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One U.S. soldier killed in battle against militants in Somalia - U.S. official

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. commando was killed and four others were wounded on Friday when they came under fire in Somalia during an operation against al-Shabaab militants, the U.S. military said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042025-one-us-soldier-killed-in-battle-against-militants-in-somalia-us-official/

 

Two people from U.S. Embassy in Havana evaluated for illness - State Dept

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two more people from the U.S. Embassy in Havana are undergoing medical evaluation, a State Department spokeswoman said on Friday, after a mysterious illness began to affect U.S. personnel and family members there since late 2016.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042027-two-people-from-us-embassy-in-havana-evaluated-for-illness-state-dept/

 

G7 allies confront Trump with trade numbers in tense G7 summit

By Jan Strupczewski and Andreas Rinke

 

L-R: European Council President Donald Tusk, British Prime Minister Theresa May, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, U.S. President Donald Trump, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, French President Emmanuel Macron, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker pose for a family photo at the G7 Summit in the Charlevoix city of La Malbaie, Quebec, Canada, June 8, 2018. REUTERS/Yves Herman

 

LA MALBAIE, Quebec (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump countered a slew of trade numbers from U.S. allies with his own, different data, holding firm to his position that the United States was at a disadvantage, an official at a G7 summit said on Friday as consensus eluded the group's leaders.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042028-g7-allies-confront-trump-with-trade-numbers-in-tense-g7-summit/

 

Israeli troops kill four Palestinians as Gaza protest resumes

By Nidal al-Mughrabi

 

A Palestinian demonstrator uses a sling to hurl stones at Israeli troops during a protest marking al-Quds Day, (Jerusalem Day), at the Israel-Gaza border, east of Gaza City June 8, 2018. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

 

GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli troops killed four Palestinians and wounded hundreds of others on Friday with live fire and tear gas used against protesters at the Gaza border, medics said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042029-israeli-troops-kill-four-palestinians-as-gaza-protest-resumes/

 

U.S. approves extradition of ex-Panama president - Panama

 

FILE PHOTO: Ricardo Martinelli smiles during a session at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland on January 23, 2014. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

 

PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela said on Friday that the U.S. State Department had approved his request to extradite his predecessor, former president Ricardo Martinelli, who is jailed in Miami on spying charges.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042030-us-approves-extradition-of-ex-panama-president-panama/

Congolese ex-Vice President Bemba acquitted of war crimes on appeal

By Stephanie van den Berg and Amedee Mwarabu

 

Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo is seen in a court room of the ICC to hear the delivery of the judgment on charges including corruptly influencing witnesses by giving them money and instructions to provide false testimony and false evidence, in the Hague, the Netherlands, March 21, 2016. REUTERS/JERRY LAMPEN/Pool/Files

 

THE HAGUE/KINSHASA (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court on Friday overturned the war crimes conviction of former Democratic Republic of Congo Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba, a huge blow to prosecutors that could also dramatically shake up politics in his home country.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042031-congolese-ex-vice-president-bemba-acquitted-of-war-crimes-on-appeal/

 

Leaders’ summit to give French investments a big boost

By WICHIT CHAITRONG 
THE NATION

 

Arnaud Bialecki

 

FRENCH INVESTORS have started using Thailand as a business hub in the Mekong region and are placing high hopes on the meeting of the two leaders – Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha and French President Emmanuel Macron – in Paris later this month.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042032-leaders’-summit-to-give-french-investments-a-big-boost/

 

NLA apologises after lawmakers caught napping

By The Nation

 

Legislators fall asleep during an assembly that debated the Bt3-trillion national budget.

 

Two legislators caught nodding off during a serious discussion involving the Bt3-trillion national budget were actually hardworking lawmakers who fell asleep because of their poor health, National Legislative Assembly (NLA) vice president Peerasak Phochit said yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042033-nla-apologises-after-lawmakers-caught-napping/

 

PM rules out rice subsidies

By The Nation

 

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha suggested rice farmers on Friday curb their output in order to prevent oversupply and falling prices.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042034-pm-rules-out-rice-subsidies/

 

Round 3 of university entry complete as more than 58,000 confirm seats

By The Nation

 

File photo

 

MORE THAN 80,000 students have secured seats in higher-educational programmes of their choices via the third round of the Thai University Admission System (TCAS).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042035-round-3-of-university-entry-complete-as-more-than-58000-confirm-seats/

 

Eight Rohingya abandoned as smuggler panics

By KRISSANA THIWATSIRIKUL 
THE NATION

 

A SUSPECTED smuggler has abandoned eight Rohingya he was transporting in a pickup truck after trying to back away from a checkpoint in Nakhon Si Thammarat’s Chian Yai district and crashing into another vehicle yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042036-eight-rohingya-abandoned-as-smuggler-panics/

 

Surat Thani school head probed for wrongdoing

By SUWANNEE BANDISAK, 
SEKSANTI KANLAYANAWISUT 
THE NATION

 

 

THE EDUCATION Ministry will start investigating the former director of the Ban Tha Mai School in Suran Thani province next week for alleged grave disciplinary offences.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042038-surat-thani-school-head-probed-for-wrongdoing/

 

Celebrity U.S. chef, TV host Bourdain dies of suicide at 61

By Scott Malone

 

Anthony Bourdain poses with the outstanding informational series or special award for "Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown" backstage at the 2015 Creative Arts Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, California September 12, 2015. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok

 

(Reuters) - U.S. celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain, host of CNN's food-and-travel-focused "Parts Unknown" television series, killed himself in a French hotel room, officials said on Friday, in the second high-profile suicide of a U.S. celebrity this week. He was 61.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1041992-anthony-bourdain-dead-at-61-celebrity-chef-tragically-kills-himself/

