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Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1052774-follow-thaivisa-on-line-win-a-night-at-a-luxury-bangkok-hotel/

 

 

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Trump redirects over $200 million in U.S. aid for West Bank, Gaza

 

Fishing boats are seen at the seaport of Gaza City August 15, 2018. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered the State Department to "redirect" more than $200 million (£155.7 million) in economic aid for projects in the West Bank and Gaza to programs elsewhere, a department official said on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054313-trump-redirects-over-200-million-in-us-aid-for-west-bank-gaza/

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U.S. prosecutors grant Trump Organization CFO immunity in Cohen probe

By Karen Freifeld

 

People walk past U.S. President Donald Trump's Trump Tower in New York City, New York, U.S., August 24, 2018. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors have granted immunity to the Trump Organization's chief financial officer in an investigation involving U.S. President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, according to people familiar with the matter.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054314-us-prosecutors-grant-trump-organization-cfo-immunity-in-cohen-probe/

 

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Democrats face 'almost impossible map' to retake U.S. Senate

By Tim Reid

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Representative Beto O'Rourke (D-TX) campaigns in Houston, Texas U.S. November 11, 2017. REUTERS/William Philpott/File Photo

 

CHICAGO (Reuters) - One political analyst calls it "an almost impossible map." Others are even less optimistic.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054315-democrats-face-almost-impossible-map-to-retake-us-senate/

 

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Pope to pay tribute to Ireland's 'holy drinker' who may become saint

By Philip Pullella

 

A statue of Matt Talbot is seen in Dublin, Ireland August 24, 2018. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne

 

VATICAN CITY, (Reuters) - Matt Talbot, a Dubliner who died in 1925, was a man with a drinking problem. Now, he is on his way to sainthood.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054316-pope-to-pay-tribute-to-irelands-holy-drinker-who-may-become-saint/

 

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Italy clashes with EU over migrants stranded on rescue boat

By Steve Scherer and Gabriela Baczynska

 

Migrants wait to disembark from the Italian coast guard vessel Diciotti at the port of Catania, Italy. REUTERS/Antonio Parrinello

 

ROME/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Italy's populist government said on Friday it would cut funds for the European Union unless other states take in boat migrants stranded in an Italian port, earning a rebuke from Brussels for making unacceptable "threats".

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054317-italy-clashes-with-eu-over-migrants-stranded-on-rescue-boat/

 

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Top Zimbabwe court confirms Mnangagwa's presidential election victory

By MacDonald Dzirutwe

 

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa at a news conference at State House in Harare, Zimbabwe, Aug. 3, 2018. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo/Files

 

HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's Constitutional Court confirmed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's disputed July 30 election victory on Friday, dismissing an opposition challenge that had held up his inauguration, which will now be held on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054318-top-zimbabwe-court-confirms-mnangagwas-presidential-election-victory/

 

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Republican U.S. Senator McCain ending medical treatment for brain cancer

By Makini Brice and Will Dunham

 

FILE PHOTO: Senator John McCain (R-AZ) looks on during a press conference about his resistance to the so-called "Skinny Repeal" of the Affordable Care Act on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 27, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator John McCain, the maverick Republican who survived a Vietnam War prison camp and ran unsuccessfully for president, is discontinuing medical treatment for an aggressive form of brain cancer, his family said in a statement on Friday, a year after he announced his diagnosis.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054319-republican-us-senator-mccain-ending-medical-treatment-for-brain-cancer/

 

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Former U.N. chief Kofi Annan to be buried in Ghana on September 13 - president

 

FILE PHOTO: United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan listens during the 61st General Assembly of the United Nations at U.N. headquarters in New York, September 19, 2006. REUTERS/Ray Stubblebine

 

ACCRA (Reuters) - Former United Nations chief and Noble prize laureate Kofi Annan will be buried in his home country Ghana on Sept 13, the West African nation's president said on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054320-former-un-chief-kofi-annan-to-be-buried-in-ghana-on-september-13-president/

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Hurricane Lane brings severe flooding to Hawaii's Big Island

By Jolyn Rosa

 

A flooded street is seen next to swelled up river in Hilo, Hawaii, U.S. August 23, 2018, in this still image from video obtained from social media. Instagram/@HWNIMMIGRANT/via REUTERS

 

HONOLULU (Reuters) - Hurricane Lane churned closer toward the heart of the Hawaiian islands on Friday as it weakened into a Category 2 storm while still lashing the Big Island with raging surf, torrential rains and catastrophic flooding, weather officials said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054321-hurricane-lane-brings-severe-flooding-to-hawaiis-big-island/

