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Four boys have left the cave so far: Chiang Rai governor

 

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Chiang Rai Governor Narongsak Osottanakorn has said that four boys have been extracted from the cave so far and that the rescue mission has now be halted and may not resume until tomorrow.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047117-update-four-boys-have-left-the-cave-so-far-chiang-rai-governor/

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Boys emerge from cave

By THE NATION 
MAE SAI, CHIANG RAI

 

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Thai medics and police officers evacuate children after rescued from Tham Luang cave before heading to hospital, at a helicopter pad in Chiang Rai province yesterday. // EPA-EFE PHOTO

 

Rescue mission tastes big success after circumstances were seen as most suitable to evacuate the boys all 13 stranded footballers likely to be brought out within next two days; 18 divers taking part in evacuation.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047117-update-four-boys-have-left-the-cave-so-far-chiang-rai-governor/?do=findComment&comment=13153678

 

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Thai cave - Four boys saved, the rest wait for rescue to resume Monday

By Panu Wongcha-um and Panarat Thepgumpanat

 

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An ambulance carrying rescued schoolboys exits at a military airport in the northern province of Chiang Rai, Thailand, July 8, 2018. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

CHIANG RAI, Thailand (Reuters) - Four of 12 Thai schoolboys were rescued from a flooded cave on Sunday in a daring and dangerous operation to save the children and their soccer coach who have been trapped underground for more than two weeks.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047117-update-four-boys-have-left-the-cave-so-far-chiang-rai-governor/?do=findComment&comment=13153686

 

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Three more British cave divers flying in to join the rescue mission

By THE NATION

 

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THE BRITISH Cave Rescue Council (BCRC) said yesterday that three more cave divers have been dispatched to join the rescue mission at the Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai province as evacuation of the footballers has begun.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047241-three-more-british-cave-divers-flying-in-to-join-the-rescue-mission/

 

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Mu Pa team can boast of committed players

By THE NATION

 

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AS THE WORLD yesterday awaited the emergence of 13 footballers trapped in flooded Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai, Mu Pa Academy Mae Sai football club head coach Nopparat Khanthavong shared more information about the team members.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047242-chiang-rai-mu-pa-team-can-boast-of-committed-players/

 

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Gay relationships bill should be passed by November, experts believe

By KORNRAWEE PANYASUPPAKUN 
THE NATION

 

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THAILAND SHOULD push ahead with the Life and Partnership Registration bill to promote the rights of people with same-sex partners, participants in a weekend panel discussion said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047243-gay-relationships-bill-should-be-passed-by-november-thai-experts-believe/

 

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Hospital fully prepared to receive rescued youths

By THE NATION

 

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AUTHORITIES AS well the Chiangrai Prachanukroh Hospital were yesterday arranging the quickest possible evacuation and related assistance to the 13 footballers as soon as they come out of the flooded Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047244-chiangrai-prachanukroh-hospital-fully-prepared-to-receive-rescued-youths/

 

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Chinese join search for 14 missing tourists

By SALINEE PARP 
THE NATION

 

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Death toll rises to 42; minister calls it country’s second worst sea disaster.
 

THAI and Chinese authorities continued their search for 14 Chinese tourists who are still missing after the “Phoenix” diving yacht sank in the rough sea on the way back from a popular snorkelling spot off Phuket on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047245-chinese-join-search-for-14-missing-tourists-off-phuket/

 

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Next operation to bring the rest to safety to begin in 10-20 hours: ex-governor Narongsak

By Thai PBS

 

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Former Chiang Rai governor Narongsak Osotthanakorn announced Sunday night that four survivors were safely extracted out of the flooded cave and are now in the hands of doctors at Chiang Rai Prachanukroh hospital.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047117-update-four-boys-have-left-the-cave-so-far-chiang-rai-governor/?do=findComment&comment=13153738

 

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Baulking cabbies? Just look at that traffic

By The Nation

 

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A fresh effort has begun to make sure no prospective passenger is turned away. Here’s why it won’t work

 

A campaign has been launched in Bangkok to promote a “go anywhere” taxi service. It is yet another shot at resolving a problem that has persisted despite numerous attempts to address it – cab drivers regularly refusing to accept passengers because their requested destination is somehow inconvenient.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047246-baulking-cabbies-just-look-at-that-traffic/

 

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12 boys and their coach to dive out of cave

 

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BANGKOK, 9th July 2018 (NNT) - The 12 boys and their soccer coach stranded for two weeks in a northern cave complex, are being led out of the cave on foot and by diving with world-class divers including Thai Navy SEALs. The operation started at 10 a.m. on Sunday. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047247-12-boys-and-their-coach-to-dive-out-of-tham-luang-cave/

 

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Govt: Thailand’s Tier 2 status will bolster trade, exports

 

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BANGKOK, 9th July 2018 (NNT) – The government believes the upgrade of Thailand to Tier 2 in the latest US Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report, will buoy the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) and exports. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047249-govt-thailand’s-tier-2-status-will-bolster-trade-exports/

 

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TACs nationwide told to always be ready for emergencies

 

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BANGKOK, 9 July 2018 (NNT) – The Ministry of Tourism and Sports has instructed all Tourist Assistance Centers (TAC) nationwide to always be prepared for emergencies. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047250-tourist-assistance-centers-tac-nationwide-told-to-always-be-ready-for-emergencies/

 

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Impressive action between military officer and war dog during patrol mission

 

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YALA, 9th July 2018 (NNT) - A military officer carried a war dog while crossing a creek in Yala for fear that it would fall into the water. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047251-yala-impressive-action-between-military-officer-and-war-dog-during-patrol-mission/

 

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State-run bank gives financial advice for retirement

 

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BANGKOK, 9th July 2018 (NNT) - The Government Housing Bank (GHB) has arranged a seminar “Aging Population in the Age of Thailand 4.0” at the GHB Expo 2018. The bank suggested that entering retirement needs early planning, particularly in terms of finance. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047252-state-run-bank-gives-financial-advice-for-retirement/

 

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Four boys out of flooded cave, safe and well in hospital

 

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CHIANG RAI, 9 July 2018 (NNT) - Rescuers on Sunday were able to pull 4 boys from a flooded cave complex in Chiang Rai province where they had been trapped for more than two weeks. 

