As Hurricane Florence nears Carolinas, 1 million told to evacuate

By Anna Driver

 

Hurricane Florence is seen from the International Space Station as it churns in the Atlantic Ocean towards the east coast of the United States, September 10, 2018. NASA/Handout via REUTERS

 

HOLDEN BEACH, N.C. (Reuters) - Hurricane Florence, the most powerful storm to menace the Carolina coast in nearly three decades, intensified into a Category 4 hurricane on Monday, prompting evacuations of more than 1 million people to higher ground.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056822-as-hurricane-florence-nears-carolinas-1-million-told-to-evacuate/

 

Yellowstone hit by global warming, increased visitation: report

By Laura Zuckerman

 

FILE PHOTO: A bison walks in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, U.S. on August 10, 2011. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo

 

PINEDALE, Wyo. (Reuters) - Hotter, drier conditions have led to more severe wildfires in Yellowstone National Park, while growing numbers of visitors have harmed everything from prized hydrothermal features to its famed grizzly bears, the park said in a report on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056823-yellowstone-hit-by-global-warming-increased-visitation-report/

 

Thai sailors to compete at Para World Sailing Championships in USA

First time that Thai sailors will compete at Para World Sailing Championships

 

Thai sailors Suraphong Chitkhong (left) and Paisal Pa-teh (right), together with Narong Rattanasopa (centre), as they depart Suvarnabhumi Airport on their way to the 2018 Para World Sailing Championships in the USA.

 

BANGKOK, Thailand – Thailand are sending sailors to the Para World Sailing Championships for the first time with Suraphong Chitkhong and Paisal Pa-teh, both from Pattaya, heading to Sheboygan in the USA to take part in a pre-event sailing clinic followed by the World Championships from 18 – 22 September.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056824-thai-sailors-to-compete-at-para-world-sailing-championships-in-usa/

 

Bangkok holds "Rak Chao Phraya" activity as part of efforts against flooding

 

 

BANGKOK, 11 September 2018 (NNT) – Bangkok has held the “Rak Chao Phraya” activity to encourage the removal of water hyacinth from its most major river and as part of preparations to avoid flooding. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056827-bangkok-holds-rak-chao-phraya-activity-as-part-of-efforts-against-flooding/

 

FETCO: Sept Investor Confidence Index increases

 

 

BANGKOK, 11 September 2018, (NNT) - According to the Federation of Thai Capital Market Organizations (FETCO), the Thai Investor Confidence Index in September increased due to the nation’s continuous economic growth, despite global economic setbacks. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056829-fetco-sept-investor-confidence-index-increases/

 

Deputy PM Prajin denies removal of DSI in top posts

 

 

BANGKOK, 10th September 2018 (NNT) - The Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Minister, ACM Prajin Juntong, has denied speculation that the Ministry of Justice's latest move to transfer two deputy director-generals from the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) was to remove officers from its executive positions. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056830-deputy-pm-prajin-denies-removal-of-dsi-in-top-posts/

 

UK baby born with heart outside body allowed visits home

 

LONDON (Reuters) - A British baby who was born with her heart outside her body has been allowed to make visits to her parents' home after months in hospital, the BBC reported on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056831-uk-baby-born-with-heart-outside-body-allowed-visits-home/

 

Stepfather arrested for suffocating crying 6-month-old baby

By The Nation

 

Picture: Daily News

 

A couple were arrested late on Monday night after they allegedly dumped the body of their suffocated six-month-old baby boy on a Bangkok soi in front of the home of the wife’s mother, police said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056833-stepfather-arrested-for-suffocating-crying-6-month-old-baby/

 

China will buy 7,690 new airplanes over next 20 years: Boeing

 

A Boeing logo is pictured during the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE) at Geneva Airport, Switzerland May 28, 2018. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

 

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese airlines are likely to buy 7,690 planes worth $1.2 trillion over the next 20 years, Boeing Co <BA.N> said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056835-china-will-buy-7690-new-airplanes-over-next-20-years-boeing/

 

