooded major roads across Phuket, bringing traffic in many areas to a standstill. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: Heavy downpours across the island brought traffic a standstill on major roads and caused a minor landslide on the coastal road north of Patong this morning (June 5).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041408-heavy-rain-brings-island-wide-flash-floods-landslide-north-of-patong/

 

Teenager killed in Bangkok truck collision

By The Nation

 

Picture: Komchadluek

 

A teenage passenger was killed when a truck collided with the rear of another truck on a Bangkok ring road early Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041412-teenager-killed-in-bangkok-truck-collision/

 

Two brothers killed in Korat road accident

By The Nation

 

Source: Sanook

 

Two brothers were killed when their pickup truck hit a roadside power pole as they were on their way to Nakhon Ratchasima provincial hospital early Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041418-two-brothers-killed-in-korat-road-accident/

 

Rabies confined to one puppy, Prachuap Khiri Khan authorities say

By The Nation

 

Fears of a rabies outbreak have been quelled following the death of an American bulldog puppy from the disease in Kui Buri district last month.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041419-rabies-confined-to-one-puppy-prachuap-khiri-khan-authorities-say/

 

U.S. appeals against ruling that Trump could not block Twitter followers

By David Shepardson

 

U.S. President Donald Trump participates in the U.S. Coast Guard Change-of-Command ceremony at U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, U.S., June 1, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department said on Monday it would appeal against a federal judge's ruling that President Donald Trump may not legally block Twitter users from his account on the social media platform based on their political views, according to a court filing.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041421-us-appeals-against-ruling-that-trump-could-not-block-twitter-followers/

 

Death toll in Tunisian migrant ship accident rises to 60 - IOM

By Tarek Amara

 

A relative of Tunisian migrants, who drowned when their boat sank, reacts as he leaves a hospital morgue after identifying the bodies of his family members, in Sfax, Tunisia June 4, 2018. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi

 

TUNIS (Reuters) - The death toll from a ship packed with migrants that sank off the Tunisian coast last weekend has risen to 60, the United Nations migration agency said late on Monday, one of the worst migrant boat disasters in recent years.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041422-death-toll-in-tunisian-migrant-ship-accident-rises-to-60-iom/

 

Manafort attempted to tamper with potential witnesses - U.S. special counsel

 

FILE PHOTO Paul Manafort, former campaign manager for U.S. President Donald Trump, departs after a hearing at U.S. District Court in Washington, DC, U.S., April 19, 2018. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, who has been indicted by U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller, attempted to tamper with potential witnesses, Mueller said in a court filing on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041423-manafort-attempted-to-tamper-with-potential-witnesses-us-special-counsel/

 

Phra Prommethi expected to be flown back from Frankfurt Thursday

By Thai PBS

 

 

Wat Sampanthawong’s former assistant abbot Phra Prommethi who is implicated in a major religious fund embezzlement is expected to be flown back from Frankfurt, Germany, to Bangkok on Thursday morning after he was apprehended over the weekend.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041425-phra-prommethi-expected-to-be-flown-back-from-frankfurt-thursday/

 

DPM Wissanu: Don remains in his post

 

 

BANGKOK, 5th June 2018, (NNT) - The Deputy Prime Minister for Legal Affairs has indicated that Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai will remain in office until the Constitutional Court rules otherwise. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041427-dpm-wissanu-don-remains-in-his-post/

 

Storm in China expected to have little effect on Thailand

 

 

BANGKOK, 5th June 2018, (NNT) - The Meteorological Department has predicted that a storm hovering over the central part of the South China Sea will make landfall in Hainan but have little to no effect on Thailand. However, the agency will closely monitor the situation. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041429-storm-in-china-expected-to-have-little-effect-on-thailand/

 

Phuket officials ponder ‘Traffy Fondue’ for complaints tracking

Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

The app is designed to directly report complaints to relevant officials. Image: Nectec

 

PHUKET: Phuket officials are looking into using a mobile phone app called “Traffy Fondue” as a way of providing local residents with a way of filing complaints about waste pollution, traffic and other issues and being able to see progress by officials in dealing with the problem.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041430-phuket-officials-ponder-‘traffy-fondue’-for-complaints-tracking/

 

Thai police unable to grill fugitive monk in Frankfurt

By The Nation

 

Deputy Prime Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan

 

German authorities have yet to allow Thai police to question Phra Phrommedhi, the high-ranking monk suspected of laundering money who fled to Frankfurt and is being detained there in custody, Deputy Prime Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041431-thai-police-unable-to-grill-fugitive-monk-in-frankfurt/

 

Drowning Still No. 1 Killer Of Thai Kids

By Jintamas Saksornchai, Staff Reporter

 

Some babies cool off in the water of Ampuen Reservoir on April 6, 2016, in Surin province. Photo: Matichon

 

BANGKOK — Drowning still kills the most Thai children, but fatalities have fallen to a new low and those working to save lives say awareness has improved.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041434-drowning-still-no-1-killer-of-thai-kids/

 

Thailand joins the global movement to combat forced labour

 

 

GENEVA (ILO News) - On 4 June 2018, Thailand deposited the instrument of ratification of the Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 , with the Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO), thereby becoming the 24th country worldwide and the first in Asia to ratify the instrument.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041437-thailand-joins-the-global-movement-to-combat-forced-labour/

 

