British man facing £100,000 bill after falling ill in Thailand without insurance

By Lucy Middleton

 

George Gannon, pictured with girlfriend Natalie Hobbs, woke up on September 25 unable to speak or move his legs (Picture: Caters News Agency)

 

A British man who fell ill in Thailand is now at risk of being stranded on an island after his hospital costs went into the thousands.

 

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Pattaya tour bus driver nabbed for refusing to return American’s wallet

By The Nation

 

 

A tour bus driver in Pattaya has been arrested for refusing to return an American tourist’s wallet left on his bus, police said on Monday.

 

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Mu Pa rescue commander Narongsak to join trip to Youth Olympics

By The Nation

 

File photo: The ex-Chiang Rai governor Narongsak Osottanakorn (R).

 

The ex-Chiang Rai governor who commanded the rescue operation for missing Mu Pa footballers and their deputy coach has said he will join the team on their trip to the Youth Olympic Games in Argentina.

 

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Tobacco tax ‘too little’ to finance public healthcare

By THE NATION

 

File photo: Tobacco factory

 

Experts say an extra bt2 per cigarette packet won’t resolve budget challenges of universal scheme

 

THE Finance Ministry’s plan to collect an extra Bt2 from every cigarette packet sold to fund the universal healthcare scheme has been met with scepticism by public-health experts. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059851-tobacco-tax-‘too-little’-to-finance-public-healthcare/

 

Cabinet members defy calls to quit over party move

By THE NATION

 

Ministers at the opening of Palang Pracharat Party on September 29

 

GOVERNMENT figures yesterday shrugged off growing calls for four Cabinet members to resign after having joined a new political party that is regarded as pro-junta.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059852-thai-cabinet-members-defy-calls-to-quit-over-party-move/

 

Thanathorn pitches self as PM candidate in Future Forward mission

By KAS CHANWANPEN 
THE NATION

 

Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit

 

FUTURE FORWARD Party (FWP) leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit on Monday announced he was ready to become the prime minister and highlighted the campaign “Thailand 2X” that promoted equality among Thais and make the country fit to compete with others.

 

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Deputy Governor vows to save cash-strapped BACC

By Kornrawee Panyasuppakun 
The Nation 

 

File photo: THE Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC)

 

THE Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC) will get a new lease of life once it receives the subsidies promised by the city administration.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059854-deputy-bangkok-governor-vows-to-save-cash-strapped-bacc/

 

Manager denies responsibility for drowning of woman in underpass

By KORNKAMON AKSORNDECH 
THE NATION

 

 

A MANAGER at Bangkok’s Golden Nakara housing estate on Monday denied charges of recklessness leading to the death of a businesswoman who drowned last month after her pickup truck became stuck in a flooded underpass leading to the estate.

 

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Locals see potash mining project as threat to traditional life

By Pratch Rujivanarom 
The Nation 
Sakon Nakhon 

 

A buffalo herd grazes on a lush field next to Huai Thong reservoir, one of the major water sources for fisheries, agriculture and husbandry in Wanon Niwat District, Sakon Nakhon province. Nation / Pratch Rujivanarom

 

A PROPOSED underground potash-mining project proposed by Chinese interests for Sakon Nakhon province lies beneath land enriched with invaluable natural resources and diverse freshwater biodiversity, research by the local community has found.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059856-sakon-nakhon-locals-see-potash-mining-project-proposed-by-chinese-interests-as-threat-to-traditional-life/

 

Mexican vows to gatecrash Srisaket’s homecoming party

By Lerpong Amsa-ngiam 
The Nation

 

Srisaket Sor Rungvisai and Iran Diaz

 

WBC Super flyweight champion Srisaket Sor Rungvisai is determined to keep his belt for the third successive time as he faces Mexican Iran Diaz in the One: Kingdom of Heroes this Saturday at the Impact Arena Muang Thong Thani.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059857-mexican-vows-to-gatecrash-srisaket’s-homecoming-party/

 

Baby miraculously survives fall from apartment building

 

 

A new-born baby miraculously escaped almost unscathed after she was apparently dropped from the fifth floor of an apartment building onto a banana orchard in Tambon Teparak, Muang district of Samut Prakarn province on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059858-baby-miraculously-survives-fall-from-apartment-building-in-samut-prakarn/

 

UPDATE:

 

Future Forward leader Thanathorn says he’s ready to be prime minister

 

 

Future Forward acting party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit announced that he is ready to be the next prime minister and to lead Thailand toward changes and new future.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059853-thanathorn-pitches-self-as-pm-candidate-in-future-forward-mission/?do=findComment&comment=13418597

 

UPDATE:

 

Somkid insists 4 ministers need not quit after joining Palang Pracharat

 

 

Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak came to the defence today of  four cabinet members who are facing pressure to relinquish their posts after  joining the pro-junta Palang Pracharat Party.

