Pentagon weighs future of Korea drills after Trump nixes 'war games'

By Phil Stewart

 

FILE PHOTO: South Korean Army K1A1 and U.S. Army M1A2 tanks fire live rounds during a U.S.-South Korea joint live-fire military exercise, at a training field, near the demilitarized zone, separating the two Koreas in Pocheon, South Korea April 21, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military on Wednesday was looking at ways to ensure American forces in South Korea could still be fully trained and ready, a day after President Donald Trump suspended military exercises in a surprise concession to North Korea.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042981-pentagon-weighs-future-of-korea-drills-after-trump-nixes-war-games/

 

Widespread raids net four suspects, 100 million seized in "Terrible Twins" investigation

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

More than 2,000 police conducted raids in 80 places in connection with the operations of Saraburi twins Chaiwut and Sarawut Kisner.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042982-saraburi-widespread-raids-net-four-suspects-100-million-seized-in-terrible-twins-investigation/

 

Apple to undercut popular law-enforcement tool for cracking iPhones

BY REUTERS

 

REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

 

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Apple Inc said on Wednesday it will change its iPhone settings to undercut the most popular means for law enforcement to break into the devices.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/apple-undercut-popular-law-enforcement-tool-cracking-iphones/29167/

Top models named among those wanted for promoting football betting websites

 

Picture: Manager Online

 

As the football World Cup prepares to kick off today in Russia comes news that two well known Thai pretties and models are among 15 people named in warrants over the promotion of illegal football betting.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042983-top-models-named-among-those-wanted-for-promoting-football-betting-websites/

 

Phuket police chat to students about illegal World Cup football gambling

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

The World Cup starts today. So do the gambling crackdowns.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042984-phuket-police-chat-to-students-about-illegal-world-cup-football-gambling/

 

Bangkok couple went on 400,000 baht spending spree and holiday with stolen ATM cards

 

 

CCTV footage from a 7/11 store revealed on Thai TV showed the moment when a Thai woman went to reclaim an ATM card left in a machine outside the store.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042985-bangkok-couple-went-on-400000-baht-spending-spree-and-holiday-with-stolen-atm-cards/

 

U.S. Congress faces long odds on rescue effort for 'Dreamers'

By Richard Cowan and Susan Cornwell

 

Members of the Border Network for Human Rights and Borders Dreamers and Youth Alliance (BDYA) hold a banner during protest outside a U.S. Federal Courthouse to demand that Congress pass a Clean Dream Act in El Paso, Texas, U.S. March 5, 2018. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Unless the U.S. House of Representatives can beat the legislative odds, America's young "Dreamer" immigrants will have to keep dreaming about living without fear of deportation.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042986-us-congress-faces-long-odds-on-rescue-effort-for-dreamers/

Like it or lump it! World Cup set to dominate Thailand over the next month

 

Picture: Pattaya News

 

If you don't like football - tough luck!

 

As the World Cup kicks off in Russia this evening Thai time one thing is for sure in football crazy Thailand for the next four and a half glorious weeks.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042988-like-it-or-lump-it-world-cup-set-to-dominate-thailand-over-the-next-month/

 

Bitcoin sinks to two-month low as downtrend persists

Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss

 

FILE PHOTO: Bitcoin (virtual currency) coins placed on Dollar banknotes, next to computer keyboard, are seen in this illustration picture, November 6, 2017. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bitcoin fell to a two-month low on Tuesday, sliding in three of the last four sessions on nagging regulatory and security concerns after the weekend hacking of South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Coinrail.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042989-bitcoin-sinks-to-two-month-low-as-downtrend-persists/

 

Cryptocurrency tether used to boost bitcoin prices, study finds

John McCrank, Anna Irrera

 

FILE PHOTO: A Bitcoin logo is seen on a cryptocurrency ATM in Santa Monica, California, U.S., January 4, 2018. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - There is evidence that tether, a digital currency pegged to the U.S. dollar, may have been used to manipulate the price of bitcoin BTC=BTSP and other cryptocurrencies, according to a research paper released by the University of Texas on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042990-cryptocurrency-tether-used-to-boost-bitcoin-prices-study-finds/

