Govt’s thank-you party set for Aug 1

 

 

The government has set Aug 1 for a party to thank all the people and organizations that were involved in the operation to rescue 13 Wild Boars out of Tham Luang cave,  Prime Minister’s Office Minister Suwaphan Tanyuvardhana said today.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049465-govt’s-thank-you-party-set-for-aug-1/

The week that was in Thailand news: Hey Media - leave them kids alone!

 

 

I couldn't wait to leave school.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049451-the-week-that-was-in-thailand-news-hey-media-leave-them-kids-alone/

 

Focus on work, not election campaign, ex-MP tells Prayut

By The Nation

 

A former Pheu Thai MP for Ubon Ratchathani said Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha should focus on his work, not campaign for the election, when he holds a Cabinet retreat in the northeastern province next week.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049504-focus-on-work-not-election-campaign-ex-mp-tells-prayut/

 

Mental Health of 2010 Temple Massacre Witness in Question

By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer

 

Nattatida Meewangpla emerged Friday afternoon from the Bangkok Military Court. Photo: Anurak Jeantawanich / Facebook

 

BANGKOK — Some activists on Friday were concerned about the wellbeing of a key witness in the murder of six people at a downtown temple during the 2010 military crackdown on street protests.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049505-mental-health-of-2010-temple-massacre-witness-in-question/

PM pleased with upward growth revision by ADB

By The Nation

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has welcomed the upward revision of Thailand’s projected economic growth for 2018 from 4.0 to 4.2 per cent by the Asian Development Bank, Government Spokesman Lt-General Sansern Kaewkamnerd said on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049506-pm-pleased-with-upward-growth-revision-by-adb/

 

Media warned against interviewing Wild Boars boys or face legal action

 

 

Members of the Thai and foreign media have been asked not to interview any of the 12 Wild Boars young footballers or face legal that could lead to a six-month imprisonment and/or a fine of up to 60,000 baht.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049507-media-warned-against-interviewing-wild-boars-boys-or-face-legal-action/

 

PM welcomes movies on rescue operation but calls for caution

 

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has no objection to Thai or foreign movie companies making movies about the Tham Luang rescue operation as it would  help enhance Thailand’s image, government spokesman Lt-Gen Sansern Kaewkamnerd said today.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049508-pm-welcomes-movies-on-rescue-operation-but-calls-for-caution/

 

Race queen gets behind the wheel

By Kingsley Wijayasinha 
The Nation Weekend

 

Kitabayashi before the Bangsaen race, where she finished in 8th place.

 

Japanese team pretty Miyu Kitabayashi surprises fans with return to Thailand as a driver in Toyota motorsport series

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049509-race-queen-gets-behind-the-wheel/

 

Motorist jailed for threatening woman with knife

By The Nation

 

The South Bangkok district court on Saturday sentenced a male driver to two months and 15 days in jail for threatening a female driver with a knife after he drove against the traffic to cut in front of her car.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049510-motorist-jailed-for-threatening-woman-with-knife/

 

No New Toilets for BTS After #BTSBrownBomber: Executive

 

Photo: Nidtayaporn Songsri / Facebook

 

BANGKOK — The BTS Skytrain will not post signs indicating where toilets are as the number of users could become overwhelming, the BTS chairman of Advisory Board said Saturday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049511-no-new-toilets-for-bts-after-btsbrownbomber-executive/

 

BRIT’S THAI DEATH RIDDLE Naked Brit businessman dead in his apartment in a pool of blood after ‘row’ with his Thai toy boy lover

By Guy Birchall

 

A Brit businessman was found naked in a pool of blood in his Bangkok apartment

 

A NAKED Brit businessman was found dead in a pool of blood after a ''row'' with his toy boy lover in his Bangkok apartment.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049512-brit’s-thai-death-riddle-naked-brit-businessman-dead-in-his-apartment-in-a-pool-of-blood-after-‘row’-with-his-thai-toy-boy-lover/

 

NGO groups from eight provinces to join massive Doi Suthep protest

By The Nation

 

 

Activists from leading non-governmental organisations from eight northern provinces will next month join a massive protest against the residences for judges on Doi Suthep.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049514-ngo-groups-from-eight-provinces-to-join-massive-doi-suthep-protest/

 

Singapore Airlines back on top. Thai Airways in 10th place.

