Thailand signals election could be delayed until May

By Aukkarapon Niyomyat and Pracha Hariraksapitak

 

Members of political parties attend a meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, June 25, 2018. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand will hold a general election by May 5 next year, a deputy prime minister said on Monday, signalling the possibility of another delay of a vote that had tentatively been set for February.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044901-elections-may-be-deferred-to-may-deputy-pm/

 

EC investigating Thaksin’s call to Pheu Thai politicians

By The Nation

 

 

The Election Commission (EC) is investigating former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s recent phone call to a group of Pheu Thai politicians, which has been viewed by critics as anillegal intervention in the party’s internal affairs.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044900-ec-investigating-thaksin’s-call-to-pheu-thai-politicians/

Saudis add to Salah's misery, beat Egypt 2-1 in World Cup farewell

William Schomberg, Alexandra Ulmer

 

Soccer Football - World Cup - Group A - Saudi Arabia vs Egypt - Volgograd Arena, Volgograd, Russia - June 25, 2018 Saudi Arabia's Salem Al-Dawsari scores their second goal REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

 

VOLGOGRAD, Russia (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia pulled off a last-gasp 2-1 win over Egypt as the two sides departed from the tournament on Monday, adding to the misery of Egypt’s prolific striker Mohamed Salah and giving the Saudis their first victory at a World Cup since 1994.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044929-saudis-add-to-salahs-misery-beat-egypt-2-1-in-world-cup-farewell/

 

Uruguay punish sluggish Russia to top Group A

Toby Davis

 

Soccer Football - World Cup - Group A - Uruguay vs Russia - Samara Arena, Samara, Russia - June 25, 2018 Uruguay's Edinson Cavani celebrates scoring their third goal REUTERS/David Gray

 

SAMARA, Russia (Reuters) - Uruguay burnished their World Cup credentials with a 3-0 victory over 10-man Russia on Monday, finishing top of Group A with a perfect record while dampening the hopes of the tournament hosts, who had to settle for second.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044930-uruguay-beat-10-man-russia-3-0-to-top-group-a/

 

Portugal held by late Iran penalty but still make last 16

Sudipto Ganguly

 

Soccer Football - World Cup - Group B - Iran vs Portugal - Mordovia Arena, Saransk, Russia - June 25, 2018 Iran's Karim Ansarifard celebrates scoring their first goal with Vahid Amiri and Majid Hosseini REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

 

SARANSK, Russia (Reuters) - Portugal advanced to the World Cup round of 16 behind Spain from Group B after a stunning Ricardo Quaresma strike was cancelled out by a stoppage-time penalty by Iran’s Karim Ansarifard on Monday after Cristiano Ronaldo had himself missed from the spot.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044931-portugal-held-by-late-iran-penalty-but-still-make-last-16/

 

Spain snatch 2-2 draw with Morocco to top group

Steve Keating

 

Soccer Football - World Cup - Group B - Spain vs Morocco - Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad, Russia - June 25, 2018 Morocco's Khalid Boutaib celebrates scoring their first goal REUTERS/Christian Hartmann

 

KALININGRAD, Russia (Reuters) - Substitute Iago Aspas struck in stoppage-time to earn Spain a dramatic 2-2 draw with Morocco on Monday which gave them top spot in World Cup Group B and a place in the last 16.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044933-spain-snatch-2-2-draw-with-morocco-to-top-group/

 

Come grow with us, Prayut tells French community

By THE NATION

 

French President Emmanuel Macron (R) attends a meeting with Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha (2L) at The Elysee Palace in Paris on June 25, 2018. // AFP PHOTO

 

PRIME MINISTER Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday told the business community in France that his reforms would yield results before an election early next year.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044935-come-grow-with-us-prayut-tells-french-community/

 

Wissanu says election will be 'by May 5'

By KAS CHANWANPEN, 
KHANITTHA THEPPHAJORN 
THE NATION

 

A total of 198 politicians from 73 political parties attend a meeting on preparations for the election with authorities at the Army Club yesterday. The meeting was chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan.

 

Deputy PM gives dates for first time.
 

