THAI seals deal with Airbus for hi-tech maintenance centre at U-Tapao airport

By The Nation 
Toulouse, France

 

A perspective of MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul) facility to be co-developed by Airbus and Thai Airways International at U-Tapao International Airport.

 

AIRBUS and Thai Airways International (THAI) have signed an agreement to establish a new joint venture maintenance and overhaul (MRO) facility at U-Tapao International Airport in Rayong province.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044439-thai-seals-deal-with-airbus-for-hi-tech-maintenance-centre-at-u-tapao-airport/

Trump urges Republican lawmakers to drop immigration bill until election

By Doina Chiacu and Richard Cowan

 

U.S. President Donald Trump takes part in a working lunch with governors in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., June 21, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump urged Republican lawmakers on Friday to drop their efforts to pass comprehensive immigration legislation until after the November elections, sending mixed signals to his party amid an ongoing crisis over his border policies.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044461-trump-urges-republican-lawmakers-to-drop-immigration-bill-until-election/

 

Shaqiri snatches last-gasp win for Swiss over Serbia

By Steve Keating

 

Soccer Football - World Cup - Group E - Serbia vs Switzerland - Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad, Russia - June 22, 2018 Switzerland's Xherdan Shaqiri celebrates scoring their second goal REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

 

KALININGRAD, Russia (Reuters) - Switzerland hit back with a thunderous strike by Granit Xhaka and a last-minute breakaway goal by Xherdan Shaqiri to claim a famous 2-1 win over Serbia on Friday in a swashbuckling World Cup Group E match tinged with Balkan rivalry.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044462-shaqiri-snatches-last-gasp-win-for-swiss-over-serbia/

 

Nigeria reboot their World Cup with 2-0 win over Iceland

By William Schomberg

 

Soccer Football - World Cup - Group D - Nigeria vs Iceland - Volgograd Arena, Volgograd, Russia - June 22, 2018 Nigeria's Ahmed Musa celebrates scoring their second goal REUTERS/Toru Hanai

 

VOLGOGRAD, Russia (Reuters) - A revamped Nigeria beat Iceland 2-0 and revived their hopes of advancing in the World Cup in Russia on Friday with, striker Ahmed Musa celebrating his return to the team with two fine goals.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044463-nigeria-reboot-their-world-cup-with-2-0-win-over-iceland/

 

Coutinho, Neymar strike late to guide Brazil past Costa Rica

By Simon Jennings

 

Soccer Football - World Cup - Group E - Brazil vs Costa Rica - Saint Petersburg Stadium, Saint Petersburg, Russia - June 22, 2018 Brazil's Neymar celebrates scoring their second goal REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

 

ST PETERSBURG (Reuters) - Late strikes by Philippe Coutinho and Neymar gave Brazil their first win of the World Cup in thrilling fashion against Costa Rica in St. Petersburg on Friday and sent the Central Americans crashing out of the tournament.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044464-coutinho-neymar-strike-late-to-guide-brazil-past-costa-rica/

 

Killings by security forces rife in Venezuela, rule of law 'virtually absent' - U.N.

By Stephanie Nebehay

 

FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators fall on the ground after being hit by a riot police armoured vehicle while clashing with the riot police during a rally against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, May 3, 2017. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo

 

GENEVA (Reuters) - Venezuelan security forces suspected of killing hundreds of demonstrators and alleged criminals enjoy immunity from prosecution, indicating that the rule of law is "virtually absent" in the country, the United Nations said on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044466-killings-by-security-forces-rife-in-venezuela-rule-of-law-virtually-absent-un/

 

Release of 'Wolf Pack' behind Spanish sex assault sparks protests

By Isla Binnie

 

Protesters attend a demonstration against the release on bail of five men known as the "Wolf Pack" cleared of gang rape of a teenager and convicted of a lesser crime of sexual abuse in Madrid, Spain, June 22, 2018. REUTERS/Susana Vera

 

MADRID (Reuters) - Five men convicted of sexually assaulting a young woman at the Pamplona bull running festival in 2016 were released on bail on Friday, re-igniting outrage over the case which has led to mass protests calling for tougher punishment of sex crimes.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044467-release-of-wolf-pack-behind-spanish-sex-assault-sparks-protests/

 

Trump greets EU trade reprisals with threat of steep auto tariff

By David Shepardson

 

FILE PHOTO - Parked cars are pictures at the car terminal at the port of Valencia, Spain May 29, 2018. Picture taken May 29, 2018. REUTERS/Heino Kalis

