Soccer: Russia accused of using World Cup to bury bad news

By Polina Ivanova

 

FILE PHOTO: Police officers guard in front of a board depicting Zabivaka, the official mascot for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, in St. Petersburg, Russia June 14, 2018. REUTERS/Anton Vaganov/File Photo

 

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Opposition politicians accused the Kremlin of using Russia's World Cup as a cover to avoid dissent while it pushes through unpopular measures, while all eyes are on the country's sporting successes and a de facto ban in place on political protests.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044495-soccer-russia-accused-of-using-world-cup-to-bury-bad-news/

 

Argentina asks Russia to deport fans filmed fighting at World Cup

By Jack Stubbs and Luc Cohen

 

MOSCOW/BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina said on Friday it had asked Russia to detain and deport four of its football fans filmed fighting with supporters from Croatia at a World Cup match on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044496-argentina-asks-russia-to-deport-fans-filmed-fighting-at-world-cup/

 

Russian truck sprays roads with vanilla to repel World Cup gnats

 

VOLGOGRAD, Russia (Reuters) - Russia deployed a truck to spray roads with vanilla extract outside a World Cup fan zone and stadium on Friday to ward off swarms of gnats at soccer matches in Volgograd.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044497-russian-truck-sprays-roads-with-vanilla-to-repel-world-cup-gnats/

 

Thai parents selling their underage children into the sex trade in Lomsak

 

Image: Thai Rath

 

A raid on a prominent karaoke parlor in Lomsak in Petchabun province in Thailand's north east has revealed human trafficking and slavery.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044499-thai-parents-selling-their-underage-children-into-the-sex-trade-in-lomsak/

European tourist caught Legionnaires' Disease in Chiang Mai hotel

 

 

A public health official in Chiang Mai has admitted that a European tourist went down with Legionnaires' Disease after staying in Chiang Mai.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044502-european-tourist-caught-legionnaires-disease-in-chiang-mai-hotel/

 

Three year old boy in coma after falling from third floor at Rayong school

 

Image: Sanook

 

A three year old boy is in hospital in a coma after he fell from the third floor of a school building in Tha Pradu sub-district, Muang district Rayong yesterday afternoon.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044504-three-year-old-boy-in-coma-after-falling-from-third-floor-at-rayong-school/

"In the trees we trust" - lottery fever grips Phayao

 

Image: Sanook

 

Thais are still putting their faith in getting rich from the trees.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044506-in-the-trees-we-trust-lottery-fever-grips-phayao/

Take your pick! Miss Universe Thailand babes in bikini photo shoot!

 

 

Image: Manager

 

Manager was in raptures as they reported on the third day of the Miss Thailand Universe 2018 pageant yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044507-take-your-pick-miss-universe-thailand-babes-in-bikini-photo-shoot/

Crate expectations: Moscow shops stockpile beer for World Cup fans

By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber and Jack Stubbs

 

Boxes with bottles of beer are seen in a shop in Moscow, Russia June 22, 2018. REUTERS/Maria Kiselyova

 

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow's shops are stocking up on beer to slake the thirst of World Cup fans after some bars reported shortages.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044508-crate-expectations-moscow-shops-stockpile-beer-for-world-cup-fans/

 

Phuket landslide risk areas hit new map 

Sirapisit Bunchoocheep

 

Landslide risk areas, such as this one in Kamala earlier this month, are on the map, which will be available online soon. Photo: The Phuket News / file
 

PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Office of the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM-Phuket) has created a map available to the public showing landslide risk areas across the island.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044510-phuket-landslide-risk-areas-hit-new-map/

 

Phuket mops up after storm, damage cost rises 

The Phuket News

 

The roots of a large tree Banyan tree toppled in Phuket Town rest on a fence. Photo: DDPM-Phuket
 

PHUKET: Residents and tourists across Phuket will be breathing a collective sigh of relief this weekend as extended periods of sunshine are forecast to return after the island was pummelled by a week of heavy downpours and strong winds that gusted upwards of 40 knots – bringing down trees, power lines and causing storm damage to nearly 100 homes across the island.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044511-phuket-mops-up-after-storm-damage-cost-rises/

 

Insurgents surrender under 'homecoming' programme

By The Nation

 

Twenty-one suspected insurgents reported themselves to the authorities in Narathiwat province on Saturday morning to enter a programme that would absolve them of their alleged crimes.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044512-insurgents-surrender-under-homecoming-programme/

 

Couple killed as van hits sidecar

By The Nation

 

A couple were killed when their bike sidecar was allegedly hit by a speeding van in Chon Buri province on Saturday morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044514-couple-killed-as-van-hits-sidecar/

 

China Jan-May trade with North Korea $887.4 million, down 56.8 percent year-on-year - customs data

 

FILE PHOTO: Flags of China and North Korea are seen outside the closed Ryugyong Korean Restaurant in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, China, in this April 12, 2016 file photo. REUTERS/Joseph Campbell/Files

 

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's trade with North Korea in the first five months of 2018 fell 56.8 percent from a year earlier to $887.4 million, customs data showed on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044515-china-jan-may-trade-with-north-korea-8874-million-down-568-percent-year-on-year-customs-data/

 

U.S. judge says may rule next week on reuniting migrant children

By Tom Hals

 

People protest the Trump administration's immigration policy that results in the separation of children from their parents at the southern border of the U.S. outside of the White House in Washington, U.S., June 21, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis

 

(Reuters) - A federal judge said on Friday he could rule as soon as the middle of next week on a request to order the U.S. government to reunite thousands of immigrant children who were separated from their parents after illegally crossing the Mexico-U.S. border.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044516-us-judge-says-may-rule-next-week-on-reuniting-migrant-children/

