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Thais fear 'no chance' of more survivors from tourist boat, nearly 60 may be dead

 

Thai Rescue workers carry the body of a victim on a stretcher, after a boat capsized off the tourist island of Phuket, Thailand, July 6, 2018. REUTERS/Sooppharoek Teepapan

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai rescuers deployed helicopters on Friday in a search for 29 people missing after the sinking of a boat carrying Chinese tourists, with one official saying he feared "no chance" of any more survivors, which would mean a death toll of nearly 60.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046606-40-confirmed-killed-in-phuket-boat-accident-16-still-missing/?page=2&tab=comments#comment-13146869

 

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May wins support from divided UK government on Brexit plan

By Elizabeth Piper and William James

 

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Street in London, Britain, July 4, 2018. REUTERS/Simon Dawson/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May secured a cabinet agreement on Friday for her plans to leave the European Union, overcoming rifts among her ministers to win support for "a business-friendly" proposal aimed at spurring stalled Brexit talks.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046867-may-wins-support-from-divided-uk-government-on-brexit-plan/

 

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South Syrian rebels agree surrender deal, Assad takes crossing

By Suleiman Al-Khalidi and Laila Bassam

 

Syrian forces of President Bashar al Assad are seen in the Nassib border crossing with Jordan in Deraa, Syria July 6, 2018. Hezbollah Media/Handout via Reuters

 

AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - South Syrian rebels agreed to give up arms in a Russian-brokered ceasefire deal on Friday, rebel sources said, surrendering Deraa province to the government in another major victory for President Bashar al-Assad and his Russian allies.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046868-south-syrian-rebels-agree-surrender-deal-assad-takes-crossing/

 

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UK police in protective suits investigate latest Novichok poisoning

By Henry Nicholls

 

Fire and Rescue Service personel arrive with safety equipment at the site of a housing estate on Muggleton Road, after it was confirmed that two people had been poisoned with the nerve-agent Novichok, in Amesbury, Britain, July 6, 2018. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

 

SALISBURY, England (Reuters) - Police wearing protective suits entered a hostel in the southern English city of Salisbury on Friday as counter-terrorism detectives stepped up their investigation into how two people were exposed to the nerve agent Novichok.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046869-uk-police-in-protective-suits-investigate-latest-novichok-poisoning/

 

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Palestinian killed as Gaza protests against Israel enter fourth month

By Nidal al-Mughrabi

 

Palestinians watch a protest at the Israel-Gaza border in the southern Gaza Strip July 6, 2018. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

 

GAZA (Reuters) - A Palestinian taking part in a border protests was killed on Friday, Gazan medical officials said, bringing to 136 the number killed in the confrontations that have often drawn a lethal Israeli army response since they began on March 30.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046870-palestinian-killed-as-gaza-protests-against-israel-enter-fourth-month/

 

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Trump to avoid London protests with tour of English country homes

By Andrew MacAskill and Jeff Mason

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump gestures during a Make America Great Again rally in Great Falls, Montana, U.S., July 5, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

 

LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump would like a quick trade deal with Britain once Brexit is finished, the U.S. ambassador to Britain said on Friday ahead of a presidential visit to London next week that will keep Trump largely away from planned mass protests.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046871-trump-to-avoid-london-protests-with-tour-of-english-country-homes/

 

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Chemical weapons agency finds 'chlorinated' chemicals in Syria's Douma

By Anthony Deutsch

 

FILE PHOTO: The logo of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is seen during a special session in the Hague, Netherlands June 26, 2018. REUTERS/Yves Herman

 

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - A preliminary report by the world's chemical weapons watchdog said "various chlorinated chemicals" were found at the site of an attack in Douma, Syria, in April that killed dozens of civilians and prompted air strikes by Britain, France and the United States, it said on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046872-chemical-weapons-agency-finds-chlorinated-chemicals-in-syrias-douma/

 

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Body found in California wildfire's path marks season's first fatality

By Dan Whitcomb

 

Flames from the County Fire, covering Yolo and Napa counties, east of Lake Berryessa, California, U.S. are pictured in this July 3, 2018, handout photo. CAL FIRE/Handout via REUTERS

 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Crews fighting a fast-moving Northern California wildfire on Friday discovered the charred remains of a person apparently caught in the flames, sheriff's officials said, marking the first such fatality in a particularly intense fire season across the state.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046873-body-found-in-california-wildfires-path-marks-seasons-first-fatality/

 

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Dueling tariffs raise fears of long U.S.-China trade battle

By Michael Martina and David Lawder

 

FILE PHOTO: Shipping containers are seen at the port in Shanghai, China April 10, 2018. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo

 

BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S.-China trade fight resulting in duties on $34 billion worth of each other's imports was seen dragging on for a potentially prolonged period, as Washington and Beijing flexed their muscles with no sign of negotiations to ease tensions.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046874-dueling-tariffs-raise-fears-of-long-us-china-trade-battle/