 

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DMK Chief Suspended Over Chinese Tourist Assault

By Jintamas Saksornchai, Staff Reporter

 

In this undated image from video, an airport security guard gets physical with a Chinese tourist. Image: Guide Complaint / Facebook

 

BANGKOK — The president of the national airport regulator said top Don Mueang airport officials had been suspended Sunday after a security guard was filmed assaulting a Chinese tourist.

 

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Immigration police bust fraud scammers preying on Chinese people

 

FILE photo

 

BANGKOK, 2 October 2018 (NNT) - The Immigration Police arrested online fraud scammers who had allegedly ripped 27 billion baht in cash off Chinese people before fleeing into Thailand. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059861-immigration-police-bust-fraud-scammers-preying-on-chinese-people/

 

Rainbow presenter Geoffrey Hayes dies at 76

 

Image: Twitter

 

Geoffrey Hayes, who hosted long-running children's TV show, Rainbow, has died aged 76.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059862-rainbow-presenter-geoffrey-hayes-dies-at-76/

 

America's image worsens under Trump

By Noah Barkin

 

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a Medal of Honor ceremony for former U.S. Army medic Ronald J. Shurer awarded "for conspicuous gallantry" for actions he took while serving in 2008 in Afghanistan at the White House in Washington, U.S., October 1, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - The image of the United States has deteriorated further among its traditional allies after a year in which President Donald Trump ratcheted up his verbal attacks on countries like Canada and Germany, a leading survey showed.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059863-americas-image-worsens-under-trump/

 

One year later, Las Vegas honours 58 killed in mass shooting

 

FILE PHOTO: The "Welcome to Las Vegas" sign is surrounded by flowers and items, left after the October 1 mass shooting, in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. October 9, 2017. REUTERS/Las Vegas Sun/Steve Marcus/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - As white doves flew overhead - each tagged with a name of one of the 58 people killed a year ago on Monday when a sniper opened fire in Las Vegas - loved ones gathered at sunrise to remember victims of the largest mass shooting in modern American history.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059864-one-year-later-las-vegas-honours-58-killed-in-mass-shooting/

 

North Korea says war's end can't be bargaining chip for denuclearisation: KCNA

 

FILE PHOTO - South Korean President Moon Jae-in speaks to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a luncheon, in this photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on September 21, 2018. KCNA via REUTERS

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Tuesday that declaring the end of the 1950-53 Korean War "can never be a bargaining chip" for getting North Korea denuclearised, and said the country "will not particularly hope for it" if the United States does not want the end of war, according to state media KCNA.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059865-north-korea-says-wars-end-cant-be-bargaining-chip-for-denuclearisation-kcna/

 

Trump hails trade pact with Canada, Mexico as win for U.S. workers

By Steve Holland

 

FILE PHOTO: Flags of the U.S., Canada and Mexico fly next to each other in Detroit, Michigan, U.S. August 29, 2018. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Monday touted a new free trade deal with Canada and Mexico as a win for U.S. workers while investors breathed a sigh of relief that the key pillars of NAFTA had survived his hardball strategy to reshape global commerce.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059866-trump-hails-trade-pact-with-canada-mexico-as-win-for-us-workers/

 

House Republicans weigh subpoena in spat with ex-FBI chief Comey

By Sarah N. Lynch

 

FILE PHOTO - Former FBI director James Comey arrives at the Irish Film Institute for for a public interview in Dublin, Ireland June 22, 2018. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Republicans may subpoena former FBI Director James Comey to force him to testify before a House panel about the agency's decisions before the 2016 presidential election, a House aide told Reuters on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059867-house-republicans-weigh-subpoena-in-spat-with-ex-fbi-chief-comey/