 

Los Angeles prosecutors reviewing sexual assault case against Sylvester Stallone

Reuters Staff

 

FILE PHOTO: Actor Sylvester Stallone poses at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) Art+Film Gala in Los Angeles, October 29, 2016. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok

 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Los Angeles prosecutors said on Wednesday that their sex crimes team was reviewing a case against “Rocky” actor Sylvester Stallone.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042991-los-angeles-prosecutors-reviewing-sexual-assault-case-against-sylvester-stallone/

 

Emergency decree enforcement in South extended a further three months

By The Nation

 

FILE photo

 

The government has extended the state of emergency in the three southernmost provinces for a further three months.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042993-emergency-decree-enforcement-in-south-extended-a-further-three-months/

 

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Three men fined for shopping in the nude at Nonthaburi convenience store

By The Nation

 

Three men have been fined Bt5,000 each for taking turns to walk naked into a 7-Eleven shop in Nonthaburi and purchase goods in what was understood to be a dare.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042974-thais-copying-foreigners-went-on-naked-711-spree-as-a-dare/

 

Lao woman arrested with meth pills in Mukdahan

By The Nation

 

FILE photo

 

A Lao woman was arrested in Mukdahan’s Wan Yai district after allegedly selling 19,724 methamphetamine pills to undercover police early Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042996-lao-woman-arrested-with-meth-pills-in-mukdahan/

 

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World Cup in Russia set to kick off tonight

By Thai PBS

 

 

The Russia World Cup 2018 is just hours away.  Host Russia will lift the curtain on the world’s most-watched sport event with a glittering opening ceremony at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042988-like-it-or-lump-it-world-cup-set-to-dominate-thailand-over-the-next-month/?do=findComment&comment=13076634

 

South Korea's Moon meets Pompeo, says world has escaped nuclear weapons threat

By Christine Kim and David Brunnstrom

 

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo shakes hands with South Korea's President Moon Jae-in during a bilateral meeting at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea June 14, 2018. REUTERS/Kim Hong-ji/Pool

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean President Moon Jae-In said on Thursday the world had escaped the threat of war after this week's Singapore summit, echoing U.S. President Donald Trump's upbeat assessment of his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043000-south-koreas-moon-meets-pompeo-says-world-has-escaped-nuclear-weapons-threat/

 

Korat politician arrested for falsifying pickup robbery report

By The Nation

 

The vice president of a tambon council in Nakhon Ratchasima was arrested Thursday morning for allegedly falsifying a report that his pick-up truck had been stolen.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043001-korat-politician-arrested-for-falsifying-pickup-robbery-report/

 

Man behind plan to split up California likes chances in November vote

By Dan Whitcomb

 

FILE PHOTO: Venture capitalist and CAL 3 Chairman Tim Draper speaks during a press conference after announcing he has collected more than 600,000 signatures to put the plan to partition California into three states into the November ballot in San Mateo, California, April 12, 2018. REUTERS/ Stephen Lam/File Photo

 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Venture capitalist Tim Draper, fresh off an attention-grabbing victory getting a proposal onto the November ballot to split California into three states, said on Wednesday he was confident voters ill-served by their government would embrace the plan.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043010-man-behind-plan-to-split-up-california-likes-chances-in-november-vote/

 

Suspect arrested with 180 kg kratom in refrigerated truck

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

A man has been arrested with 180 kilograms of kratom which were being transferred by a coconut refrigeration truck yesterday in Rassada.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043015-suspect-arrested-with-180-kg-kratom-in-refrigerated-truck/

 

Authorities inspect under-construction hotels in Koh Phi Phi

By The Nation

 

 

The Army, police and administrative officials on Thursday inspected several under-construction hotels on Koh Phi Phi in Krabi province amid allegations that they lacked land rights documents, permission to build, or were encroaching on a national park.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043018-authorities-inspect-under-construction-hotels-in-koh-phi-phi/

 