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to escalate a trade war with Europe by imposing a 20 percent tariff on all U.S. imports of European Union-assembled cars.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044468-trump-greets-eu-trade-reprisals-with-threat-of-steep-auto-tariff/

 

Firefighters quell big blaze near London's Euston train station

 

Pedestrians are seen through smoke from a fire at the Somers Town Coffee House in London, Britain June 22, 2018 in this photo obtained from social media. TWITTER/@SAMUELSBOBBY/via REUTERS

 

(Reuters) - A large fire in a pub near London's Euston train station was brought under control on Friday evening and there were no reports of casualties, the British capital's fire brigade said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044469-firefighters-quell-big-blaze-near-londons-euston-train-station/

Italy says Malta not taking in migrant ship is 'inhumane'

By Philip Pullella and Steve Scherer

 

Migrants are seen on the deck of the Mission Lifeline rescue boat in the central Mediterranean Sea, June 21, 2018. Picture taken June 21, 2018. Hermine Poschmann/Misson-Lifeline/Handout via REUTERS

 

ROME (Reuters) - Italy said on Friday Malta had refused to take in a Dutch-flagged ship carrying more than 200 rescued migrants and said the decision was "inhumane", 10 days after shutting its own ports to a migrant vessel.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044470-italy-says-malta-not-taking-in-migrant-ship-is-inhumane/

 

Accused N.Y attacker says U.S. court's judgement 'not important'

By Brendan Pierson

 

FILE PHOTO - Sayfullo Saipov, the suspect in the New York City truck attack, is seen in this handout photo released November 1, 2017. St. Charles County Department of Corrections/Handout via REUTERS/File Picture

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Uzbek national accused of killing eight people by driving a speeding truck along a New York City bike path last October spoke of a "war" led by Islamic State at a pre-trial hearing on Friday and dismissed the court's judgement as not important.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044471-accused-ny-attacker-says-us-courts-judgement-not-important/

 

Syria's Assad defies U.S., presses southwest assault

By Angus McDowall and Tom Perry

 

FILE PHOTO: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad gestures during an interview with Iranian channel al-Alam News in Damascus, Syria in this handout released on June 13, 2018. SANA/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

 

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian government helicopters dropped barrel bombs on opposition areas of the southwest on Friday for the first time in a year, a war monitor and rebel officials said, in defiance of U.S. demands that President Bashar al-Assad halt the assault.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044472-syrias-assad-defies-us-presses-southwest-assault/

 

Airbus warns of threat to UK jobs from no-deal Brexit

By Tim Hepher and Paul Sandle

 

A security guard stands at the entrance to Airbus' wing assembly plant at Broughton, near Chester, Britain, June 22, 2018. REUTERS/Phil Noble

 

PARIS/LONDON (Reuters) - Airbus <AIR.PA> issued its strongest warning yet over the impact of Britain's departure from the European Union, saying a withdrawal without a deal would force it to reconsider its long-term position and put thousands of British jobs at risk.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044474-airbus-warns-of-threat-to-uk-jobs-from-no-deal-brexit/

 

Waste import licences ‘will not be renewed’

By THE NATION

 

 

Police working group investigating cases of smuggling and wrongdoing.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044475-waste-import-licences-‘will-not-be-renewed’/

 

Louis Vuitton scarf in London lands PM in the soup

By THE NATION

 

Prayut strolls in London wearing an LV popular scarf.

 

PRESSURE from foreign leaders for Thai democratisation and elections are nothing new for junta chief Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha but his choice of a designer scarf during his visit to London this week captured more public attention than his diplomatic meeting with UK counterpart Theresa May.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044476-louis-vuitton-scarf-in-london-lands-pm-in-the-soup/

 

Big chunk of medical budget spent on migrants

By THE NATION

 

 

THE Public Health Ministry has spent nearly 50 per cent of its Bt2.255 billion budget in providing medical treatments to foreign migrants in 31 border provinces across the country from January to June, according to Health Promotion Centre Region 5 inspector-general Dr Pisit Sriprasert.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044477-big-chunk-of-medical-budget-spent-on-migrants/

 

UDD hits out at NACC for rejecting plea

By THE NATION

 

 

NO NEW EVIDENCE CITED AS REASON TO NOT REVIEW CASE AGAINST ABHISIT; TOP COURT SAYS COUP-MAKERS PROTECTED BY CHARTER

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044478-udd-hits-out-at-nacc-for-rejecting-plea/

 

Police revive hunt for accomplice in murder of teen after execution of convict

By KANITA SEETONG 
THE NATION

 

 