THE ELECTION is likely to take place some time between February 24 and May 5 next year, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam announced yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044937-wissanu-says-election-will-be-by-may-5/

 

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Hidden cave entrances offer new hope for rescue

By THE NATION

 

Thai rescue workers and park officials rest outside the Tham Luang Nang Non cave, as the authorities search for 12 football players and their coach who have gone missing and are believed to be trapped in cave at Chiang Rai province.// EPA-EFE

 

GUIDED by information from local residents, search teams are seeking ceiling entrances to a cave in Chiang Rai’s Mae Sai district where a group of 12 teenagers and their football coach went missing at the weekend.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044691-chiang-rai-search-continues-for-13-missing-youth/?do=findComment&comment=13113310

 

Skytrain delays till year-end: operator

By THE NATION

 

 

Rushhour glitch brings commuter misery.

 

BANGKOK’S Skytrain is facing a growing number of complaints from city-dwellers and visitors over breakdowns and extended delays the operator says might not be solved until year-end.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044938-skytrain-delays-till-year-end-operator/

 

Activist to sue media over threats

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE NATION 

 

 

LEGAL MOVES are being taken against online news outlets using “fake news” to incite hatred against activists campaigning to abolish the death penalty.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044939-activist-to-sue-media-over-threats/

 

Deep South academic says Army invaded home

By The Nation

 

 

THE CROSS CULTURAL Foundation and its allies yesterday urged the government to investigate an unwarranted search of a female human-rights defender’s house.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044940-deep-south-academic-says-army-invaded-home/

 

Dismemberment suspect suffered profoundly

By JESSADA CHANTHARAK 
DECHA KITTAYAWORAKUL 

 

 

THE MAN SUSPECTED of killing his ex-girlfriend and dismembering her body has showed signs of severe stress – refusing to eat and sleep – while in police custody.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044941-dismemberment-suspect-suffered-profoundly/

 

Govt funding sought to train 30,000 doctors

By The Nation

 

File photo

 

The Consortium of Thai Medical Schools (Cotmes) is seeking Bt90 billion in government funding to help train an extra 30,000 doctors around the country over the next decade.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044942-govt-funding-sought-to-train-30000-doctors/

 

DPM Prawit says certain content in Time magazine factually error

By Thai PBS

 

 

Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan on Monday denied that the government or the National Council for Peace and Order has banned the distribution and sale of Time magazine’s Asia edition for July  2 issue.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044943-dpm-prawit-says-certain-content-in-time-magazine-factually-error/

 

Trump, Democratic congresswoman clash as tempers rise on immigration

By Yeganeh Torbati

 

A combination photo of President Donald Trump and Congresswoman Maxine Waters. REUTERS/Leah Millis/Rebecca Cook

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump lashed out on Monday at a Democratic congresswoman who urged Americans to confront members of Trump's inner circle in public places as tensions rose over the Republican president's hardline immigration policy.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044944-trump-democratic-congresswoman-clash-as-tempers-rise-on-immigration/

 

Trump cites Middle East progress, but mum on peace plan

 

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters while meeting with Jordan’s King Abdullah in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., June 25, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Monday that a lot of progress had been made in the Middle East, but he declined to say when the White House would release its plan for peace between Israelis and Palestinians.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044945-trump-cites-middle-east-progress-but-mum-on-peace-plan/

 

Italy proposes African migrant centres to halt immigrant tide

By Ahmed Elumami

 

FILE PHOTO: Italy's Interior Minister Matteo Salvini looks on during the news conference at the Viminale in Rome, Italy, June 20, 2018. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini

 

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Italy called on Monday for migrant centres to be set up in Africa to stop a tide of asylum-seekers fleeing towards western Europe, as Rome raised pressure on its European Union partners to take a much tougher approach to immigration.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044946-italy-proposes-african-migrant-centres-to-halt-immigrant-tide/

 

Erdogan wins sweeping new powers after Turkish election victory

By Tuvan Gumrukcu and Nevzat Devranoglu

 

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses his supporters gathered in front of AKP headquarters in Ankara, Turkey June 25, 2018. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov

 

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan won sweeping new executive powers on Monday after his victory in elections that also saw his Islamist-rooted AK Party and its nationalist allies secure a majority in parliament.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044949-erdogan-wins-sweeping-new-powers-after-turkish-election-victory/

 

Heathrow airport: MPs vote in favour of expansion

 

MPs have backed controversial plans to build a third runway at London's Heathrow airport.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044950-heathrow-airport-mps-vote-in-favour-of-expansion/