 

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Belgium hold off Brazil in thriller to reach semis

By Nick Mulvenney

 

Soccer Football - World Cup - Quarter Final - Brazil vs Belgium - Kazan Arena, Kazan, Russia - July 6, 2018 Brazil's Neymar and Philippe Coutinho in action with Belgium's Kevin De Bruyne and Marouane Fellaini REUTERS/Murad Sezer

 

KAZAN, Russia (Reuters) - Belgium struck early and then held off a late Brazil fightback to send the five-times champions tumbling out of the World Cup at the quarter-final stage with a 2-1 victory in an end-to-end thriller on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046878-belgium-hold-off-brazil-in-thriller-to-reach-semis/

 

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Griezmann inspires France past punchless Uruguay in World Cup quarter-final

By Mark Gleeson

 

Soccer Football - World Cup - Quarter Final - Uruguay vs France - Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia - July 6, 2018 France's Paul Pogba in action with Uruguay's Jose Gimenez REUTERS/Grigory Dukor

 

NIZHNY NOVGOROD, Russia (Reuters) - Raphael Varane's glancing header and a goalkeeping blunder that gifted Antoine Griezmann a soft goal gave France a 2-0 victory over Uruguay in the first World Cup quarter-final on Friday and set them up for a last-four tie with either Brazil or Belgium.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046882-griezmann-inspires-france-past-punchless-uruguay-in-world-cup-quarter-final/

 

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Red-shirt boss in Northeast leaves jail

By The Nation

 

 

Red-shirt leader Kwanchai Praipana was released from jail on Friday after serving a two-year term for leading physical assaults on rival yellow-shirt protesters in 2008.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046883-red-shirt-boss-in-northeast-leaves-jail/

 

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20-year National Strategy endorsed by the NLA

 

 

The National Legislative Assembly today unanimously approved the National Strategy which will be legally binding for 20 years until 2037 to all government agencies and public organizations.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046884-20-year-national-strategy-endorsed-by-the-nla/

 

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Outgoing Chiang Rai governor bids farewell to his colleagues

 

 

Outgoing Chiang Rai governor Narongsak Osotthanakorn, who has been playing a key role in the search and rescue mission to save the 12 young footballers and their coach trapped in Tham Luang cave since June 23,  bid farewell today to his colleagues and residents of the province. His transfer to Pyayao province was formallyl announced  in the Royal Gazette on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046885-outgoing-chiang-rai-governor-bids-farewell-to-his-colleagues/

 

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Boys continue diving training as concerns over health emerge

By The Nation

 

 

ALL 12 BOYS and their football coach will remain trapped inside the flooded Tham Luang cave this weekend, judging by all the latest indicators at press time.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046886-boys-continue-diving-training-as-concerns-over-health-emerge/

 

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SPECIAL REPORT: Karen start afresh after sacrificing their land for conservation

By Piyaporn Wongruang 
The Nation Weekend

 

 

Allocated plots in Bangkloi are being demarcated to help secure their land use rights.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046889-special-report-karen-start-afresh-after-sacrificing-their-land-for-conservation/

 

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With more funding, Ricult aims to help poor farmers

By The Nation

 

Ricult’s tools analyse satellite imagery and microclimate weather data, allowing farmers to predict crop yields, pest prevention and optimal crop rotation.

 

Agricultural technology start-up Ricult has just raised US$1.85 million (Bt61 million) in its latest seed funding round led by dtac Accelerate, Chanwanich Group, Wavemaker and 500 Tuktuks. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046891-with-more-funding-ricult-aims-to-help-poor-farmers/

 

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Hunt on for missing tourists

By The Nation

 

DOZENS DEAD AFTER DIVE YACHT CAPSIZES OFF PHUKET

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046892-hunt-on-for-missing-tourists/

 

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A Miracle Underground

By PRADIT PHULSARIKIJ 
Nation Graphics

 

Nation Graphics/PRADIT PHULSARIKIJ

 

After nine days of a massive international search operation, the 12 boys and their coach from the local Mu Pa Academy football team, trapped in the flooded Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai since June 23, were finally found on the night of July 2. The authorities and personnel involved are now focusing on how to safely bring them out of the underground complex

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046893-a-miracle-underground/

 

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Heavy rains may force early extraction of survivors

 

 

Potential heavy rains in the next few days are forcing the rescue teams to consider extracting the 13 survivors out of Tham Luang cave sooner than they have earlier planned, chief of the rescue operation Narongsak Osotthanakorn said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046895-heavy-rains-may-force-early-extraction-of-survivors/

 

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Rescue Hope! Oxygen Reaching Cave 13

By Jintamas Saksornchai and Todd Ruiz

 

 

CHIANG RAI — Oxygen tanks are being opened in the chamber where 13 people are trapped by flooding to prevent them from suffocating, the former governor who has led the operation said early Saturday morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046898-rescue-hope-oxygen-reaching-cave-13/

 

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Mexico extradites key lieutenant of drug kingpin 'El Chapo' to U.S.

