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The week that was in Thailand news: Be careful who you get into bed with in Thailand!

 

 

Someone started a thread on Thaivisa asking foreigners where they met their Thai wives. Such a question!

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054395-the-week-that-was-in-thailand-news-be-careful-who-you-get-into-bed-with-in-thailand/

 

Sangkhla Buri people prepared for flood evacuation

 

 

About 70 families living around the reservoir of the Vajiralongkorn dam in Sangkhla Buri district of Kanchanaburi province are preparing to evacuate as the water level in the dam went up by 35 centimetres on Saturday morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054429-sangkhla-buri-people-prepared-for-flood-evacuation/

 

Chon Buri woman gives birth after fright from firecracker explosions

By The Nation

 

The explosions of firecrackers on Chinese Ghost Festival Day caused a woman in Chon Buri to deliver her fifth child on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054430-chon-buri-woman-gives-birth-after-fright-from-firecracker-explosions/

 

Hunt on for Chiang Mai woman after drugged, robbed tourist dies 

By The Nation

 

Chiang Mai police are hunting for a “pretty, short-haired” woman who allegedly drugged and robbed two tourists - an Indian and an American – and caused the death of one.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054431-hunt-on-for-chiang-mai-woman-after-drugged-robbed-tourist-dies/

 

3 army privates charged with assault for beating up colleague

 

 

Three army privates were this morning escorted by their superior to Lop Buri Muang district police station to acknowledge the charge of assault against one of their colleagues who is now unconscious at an army hospital in the province.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054432-3-army-privates-charged-with-assault-for-beating-up-colleague/

 

16 Thais arrested in raid on call centre gang in Vietnam

 

 

Sixteen Thai and two Taiwanese nationals have been arrested in a raid on a condominium in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, by Thai and Vietnamese police where a so-called “call centre” gang had been operating, Tourist Police Bureau deputy commissioner Pol Maj Gen Surachate Hakparn said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054433-16-thais-arrested-in-raid-on-call-centre-gang-in-vietnam/

 

“Communication misunderstanding” cited for ABC News interview with Wild Boars

 

 

“Communication misunderstanding” was blamed as the reason why US-based ABC News television was the first news outlet to  interview the 13 Wild Boars boys and their football coach  following their hospital discharge last month.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054434-“communication-misunderstanding”-cited-for-abc-news-interview-with-wild-boars/

 

Bangkok to add 10 road cameras in bid to cut speeding deaths

By The Nation

 

 

Bangkok will install 10 new speed cameras as parts of its participation in the Bloomberg Philanthropies Partnership for Healthy Cities.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054435-bangkok-to-add-10-road-cameras-in-bid-to-cut-speeding-deaths/

 

Opponents against judges’ housing project to demonstrate Sunday

 

 

Chiang Mai residents who are against judges’ housing project at Doi Suthep foothill plan to demonstrate at the Tha Pae town’s gate in the northern city on Sunday as a show of force to demand the return of the land back to Mother Nature.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054436-opponents-against-judges’-housing-project-to-demonstrate-sunday/

 

Two activists walk 100km to join Chiang Mai protest over court housing

By The Nation

 

An environmentalist and a monk walked 100 kilometres from Chiang Mai’s Chiang Dao district to Muang district to join a protest planned Sunday against the new court office and residences that have been built on Doi Suthep.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054436-opponents-against-judges’-housing-project-to-demonstrate-sunday/

 

What’s cooking in Ratchaprasong?

By The Nation Weekend

 

Starbucks Reserve

 

We take a look at nine places to work and chill

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054437-what’s-cooking-in-ratchaprasong/

 

 

Pope compares Church sexual abuse, corruption to excrement, victims say

By Philip Pullella and Padraic Halpin

 

Pope Francis attends a service inside St Mary's Pro Cathedral during his visit to Dublin, Ireland, August 25, 2018. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini/Pool

 

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Pope Francis vowed on Saturday to end the sexual exploitation of children by clergy during a highly-charged visit to once deeply Catholic Ireland and, according to victims, said the corruption and cover up of abuse amounted to human excrement.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054438-pope-compares-church-sexual-abuse-corruption-to-excrement-victims-say/

 

Salah strike sinks Brighton and sends Liverpool top

By Simon Evans

 

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Premier League - Liverpool v Brighton & Hove Albion - Anfield, Liverpool, Britain - August 25, 2018 Liverpool's Mohamed Salah in action Action Images via Reuters/Jason Cairnduff

 

LIVERPOOL, England (Reuters) - LIVERPOOL 1 BRIGHTON AND HOVE ALBION 0

 

Mohamed Salah's 23rd-minute strike was enough to earn Liverpool a 1-0 win over a dogged Brighton and Hove Albion and give them an early top spot in the Premier League with three wins out of three.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054440-salah-strike-sinks-brighton-and-sends-liverpool-top/

 

Hamilton on pole after rain shakes up Belgian grid

By Alan Baldwin

 

Formula One F1 - Belgian Grand Prix - Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium - August 25, 2018 Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton during practice REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

 

SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium (Reuters) - Formula One leader Lewis Hamilton seized pole position for the Belgian Grand Prix in a chaotic wet qualifying session on Saturday, with Ferrari title rival Sebastian Vettel alongside on the front row.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054441-hamilton-on-pole-after-rain-shakes-up-belgian-grid/

 

Bournemouth fight back for 2-2 draw with Everton

 

 

(Reuters) - Bournemouth fought back from two goals down to earn a 2-2 draw with Everton in a dramatic Premier League match on Saturday as both teams ended with 10 men but with their unbeaten records intact.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054442-bournemouth-fight-back-for-2-2-draw-with-everton/