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047117-update-four-boys-have-left-the-cave-so-far-chiang-rai-governor/?do=findComment&comment=13153809

 

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Torrential rains kill at least 88 in western Japan

By Kiyoshi Takenaka and Issei Kato

 

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Japan Self-Defense Force soldiers ride a boat during their rescue work at a flooded area in Mabi town in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Japan, July 8, 2018. REUTERS/Issei Kato

 

KURASHIKI, Japan (Reuters) - The death toll from torrential rain and landslides in western Japan rose to 88 people early on Monday, with dozens still missing after the rescue of more than 2,000 stranded in the city of Kurashiki.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047255-torrential-rains-kill-at-least-88-in-western-japan/

 

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Italy wants EU sea missions to take rescued migrants elsewhere

By Steve Scherer

 

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Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini gestures during a news conference with Libyan Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Maiteeg in Rome, Italy July 5, 2018. REUTERS/Tony Gentile

 

ROME (Reuters) - Italy will seek commitments from European Union partners to have migrants rescued at sea by ships from anti-trafficking and border control missions taken to other countries, its interior minister said on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047256-italy-wants-eu-sea-missions-to-take-rescued-migrants-elsewhere/

 

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Brazil judge reiterates order to release Lula from prison

By Eduardo Simões and Lisandra Paraguassu

 

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FILE PHOTO: Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks at his book launch event in Sao Paulo, Brazil March 16, 2018. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker/File Photo

 

SAO PAULO/BRASILIA (Reuters) - Appeals court Judge Rogerio Favreto ordered for a third time on Sunday that former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva be freed from prison.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047257-brazil-judge-reiterates-order-to-release-lula-from-prison/

 

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After Pyongyang put-down, Pompeo stands by 'difficult' denuclearisation talks

By David Brunnstrom, Tim Kelly and Patricia Zengerle

 

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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo waits for Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Abe's official residence in Tokyo on July 8, 2018. Kazuhiro Nogi/Pool via Reuters

 

TOKYO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo brushed off North Korean charges that he used "gangster-like" diplomacy in negotiations in Pyongyang, saying on Sunday after meeting his Japanese and South Korean counterparts that he would keep pursuing denuclearisation talks with North Korea.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047258-after-pyongyang-put-down-pompeo-stands-by-difficult-denuclearisation-talks/

 

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Ten killed as Turkish train derails after heavy rain

By Ece Toksabay

 

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ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Ten people were killed and 73 wounded when a train came off the rails in northwest Turkey on Sunday after heavy rain and a landslide, Turkish television channels quoted a health ministry official as saying.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047259-ten-killed-as-turkish-train-derails-after-heavy-rain/

 

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Erdogan assumes new presidential powers, tightening control over Turkey

By Ece Toksabay

 

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Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan greets members of parliament from his ruling AK Party (AKP) as he arrives to a meeting at the Turkish parliament in Ankara, Turkey, July 7, 2018. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

 

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's Tayyip Erdogan will fulfil a long-held ambition on Monday when he is sworn in as president with sweeping new powers over a country he has dominated and reshaped during his 15-year rule.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047260-erdogan-assumes-new-presidential-powers-tightening-control-over-turkey/

 

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Chinese relatives wait for news after Thai tourist boat sinking

By Philip Wen and Chayut Setboonsarng

 

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A rescue boat is seen during a search operation for missing passengers of a capsized tourist boat in Phuket, Thailand July 7, 2018. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

PHUKET/BANGKOK, Thailand (Reuters) - Rescuers in Thailand on Sunday said they would work through the night to move the bodies of 41 people, including 13 children, who died after a boat carrying Chinese tourists sank off the coast of Phuket, from hospitals to a Buddhist temple.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047245-chinese-join-search-for-14-missing-tourists-off-phuket/?do=findComment&comment=13153906

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Donald Trump's visit puts Britain's Brexit dependence on show

By Guy Faulconbridge and William James

 

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FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump talks to Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May at the G7 Summit in Taormina, Sicily, Italy, May 26, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/Pool/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - When Donald Trump visits Britain next week, Prime Minister Theresa May will have to face a harsh reality: Brexit makes Britain more dependent than ever on an alliance with the most unpredictable U.S. president in living memory.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047264-donald-trumps-visit-puts-britains brexit dependence-on-show/

 

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McKinsey's new boss apologises to South Africans over corruption scandal

By Joe Brock

 

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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - McKinsey's new global head will on Monday apologise to South Africans for work the firm did with friends of scandal-plagued former president Jacob Zuma, an ill-fated deal that tarnished the reputation of the world's biggest consultancy.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047266-mckinseys-new-boss-apologises-to-south-africans-over-corruption-scandal/

 

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Palestinians to keep paying prisoner stipend despite Israeli penalty

 

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gestures during his meeting with Britain's Prince William in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank June 27, 2018. Alaa Badarneh/Pool via Reuters

 

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Sunday his government would keep paying stipends to Palestinians jailed by Israel, their families, and the families of those killed by Israeli forces despite a new Israeli law to penalise the policy.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047268-palestinians-to-keep-paying-prisoner-stipend-despite-israeli-penalty/

 

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