THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Saturday 29 Sep 2018

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Police bust Phuket toy car drug gang

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The drugs were smuggles into Phuket by being hidden in remote-controlled cars delivered by a parcel delivery service. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET:-- Police have arrested three suspects, including a Thai-British man, who were found with 39,820 methamphetamine (ya bah) pills hidden in toy remote-controlled cars that were delivered to Phuket from Bangkok by a private parcel delivery service.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059341-police-bust-phuket-toy-car-drug-gang/

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Senator's dramatic demand spurs Trump to order FBI Kavanaugh probe

By Amanda Becker, David Morgan and Lawrence Hurley

 

Professor Christine Blasey Ford and U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh (R), testify in this combination photo during a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, U.S., September 27, 2018. Win McNamee/Pool and REUTERS/Jim Bourg (R)

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A dramatic last-minute demand by Republican Senator Jeff Flake on Friday prompted President Donald Trump to order an FBI investigation into his Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh over sexual misconduct allegations that have riveted the country and imperilled his confirmation chances.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059368-senators-dramatic-demand-spurs-trump-to-order-fbi-kavanaugh-probe/

 

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Major quake and tsunami cause deaths in Indonesian city

By Tabita Diela and Gayatri Suroyo

 

A paramedic gives treatment to an earthquake survivor outside a hospital in Donggala, Indonesia Sulawesi Island, September 28, 2018. Antara Foto/HO/BNPB-Sutopo Purwo N via REUTERS

 

JAKARTA (Reuters) - A tsunami caused deaths when it hit a small city on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on Friday after a major quake, collapsing buildings and cutting off power, officials said, although the exact number of casualties was not clear.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059369-major-quake-and-tsunami-cause-deaths-in-indonesian-city/

 

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Facebook discloses security breach affecting 50 million users

By Munsif Vengattil, Arjun Panchadar and Paresh Dave

 

FILE PHOTO - Figurines are seen in front of the Facebook logo in this illustration taken March 20, 2018. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic

 

(Reuters) - Facebook Inc <FB.O> said on Friday that hackers stole digital login codes allowing them to take over up to 50 million user accounts in its worst breach ever given the unprecedented level of potential access, adding to what has been a difficult year for the company's reputation.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059370-facebook-discloses-security-breach-affecting-50-million-users/

 

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Russia Begins missile system delivery to Syria, warns West on peace talks

By John Irish and Michelle Nichols

 

FILE PHOTO: An S-300 air defense missile system launches a missile during the Keys to the Sky competition at the International Army Games 2017 at the Ashuluk shooting range outside Astrakhan, Russia August 5, 2017. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

 

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday Moscow had started delivering the S-300 surface-to-air missile system to Syria and warned Western powers of trying to undermine U.N.-led efforts to end the seven-year conflict.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059372-russia-begins-missile-system-delivery-to-syria-warns-west-on-peace-talks/

 

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Mexican president-elect insists on trilateral NAFTA as U.S.-Mexico text awaited

By David Lawder and Anthony Esposito

 

FILE PHOTO: A car hauler heading for Detroit, Michigan, drives on the lane to Ambassador Bridge in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, April 28, 2017. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The United States and Mexico are due to release the text of their trade agreement on Friday, increasing pressure on Canada to join its partners in revamping the North American Free Trade Agreement while Mexico's president-elect said he would insist on a trilateral pact.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059373-mexican-president-elect-insists-on-trilateral-nafta-as-us-mexico-text-awaited/

 

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Crushing foursomes sweep puts Europe 5-3 ahead

By Mitch Phillips

 

Sep 28, 2018; Paris, FRA; Europe golfer Rory McIlroy and Europe golfer Ian Poulter react to the crowd on the 14th hole during the Ryder Cup Friday afternoon matches at Le Golf National. Mandatory Credit: Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports

 

PARIS (Reuters) - Europe produced a barnstorming Ryder Cup comeback on Friday as they swept the foursomes in devastating style to take an overnight 5-3 lead and leave the United States dazed and bewildered after they had won the fourballs 3-1.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059374-crushing-foursomes-sweep-puts-europe-5-3-ahead/

 

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Turkey's Erdogan, in Berlin, pledges EU visa push

By Andreas Rinke and Matthias Inverardi

 

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan shake hands during a news conference at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, September 28, 2018. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

 

BERLIN/DUESSELDORF, Germany (Reuters) - Turkey aims to win easier access to the European Union for its citizens, President Tayyip Erdogan said in Berlin on Friday during a state visit that aims to repair relations with Germany after bitter disputes.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059375-turkeys-erdogan-in-berlin-pledges-eu-visa-push/

 

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Boyfriend, his new girlfriend get death sentence for killing his fiancee

By The Nation

 

Photo : Ronnachai and Nontiya//Facebook

 