 

American tourist missing at Surat Thani dam - divers searching

 

 

Diving teams were searching for an American tourist who went missing while swimming at a dam in Surat Thai province in Thailand's south yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042044-american-tourist-missing-at-surat-thani-dam-divers-searching/

 

Bourdain, Spade suicides highlight need for new depression drugs

Julie Steenhuysen

 

Anthony Bourdain arrives at the 65th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, September 15. REUTERS/Jonathan Alcorn

 

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The suicides this week of Anthony Bourdain and Kate Spade have cast fresh light on the need for more effective treatments for major depression, an area that has been largely abandoned by big pharmaceutical companies.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042046-bourdain-spade-suicides-highlight-need-for-new-depression-drugs/

 

Thai, foreign tourists urged to help reduce marine waste

supawadee wangsri

 

 

BANGKOK, 8 June 2018 (NNT) - Thai and foreign tourists were encouraged to help reduce marine waste and refrain from using products which might be harmful to the environment. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042047-thai-foreign-tourists-urged-to-help-reduce-marine-waste/

 

Bumrungrad Hospital showcases its robot spinal surgery

Itiporn  Lakarnchua

 

 

BANGKOK, 8th June 2018 (NNT) – Bumrungrad Hospital has unveiled a robotic surgery facility offering more accurate spinal procedures that lead to reduced recovery time. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042049-bumrungrad-hospital-showcases-its-robot-spinal-surgery/

 

Siriraj to host events for the ageing in effort to prepare country for future

By RACHANON CHAROONSAK 
THE NATION

 

 

SIRIRAJ HOSPITAL will be holding major events for Thailand’s elderly population and related medical staff in the next two months.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042051-siriraj-to-host-events-for-the-ageing-in-effort-to-prepare-country-for-future/

 

Tweeting about banking troubles? You’re a fraudster’s dream

BY REUTERS

 

 

LONDON (Reuters) – Customers who use social media to vent frustration at their banks when services go down are inadvertently making themselves targets for fraudsters, law enforcement officials and industry insiders said.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/tweeting-banking-troubles-youre-fraudsters-dream/29099/

Apple to make 20 percent fewer new model iPhones this year: Nikkei

BY REUTERS

 

 

(Reuters) – Apple Inc expects to ship 80 million new model iPhones this year, down 20 percent from what it had planned at the same time last year, Japanese financial daily Nikkei reported on Friday, citing industry sources.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/apple-make-20-percent-fewer-new-model-iphones-year-nikkei/29101/

China hacked US Navy contractor – stole 614GB of classified data

BY REUTERS

 

 

China hacked sensitive U.S. Navy undersea warfare plans – Washington Post

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/china-hacked-us-navy-contractor-stole-614gb-classified-data/29103/

Sinking species

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE NATION

 

A whale created from plastic waste with many plastic bags inside its stomach is shown at the World Oceans Day exhibition at Siam Paragon yesterday, highlighting the threat to rare marine animals from plastic waste in the seas.

 

Plastic pollution and unsustainable fishing practices a threat to many marine species; govt spending Bt1.2 bn under plan to tackle crisis.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042053-sinking-species/

 

Singaporean investor says he was conned by Thai ex army Lieutenant General

 

Image: Manager

 

A Singaporean businessman and investor filed a report with Thong Lor police yesterday claiming that he had been swindled out of the best part of a million dollars by a former Thai army man.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042056-singaporean-investor-says-he-was-conned-by-thai-ex-army-lieutenant-general/

Lamborghini with fake plates, house not paid for - and the car owner tests positive for ice

 

Image: Thai Rath

 

Police and inland security officials are putting two and two together and trying to make four after a raid on a house in Nakorn Nayok yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042057-lamborghini-with-fake-plates-house-not-paid-for-and-the-car-owner-tests-positive-for-ice/

Brazen knife and robbery attack on kindergarten teacher at Pattaya school

 

Image: Sanook

 

Sanook have reported that a Thai man believed to be local entered a Bang Lamung school on Wednesday, pulled a knife and robbed a kindergarten teacher.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042059-brazen-knife-and-robbery-attack-on-kindergarten-teacher-at-pattaya-school/

Guns fired in the air at wedding of politician's son in Trang - but there won't be any charges

 

Image: Thai Rath

 

Participants in a well-attended Thai wedding procession in the southern province of Trang fired guns into the air.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042061-guns-fired-in-the-air-at-wedding-of-politicians-son-in-trang-but-there-wont-be-any-charges/

Pattaya Fireworks Festival lights up the night sky

 

Image: Sophon Cable TV

 

Sophon Cable TV reported that beach road in the central Pattaya area was packed solid as Thai and foreign tourists thronged the area for the much awaited Pattaya International Fireworks Festival 2018 that began last night.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042062-pattaya-fireworks-festival-lights-up-the-night-sky/

Traffic points system will come in next year -  red light infractions deemed only medium serious

 

Image: Daily News

 

Police have said that the points system for driving offences will definitely be introduced in 2019.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042064-traffic-points-system-will-come-in-next-year-red-light-infractions-deemed-only-medium-serious/

Jealous old Thai man shoots lover dead as she sleeps next to granddaughter, aged 9

 

Image: Sanook

 

A 73 year old Thai man in Korat shot his 53 year old lover dead at her house while she slept next to her nine year old granddaughter in the early hours of Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042065-jealous-old-thai-man-shoots-lover-dead-as-she-sleeps-next-to-granddaughter-aged-9/