 

Exclusive: India speeds up environmental approvals in industry, alarms activists

By Neha Dasgupta

 

A man walks past the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in New Delhi, May 17, 2018. Picture taken May 17, 2018. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

 

PEDAVEEDU, India (Reuters) - India is fast-tracking environmental clearances for projects like power plants and coal mines in a bid to propel growth, setting off alarm bells among environmentalists and affected residents who say the decisions are being made too quickly.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044518-exclusive-india-speeds-up-environmental-approvals-in-industry-alarms-activists/

 

U.N.'s Guterres demands immediate end to military escalation in southwestern Syria

 

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres attends the annual Kultaranta Talks - debate session on foreign and security policy at the Presidential Summer Residence Kultaranta in Naantali, Finland on June 18, 2018. Lehtikuva/Roni Rekomaa/ via REUTERS

 

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for an immediate end to the military escalation in southwestern Syria, his spokesman said on Friday, after government forces this week ramped up their assault on opposition areas.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044519-uns-guterres-demands-immediate-end-to-military-escalation-in-southwestern-syria/

Death, disputes and disgrace, but the TV show must go on

By Jill Serjeant

 

FILE PHOTO: Actress Roseanne Barr waves on her arrival to the 75th Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., January 7, 2018. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo

 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Charlie Sheen's "Two and a Half Men" character was run over by a bus and got a full-scale funeral. "Glee" actor Corey Monteith died in real life and had a tribute episode. "House of Cards" will return minus scandal-tainted Kevin Spacey, with his screen wife taking center stage.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044522-death-disputes-and-disgrace-but-the-tv-show-must-go-on/

 

Thirty-three pregnant Cambodian women discovered in surrogacy raid

 

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Thirty-three pregnant Cambodian women who were carrying babies on behalf of Chinese clients have been discovered during a raid on an illegal commercial surrogacy operation, police said on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044523-thirty-three-pregnant-cambodian-women-discovered-in-surrogacy-raid/

 

Saudi female accident inspectors prepare for women driving

By Sarah Dadouch

 

Saudi women hold their diplomas during the graduation ceremony of Saudi women car-accident inspectors, a few days before women are set to take the wheel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia June 21, 2018. REUTERS/Noemie Olive

 

RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's first batch of women car accident inspectors are training to respond to incidents involving female drivers, who will be allowed to drive in the conservative Muslim kingdom starting on Sunday when a decades-old ban ends.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044524-saudi-female-accident-inspectors-prepare-for-women-driving/

 

Dismembered body parts of woman found in bags

By The Nation

 

 

The mutilated body of an unidentified woman was found on a remote road in Bangkok’s Klong Samwa district late on Friday, police said.

 

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

 

Dismembered female body found in Bangkok’s eastern suburb

 

 

A dismembered female body was last night found dumped in the undergrowth off Samwa road in Klong Samwa district of Bangkok’s eastern suburb. 

 

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

 

Russian on overstay arrested for stealing motorbike in Pattaya

 

Images: Pattaya Eastern News

 

A Russian man who stole a motorbike from an elderly Hungarian in Pattaya has been arrested, police announced on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044534-russian-on-overstay-arrested-for-stealing-motorbike-in-pattaya/

 

New Zealander accused of masterminding murder of Korean mom in Chiang Mai

 

 

Chiang Mai police on Saturday arrested a New Zealander for allegedly masterminding the murder of his Korean mother by setting it up as quarrel between his wife and the old woman.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044535-new-zealander-accused-of-masterminding-murder-of-korean-mom-in-chiang-mai/

 

 

Pakistani brothers nabbed over thefts of gold necklace, luxury watch

By The Nation

 

 

Two Pakistani brothers were on Saturday taken to a gold shop in Surat Thani to re-enact their alleged theft of Bt102,000 gold necklace.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044536-pakistani-brothers-nabbed-over-thefts-of-gold-necklace-luxury-watch/

 

UPDATE

 

Boy, 3, dies after school building fall

By The Nation

 

A three-year-old boy was fatally injured when he fell from the third floor of a school building, where he and a babysitter were waiting for his elder brother on Friday evening.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044504-three-year-old-boy-in-coma-after-falling-from-third-floor-at-rayong-school/?tab=comments#comment-13105732

 

Four internet celebrities report to police for Magic Skin advertisement

 

 

Four more internet celebrities reviewing the controversial Magic Skin whitening cream and food supplements have finally reported themselves to the police to clarify their roles in promoting the substandard and fake products.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044538-four-internet-celebrities-report-to-police-for-magic-skin-advertisement/

 

Thaksin points out why some former MPs are leaving Pheu Thai

 

 

Fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has explained to his supporters why some former MPs are leaving Pheu Thai for other parties, saying they may be doing it for money or may be too confident in themselves.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044537-thaksin-points-out-why-some-former-mps-are-leaving-pheu-thai/

 

Gen Prayut confirms Thailand general election in Feb 2019

 

 

 

BANGKOK,- Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-ocha has confirmed the country's readiness to strengthen trade ties with England and hold a general election early next year. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044542-gen-prayut-confirms-thailand-general-election-in-feb-2019/

 

EU supporters march in London to call for Brexit deal referendum

 

EU supporters, calling on the government to give Britons a vote on the final Brexit deal, participate in the 'People's Vote' march in central London, Britain June 23, 2018. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Thousands of supporters of the European Union gathered in central London on Saturday to call on the British government to hold a final public vote on the terms of Brexit.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044556-eu-supporters-march-in-london-to-call-for-brexit-deal-referendum/