Chiang Rai:  Rescuers make progress on day seven

Royal Thai Navy SEALs prepare to dive further yesterday after reaching the third chamber of Tham Luang cave, as all-out efforts to rescue 12 teenage football players and their coach continue.

 

Divers reach deeper into cave in search for missing group as drilling goes on for alternate entry

 

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Drilling near cave’s tail end to begin today

By The Nation

 

 

Shafts being opened close to locations where missing team thought sheltering.

A RESCUE TEAM will begin drilling a shaft near the tail end of Tham Luang Cave today to boost efforts to save 12 teenagers and their football coach. 

 

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Put your cards on the table, EU makes last Brexit call to Britain

By Elizabeth Piper and Alissa de Carbonnel

 

British Prime Minister Theresa May takes part in a meeting with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar during an European Union summit in Brussels, Belgium June 28, 2018. REUTERS/Yves Herman/Pool

 

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union issued Prime Minister Theresa May a final Brexit warning on Friday -- put your cards on the table, offer ways to overcome "huge" differences and prevent Britain from crashing out of the bloc without a deal.

 

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Canada hits back on U.S. tariffs; Mnuchin denies Trump wants to quit WTO

By David Ljunggren and David Shepardson

 

FILE PHOTO: Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland gestures during a joint news conference on the closing of the seventh round of NAFTA talks in Mexico City, Mexico, March 5, 2018. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido/File Photo

 

OTTAWA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Canada struck back at the Trump administration on Friday over U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs, vowing to impose punitive measures on C$16.6 billion ($12.63 billion) worth of American goods until Washington relents.

 

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Islamist militants attack African military base in Mali, at least six dead

 

FILE PHOTO: People enter the G5 Sahel force's new military headquarters in Sevare, in central Mali October 22, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron Ross

 

BAMAKO (Reuters) - Islamist militants armed with rockets and explosives raided the headquarters of an African military taskforce in central Mali, leaving at least six people dead on Friday, a spokesman for the force said.

 

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Israeli forces kill two Palestinians in Gaza border protests - Gaza medics

By Nidal al-Mughrabi

 

A relative of Palestinian Mohammad Al-Hamayda, who was killed by Israeli forces during a protest at the Israel-Gaza border, reacts at a hospital in the southern Gaza Strip June 29, 2018. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

 

GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli forces shot and killed two Palestinians, one of them a 14-year-old boy, and wounded 415 others with live fire and tear gas during protests along the Gaza border on Friday, Gaza health officials said.

 

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Papering over cracks, EU leaders claim summit victory on migration

By Gabriela Baczynska

 

German Chancellor Angela Merkel holds a news conference following the European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium June 29, 2018. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

 

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders on Friday claimed success in reaching a hard-fought agreement to control immigration but it faced instant criticism as vague, hard to implement and a potential threat to human rights.

 

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Trump, ahead of NATO summit, repeats complaints on Germany, other Europeans

 

FILE PHOTO: German Bundeswehr armed forces soldiers of the 371st armoured infantry battalion march during a media day of the NATO drill 'NOBLE JUMP 2015' at the barracks in Marienberg April 10, 2015. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo

 

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump, less than two weeks before a NATO summit in Brussels, on Friday repeated his complaint that Germany and other European nations need to spend more on the military alliance.

 

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Wildfires rage in Colorado as weather conditions deteriorate

By Keith Coffman

 

A bear cub whose feet were burned in the 416 wildfire is treated by Colorado Parks and Wildlife staff in Durango, Colorado, U.S. June 27, 2018. Picture taken June 27, 2018. Joe Lewandowski/Colorado Parks and Wildlife/Handout via REUTERS.

 

DENVER (Reuters) - At least a dozen wildfires were raging on Friday in drought-stricken portions of Colorado where hundreds of residents have been evacuated as a wave of prime wildfire weather conditions move through the U.S. West.

 

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Bali airport reopens as volcano rumbles

By Sultan Ashori

 

Mount Agung volcano erupts during the night, as seen from Datah village, Karangasem Regency in Bali, Indonesia. REUTERS/Johannes P. Christo

 

DENPASAR, Indonesia (Reuters) - The airport on Indonesia's holiday island of Bali reopened on Friday after ash from a volcano forced a brief closure and the cancellation of more than 300 flights.

 

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A combined starting 11 of the best players from the group stage

By Richard Martin

 

Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo in action with Iran's Morteza Pouraliganji. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

 

ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia (Reuters) - After an entertaining World Cup group stage crammed with late deciding goals and a host of unexpected results, not least holders Germany crashing out, Reuters Sports picks a combined starting 11 of the best performing players so far.

 

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Man detained at Moscow airport after false bomb threat - authorities

 

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A man was detained at Moscow's Domodedovo airport on Friday after falsely stating he was carrying an explosive device, the airport said in a statement.

 

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Texas grand jury does not indict famed coaches in gymnastics scandal

By Jon Herskovitz

 

FILE PHOTO: Gymnastics coach Bela Karolyi watches the women's gymnastics qualification at the North Greenwich Arena during the London 2012 Olympic Games July 29, 2012. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez/File Photo
 

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A grand jury declined to indict celebrated gymnastics coaches Bela and Marta Karolyi for a role in suspected sexual assaults by a former USA Gymnastics team doctor at the couple's training ranch in Texas, court officials said on Friday.

