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U.S. compares Nicaragua to Syria, warns of potential regional crisis

 

FILE PHOTO: People take pictures of a burning police car during a protest against Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's government in Managua, Nicaragua September 2, 2018.REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday declared Nicaragua's civil unrest a threat to the region's security, saying government repression of protests risked creating an overwhelming displacement of people akin to Venezuela or Syria.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056094-us-compares-nicaragua-to-syria-warns-of-potential-regional-crisis/

 

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Drug suspect dies after Thalang police return fire

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

A Thalang drug suspect has died after being shot when he opened fire on Thalang police before trying to escape yesterday afternoon (September 6).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056095-drug-suspect-dies-after-thalang-police-return-fire/

 

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Khon Kaen woman blinded after putting "betel-juice" in her eye

 

Picture: Manager online

 

A woman in Khon kaen has gone to the media for help after a shop in the north eastern Thai town recommended she put "stinky betel nut juice" in her eye to cure cataracts.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056096-khon-kaen-woman-blinded-after-putting-betel-juice-in-her-eye/

 

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Pattaya taxi mafia thwarted as Bangkok cabby let go after gun complaint

 

 

A Bangkok cabby had just delivered his passenger to an address on Prathumnak Hill when a woman by the side of the road called him over.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056099-pattaya-taxi-mafia-thwarted-as-bangkok-cabby-let-go-after-gun-complaint/

 

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French President Macron's popularity slumps to record low in poll

 

FILE PHOTO: French President Emmanuel Macron attends a ceremony marking the 78th anniversary of late French General Charles de Gaulle's resistance call of June 18, 1940, at the Mont Valerien memorial in Suresnes, near Paris, France, June 18, 2018. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo

 

PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron's popularity has hit a record low following the resignation of a popular minister and a summer scandal over his bodyguard, a poll showed on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056100-french-president-macrons-popularity-slumps-to-record-low-in-poll/

 

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Tesla bond hits record low, stock slips as investor worry deepens

By Noel Randewich

 

FILE PHOTO: A Tesla sales and service center is shown in Costa Mesa, California, U.S., June 28, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo

 

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Tesla's <TSLA.O> stock and bond prices dropped on Wednesday after Chief Executive Elon Musk renewed an attack on a British caver whom he had previously insulted on social media and a day after Mercedes unveiled a challenge to the electric car maker.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056102-tesla-bond-hits-record-low-stock-slips-as-investor-worry-deepens/

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Drunken son arrested for alleged matricide in Nong Bua Lamphu

By The Nation

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

A man was arrested after he allegedly hacked his mother to death with an axe in Nong Bua Lamphu's Na Wang district on Wednesday evening.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056103-drunken-son-arrested-for-alleged-matricide-in-nong-bua-lamphu/

 

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Facebook to invest $1 billion in first Asian data centre in Singapore

By Fathin Ungku

 

Skyscrapers are pictured at dusk in Singapore's central business district December 30, 2009. REUTERS/Tim Chong/Files

 

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Facebook said on Thursday it will invest more than $1 billion to build its first data centre in Asia in Singapore, slated to open in 2022.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056106-facebook-to-invest-1-billion-in-first-asian-data-centre-in-singapore/

 

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BLACKSPOT STRIKES: Notorious downhill bend in Loei claims another victim

By The Nation

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

A ten-wheel truck carrying oranges overturned on a downhill bend in Loei's Wang Saphung district early on Thursday, severely injuring the driver and killing his girlfriend.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056107-blackspot-strikes notorious-downhill-bend-in-loei-claims-another-victim/

 

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North Korea's Kim says wants to denuclearise in Trump's first term - Seoul

By Joyce Lee and Hyonhee Shin

 

Chief of the national security office at Seoul's presidential Blue House Chung Eui-yong meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang, North Korea September 5, 2018. Picture taken September 5, 2018. The Presidential Blue House /Handout via REUTERS