Submachine gun seized in ongoing Phuket crime blitz

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Chaiyachet “Chet” Polta (left) and Korpkit “Jor” Sawasdee were both arrested at properties in Moo 6 in Kathu. Photos: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Police have announced that five more people have been arrested in their ongoing “Battling crime for the good of the community” campaign, which included the seizure of a submachine gun, various illegal substances along with other weapons and ammunition.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043019-submachine-gun-seized-in-ongoing-phuket-crime-blitz/

 

Justice Department watchdog to release report on FBI decisions on Clinton probe

By Sarah N. Lynch and Mark Hosenball

 

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks at the annual Hillary Rodham Clinton awards ceremony at Georgetown University in Washington, U.S., February 5, 2018. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein/Files

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department's internal watchdog will release a long-awaited report on Thursday on the FBI's handling of the Hillary Clinton email probe that she said contributed to her 2016 presidential election loss to Republican Donald Trump.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043023-justice-department-watchdog-to-release-report-on-fbi-decisions-on-clinton-probe/

 

No hiding place as video review system makes World Cup bow

Nick Mulvenney

 

KAZAN, Russia (Reuters) - If the strongest advocates of Video Assistant Referees are to be believed, World Cup football will never be the same again after the TV review system makes its debut at the finals on Thursday.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043031-no-hiding-place-as-video-review-system-makes-world-cup-bow/

 

U.S. promises to be very different World Cup host from 1994

Simon Evans

 

(L-R) President of the United States Football Association Carlos Cordeiro, Mexican Football Federation President Decio De Maria and President of the Canadian Soccer Association Steven Reed celebrate after the announcement, that the 2026 FIFA World Cup will be held in the United States, Mexico and Canada, during the 68th FIFA Congress in Moscow, Russia June 13, 2018. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin

 

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The World Cup will return to the United States, 32 years after the groundbreaking first tournament in the country, and organizers are promising a very different experience for fans traveling to the country.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043032-us-promises-to-be-very-different-world-cup-host-from-1994/

 

Cargo ship sinks off Si Chang Island

By Thai PBS

 

 

A cargo ship sank off Sichang Island while it was heading for Bangkok Port with about 70 containers of cargoes on board.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043033-cargo-ship-sinks-off-si-chang-island/

 

Raids in Bangkok yield 60,000 counterfeit travel mugs

By The Nation

 

 

Some 60,000 plastic coffee cups, tumblers and mugs bearing brand name logos have been confiscated from wholesale manufacturers and warehouses for intellectual property law violation.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043034-raids-in-bangkok-yield-60000-counterfeit-travel-mugs/

 

Facebook releases new privacy safeguards after ceding to pressure from advertisers

BY REUTERS 

 

Image: REUTERS/Regis Duvignau

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Facebook is installing new controls it says will better inform its members about the way companies are targeting them with advertising, the latest step to quell a public outcry over the company’s mishandling of user data.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/facebook-releases-new-privacy-safeguards-ceding-pressure-advertisers/29170/

Facebook used less for news as youngsters turn to WhatsApp: Reuters Institute

BY REUTERS

 

REUTERS/Thomas White/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) – The use of social media networks such as Facebook to consume news has started to fall in the United States as many young people turn toward messaging apps such as Facebook-owned WhatsApp to discuss events, the Reuters Institute found.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/facebook-used-less-news-youngsters-turn-whatsapp-reuters-institute/29172/

Twitter updates app to highlight big events, news stories

BY REUTERS

 

REUTERS/Thomas White

 

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Twitter Inc said on Wednesday it is changing its service to give more space to major events such as the World Cup, earthquakes, royal weddings and elections in a bid to make it easier for people to find interesting tweets.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/twitter-updates-app-highlight-big-events-news-stories/29176/

Sisters put up sign cursing killer of five pet dogs

By The Nation

 

 

Two sisters in Songkhla’s Hat Yai district put up a large sign in front of their house to curse and condemn the person who killed their five pet dogs with poison.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043041-sisters-put-up-sign-cursing-killer-of-five-pet-dogs/