POLICE HAVE revived an investigation into the 2012 fatal robbery of a 17-year-old boy, whose killer was executed earlier this week, in a bid to track down the killer’s alleged accomplice.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044404-executed-man-guilty-–-but-other-suspect-still-at-large-police/

 

Proposed education bill not good enough, says research institute head

By CHULARAT SAENGPASSA 
THE NATION

 

THAILAND’S National Education Bill continues to lack a clear organising principle for much-awaited education reform, Thailand Development Research Institute’s president Somkiat Tangkitvanich said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044479-proposed-education-bill-not-good-enough-says-research-institute-head/

 

Consumer confidence index falls below 50 points

 

 

Thai consumer confidence index (CCI) has fallen below 50 points of the 100-point scale in May mainly because of falling farm prices.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044481-consumer-confidence-index-falls-below-50-points/

 

Metropolitan police to summon 20 models and net idols for promoting online soccer gambling

 

 

Metropolitan Police Bureau (MPB) will summon 20 models and Internet idols for luring football fans to place bets on World Cup soccer matches on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044482-metropolitan-police-to-summon-20-models-and-net-idols-for-promoting-online-soccer-gambling/

 

PM is featured on cover page of Time magazine’s Asia edition for July

 

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha will be featured on the cover page of Time magazine’s Asia edition for the first fortnight July to be available on July 2.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044483-pm-is-featured-on-cover-page-of-time-magazine’s-asia-edition-for-july/

 

Video: Thai thief nabbed stealing tourist's wallet at Suvarnabhumi

 

 

CCTV caught the moment when an opportunistic Thai thief made his move for a female tourist's wallet.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044484-video-thai-thief-nabbed-stealing-tourists-wallet-at-suvarnabhumi/

 

Banged to rights! Filipino lady boy arrested in Nana for selling ice and sex

 

Image: Thai Rath

 

Immigration police acting on a tip off in the Nana red light area on Friday afternoon set up a sting operation in a Sukhumvit Soi 4 hotel.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044486-banged-to-rights-filipino-lady-boy-arrested-in-nana-for-selling-ice-and-sex/

Video: Three dead as Pajero driver who fled scene revealed as top forestry official

 

Image: Daily News

 

A video from Suphanburi showed a Pajero driver do a U-turn that led to the death of three people including a six year old boy. Four people were also seriously injured.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044489-video-three-dead-as-pajero-driver-who-fled-scene-revealed-as-top-forestry-official/

Female's head found in a bag in northern Bangkok - torso nearby in fertilizer sacks

 

Image: Thai Rath

 

The mutilated body of a female was found last night in the Soi Klong Samwa area.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044490-females-head-found-in-a-bag-in-northern-bangkok-torso-nearby-in-fertilizer-sacks/

Identifying U.S. troops returned from N. Korea may be challenging - experts

By Daphne Psaledakis

 

FILE PHOTO: North Korean soldiers carry a coffin believed to contain the remains of a U.S. soldier to the border with South Korea during repatriation ceremonies at the truce village of Panmunjom, South Korea, October 9, 1998. REUTERS/Yun Suk Bong/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military will face a difficult task in identifying the remains of soldiers missing from the Korean War as the Pentagon prepares to receive them from North Korea in coming days, officials and experts said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044491-identifying-us-troops-returned-from-n-korea-may-be-challenging-experts/

 

No drugs, no alcohol in U.S. celebrity chef Bourdain's body when he died - prosecutor

By Reuters Staff

 

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

 

PARIS (Reuters) - U.S. celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain, who killed himself in a French hotel room earlier this month, had no narcotics or alcohol in his body when he died, a local prosecutor said on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044492-no-drugs-no-alcohol-in-us-celebrity-chef-bourdains-body-when-he-died-prosecutor/

 

 

Few client communications found so far in Michael Cohen documents - judge

By Brendan Pierson

 

FILE PHOTO - U.S. President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen arrives at his hotel in New York City, U.S., June 20, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A review of documents seized from U.S. President Donald Trump's longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen has so far turned up only a handful of communications between Cohen and his clients, a federal judge said in a written order on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044493-few-client-communications-found-so-far-in-michael-cohen-documents-judge/

 

Netflix communication head quits over 'insensitive' comment

 

FILE PHOTO: The Netflix logo is shown above their booth at Comic Con International in San Diego, California, U.S., July 21, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake
 

(Reuters) - Netflix Inc <NFLX.O> Chief Communications Officer Jonathan Friedland is leaving the video streaming company, a company spokesperson said on Friday without giving more details.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044494-netflix-communication-head-quits-over-insensitive-comment/