Phase 3 funds for Phuket’s underground cable project requested

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

300 million baht has been requested for a new underground cable project ‘Phase 3’ along Thepkrasattri Road from the Rajabaht Intersection to Saphan Hin which is part of the longer-term project to convert Phuket Town into a ‘living museum’.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056836-phase-3-funds-for-phuket’s-underground-cable-project-requested/

 

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Dallas grand jury to examine police officer's fatal shooting of neighbor

By Gabriella Borter

 

Officer Amber Guyger appears in a booking photo provided by the Kaufman County Sheriff's Office, September 10, 2018. Kaufman County Sheriff's Office/Handout via REUTERS

 

(Reuters) - A Texas grand jury could potentially charge a Dallas police officer with murder in the shooting death of a neighbor whose apartment the officer said she mistook for her own, a prosecutor said on Monday, as the victim's family demanded more answers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056516-dallas-officer-faces-manslaughter-charge-in-apartment-shooting/?do=findComment&amp;comment=13354689

 

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Warut ‘O’ Woratham, Actor And Tv Host, Dies At 48

By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee, Staff Reporter

 

 

CHIANG MAI — After two nights in intensive care, former actor-television host Warut “O” Woratham died early Tuesday morning. He was 48.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056728-thai-actor-warut-still-in-critical-condition-on-respiratory-aid/?do=findComment&amp;comment=13354779

 

Driver recovered from wreck as van goes off-road on Patong Hill

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Police believe the driver fell asleep at the wheel. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: A passenger van went off-road while descending Patong Hill this morning (Sept 11), with the van coming to a halt just metres before a 15-metre plunge into a rubber plantation.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056844-driver-recovered-from-wreck-as-van-goes-off-road-on-patong-hill/

 

Phuket now has a world class shopping hub

By Tim Newton

 

 

The population of Thailand is around 70 million people. I think most of them were at the opening night of the new Central Floresta yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056848-phuket-now-has-a-world-class-shopping-hub/

 

Man caught masturbating in front of Chonburi school girl

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Sanook reported that a man was caught masturbating on his pink bike in downtown Chonburi.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056850-man-caught-masturbating-in-front-of-chonburi-school-girl/

 

All Luxury Watches Returned To 'Friend,' Prawit Says

By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer

 

Gen. Prawit Wongsuwan on Sep. 3 checks out counterfeit brandname watches confiscated by police in Bangkok.

 

BANGKOK — Anti-corruption activists were unswayed by a deputy junta leader’s claim Monday that he returned 25 undeclared luxury watches to a friend.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056851-all-luxury-watches-returned-to-friend-prawit-says/

 

Fellow bar girl pinched my undies, says Sri Racha woman after being cleaned out

 

Picture: Sanook

 

A bar girl working at a Japanese lounge has gone to police after she arrived back at her room to find everything gone.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056852-fellow-bar-girl-pinched-my-undies-says-sri-racha-woman-after-being-cleaned-out/

 

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Award-winning actor Warut dies at 49

By The Nation

 

 

Former actor Warut Woratham died on Tuesday morning at age 49, having never regained consciousness after collapsing at his Chiang Mai home on Sunday evening.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056728-thai-actor-warut-still-in-critical-condition-on-respiratory-aid/?do=findComment&amp;comment=13354994

 

Chiang Mai tram project: Investors sought just for proposed red line

 

Picture: Chiang Mai News

 

Chiang Mai News reported that plans for the tram in the northern Thai city were first mooted in the mid 1990s.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056855-chiang-mai-tram-project-investors-sought-just-for-proposed-red-line/

 

Airport ups measures to detect swine fever coming from China

By The Nation

 

FILE photo

 

Amid growing concern over an epidemic of African swine fever in China, Suvarnabhumi airport will step up procedures to detect smuggled pork meat and swine products from that country.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056868-suvarnabhumi-airport-ups-measures-to-detect-swine-fever-coming-from-china/

 

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Agency responsible for Victory Monument being decided

 

 