 

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Palestinian FA head banned after call to burn Messi shirts

 

FILE PHOTO: Palestinian Football Association (PFA) President Jibril Rajoub speaks at the 67th FIFA Congress in Manama, Bahrain May 11, 2017. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

 

ZURICH (Reuters) - The head of the Palestinian Football Association, Jibril Rajoub, was banned from all soccer-related activity for a year by FIFA on Friday on charges of inciting hatred and violence before a friendly planned between Israel and Argentina.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054322-palestinian-fa-head-banned-after-call-to-burn-messi-shirts/

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A sense of what they went through

By Phatarawadee Phataranawik 
The Nation Weekend 

 

A portion of Siam Paragon's Lifestyle Hall has been converseted into a 10-metre-long replica Tham Luang Cave, where the 12 young members of the Mu Pa Academy and their assistant coach were trapped by surging floodwater for 19 days. Nation Photo

 

Bangkok residents are getting a glimpse of what it was really like in Tham Luang Cave during the nerve-wracking rescue mission

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054323-a-sense-of-what-they-went-through/

 

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Courts, not police, would punish drivers without licences, public assured

By SURIYA PATATHAYO 
THE NATION WEEKEND

 

File photo

 

Court judges, not police officers, will determine the punishment for people caught driving without required licences, the police and Department of Land Transport (DLT) affirmed on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054324-courts-not-police-would-punish-drivers-without-licences-public-assured/

 

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Curtains down for oldest zoo

By Pradit Phulsarikij 
Nation Graphics

 

Nation Graphics/Pradit Phulsarikij

 

After 80 years, Dusit Zoo – Thailand’s first and most popular – will be closed down and moved to a new location in Pathum Thani province.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054325-curtains-down-for-oldest-zoo/

 

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Trang Moon Festival 2018 offers cultural shows, food stalls, contests and more

 

A tuk-tuk and traditional architecture in Trang town. Photo: Tourism Authority of Thailand

 

The ‘Trang Moon Festival’ has long been observed by Chinese people in Thung Yao in Trang province’s Palian district and the ‘Trang Moon Festival 2018’ is scheduled for September 22-24.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054326-trang-moon-festival-2018-offers-cultural-shows-food-stalls-contests-and-more/

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Mighty exodus begins at Dusit Zoo

By Kornrawee Panyasuppakun 
The Nation

 

Nation/Prasert Thepsri

 

90 species off to new homes as Bangkok’s Zoo closes

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054328-mighty-exodus-begins-at-dusit-zoo/

 

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NESTING habits

By SOMLUCK SRIMALEE 
THE NATION WEEKEND

 

Ausana Mahagitsiri

 

WHEN she started out in her working life, Ausana Mahagitsiri was in a hurry to learn everything about the ways of doing business.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054329-nesting-habits/

 

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U.N. agency sees Venezuelan exodus nearing a crisis point

 

Venezuelan migrants wait to be picked up after arriving from Cucuta of Colombia, during a five day trip, at the bus terminal in Lima, Peru August 24, 2018. REUTERS/Guadalupe Pardo

 

GENEVA/CARACAS (Reuters) - The exodus of migrants from Venezuela is building toward a "crisis moment" comparable to events involving refugees in the Mediterranean, the United Nations migration agency said on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054332-un-agency-sees-venezuelan-exodus-nearing-a-crisis-point/

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Manafort juror's message to Trump: Pardon would be 'big mistake'

By Warren Strobel and Nathan Layne

 

Paula Duncan, a Trump supporter who was one of the jurors who convicted former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort on 8 of the 18 federal crimes that he was charged with in his first trial, speaks to Reuters about the jury's deliberations in an interview in Washington, U.S., August 24, 2018. REUTERS/Jim Bourg

 

(Reuters) - A juror who voted to convict Paul Manafort and who is also a supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump has some advice for Trump if he is considering whether to pardon his former campaign chairman: don't do it.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054335-manafort-jurors-message-to-trump-pardon-would-be-big-mistake/

 

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German conservative says community service would help migrants integrate

 

German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits Tumo Center for Creative Technologies in Yerevan, Armenia August 24, 2018. REUTERS/Hayk Baghdasaryan/Photolure

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - Completing a year of community service would improve the integration of refugees into German society and their acceptance by the public, the general secretary of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative party said on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054336-german-conservative-says-community-service-would-help-migrants-integrate/