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he wants to denuclearise the Korean peninsula during U.S. President Donald Trump's first term, as he agreed to hold a third summit with his South Korean counterpart this month in Pyongyang, Seoul officials said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056110-north-south-korea-leaders-to-hold-summit-on-sept-18-20-seoul-says/

 

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PM says there will be no cabinet reshuffle

 

 

BANGKOK, 6 August 2018 (NNT) - Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha and other members of the cabinet have insisted there would be no cabinet reshuffle as rumored. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056111-pm-prayut-says-there-will-be-no-cabinet-reshuffle/

 

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Phuket lifeguards warn beachgoers of venomous sea snakes at west coast beaches

By Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

Sea snakes have this week been found on Nai Yang and Patong beaches. Photo: Screengrab from video by Khomsan Phansangiam

 

PHUKET: Lifeguards stationed at the island’s west coast beaches are warning beachgoers to be aware after venomous sea snakes have been found on two beaches this week.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056112-phuket-lifeguards-warn-beachgoers-of-venomous-sea-snakes-at-west-coast-beaches/

 

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Bangkok woman drowns in flooded tunnel

By The Nation 

 

Picture: INN

 

A Bangkok motorist drowned early Thursday after her pickup truck stalled in rapidly rising floodwaters in an underpass leading to her housing estate and then engulfed the vehicle.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056113-bangkok-woman-drowns-in-flooded-tunnel/

 

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Starbucks' Italian dream comes true, but it is not cheap

By Francesca Landini

 

The entrance of the new Starbucks Reserve Roastery flagship in downtown Milan, Italy, September 4, 2018. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini

 

MILAN (Reuters) - Starbucks, the world's biggest coffee chain, will realize its chairman's dream on Friday when it opens an upmarket roastery and cafe in Milan, but the test will be to convince coffee-obsessed Italians to pay more for their daily espresso.

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056115-starbucks-italian-dream-comes-true-but-it-is-not-cheap/

 

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Two injured, three vehicles damaged in jealous chase – Krabi

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

Two people have been injured whilst three vehicles have been damaged in an accident after a husband, who saw his wife with other man in a car, chased and tried to stop them. The wife didn’t stop leading to a collision yesterday (September 5).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056116-two-injured-three-vehicles-damaged-in-jealous-chase-–-krabi/

 

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Dtac goes to court as concession set to expire

By The Nation

 

 

Total Access Communication (dtac) on Thursday filed suit in Central Administrative Court seeking a grace period for its customers who will lose access to the service on the 850MHz spectrum band in nine days.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056130-dtac-goes-to-court-as-concession-set-to-expire/

 

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Taxi drivers to descend on Transport Ministry demanding fare hike

By The Nation

 

FILE photo

 

About 100 taxi drivers are planning to mass at the Transport Ministry next month to demand an increase in the fare structure and a ban on Grab and other foreign ride-hailing services.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056133-taxi-drivers-to-descend-on-transport-ministry-demanding-fare-hike/

 

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India's top court legalises gay sex in landmark ruling

By Alasdair Pal

 

FILE PHOTO: A participant stands behind a rainbow flag during a gay pride parade promoting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights, in Chennai, India June 24, 2018. REUTERS/P. Ravikumar

 

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's top court scrapped a colonial-era ban on gay sex on Thursday in a landmark judgement that activists hope will uphold the right to equality.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056148-indias-top-court-legalises-gay-sex-in-landmark-ruling/

 

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Thai shippers raise export growth forecast, see trade war opportunities

 

Cargo ships are pictured near the port in Bangkok, Thailand, March 25, 2016. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's exports are expected to grow 9 percent this year, better than the 8 percent predicted earlier, as global demand remains strong, a group of Thai shippers said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056150-thai-shippers-raise-export-growth-forecast-see-trade-war-opportunities/

 

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Notorious Japanese ‘thief’ arrested in Chon Buri

