International community thanks rescuers on success of mission

By The Nation

 

 

THE INTERNATIONAL community yesterday congratulated rescuers on the discovery of the youth football team in the Tham Luang cave, while Thailand expressed its gratitude to rescue teams, locally and from across the world, on the success of their tough mission.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046030-international-community-thanks-rescuers-on-success-of-mission/

Foreign volunteers make crucial contribution towards mission

By THE NATION

 

Australian divers helping in the rescue mission congratulate the Thai navy Seal rescuers after the missing boys and their football coach were found on Monday night.

 

INTERNATIONAL volunteers have made a huge contribution in the operation to save the 13 Thai footballers stranded in a Chiang Rai cave.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046158-foreign-volunteers-make-crucial-contribution-towards-mission/

 

Evacuation poses challenge

By The Nation

 

A still from a video of the 13 members of the Mu Pa Academy Mae Sai football club taken by one of the two British divers who located the missing team at a dry spot of the cave on Monday night.

 

Authorities mull whether to wait for water levels to subside, which could take a long time, or use divers to bring the footballers out before rains return

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046159-tham-luang-cave-evacuation-poses-challenge/

 

Tears of agony now flow with ecstasy for parents of trapped footballers after breakthrough

By THE NATION

 

Family members celebrate while camping out near the Tham Luang cave following news that all the youths of the football team and their coach were alive in the cave at Khun Nam Nang Non Forest Park in the Mae Sai district of Chiang Rai province.

 

JOY has overtaken fear for parents who have gathered in front of the Tham Luang cave for news about their children and the football coach who have been stranded in the depths of the 10-kilometre long cave since June 23.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046160-tham-luang-cave-tears-of-agony-now-flow-with-ecstasy-for-parents-of-trapped-footballers-after-breakthrough/

 

England beats Colombia on penalties to reach quarter-finals

Reuters Staff

 

Soccer Football - World Cup - Round of 16 - Colombia vs England - Spartak Stadium, Moscow, Russia - July 3, 2018 Colombia's Carlos Bacca has his penalty saved during the shootout by England's Jordan Pickford REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

 

MOSCOW (Reuters) - England beat Colombia 4-3 on penalties on Tuesday after Eric Dier scored the decisive spot kick to send them through to a World Cup quarter-final against Sweden.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046161-england-beats-colombia-on-penalties-to-reach-quarter-finals/

 

Scrappy Swedes edge Swiss 1-0 to reach quarter-finals

Simon Jennings

 

Soccer Football - World Cup - Round of 16 - Sweden vs Switzerland - Saint Petersburg Stadium, Saint Petersburg, Russia - July 3, 2018 Sweden's Emil Forsberg celebrates scoring their first goal REUTERS/Max Rossi

 

ST PETERSBURG (Reuters) - A deflected shot from Emil Forsberg gave Sweden a 1-0 victory over Switzerland in a scrappy round of 16 match on Tuesday, sending the Swedes through to the World Cup quarter-finals for the first time in 24 years.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046162-scrappy-swedes-edge-swiss-1-0-to-reach-quarter-finals/

 

Junta figures deny using power to gain poll edge

By THE NATION

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha

 

KEY JUNTA figures yesterday shrugged off a Pheu Thai Party accusation that the government is using its power to gain an advantage ahead of the next general election.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046163-junta-figures-deny-using-power-to-gain-poll-edge/

 

Onus now on team draining water

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE NATION 
CHIANG RAI

 

 

With rains predicted later this week, rescue workers work relentlessly to ensure safe evacuation of 13 footballers.

 

THE FLOODWATER drainage operation at the Tham Luang cave is continuing to facilitate the safe evacuation of the 13 footballers who were found on Monday night.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046164-chiang-rai-tham-luang-cave-onus-now-on-team-draining-water/

 

UPDATE:

 

Media urged to be discreet and respect privacy of individuals

By THE NATION

 

 

THAI MEDIA reporting on the rescue mission for 12 young footballers and their assistant coach who were trapped in a flooded cave in Chiang Rai have been urged to be discreet and respect the privacy of concerned people and to present reports constructively.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046020-media-warned-not-to-repeatedly-interview-cave-survivors/?do=findComment&comment=13137701

 

Thais worked tirelessly to save trapped team

By Chularat Saengpassa 
The Nation

 

Photo courtesy of Darinkarntt's Facebook.