SET acknowledges foreign selloff but sees no cause for concern

 

 

BANGKOK, 5th June 2018 (NNT) – Investors are being told to monitor external risks at this time but have been assured the overall picture is still strong as foreign selloffs are occurring across the region. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041438-set-acknowledges-foreign-selloff-but-sees-no-cause-for-concern/

 

Army forming committee to probe lieutenant's involvement in temple fund corruption case

 

 

BANGKOK, 5th June 2018 (NNT) – A committee is being setup by the Royal Thai Army to look into the suspected involvement of a lieutenant in the temple fund corruption case, despite police having yet to file charges. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041439-thai-army-forming-committee-to-probe-lieutenants-involvement-in-temple-fund-corruption-case/

 

Govt ponders plan to transform U-Tapao into Eastern Aviation City

 

 

BANGKOK, 5 June 2018 (NNT) - The Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) Committee has convened for the first time after the Eastern Economic Corridor Act was passed to acknowledge a 10-year plan on the development of the "Eastern Aviation City". 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041440-govt-ponders-plan-to-transform-u-tapao-into-eastern-aviation-city/

 

Future Forward Party Says Members ‘Harassed’ By Officers

By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer

 

Police officers inspect signs at the first meeting of the Future Forward Party on May 27 at Thammasat University's Rangsit campus. Photo: Future Forward Party / Facebook

 

BANGKOK — The Future Forward Party called on the military government Monday to end alleged threats against its members, particularly in the north and northeastern regions.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041441-future-forward-party-says-members-‘harassed’-by-officers/

 

WARNING: These Android apps and Chrome extensions are collecting your Facebook data

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

Security experts are warning Android users after scores of apps in the Google Play Store were found to be secretly collecting sensitive data.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/warning-thes-android-apps-chrome-extensions-collecting-facebook-data/29059/

Girl, 17, charged with forcing 14-year-old into prostitution

By Suriya Patathayo 
The Nation

 

Picture: Thai Tourist Police

 

A 17-year-old girl has been arrested for luring an even younger teen into prostitution in Pattaya.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041451-girl-17-charged-with-forcing-14-year-old-into-prostitution-in-pattaya/

 

Hua Hin Business Network donates a monthly stipend for Charity Hua Hin for the next 12 months

 

Picture: Peter Kirketerp Treasurer and secretary of Hua Hin Business Network hands over first installment of monthly of stipend to Charity Hua Hin Volunteer Vincent Kerreman on 1 June 2018

On 1 June 2018 Hua Hin Business Network handed over the first of one years’ worth of monthly donations of 10,000 thb to Charity Hua Hin. Charity Hua Hin provides help in the form of financial or medical support for local families who are unable to take care of themselves, due physical handicaps and in some cases old age disabilities. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041455-hua-hin-business-network-donates-a-monthly-stipend-for-charity-hua-hin-for-the-next-12-months/

 

Phuket landslide lands Fortuner taxi in canal

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Marine Police are waiting for assistance to recover the SUV taxi from the canal. Photo: Pasakon Sirichuchot

 

PHUKET: Torrential downpours across Phuket this morning (June 5) caused a landslide in Kamala that pushed a Toyota Fortuner SUV taxi parked in a housing estate into a canal.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041456-phuket-landslide-lands-fortuner-taxi-in-canal/

 

Governor warns of dengue fever this rainy season – Phuket

"Phuket's humid and wet environment is very suitable for Aedes mosquito reproduction."

By The Thaiger & The Nation

 

  

Phuket Governor Norraphat Plodthong is warning residents and tourists about the high potential for Dengue Fever this wet season.

 

Source: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041459-governor-warns-of-dengue-fever-this-rainy-season-–-phuket/

 

Family Offers $50,000 Reward For Info On Dutch Model's Fatal Fall

By Janene Pieters

 

Ivana Smit. Photo: Ivana Smit / Facebook

 

The family of deceased model Ivana Smit offered a reward of 50 thousand dollars for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the young Dutch woman's death.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041462-family-offers-us50000-reward-for-info-on-dutch-models-fatal-fall-in-kuala-lumpur/

 

Plastic Here To Stay, Vendors At ‘Model’ Market Say

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

Piles of Styrofoam trays await durian-hungry customers Tuesday at the Or Tor Kor Market in Bangkok.

 

BANGKOK — Days after an environment minister declared a famous fresh market would reduce plastic and Styrofoam use, vendors said Tuesday it was a pipe dream staged for the cameras.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041464-plastic-here-to-stay-vendors-at-‘model’-market-say/

 

Traffic diversions – Laguna Phuket Marathon 2018

By The Thaiger

 

PHOTOS: Laguna Phuket Marathon

 

The 2018 Laguna Phuket Marathon is set to take place on June 9 and 10 at Laguna Phuket and will welcome a record number of runners – in excess of 8,000 from more than 50 countries.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041465-traffic-diversions-–-laguna-phuket-marathon-2018/

 

Seven Chao Phraya basin provinces put on alert as dam releases more water 

By The Nation

 

 

The 12th Irrigation Office on Tuesday warned seven Chao Phraya basin provinces to monitor for river overflow, as the Chao Phraya Dam in Chai Nat has had to speed up the release of water ahead of an incoming storm.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041467-seven-chao-phraya-basin-provinces-put-on-alert-as-dam releases-more-water /