 

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Maryland man denied bail in newsroom rampage that killed five

By Warren Strobel

 

Jarrod Ramos, suspected of killing five people at the offices of the Capital Gazette newspaper office in Annapolis, Maryland, U.S., June 28, 2018 is seen in this 2013 Anne Arundel Police Department booking photo obtained from social media. Social media via REUTERS

 

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Reuters) - A Maryland man charged with rampaging through a newsroom in Annapolis with a pump-action shotgun and killing five people was denied bail on Friday after one of the deadliest attacks on journalists in U.S. history.

 

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Prayut denies political motive in site visit

By THE NATION

 

 

PRIME MINISTER General Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday denied there was any political motive behind his visit to Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai, where a rescue operation for 12 teen footballers and their coach was underway.

 

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Soccer: England's leaders welcome at World Cup, Russia says

 

 

Soccer Football - World Cup - Group G - England vs Panama - Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia - June 24, 2018 England's Harry Kane celebrates scoring their second goal with team mates REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

 

MOSCOW (Reuters) - England's political leaders are welcome to change their minds and come to Russia to support their team at the World Cup now that it has advanced to the knockout stage, the Russian organisers said on Friday.

 

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International friends send in teams of experts, equipment

 

 

THE INTERNATIONAL community continues to provide support in Thailand’s hour of need, joining the effort to rescue 12 teenaged football players and their assistant missing in a Chiang Rai cave, Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai said yesterday.

 

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Scientists seek to reduce water level in cave, get access from above

By Pratch Rujivanarom 
The Nation 
Chiang Rai 

 

 

GEOGRAPHICAL EXPERTS, academics and local people have pitched in to provide scientific data about the Tham Luang cave network to support the official rescue mission for the youth football team believed trapped inside.

 

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A 40-metre deep shaft found on Doi Pha Mee

 

 

A search team has found a 40-metre deep shaft at Doi Pha Mee giving hope that if further drilled may lead rescue teams to Pattaya Beach where the 13 missing are believed to be taking refuge.

 

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Unable to find lost boys, Thai police drop survival packages into cave

By Chayut Setboonsarng

 

 

CHIANG RAI, Thailand (Reuters) - As a search in Thailand for 12 boys and their soccer coach missing inside a flooded cave entered a sixth day on Friday, police dropped survival packages through a shaft drilled in the mountainside not knowing if anyone was there.

 

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Court acquits singer Tom Dundee

By THE NATION

 

 

POLITICAL activist and country singer Thanat Thanawatcharanon was yesterday acquitted of another lese majeste charge, after the court ruled there was no clear evidence he had insulted the monarchy even though he had confessed to the crime.

 

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Man arrested ferrying more than Bt30m across Laos border in Mercedes-Benz

By Kamthorn Kongsombat 
The Nation 

 

 

A 55-YEAR-OLD Suphan Buri man has been arrested after Customs officials discovered 22 bags stuffed with money hidden in a car he was driving at the Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge border checkpoint in Nong Khai’s Muang district on Thursday evening.

 

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US envoy urges return to democracy

By WASAMON AUDJARINT 
THE NATION 

 

 

US AMBASSADOR to Thailand Glyn Davies is calling for Thailand to return to democracy as the Kingdom moves towards an election under the conditions of the 2017 junta-written constitution.

 

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US rewards Thailand for action against human trafficking

By WASAMON AUDJARINT 
THE NATION 

 

 

IT TOOK A WHILE, but Thailand has climbed to an eight-year high, earning a Tier 2 ranking in the latest US Trafficking in Person (TIP) report launched by the US State Department.

 

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From drones to subs: A hi-tech mission

By The Nation

 

PTT personnel prepare a thermal imaging drone during the rescue operation for a missing children’s football team and their coach in Tham Luang cave. // AFP PHOTO

 

LAND, water and airborne technologies have been added to the arsenal of equipment being used in the search and rescue effort for the 12 teenaged footballers and their assistant coach believed trapped in a flooded Chiang Rai cave since last Saturday.

 

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A 12-man Seal reinforcement team arrives at the cave with more equipment

 

 

The second 12-man Seal team arrived at Tham Luang cave on Friday to beef up the search and rescue operations to assist the 12 footballers and their coach who have gone missing inside the cave with their fate unknown for seven days today.

 

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Amlo seizes 134 million baht in bank accounts of 4 senior monks in temple fund scandal

 

 

The Anti-Money Laundering Office (Amlo) has sequestered about 134 million baht in bank accounts of four former senior monks implicated in the temple fund embezzlement scandal.

 

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Songs of hope from Thai artists, stars

By The Nation

 

 

MESSAGES of support poured in from all corners of the country as the rescue mission for 12 boys and their football coach missing in a Chiang Rai cave reached its sixth day yesterday.

 

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Despite fears, no racism recorded midway through Russia's World Cup

By Elena Gyldenkerne and Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber

 

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - World Cup - Group H - Japan vs Senegal - Ekaterinburg Arena, Yekaterinburg, Russia - June 24, 2018 Senegal fans outside the stadium after the match REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci/File Photo

 

SAMARA, Russia (Reuters) - Senegalese computer scientist Alioune Ndiaye's fears that he might face racist abuse at the soccer World Cup in Russia have not materialised. Nor have other foreign fans' fears.

 

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Storm warning to shut down Moscow FIFA fan zone on Saturday

 

Soccer Football - FIFA World Cup - Saint Petersburg Stadium, St. Petersburg, Russia - June 11, 2018. A man is seen next to the FIFA World Cup logo at the stadium. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

 

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow's official FIFA fan zone will be closed on Saturday due to potentially dangerous weather conditions, including possible lightning and sharp bursts of wind, Moscow city authorities said on Friday.

 

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