 

A range of experts from diverse fields strove with unity to make breakthrough
 

THOUSANDS OF Thais were behind the successful effort to locate 13 members of a Chiang Rai football team who are trapped inside the flooded Tham Luang cave. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046165-thais-worked-tirelessly-to-save-trapped-football-team-inside-tham-luang-cave/

 

Social media erupts with tears of joy as missing team found

By MARISA CHIMPRABHA 
THE NATION

 

 

WHEN NEWS was confirmed that the British cave diving experts had found the 13 members of Mu Pa Academy football team who had been trapped in a Chiang Rai cave, their families and rescue teams erupted in tears of joy.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046166-social-media-erupts-with-tears-of-joy-as-missing-team-found-in-tham-luang-cave/

 

Rohingya rescued after being abandoned by smugglers

By BOONLEUN PROMPRATHANKUL 
THE NATION

 

FILE photo//Google maps

 

TWENTY-FOUR Rohingya were abandoned by their smugglers on a Thai-Myanmar border mountain in Ranong province for nine days, the 25th Infantry Regiment’s Thepsatri Task Force commander Colonel Chalermporn Khamkhieo said yesterday.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046167-rohingya-rescued-after-being-abandoned-by-smugglers-in-ranong/

 

Happy end to a subterranean nightmare

By The Nation

 

 

The young footballers and their coach remain trapped in the cave, but at least we’re all breathing easier now
 

The search for 12 missing young footballers and their coach came to an exultant end on Monday evening when rescue workers found them safe and sound deep inside Tham Luang Cave in Chiang Rai. The 13 hadn’t seen the outside world or another human being in 10 days, having been trapped in the cave by floodwater.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046168-happy-end-to-a-subterranean-nightmare/

 

When doing little is the most honourable thing to do

By Tulsathit Taptim 
The Nation

 

 

Inevitably, journalists have to act when a story of national importance breaks – simply because they are the best-equipped to bring the truth out.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046169-when-doing-little-is-the-most-honourable-thing-to-do/

 

First hearing in gang-rape trial held in Phang Nga

By The Nation

 

FILE photo//Google maps

 

The trial in the case of the alleged gang rape of a 14-year-old girl in Phang Nga province began Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046170-first-hearing-in-gang-rape-trial-held-in-phang-nga/

 

UPDATE:

 

Outside Cave, Resolve And Anxiety Mingle Before Rescue

By Jintamas Saksornchai, Staff Reporter

 

Officers and rescue workers stay put among momentary calm early Tuesday evening near the Luang Cave complex in Chiang Rai province.

 

CHIANG RAI — Officers stand vigil to keep roads clear. Soldiers march through with fresh supplies. Water pumps work relentlessly while the local authority monitors electric cables. All are poised for a single purpose: bringing the 13 souls so close yet still out of reach back to a world perched on hope.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046159-tham-luang-cave-evacuation-poses-challenge/?do=findComment&comment=13137747

 

Trump will tell NATO nations U.S. cannot be the world's piggy bank

 

U.S. President Donald Trump boards Air Force One to depart for West Virginia, at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, U.S., July 3, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis

 

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - President Donald Trump will tell fellow NATO countries at next week's summit that the United States cannot be "the world's piggy bank," White House spokesman Hogan Gidley said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046173-trump-will-tell-nato-nations-us-cannot-be-the-worlds-piggy-bank/

 

Poland faces turmoil over contested overhaul of Supreme Court

By Justyna Pawlak and Anna Wlodarczak-Semczuk

 

Polish Supreme Court Chief Malgorzata Gersdorf looks on as people protest against the conservative government's makeover of the judiciary in Warsaw, Poland July 3, 2018. Agencja Gazeta/Dawid Zuchowicz via REUTERS

 

WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland faced the spectre of institutional turmoil and an escalation of tensions with the European Union on Wednesday, with the head of the Supreme Court refusing to comply with reforms that force her to retire.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046174-poland-faces-turmoil-over-contested-overhaul-of-supreme-court/

 

Pompeo to head to North Korea as doubts mount about its intentions

By David Brunnstrom and Jeff Mason

 

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during an event to unveil the 2018 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at the State Department in Washington, U.S., June 28, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will leave for North Korea on Thursday seeking agreement on a plan for the country's denuclearisation, despite mounting doubts about Pyongyang's willingness to abandon a weapons program that threatens the United States and its allies.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046175-pompeo-to-head-to-north-korea-as-doubts-mount-about-its-intentions/