By The Thaiger

 

PHOTO: Flyer Talk

 

Singapore Airlines is back on top after a decade held out of the top airline position by middle-eastern competition. It’s their fourth win since the Skytrax World Airline awards started back in 2001.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049515-singapore-airlines-back-on-top-thai-airways-in-10th-place/

 

Health Department urges people to help reduce e-waste

Tanakorn Sangiam

 

 

NONTHABURI, 21 July 2018 (NNT) – The Department of Health is encouraging the general public to help reduce the volume of electronic waste which might affect their health and the environment. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049516-health-department-urges-people-to-help-reduce-e-waste/

 

Minister of Finance says measures to help in-debt teachers already available

Itiporn  Lakarnchua

 

 

BANGKOK, 20th July 2018 (NNT) – The Ministry of Finance has indicated assistance is available for the 450,000 teachers in need of debt restructuring, under the Office of the Welfare Promotion Commission for Teachers and Education Personnel Loan Program. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049517-minister-of-finance-says-measures-to-help-in-debt-teachers-already-available/

 

Activists call for better animal protection laws in Thailand

Thammarat Thadaphrom

 

 

BANGKOK, 21st July 2018 (NNT) – The Thailand Animal Rights Alliance (TARA) on Friday hosted a seminar to call on the government to issue stricter laws against animal cruelty. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049518-activists-call-for-better-animal-protection-laws-in-thailand/

 

Hour long power cut causes chaos at Bangkok shopping mall

 

Image: Sanook

 

An hour long power cut at a Bangkok shopping mall caused widespread disruption for shoppers and movie goers on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049519-hour-long-power-cut-causes-chaos-at-bangkok-shopping-mall/

 

 

 

Mutilated torso of man found dumped in Bangkok canal

 

Image: Daily News

 

Police are investigating after the legless body of a man was pulled from the Saen Saep canal in Bangkok on Saturday afternoon.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049521-mutilated-torso-of-man-found-dumped-in-bangkok-canal/

 

Syrian army pushes into Quneitra province: state tv, rebels

By Suleiman Al-Khalidi

 

Smoke can be seen following an explosion near the Quneitra border crossing between Israel and Syria, as seen from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights July 21, 2018. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

 

AMMAN (Reuters) - The Syrian army and allied forces made advances in the southwest that bring it closer to the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights as rebels refusing to return to state rule boarded buses for opposition controlled northern Syria, state television and rebels said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049523-syrian-army-pushes-into-quneitra-province-state-tv-rebels/

 

Cuba aims to build socialism, not communism, in draft constitution

By Sarah Marsh

 

The Cuban flag hangs next to the photographs of late Cuba's President Fidel Castro and his brother, Cuba's former President Raul Castro, in Havana, Cuba July 21, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer

 

HAVANA (Reuters) - A draft of Cuba's new constitution keeps the Communist Party as its leading political force but states as its aim the construction of socialism rather than communism, reflecting changing times, top officials told lawmakers this weekend.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049524-cuba-aims-to-build-socialism-not-communism-in-draft-constitution/

 

 

Zimbabwe's president courts white voters ahead of election

By Sisipho Skweyiya

 

President Emmerson Mnangagwa. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo

 

HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa addressed a crowd of white voters on Saturday in an attempt improve relations ahead of a July 30 election, a marked shift from his predecessor Robert Mugabe whose policies became increasingly racially divisive.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049525-zimbabwes-president-courts-white-voters-ahead-of-election/

 

World’s biggest clubs interested in buying Wild Boars football academy

 

Image: TNA

 