 

Late Maguire strike gives Leicester 2-1 win over Southampton

 

 

(Reuters) - Defender Harry Maguire's stoppage-time goal gave Leicester City a hard-fought 2-1 Premier League victory over 10-man Southampton on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054443-late-maguire-strike-gives-leicester-2-1-win-over-southampton/

 

Huddersfield claim first point with goalless Cardiff draw

 

 

(Reuters) - Huddersfield Town survived Jonathan Hogg's sending off to claim their first Premier League point of the season after a goalless draw against newly promoted Cardiff City on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054444-huddersfield-claim-first-point-with-goalless-cardiff-draw/

 

Russian opposition leader Navalny detained in Moscow over rally

By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber

 

FILE PHOTO: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny attends a protest over the government's decision to increase the retirement age in Moscow, Russia, July 29, 2018. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin/File Photo

 

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been detained in Moscow over his participation in an anti-government protest earlier this year, his spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh wrote on Twitter on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054448-russian-opposition-leader-navalny-detained-in-moscow-over-rally/

 

Anniversary of Rohingya crisis marked in Bangladesh camps, Myanmar

By Zeba Siddiqui

 

Banners are seen as Rohingya refugee women take part in a protest at the Kutupalong refugee camp to mark the one year anniversary of their exodus in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, August 25, 2018. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain

 

COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) - Refugees in Bangladesh held demonstrations and prayers on Saturday to mark the passing of a year since the outbreak of a conflict in western Myanmar's Rakhine state that drove hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims from their homes.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054451-anniversary-of-rohingya-crisis-marked-in-bangladesh-camps-myanmar/

 

U.S. Senator John McCain, ex-POW and political maverick, dead at 81

By Will Dunham

 

FILE PHOTO - US Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain (R-AZ) smiles as he speaks during a rally in La Crosse, Wisconsin October 10, 2008. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - John McCain, a former prisoner of war in Vietnam who ran unsuccessfully for U.S. president as a self-styled maverick Republican in 2008 and became a prominent critic of President Donald Trump, died on Saturday, his office said. He was 81.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054452-us-senator-john-mccain-ex-pow-and-political-maverick-dead-at-81/

 

Land Transport Dept: Hefty fines are to promote road safety

Vipaporn Pooritanasarn

 

 

BANGKOK, 25th August 2018 (NNT) - The Land Transport Department has allayed motorists’ worries about the new bill that will see those caught driving without a license having to pay a hefty fine of up to 50,000 baht, saying the proposed law is aimed at improving road safety. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054453-land-transport-dept-hefty-fines-are-to-promote-road-safety/

 

Thailand to host “World Skills ASEAN Bangkok 2018”

Thammarat Thadaphrom

 

 

BANGKOK, 25th August 2018 (NNT) – Thailand is preparing to host the 12th ASEAN Skills Competition, which, this year, will be known as "World Skills ASEAN Bangkok 2018.” According to Labor Minister Police General Adul Sangsingkeo, it is the largest vocational education skills excellence event in the ASEAN region and is one that truly reflects global industries.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054455-thailand-to-host-“world-skills-asean-bangkok-2018”/

 

Clinic opens for northeastern women married to foreigners

supawadee wangsri

 

 

KHON KAEN, (NNT) - Social Development and Human Security Minister Anantaphorn Kanchanarat presided over the opening of a clinic for women married to foreigners in provincial seat area of Khon Kaen. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054457-clinic-opens-for-northeastern-women-married-to-foreigners/

 

Thai maid steals valuables worth 500k THB from American tourist, buys car with the proceeds

 

Image: Manager

 

A Thai woman has confessed to stealing valuables worth almost 500,000 baht from an American tourist in Pattaya.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054459-thai-maid-steals-valuables-worth-500k-thb-from-american-tourist-buys-car-with-the-proceeds/

Hundreds of employers, workers without permits arrested in nationwide sweeps

By The Nation

 

 

Checks on nearly 50,000 foreign workers at establishments in the past month had led to the arrest of 1,162 illegal workers and the prosecution of 204 law-breaking employers, Department of Employment (DOE) chief Anurak Tossarat said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054461-hundreds-of-employers-workers-without-permits-arrested-in-nationwide-sweeps/

 

What's that noise? Bagpipes take over Czech town

 

STRAKONICE, Czech Republic (Reuters) - Bagpipers from 18 nations marched through the Czech town of Strakonice on Friday in a colourful parade to kick off the International Bagpipe Festival.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054462-whats-that-noise-bagpipes-take-over-czech-town/

 

Play predicts chilling future for Britain's prized health service

 

FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators hold placards during a march in support of the National Health Service, in central London, Britain, June 30, 2018. REUTERS/Simon Dawson

 

EDINBURGH (Reuters) - A desperate mechanic driven to operate on his sick wife is the subject of a disturbing play which looks at the future of Britain's prized public health service, shown at the Edinburgh Fringe.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054463-play-predicts-chilling-future-for-britains-prized-health-service/

Much detail, little progress in U.S.-China talks, sources say

By Michael Martina and David Lawder

 

A Chinese man adjusts a China flag before a news conference attended by Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing September 5, 2012. REUTERS/Feng Li/Pool/File Photo

 

BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S.-China trade talks this week were heavy on details but short on progress as U.S. negotiators outlined cases of American firms harmed by Chinese practices and China argued it was meeting its WTO obligations, people familiar with contents of the discussions said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1054465-much-detail-little-progress-in-us-china-talks-sources-say/

 

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