The First Court in Chumphon province on Friday sentenced to death a man and a woman after finding them guilty of involvement in killing the man’s fiancee five days before their wedding day in late December last year.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059376-boyfriend-his-new-girlfriend-get-death-sentence-for-killing-his-fiancee/

 

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New Pattaya mayor promises to cover his father’s debt

By THE NATION WEEKEND

 

 

PATTAYA CITY’S new mayor said yesterday that his family will cover the Bt100-million in damages the court has ordered his father to pay the city over a corruption case.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059377-new-pattaya-mayor-promises-to-cover-his-father’s-debt/

 

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SPECIAL REPORT:Wildlife trafficking: a global scourge

By PIYAPORN WONGRUANG 
THE NATION WEEKEND

 

The two baby orangutans, now named as Nobita and Shizuka by the staff at Khao Prathab Chang Wildlife Breeding Center in Ratchaburi province.

 

Law enforcement and prosecution seen improved over the years, but still one step behind trafficking.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059379-special-reportwildlife-trafficking-a-global-scourge/

 

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An ‘auspicious’ beginning?

By KORNRAWEE PANYASUPPAKUN 
THE NATION WEEKEND

 

File photo

 

Thailand has double the recommended rate of surgical births, and that could be a problem, say experts

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059380-an-‘auspicious’-beginning/

 

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Trading PLACES

By PHUWIT LIMVIPHUWAT 
THE NATION WEEKEND

 

Adul Chotinisakorn has been steadily transforming the image of the Department of Foreign Trade.

 

ADUL Chotinisakorn has taken an unlikely path to the top office in a government department. The former temple school student also cuts a distinctive style and likes to think of himself as a marketing man - in contrast to the staid, regulatory mindset associated with many of his peers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059381-trading-places/

 

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Reskilling urged to shore up jobs as AI sweeps in

By JINTANA PANYAARVUDH 
THE NATION WEEKEND

 

 

INTERVENTION by the government is needed as the labour market heads toward major job losses due to recent and future waves of technological innovation, a recent seminar has heard.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059382-reskilling-urged-to-shore-up-jobs-as-ai-sweeps-in/

 

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Not Thai and can't run a tour company in Thailand! - Big Joke in last hurrah

 

Image: INN

 

Just days before he becomes the chief of immigration Thailand's star crime buster has thrown the book at two foreigners pretending to be Thais.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059386-not-thai-and-cant-run-a-tour-company-in-thailand-big-joke-in-last-hurrah/ 

 

 

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Video: Find the suspicious "Indian" thief with the baby stroller!

 

Image: We Love Pattaya Facebook page

 

Footage posted to the We Love Pattaya Facebook page showed a dark skinned man select an expensive brand of hand cream at a store and put it in a bag.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059388-video-find-the-suspicious-indian-thief-with-the-baby-stroller/

 

 

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Police step up hunt for "Sex in the Supermarket" couple

 

Image: Daily News

 

Police are stepping up the hunt for a couple filmed apparently having sex in the aisles of Big C.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059390-police-step-up-hunt-for-sex-in-the-supermarket-couple/

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Chinese invasion in Chiang Mai: Thai operators using "Muay Thai" Chinese doing "Mixed Martial Arts"

 

 

An academic in Chiang Mai has described the tourist business situation in Chiang Mai in terms of a fight in the ring.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059393-chinese-invasion-in-chiang-mai-thai-operators-using-muay-thai-chinese-doing-mixed-martial-arts/

 

 

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Thai husband slays wife then stuffs 100 baht in her mouth "to avoid bad karma"

 

Image: Daily News

 

An enraged Thai husband in Thailand's north east - furious that his wife had sold the buffaloes and not given him any of the proceeds - stabbed her to death then stuffed a 100 baht note in her lifeless mouth.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059395-thai-husband-slays-wife-then-stuffs-100-baht-in-her-mouth-to-avoid-bad-karma/ 

 

 

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Two massage/karaoke parlors busted for selling sex in Pangnga

 

Image: Sanook

 

District officials and the military raided two establishments in the Lamken sub-district of Pangnga in Thailand's south yesterday after complaints of noise and sex for sale.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059398-two-massagekaraoke-parlors-busted-for-selling-sex-in-pangnga/ 

 

 

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DPM Prawit told of Thai police successes in the last 12 months

 

Image: TNA

 

Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Prawit Wongsuwon was given a tour by the RTP chief General Chakthip Chaijinda yesterday showing what one of their divisions had been up to in the past year.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059400-dpm-prawit-told-of-thai-police-successes-in-the-last-12-months/

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai will testify before U.S. House on bias accusations

By David Shepardson

 

Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks on stage during the annual Google I/O developers conference in Mountain View, California, May 8, 2018. REUTERS/Stephen Lam/Files