BANGKOK, 11th September 2018 (NNT) – The director of the Department of City Planning (DCP) has advised that if the government agency responsible for renovations to Victory Monument can't be identified, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) will have to take on the work itself. The Deputy Prime Minister is to hold a meeting on the matter. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056749-desperately-seeking-owner-of-victory-monument/?do=findComment&amp;comment=13355465

 

Husband almost beheads wife in Krabi

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

A man, who slashed his wife’s neck, killing her in Krabi this morning (September 11), has been arrested.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056872-husband-almost-beheads-wife-in-krabi/

 

Legal battle for Phuket elephant ‘Yo’, ’Namphet’ continues

By Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

The legal battle for ‘Yo’, or ‘Nampeth’, continues. Photo: Supplied

 

PHUKET: The legal battle continues for ownership of the elephant ‘Yo’, or ‘Nampetch’, depending on who is claiming to own the elephant, more than a year after two brothers from Surin province, on the Cambodian border, arrived to claim the elephant as their own.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056875-legal-battle-for-phuket-elephant-‘yo’-’namphet’-continues/

 

UK Conservative eurosceptics fail to agree Brexit plan B - FT

 

FILE PHOTO: Brexit campaigner Jacob Rees-Mogg talks to the media outside the Houses of Parliament after David Davis resigns from government, in London, Britain, July 9, 2018. REUTERS/Simon Dawson/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - A plan by eurosceptics in Prime Minister Theresa May's party to publish an alternative plan for the United Kingdom's future relationship with the European Union has fallen apart, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056876-uk-conservative-eurosceptics-fail-to-agree-brexit-plan-b-ft/

 

Incumbent Army Chief confident his successor can keep peace in the South

 

 

PATTANI, 11th September 2018 (NNT) - The incumbent Army Commander-in-Chief has expressed his confidence in his successor's ability to maintain peace in the South, noting that the region’s overall situation has significantly improved. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056879-incumbent-thai-army-chief-confident-his-successor-can-keep-peace-in-the-south/

 

Water management plans being adjusted in anticipation of more rain

 

 

BANGKOK, 11th September 2018 (NNT) – The Temporary Crisis Center is to adjust its water management plan for the east after an assessment that rainfall may pick up in October. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056881-water-management-plans-being-adjusted-in-anticipation-of-more-rain/

 

Robert Redford bids farewell to acting with throwback crime caper

By Gina Cherelus and Rollo Ross

 

Actor Robert Redford arrives for the international premiere of The Old Man & the Gun at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in Toronto, Canada, September 10, 2018. REUTERS/Mark Blinch

 

TORONTO (Reuters) - Robert Redford bowed out on Monday from a 50-year acting career, calling what he has said will be his final movie "a wonderful film to go out on."

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056883-robert-redford-bids-farewell-to-acting-with-throwback-crime-caper/

 

Putin says Russia's defence ties with China based on trust

 

FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a joint news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe following their meeting on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia September 10, 2018. Donat Sorokin/TASS Host Photo Agency/Pool via REUTERS

 

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin told Chinese President Xi Jinping that Moscow and Beijing's relations were based on trust in areas ranging from politics to security and defence.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056885-putin-says-russias-defence-ties-with-china-based-on-trust/

 

'I WILL WIN' 

Grease legend Olivia Newton-John diagnosed with cancer for a third time

The 69-year-old is determined to beat the disease with the help of husband John Easterling

By Dan Cain

 

OLIVIA Newton-John has revealed she's been diagnosed with cancer for a third time - five years on from her secret second battle with the illness//REUTERS

 

OLIVIA Newton-John has revealed she's been diagnosed with cancer for a third time - five years on from her secret second battle with the illness

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056891-olivia-newton-john-diagnosed-with-cancer-for-a-third-time/

 

28 provinces likely to face more downpours

 

FILE photo

 

THAILAND, 11th September 2018, (NNT) - Much of Thailand will have a break from rainfall tomorrow (12th), but elsewhere, its expected that as many as 28 provinces will experience continuing precipitation. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1056893-28-thai-provinces-likely-to-face-more-downpours/