Saudi Arabia's women drivers get ready to steer their lives

 

Driving instructor Ahlam al-Somali (R) reads instructions before getting ready to drive with trainee Maria al-Faraj at Saudi Aramco Driving Center in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, June 6, 2018. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah

 

DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - On June 24, when Saudi women are allowed to drive for the first time, Amira Abdulgader wants to be sitting at the wheel, the one in control, giving a ride to her mother beside her.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043814-saudi-arabias-women-drivers-get-ready-to-steer-their-lives/

 

'We don't share certain values', France says of U.S. migrant policy

 

French Government Spokesperson Benjamin Griveaux listens to the speech of French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe (not pictured) during a joint press conference with following the cabinet meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, May 30, 2018. Francois Mori/Pool via Reuters

 

PARIS (Reuters) - Europe and the United States do not share the same values, France's government spokesman said on Tuesday as outrage grows over the Trump administration's policy of separating immigrant parents and children arriving over the border from Mexico.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043815-we-dont-share-certain-values-france-says-of-us-migrant-policy/

 

The bigger cryptocurrencies get, the worse they perform: BIS

Reuters Staff

 

Representations of the Ripple, Bitcoin, Etherum and Litecoin virtual currencies are seen on a PC motherboard in this illustration picture, February 14, 2018. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Cryptocurrencies are not scalable and are more likely to suffer a breakdown in trust and efficiency the greater the number of people using them, the Bank of International Settlements (BIS)said on Sunday in its latest warning about the rise of virtual currencies.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043819-the-bigger-cryptocurrencies-get-the-worse-they-perform-bis/

 

Square obtains NY State cryptocurrency license

Anna Irrera

 

Jack Dorsey, CEO and co-founder of Twitter and founder and CEO of Square, speaks at the Consensus 2018 blockchain technology conference in New York City, New York, U.S., May 16, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Segar

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Square Inc (SQ.N), the payments company founded by Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) CEO Jack Dorsey, has obtained a license to offer New York state residents the ability to buy and sell bitcoin through its Cash App, the company said on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043820-square-obtains-ny-state-cryptocurrency-license/

 

Supreme Court to decide fate of former FM Surapong this afternoon on Thaksin’s passport scandal

By Thai PBS

 

 

The Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Political Office Holders has adjourned the ruling  in a malfeasance case against former foreign minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul to this afternoon for reinstating a revoked passport for former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043821-supreme-court-to-decide-fate-of-former-fm-surapong-this-afternoon-on-thaksin’s-passport-scandal/

 

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Thailand executes first prisoner by lethal injection since 2009

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand has executed its first prisoner since 2009, the Department of Corrections said on Tuesday, a move the human rights group Amnesty International condemned as a "deeply misguided" effort to reduce crime.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043765-first-convict-executed-in-thailand-in-nine-years/?do=findComment&comment=13092377

 

New report ranks Thailand as the world’s riskiest holiday destination

 

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Thailand has been found to be the world’s riskiest holiday destination for British tourists, according to a new report.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043823-new-report-ranks-thailand-as-the-world’s-riskiest-holiday-destination/

 

AMLO asks police to investigate  former senior official for alleged money-laundering

By Thai PBS

 

 

The Anti-Money Laundering Office has asked the Counter Corruption Division (CCD) police to investigate Putthipat Lertchaowasit, a former permanent secretary of the Social Development and Human Security Ministry, and a former female official of the ministry who was his close aide, for alleged money-laundering.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043824-amlo-asks-police-to-investigate -former-senior-official-for-alleged-money-laundering/

 

Former foreign minister given two-year jail sentence in Thaksin passports case 

By The Nation

 

Surapong arrives at the Court's building on Tuesday.//Photo : Chalinee Thirasupa

 

The Supreme Court’s Political Office Holders Division on Tuesday sentenced Surapong Tohvichakchaikul, a former foreign minister, to two years in jail for malfeasance and dereliction of duty by reissuing passports for fugitive ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra in 2011.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043827-former-fm-surapong-given-two-year-jail-sentence-in-thaksin-passports-case/

 

Net idol Jessie Vard faces jail time for promoting gambling

By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer

 

Photo: Jessie Vard / Facebook

 

BANGKOK — Net idol and model Jessie Vard faces up to a month in prison for allegedly encouraging World Cup gambling, police said Tuesday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043836-net-idol-jessie-vard-faces-jail-time-for-promoting-gambling/

 

AMLO submits evidence against 10 senior officials in destitute-centres misappropriation scandal

By Kornkamon Aksorndech 
The Nation

 

 

The legal affairs director of the Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) on Tuesday submitted evidence to the Royal Thai Police’s Counter-Corruption Division (CCD), for the police to proceed with legal action against senior civil servants allegedly involved in the misappropriation of allowances and related irregularities at protection centres for the destitute.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043837-amlo-submits-evidence-against-10-senior-officials-in-destitute-centres-misappropriation-scandal/

 

Mountain run-off washes away temporary bridge in Krabi national park

By The Nation

 

Mountain run-off on Tuesday washed away a temporary bridge in Krabi’s Mueang district.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043839-mountain-run-off-washes-away-temporary-bridge-in-krabi-national-park/

 

Video: Pattaya boat "orgy" - just the ticket for pot bellied Aussie voyeurs!