Some of the world’s biggest football clubs are interested in buying the Moo Pa Wild Boars football academy.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049527-world’s-biggest-clubs-interested-in-buying-wild-boars-football-academy/

 

'HE NEEDS HIS MOUTH TAPED UP' Mum of hero British caver says Elon Musk should be ‘put up against a wall and shot’ for calling her son a ‘paedo’

By Jon Lockett

 

Vernon Unsworth blasted Elon Musk's offer to help as just a 'PR stunt'

 

THE elderly mum of Brit cave hero Vern Unsworth says tech billionaire Elon Musk should be shot for falsely branding her son a paedo.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049528-he-needs-his-mouth-taped-up-mum-of-hero-british-caver-says-elon-musk-should-be-‘put-up-against-a-wall-and-shot’-for-calling-her-son-a-‘paedo’/

 

Trump denies wrongdoing, says lawyer's tape 'perhaps illegal'

By David Brunnstrom and Karen Freifeld

 

U.S. President Donald Trump walks to Marine One to depart for travel to New Jersey from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, U.S., July 20, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday denied any wrongdoing a day after reports that his onetime attorney Michael Cohen had recorded them both discussing buying the rights to a story by a woman who said she had an affair with Trump.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049531-trump-denies-wrongdoing-says-lawyers-tape-perhaps-illegal/

 

Spain's conservatives swing to the right with new leader

 

Pablo Casado reacts after being elected as the new leader of Spain's conservative People's Party as his wife Isabel Torres Orts and former Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy applaud, in Madrid, Spain, July 21, 2018. REUTERS/Javier Barbancho

 

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's conservatives shifted to the right on Saturday, electing a traditionalist as leader as they seek to re-establish a clear political identity less than two months after being removed from government.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049532-spains-conservatives-swing-to-the-right-with-new-leader/

Storm Son Tinh kills 20, leaves 16 missing in Vietnam

 

HANOI (Reuters) - Tropical storm Son Tinh has killed 20 people, left 16 missing and injured 14 in Vietnam, the country's rescue committee said on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049533-storm-son-tinh-kills-20-leaves-16-missing-in-vietnam/

 

Militants kill 10 Iran Guards at Iraqi border post - agency

 

DUBAI (Reuters) - Militants killed 10 Iranian Revolutionary Guards in an attack on a post on the Iraqi border on Saturday, Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency reported, the latest deadly clash in an area where armed opposition Kurdish groups are active.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049534-militants-kill-10-iran-guards-at-iraqi-border-post-agency/

 

FBI releases documents on former Trump adviser surveillance

By David Shepardson

 

FILE PHOTO: One-time advisor of U.S. president-elect Donald Trump Carter Page addresses the audience during a presentation in Moscow, Russia, December 12, 2016. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI on Saturday released documents related to the surveillance of former Trump presidential campaign adviser Carter Page as part of a probe into whether he conspired with the Russian government to undermine the 2016 U.S. election.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049535-fbi-releases-documents-on-former-trump-adviser-surveillance/

 

French interior minister to face parliament over Macron's bodyguard

 

French President Emmanuel Macron walks ahead of his aide Alexandre Benalla at the end of the Bastille Day military parade in Paris, France, July 14, 2018. Picture taken July 14, 2018. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer/Pool

 

PARIS (Reuters) - French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb will be questioned by lawmakers next week as the government faces mounting criticism of the way it disciplined President Emmanuel Macron's top bodyguard who was filmed beating a protester on May Day.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049536-french-interior-minister-to-face-parliament-over-macrons-bodyguard/

Motor racing - Vettel on pole in Germany but drama for Hamilton

By Alan Baldwin

 

Formula One F1 - German Grand Prix - Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, Germany - July 21, 2018 Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel in action during qualifying REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski

 

HOCKENHEIM, Germany (Reuters) - Formula One leader Sebastian Vettel put Ferrari on pole position for his home German Grand Prix on Saturday after title rival Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes broke down on track in dramatic fashion.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1049538-motor-racing-vettel-on-pole-in-germany-but-drama-for-hamilton/