 

Thai tourism expected to expand further in 2nd half of this year

 

FILE photo

 

BANGKOK, 26th June 2018 (NNT) - The Ministry of Tourism and Sports has expressed confidence that Thai tourism in the second half of 2018 will grow further due to an improved situation in global politics. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044952-thai-tourism-expected-to-expand-further-in-2nd-half-of-this-year/

 

U.S. approves first marijuana plant-derived drug for epilepsy

By Tamara Mathias and Manas Mishra

 

FILE PHOTO: A flowering marijuana plant. REUTERS/Chris Wattie

 

(Reuters) - The U.S. health regulator approved GW Pharmaceuticals Plc's <GWPH.O> epilepsy treatment on Monday, making it the first cannabis-based drug to win approval in the country and opening floodgates for more research into the medicinal properties of cannabis.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044953-us-approves-first-marijuana-plant-derived-drug-for-epilepsy/

 

'America’s got to up its game in the Arctic' - Mattis

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of Defence Jim Mattis speaks at the IISS Shangri-la Dialogue in Singapore June 2, 2018. REUTERS/Edgar Su

 

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska (Reuters) - The United States needs to "up its game" in the Arctic and deal with an increasingly important and developing part of the world, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Monday, as a warming Arctic opens up new sea lanes and oil and minerals reserves.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044955-america’s-got-to-up-its-game-in-the-arctic-mattis/

 

White House press secretary responds to controversy over restaurant ouster

 

White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders holds the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S. June 25, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

(Reuters) - White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders urged greater civility three days after she was asked to leave a Virginia restaurant because she worked for U.S. President Donald Trump, an incident that prompted Twitter attacks from the president on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044956-white-house-press-secretary-responds-to-controversy-over-restaurant-ouster/

 

China's Huawei top sponsor of Australian politicians' overseas trips

 

FILE PHOTO: The Huawei logo is seen during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, February 26, 2018. REUTERS/Yves Herman

 

MELBOURNE/SYDNEY (Reuters) - Chinese telecommunications equipment maker Huawei Technologies Co Ltd [HWT.UL] is the biggest corporate sponsor of overseas travel for Australian politicians, according to an analysis of travel disclosure registers by an Australian think-tank.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044957-chinas-huawei-top-sponsor-of-australian-politicians-overseas-trips/

 

More migrants dying from heat on U.S.-Mexico border - patrol agency

 

FILE PHOTO: A memorial is seen in the desert near Falfurrias, Texas April 2, 2013. REUTERS/Eric Thayer/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - The number of migrants dying from extreme heat on the U.S.-Mexico border rose 55 percent in the last nine months after an increase in unaccompanied children and families trying to enter the United States illegally, the U.S. government said on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044958-more-migrants-dying-from-heat-on-us-mexico-border-patrol-agency/

 

Phuket airport’s domestic terminal officially launched

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

Phuket airport’s domestic terminal renovation was officially launched yesterday (June 25).

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044960-phuket-airport’s-domestic-terminal-officially-launched/

 

Illegal immigrant parents not facing U.S. prosecution for now

By Yeganeh Torbati and David Shepardson

 

Undocumented immigrant families are released from detention at a bus depot in McAllen, Texas, U.S., June 25, 2018. REUTERS/Loren Elliott

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Parents who cross illegally from Mexico to the United States with their children will not face prosecution for the time being because the government is running short of space to house them, officials said on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044962-illegal-immigrant-parents-not-facing-us-prosecution-for-now/

 

Chaiyaphum man stabbed to death in his bedroom

By The Nation

 

FILE photo//Google maps

 

A man was stabbed to death in his bedroom in Chaiyaphum's Chaturas district early Tuesday.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044964-chaiyaphum-man-stabbed-to-death-in-his-bedroom/

 

Ex-Trump campaign manager Manafort to appeal jailing order

By Sarah N. Lynch

 

FILE PHOTO: Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort arrives for arraignment on a third superseding indictment against him by Special Counsel Robert Mueller on charges of witness tampering, at U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S. June 15, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawyers for Paul Manafort, Donald Trump's former presidential campaign manager, said on Monday they plan to appeal a judge's decision to jail Manafort while he awaits a criminal trial in Washington this fall.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1044965-ex-trump-campaign-manager-manafort-to-appeal-jailing-order/