 

Charles Aznavour, beloved French crooner, dies at 94

By Julie Carriat and Brian Love

 

French singer Charles Aznavour attends the annual dinner of CCAF (Co-ordination Council of Armenian organisations of France), in Paris, France, February 8, 2017. Picture taken February 8, 2017. REUTERS/Christophe Ena/Pool/File Photo

 

PARIS (Reuters) - French singer Charles Aznavour, who stole the hearts of millions with decades of haunting love songs, has died aged 94, his spokeswoman said on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059868-charles aznavour-beloved-french-crooner-dies-at-94/

 

Return to our values, Johnson urges UK Conservatives

By Elizabeth Piper and William James

 

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May sits next to Britain's Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson as she holds the first Cabinet meeting following the general election at 10 Downing Street, in London June 12, 2017. REUTERS/Leon Neal/Pool/File Photo

 

BIRMINGHAM, England (Reuters) - Former foreign minister Boris Johnson will say on Tuesday the governing Conservative Party should not "ape" the policies of Britain's opposition Labour and instead return to its true values of low tax and law and order.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059871-return-to-our-values-johnson-urges-uk-conservatives/

 

Scientists behind game-changing cancer immunotherapies win Nobel medicine prize

By Simon Johnson and Kate Kelland

 

A combination photo shows Ph.D. James P. Allison of MD Anderson Cancer Center at The University of Texas in this picture obtained from MD Anderson Cancer Center at The University of Texas on October 1, 2018 (R) and Kyoto University Professor Tasuku Honjo in Kyoto, Japan in this photo taken by Kyodo September 17, 2018. Mandatory credit Kyodo/MD Anderson Cancer Center at The University of Texas/Handouts via REUTERS

 

STOCKHOLM/LONDON (Reuters) - American James Allison and Japanese Tasuku Honjo won the 2018 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine on Monday for game-changing discoveries about how to harness and manipulate the immune system to fight cancer.

 

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Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen treated again for cancer

By Eric M. Johnson

 

FILE PHOTO - Seattle Seahawks owner and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen (C) waves to the trading floor after ringing the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange January 30, 2014. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

 

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp <MSFT.O> co-founder Paul Allen said on Monday he had started treatment for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, the same type of cancer he overcame nine years ago.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059874-microsoft-co-founder-paul-allen-treated-again-for-cancer/

 

FBI digs into U.S. Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh's past

By Steve Holland and David Morgan

 

Protestors gather for a really against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh outside an expected speech by U.S. Representative Jeff Flake (R-AZ) in Boston, U.S., October 1, 2018. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Days after being ordered to look into sexual misconduct allegations against U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, the FBI has talked with his high school friend Mark Judge, but the interview is not complete, his attorney said on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059877-fbi-digs-into-us-supreme-court-nominee-kavanaughs-past/

 

Whale shark sighted off Koh Racha

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

A healthy looking whale shark was sighted off Koh Racha, south of Phuket, yesterday.

 

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Video: "Welcome to Chiang Mai" - tourists forced to leave GrabCar as tempers flare

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Two tourists who got in a GrabCar outside the Chiang Mai bus station found themselves caught in a argument between the driver and local drivers. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059883-video-welcome-to-chiang-mai-tourists-forced-to-leave-grabcar-as-tempers-flare/

 

Thailand Needs Hyperloop—Not China-Built High-Speed Rail, Says Junta Critic

By Randy Thanthong-Knight

 

>> Tycoon turned politician says Thailand mustn’t rely on China

>> Junta is pursuing $5.6 billion Thai-China high-speed rail plan

 

A tycoon turned politician who opposes Thailand’s military government has criticized its $5.6 billion high-speed rail project with China because hyperloop technology offers a more modern alternative.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059884-thailand-needs-hyperloop—not-china-built-high-speed-rail-says-junta-critic/

 

"Hollywood" coming to Hua Hin as skywalk proposed

 

Picture: Talk News Online

 

A municipality meeting organised by the Hua Hin mayor on Monday discussed ideas to raise the profile of the town as a tourism destination. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1059885-hollywood-coming-to-hua-hin-as-skywalk-proposed/