 

 

More details have emerged of events leading to the arrest of a 49 year old Australian national. 

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043840-video-pattaya-boat-orgy-just-the-ticket-for-pot-bellied-aussie-voyeurs/

 

Pattaya Chinese loan shark gang busted - nine arrests

 

 

Deputy police chief Pol Gen Chalermkiat Sriwarakhan announced that Pattaya tourist police and Region 2 investigators had busted a loan sharking operation in the Pattaya area.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043841-pattaya-chinese-loan-shark-gang-busted-nine-arrests/

 

Vietnamese thieves and pickpockets blamed for damaging Thai tourism

 

 

Thai Rath columnist Plueng Payak wrote about the arrest of two female Vietnamese slash thieves and pickpockets who were nabbed in operations led by crime buster "Big Joke" Pol Maj Gen Surachet Hakpal.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043842-vietnamese-thieves-and-pickpockets-blamed-for-damaging-thai-tourism/

 

VIDEOS: Phi Phi ferry lashed by severe storm

 

 

Videos shared to Facebook showed a passenger ferry travelling to Koh Phi Phi during stormy seas.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043838-videos-phi-phi-ferry-lashed-by-severe-storm/

 

Final suspect arrested in horrific case of gang-rape of drugged 8-year-old girl

By The Nation

 

 

The last fugitive in a heinous crime, in which an eight-year-old girl was lured from her home, force fed with methamphetamine pills and gang-raped by three men from the same neighbourhood, before they dumped her unconscious at a roadside spot in Chanthaburi’s Kaeng Hang Maeo district last December, has been taken into police custody.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043844-final-suspect-arrested-in-horrific-case-of-gang-rape-of-drugged-8-year-old-girl/

 

BMA to buy 10,000 fire extinguishers for Bangkok communities as current equipment past expiry date

By The Nation

 

File photo

 

All fire extinguishers installed in the capital’s communities are now past their expiry date and the city administration will have to buy 10,000 cylinders to replace them, a deputy Bangkok governor said on Tuesday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043845-bma-to-buy-10000-fire-extinguishers-for-bangkok-communities-as-current-equipment-past-expiry-date/

 

Kate Spade's Funeral to Be Held Thursday in Her Hometown of Kansas City

By JILLIAN RUFFO

 

 

Two weeks after her June 5th suicide death at her Manhattan home at age 55, legendary accessories designer Kate Spade will be laid to rest later this week in her hometown of Kansas City, Missouri.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043846-kate-spades-funeral-to-be-held-thursday-in-her-hometown-of-kansas-city/

 

Infamous bust of Cristiano Ronaldo removed from Madeira Airport - just as he scored World Cup hat-trick

By Natalie Evans

 

 

The infamous bust of Cristiano Ronaldo which became an online sensation has been removed from Madeira Airport.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043847-infamous-bust-of-cristiano-ronaldo-removed-from-madeira-airport-just-as-he-scored-world-cup-hat-trick/

 

Dumbo's moving first trailer sees Tim Burton's version of classic Disney film take flight

BY KATE GOODACRE

 

Image:  DISNEY / TIM BURTON PRODUCTIONS

 

The first trailer for Disney's live-action version of Dumbo is here.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043848-dumbos-moving-first-trailer-sees-tim-burtons-version-of-classic-disney-film-take-flight/

 

PM honours eight good Samaritans for rescuing family from burning car

By The Nation

 

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Tuesday honoured eight good Samaritans for heroically helping a family trapped in a burning car following a road accident.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043849-pm-honours-eight-good-samaritans-for-rescuing-family-from-burning-car/

 

Woman charged with tricking Laotian girl into prostitution

By Piyanuch Thamnukasetchai 
The Nation

 

 

A 37-year-old Hmong woman, wanted for luring a 16-year-old Laotian girl with a promise of a fried chicken shop’s worker job in Thailand but then taking her into forced prostitution at a karaoke bar in Chiang Rai’s Chiang Khong district, has been taken into custody.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043850-woman-charged-with-tricking-laotian-girl-into-prostitution/

 

Family not notified of man's execution

By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer

 

Kanita Longji, 20, at her family home in Trang province, speaks about last night's execution of her older brother, Teerasak Longji. Photo: Matichon

 

BANGKOK — The sister of the first man to be executed in nine years said Tuesday the family was not informed in advance and not given the chance to say goodbye.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043861-family-not-notified-of-mans-execution/

 

First roll-out for new four-car BTSC trains at Turkish plant

By The Nation

 

 

The first roll-out ceremony for BTSC's 22 new four-car trains by Bangkok Mass Transit System and Siemens took place at the factory of the German firm’s partner Bozankaya in the Turkish capital, Ankara, on Tuesday

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1043864-first-roll-out-for-new-four-car-btsc-trains-at-turkish-plant/

 

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