By The Nation

 

Picture: INN

 

A Japanese man wanted by the authorities in Japan for allegedly stealing 50 million yen (Bt14.7 million) worth of luxury goods has been arrested in Chon Buri, a Thai immigration chief said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056153-notorious-japanese-‘thief’-arrested-in-chon-buri/

 

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Elon Musk 'to be sued in Thailand, London and US’ by cave diver he called 'paedo' in baseless remark

SOPHIE WILLIAMS 
The Evening Standard

 

The cave diver who Elon Musk has baselessly labelled a 'paedo guy' says he will sue the billionaire in three countries. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056155-elon-musk-to-be-sued-in-thailand-london-and-us’-by-cave-diver-he-called-paedo-in-baseless-remark/

 

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Bodies of two missing Nan troops found

By The Nation

 

Officials on Thursday found the bodies of two of the three soldiers who went missing when their racing boat sank in the Nan River in Nan's Muang district on Tuesday morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1055994-search-for-three-troops-continues-in-nan-river/?do=findComment&amp;comment=13340342

 

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Public warned against paying for 'romantic' gifts

By Suriya Patathayo 
The Nation

 

FILE photo

 

Another warning has been issued about fraudsters using a "romance scam” to prey on more than 100 victims and extracting around Bt69 million.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056163-public-warned-against-paying-for-romantic-gifts/

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Five Chinese ‘fraudsters’ held

By Khanathit Srihirundaj 
The Nation

 

 

Five Chinese suspects in three separate fraud and loan shark cases, who had obtained around 3.43 billion yuan (about Bt17.15 billion) from their compatriot victims and had fled to Thailand, had been arrested, Immigration Police Bureau deputy commissioner Maj Gen Itthipol Itthisaranachai told a press conference on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056164-five-chinese-‘fraudsters’-held/

 

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Thailand prepares for ASEAN Summit 2019

 

 

BANGKOK, 6th September 2018 (NNT) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that Thailand is ready to assume the ASEAN chairmanship next year. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056165-thailand-prepares-for-asean-summit-2019/

 

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PM Prayut urges all Thais to exercise regularly

 

 

BANGKOK, 6th August 2018 (NNT)-Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha is encouraging Thai people to exercise regularly to stay healthy. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056168-pm-prayut-urges-all-thais-to-exercise-regularly/

 

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Thai "Sunny" enters world six red snooker quarters in Bangkok

 

Image: Google

 

Rising Thai star Sunny Akani Songsermsawad beat former champion Stephen Maguire of Scotland in the last sixteen of the world six red snooker championships at the Bangkok Convention Centre earlier today.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056176-thai-sunny-enters-world-six-red-snooker-quarters-in-bangkok/

 

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Unswayed by protest, city hall vows to evict more street sellers

By Jintamas Saksornchai, Staff Reporter

 

Sellers take to the streets to take back the streets for vending Tuesday at the Government House in Bangkok.

 

BANGKOK — Top city officials said they will continue to clear vendors from the capital’s sidewalks despite a groundswell of opposition from Bangkok vendors.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056178-unswayed-by-protest-city-hall-vows-to-evict-more-street-sellers/

 

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2018 won't be 2011 for Bangkok flooding: Experts

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

Top: Flooding Oct. 23, 2011 at Thupatemi Stadium in Pathum Thani.

 

BANGKOK — A woman drowned to death in the capital last night, but although seasonal flooding is approaching the capital, experts said Thursday the death was unrelated and Bangkok will likely be spared from the deluge.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056179-2018-wont-be-2011-for-bangkok-flooding-experts/

 

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New Halloween trailer sees Michael Myers stalk his prey

BY STEPHANIE CHASE

 

Image: UNIVERSAL

 

You better believe that Michael Myers is back as a new Halloween trailer sees him stalk his prey on that infamous night.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056180-new-halloween-trailer-sees-michael-myers-stalk-his-prey/