 

FILE PHOTO: Accused drug kingpin Damaso Lopez (C), nicknamed “The Graduate”, is escorted by police officers in Mexico City, Mexico May 2, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso/File Photo

 

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico on Friday extradited to the United States a senior lieutenant of the Sinaloa Cartel drug gang formerly headed by Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the attorney general's office said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046900-mexico-extradites-key-lieutenant-of-drug-kingpin-el-chapo-to-us/

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Ousted Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif gets 10-year jail term ahead of polls

By Saad Sayeed

 

FILE PHOTO: Nawaz Sharif (R), former Prime Minister and leader of Pakistan Muslim League, gestures to supporters as his daughter Maryam Nawaz looks on during party's workers convention in Islamabad, Pakistan June 4, 2018. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood/File photo

 

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A Pakistani court on Friday sentenced ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to 10 years in prison for corrupt practices linked to his family's purchase of upscale London flats, in a major blow to his party ahead of general elections on July 25.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046901-ousted-pakistani-pm-nawaz-sharif-gets-10-year-jail-term-ahead-of-polls/

 

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'Limited time' for daring rescue mission to free Thailand's trapped boys

By Patpicha Tanakasempipat and John Geddie

 

Thai divers gather before they enter to the Tham Luang cave, where 12 boys and their soccer coach are trapped, in the northern province of Chiang Rai, Thailand, July 6, 2018. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

CHIANG RAI, Thailand (Reuters) - There is "limited time" to bring out 12 schoolboys and their soccer coach who have been trapped for two weeks inside a flooded cave in northern Thailand before heavy rains set in, the rescue mission's head said on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046902-limited-time-for-daring-rescue-mission-to-free-thailands-trapped-boys/

 

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CAVE MAN: Phuket diver Ben Reymenants relives four days in Tham Luang cave rescue mission 

Matt Pond

 

Ben Reymenants (right) and his team members chat before being escorted by a Thai rescue worker to Tham Luang cave last Sunday (July 1). Photo: Lillian Suwanrumpha / AFP

 

PHUKET: Since late on June 23, virtually the entire nation has been gripped by the saga of 12 young boys and their football coach trapped inside the Tham Luang cave in the northern Chiang Rai province.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046904-cave-man-phuket-diver-ben-reymenants-relives-four-days-in-tham-luang-cave-rescue-mission/

 

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U.S. tells court migrant families may not be reunited by deadline

 

FILE PHOTO: Immigrant children, many of whom have been separated from their parents under a new "zero tolerance" policy by the Trump administration, are being housed in tents next to the Mexican border in Tornillo, Texas, U.S., June 18, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government may not meet a court-ordered deadline to reunite migrant parents with their children who were separated after illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, according to court documents filed overnight.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046905-us-tells-court-migrant-families-may-not-be-reunited-by-deadline/

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Pompeo hopes to 'fill in' details on denuclearisation on North Korea trip

By Hyonhee Shin and John Walcott

 

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and North Korean Director of the United Front Department Kim Yong Chol meet at the Park Hwa Guest House in Pyongyang, North Korea, July 6, 2018. Andrew Harnik/Pool via REUTERS

 

SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met North Korean officials in Pyongyang on Friday, hoping to "fill in" details on how to dismantle the North's nuclear programme and recover the remains of U.S. troops missing from the Korean War.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046906-pompeo-hopes-to-fill-in-details-on-denuclearisation-on-north-korea-trip/

 

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Armed group in Libya kidnaps three Filipinos and one Korean - official says

 

BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - An unidentified armed group kidnapped three Filipinos and one Korean working as technicians at a water plant in south eastern Libya, an official said on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046907-armed-group-in-libya-kidnaps-three-filipinos-and-one-korean-official-says/

 

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No breakthrough in nuclear talks as Iran demands more after U.S. exit

By Parisa Hafezi, John Irish and Francois Murphy

 

European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini and Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif attend a meeting in Vienna, Austria July 6, 2018. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

 

VIENNA (Reuters) - World powers and Iran appeared to make no concrete breakthrough on Friday in talks to provide Tehran with an economic package to compensate for U.S. sanctions that begin taking effect in August.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046908-no-breakthrough-in-nuclear-talks-as-iran-demands-more-after-us-exit/

 

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France's Macron to attend World Cup game in Russia

 

French President Emmanuel Macron holds a soccer ball offered by Norway's Prime Minister Erna Solberg during a bi-lateral meeting at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, France July 6, 2018. Kamil Zihnioglu/Pool via Reuters

 

PARIS/MOSCOW (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron will attend the soccer World Cup in Russia, the Elysee said on Friday, after France beat Uruguay to book a place in the semi-finals.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1046911-frances-macron-to-attend-world-cup-game-in-russia/