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai has agreed to testify before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee later this year over Republican concerns that the company is biased against conservatives and will also attend a meeting with President Donald Trump, government officials said on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059402-google-ceo-sundar-pichai-will-testify-before-us-house-on-bias-accusations/

 

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Brazil's Bolsonaro says he will not accept election result if he loses

By Anthony Boadle

 

Presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro listens to the national anthem during a meeting with women in Porto Alegre, Brazil August 30, 2018. REUTERS/Diego Vara/Files

 

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro, a former Army officer who admires Brazil's 1964-1985 military dictatorship, said on Friday that he will not accept the result of next month's election if he loses.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059403-brazils-bolsonaro-says-he-will-not-accept-election-result-if-he-loses/

 

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Indians arrested for illegally entering U.S. nearly triples

By Andrew Hay

 

Three men from India jump the fence from Mexico and give themselves up to U.S. border patrol agents in Calexico, California, U.S. February 8, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake/Files

 

(Reuters) - The number of Indians arrested for illegally entering the United States has nearly tripled so far in 2018, making them one of the largest groups of illegal aliens apprehended, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059404-indians-arrested-for-illegally-entering-us-nearly-triples/

 

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CBS faces New York probe tied to ex-CEO Leslie Moonves

By Kenneth Li and Arjun Panchadar

 

The CBS broadcasting logo is seen outside the CBS Broadcast Center in Manhattan, New York, U.S., July 30, 2018. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

 

(Reuters) - CBS Corp is facing probes by both New York city and state officials tied to sexual assault and harassment accusations of its ex-chief executive Leslie Moonves, the company revealed in a regulatory filing on Friday evening.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059405-cbs-faces-new-york-probe-tied-to-ex-ceo-leslie-moonves/

 

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China says 'no cause for panic' over U.S. ties, but won't be blackmailed

By David Brunnstrom and Rodrigo Campos

 

FILE PHOTO: China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks during the opening of a new Chinese Embassy in the Dominican Republic, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, September 21, 2018. REUTERS/Ricardo Rojas/File Photo

 

UNITED NATIONS/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Chinese government's top diplomat, Wang Yi, said on Friday there was "no cause for panic" over friction between Beijing and Washington, but warned that China would not be blackmailed or yield to pressure over trade.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059406-china-says-no-cause-for-panic-over-us-ties-but-wont-be-blackmailed/

 

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U.S. pull diplomats from Iraqi city, citing threats from Iran

By Phil Stewart and Lesley Wroughton

 

A general a view of the city after a week of violent protests in Basra, Iraq September 9, 2018. REUTERS/Essam al-Sudani/Files

 

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States announced on Friday it will effectively close its consulate in the Iraqi city of Basra and relocate diplomatic personnel assigned there following increasing threats from Iran and Iran-backed militia, including rocket fire.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059407-us-pull-diplomats-from-iraqi-city-citing-threats-from-iran/

 

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Kremlin critic says he was poisoned for investigating colleagues' killings

 

FILE PHOTO: Pyotr Verzilov, one of four intruders affiliated to Russia's Pussy Riot protest group who were jailed for 15 days for staging a pitch invasion during the football World Cup final and were detained again after their release on July 30, gives a double thumb-up outside a court building in Moscow, Russia July 31, 2018.

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - Russian and German doctors treating anti-Kremlin activist Pyotr Verzilov agree that he was poisoned ahead of being taken ill two weeks ago, Verzilov said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059410-kremlin-critic-says-he-was-poisoned-for-investigating-colleagues-killings/

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Amal Clooney calls on Myanmar's Suu Kyi to pardon Reuters reporters

By Michelle Nichols

 

Reuters Editor-in-Chief Stephen Adler and attorney Amal Clooney participate in the Press Behind Bars: Undermining Justice and Democracy event during the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 28, 2018. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

 

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The families of two Reuters reporters imprisoned in Myanmar have asked for a pardon, human rights lawyer Amal Clooney told a press freedom event at the United Nations on Friday as she pressed the country's civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi to agree.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059413-amal-clooney-calls-on-myanmars-suu-kyi-to-pardon-reuters-reporters/

 

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Ronaldo lawyers to sue Der Spiegel over 'illegal' report

 

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Serie A - Juventus v Bologna - Allianz Stadium, Turin, Italy - September 26, 2018 Juventus' Cristiano Ronaldo before the match REUTERS/Massimo Pinca/File Photo

 

LISBON (Reuters) - Lawyers for Cristiano Ronaldo said on Friday they would sue German magazine Der Spiegel after it published "blatantly illegal" accusations by an American woman who alleges she was raped by the Portuguese soccer star in 2009.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059414-ronaldo-lawyers-to-sue-der-spiegel-over-illegal-report/