 

New video shows boys in good spirits inside Tham Luang cave

 

 

A day after they were located by British divers, new footage of the boys trapped inside the Tham Luang cave has been shared by the Thai Navy.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046178-new-video-shows-boys-in-good-spirits-inside-tham-luang-cave/

 

SKÅL ASIA President Resigns

Andrew J Wood

 

Skål Asia Area (SAA) President Robert Sohn

 

In a shock announcement SKÅL ASIA President Robert Sohn announced his resignation to the board of officers. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046180-skål-asia-president-resigns/

 

Tham Luang cave to be rehabilitated and upgraded into a national park

By Thai PBS

 

 

After the completion of the search and rescue operations, the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation will carry out rehabilitation of Tham Luang cave to repair all the damage inflicted on the cave by the operations and to upgrade it into a national park.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046181-tham-luang-cave-to-be-rehabilitated-and-upgraded-into-a-national-park/

 

Cabinet freezes VAT at 7 percent for another year

By Thai PBS

 

 

The Cabinet today decided to maintain the value-added tax at 7 percent for another year as of October 1.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046183-thai-cabinet-freezes-vat-at-7-percent-for-another-year/

 

Trump administration rolls back racial diversity guidelines for U.S. colleges

 

U.S. President Donald Trump waves as he walks on the South Lawn of the White House upon his return from Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, to Washington, U.S., June 28, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Tuesday rescinded an extensive set of guidelines put in place under President Barack Obama that had called on colleges and universities to consider race as a way of promoting diversity.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046187-trump-administration-rolls-back-racial-diversity-guidelines-for-us-colleges/

 

Government campaigns for alcohol break during Buddhist Lent

 

FILE photo

 

BANGKOK, 3rd July 2018 (NNT) – The government has called on people to refrain from drinking alcohol during the three-month Buddhist Lent. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046189-thai-govt-campaigns-for-alcohol-break-during-buddhist-lent/

 

Exclusive - China presses Europe for anti-U.S. alliance on trade

By Robin Emmott and Noah Barkin

 

FILE PHOTO: (L-R) European Council President Donald Tusk, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker attend a signing ceremony during a EU-China Summit in Brussels, Belgium June 2, 2017. Olivier Hoslet/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

 

BRUSSELS/BERLIN (Reuters) - China is putting pressure on the European Union to issue a strong joint statement against President Donald Trump's trade policies at a summit later this month but is facing resistance, European officials said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046189-thai-govt-campaigns-for-alcohol-break-during-buddhist-lent/

 

King asks government to treat foreign rescuers as his personal guests

By Thai PBS

 

 

HM the King asks government to treat foreign rescuers as his personal guests

 

His Majesty the King has advised rescuers that their plan to extract the 13 survivors form the flooded cave must be carefully thought out with their health and mental conditions taken into consideration and to make sure that both the rescuers and the survivors are safe.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046197-hm-the-king-asks-government-to-treat-foreign-rescuers-as-his-personal-guests/

 

Praise for assistant coach who sacrificed himself for the good of the team

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Sanook reported that Navy Seals with the boys in the Tham Luang cave said that the the assistant coach had sacrificed himself for the twelve boys under his charge.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046202-praise-for-assistant-coach-who-sacrificed-himself-for-the-good-of-the-team/

 

UK police declare major incident as two people fall ill near Salisbury

 

(Reuters) - British police declared a major incident late on Tuesday after it said a man and a woman in a critical condition may have been exposed to an unknown substance near the southern English town of Salisbury.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046203-uk-police-declare-major-incident-as-two-people-fall-ill-near-salisbury/

 

UPDATE:

 

Thai lucky 13 found, but still stuck as divers draw up cave rescue plans

By Panu Wongcha-um and Patpicha Tanakasempipat

 

Boys from the under-16 soccer team trapped inside Tham Luang cave greet members of the Thai rescue team in Chiang Rai, Thailand, in this still image taken from a July 3, 2018 video by Thai Navy Seal. Thai Navy Seal/Handout via REUTERS TV

 

CHIANG RAI, Thailand (Reuters) - Rescuers battled intensifying rain to furiously pump water from a cave in Thailand on Tuesday, as officials thrashed out plans to extract a young soccer team located by divers after being trapped and incommunicado for 10 days.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046159-tham-luang-cave-evacuation-poses-challenge/?do=findComment&comment=13138194