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U.S. official says EU aid for Iran sends 'wrong message'

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. envoy on Iran criticized a European Union decision to give $20.7 million in aid to Tehran on Friday, saying it sent "the wrong message at the wrong time," and he urged Brussels to help Washington end the Iranian threat to global stability.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054338-us-official-says-eu-aid-for-iran-sends-wrong-message/

 

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Pope travels to transformed Ireland as abuse crises rage

By Padraic Halpin

 

People walk past a poster of Pope Francis outside the Pastoral Congress at the World Meeting of Families in Dublin, Ireland August 24, 2018. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

 

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Pope Francis will arrive in Ireland on Saturday to find a society transformed since the last papal visit 39 years ago and beset by the kind of abuse scandals that have mired the Catholic Church in crisis again.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054339-pope-travels-to-transformed-ireland-as-abuse-crises-rage/

 

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Twitter CEO to testify before U.S. House panel on September 5

 

FILE PHOTO: Jack Dorsey, CEO and co-founder of Twitter and founder and CEO of Square, speaks at the Consensus 2018 blockchain technology conference in New York City, New York, U.S., May 16, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Segar

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Twitter Inc's <TWTR.N> chief executive will testify before a U.S. House of Representatives committee on Sept. 5, the panel said on Friday, after some Republicans raised concerns about social media companies removing content from conservatives.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054341-twitter-ceo-to-testify-before-us-house-panel-on-september-5/

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Former Pennsylvania altar boy says he stole from church to avenge abuse

By Vanessa Johnston

 

Catholic priest abuse victim Mike McDonnell speaks in front of the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., August 23, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Fogarty

 

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Mike McDonnell was an altar boy who loved to sing Latin hymns at his church in suburban Philadelphia, but his Roman Catholic faith became a source of torment at age 12 when he woke up to find a priest molesting him in the vacation bed the clergyman forced him to share.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054342-former-pennsylvania-altar-boy-says-he-stole-from-church-to-avenge-abuse/

 

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Typhoon Cimaron slices through western Japan, heads north

 

A wind turbine which was knocked down as Typhoon Cimaron passed through western Japan is pictured in Awaji, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan in this photo taken by Kyodo August 24, 2018. Kyodo/via REUTERS

 

TOKYO (Reuters) - A powerful typhoon sliced across western Japan on Friday, dumping heavy rain before heading out to sea and turning towards the northern island of Hokkaido after reports that three students were swept out to sea.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054343-typhoon-cimaron-slices-through-western-japan-heads-north/

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Spurs captain Lloris apologises for drink driving offence

 

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Premier League - Tottenham Hotspur v Fulham - Wembley Stadium, London, Britain - August 18, 2018 Tottenham's Hugo Lloris REUTERS/Dylan Martinez

 

(Reuters) - Tottenham Hotspur and France captain Hugo Lloris has apologised after he was charged for a drink driving offence by British police on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054345-spurs-captain-lloris-apologises-for-drink-driving-offence/

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Kanchanaburi dams still discharge water from reservoirs

Tanakorn Sangiam

 

 

KANCHANABURI, 24 August 2018 (NNT) – Dams in Kanchanbauri are currently discharging water from reservoirs with mitigation plans in place to minimize adverse effects to villagers downstream.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054346-kanchanaburi-dams-still-discharge-water-from-reservoirs/

 

 

 

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Section 44 to be enforced to ease political restrictions

supawadee wangsri

 

BANGKOK, 24 August 2018 (NNT) - Deputy Prime Minister Wassanu Krea-ngam said Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha will use his executive power under Section 44 of the interim constitution to ease restrictions in order to allow political parties to partially carry out political activity. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054347-section-44-to-be-enforced-to-ease-political-restrictions/

 

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Artificial rain-making operations conducted in 13 provinces

supawadee wangsri

 

 

BANGKOK, 23rd August 2018 (NNT) - As many provinces throughout Thailand are affected by flooding, 13 provinces in the northern, northeastern, and central regions are facing water shortage and need help from artificial rain-making operations. 

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It's now illegal to abandon animals at temples

Nuppol Suvansombut

 

 

BANGKOK, 24th August 2018 (NNT)-People are being urged not to abandon their pets at temples or face legal charges under the Cruelty Prevention and Welfare of Animal Act and the Wild Animal Reservation and Protection Act. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054351-its-now-illegal-to-abandon-animals-at-temples/