Microsoft to invest in Southeast Asian ride-hailing firm Grab

 

A Grab motorbike helmet is displayed during Grab's fifth anniversary news conference in Singapore June 6, 2017. REUTERS/Edgar Su

 

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp is investing in Southeast Asian ride-hailing firm Grab as part of a partnership that the two companies said will allow them to collaborate on technology projects, including big data and artificial intelligence.

 

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Activist groups launch network to monitor elections

By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer

 

Activists on Tuesday pose during their meeting at Thammasat University.

 

BANGKOK — Pro-democracy activists from more than a dozen organizations formed a network Tuesday to monitor and ensure general elections slated for February are free and fair.

 

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Flu outbreak in Trang prison infects 158 inmates

By The Nation

 

 

An outbreak of influenza at Trang Central Prison has infected 158 inmates, prompting provincial public health officials to check the situation and provide immediate help on Tuesday.

 

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'Fry and Turnbull effect' on prostate cancer

 

Stephen Fry: "It’s a bit of a business having an operation like that" / screen grab from bbc.com

 

Hospitals are seeing and treating more men with prostate cancer, partly thanks to celebrities raising awareness of the disease by speaking out about their own experiences, says the head of the NHS.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1061367-fry-and-turnbull-effect-on-prostate-cancer/

 

This person thought shredding their £40,000 Banksy print would make it double in value - it went completely wrong

 by Lowenna Waters

 

screen grab from indy100.com

 

In a stunt that has now become internationally famous, on Friday 5 October, Banksy's 'Girl With A Balloon' self destructed right after it was sold for more than £1m at auction at Sotheby's.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1061368-this-person-thought-shredding-their-£40000-banksy-print-would-make-it-double-in-value-it-went-completely-wrong/

 

BBC announce new documentary ‘David Bowie: The First Five Years’

By Andrew Trendell

 

David Bowie, 1965 Credit: CA/Redferns/Getty

 

The final film in a trilogy about the icon

 

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Patong bars to be respectful for Rama 9 remembrance this weekend

By Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

Bars on Bangla Rd and other main entertainment areas of Patong have been asked to be respectful this Saturday (Oct 13) as the nation commemorates two years since the passing King Bhumibol Adulyadej. Photo: The Phuket News / file

 

PHUKET:-- Bars on Bangla Rd and other main entertainment areas of Patong have been asked to be respectful this Saturday (Oct 13) as the nation commemorates two years since the passing King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

 

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Fake cop arrested for extorting Phuket business owners

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Suchart Sombutchai, 34, from Nakhon Sri Thammarat (left) is questioned by police ahead of today’s press conference. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET:-- Phuket Provincial Police today announced the arrest of a man who was wanted for pretending to be a policeman and extorting money from Phuket business owners.

 

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Phuket gains two new Vice Governors

By Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

Supoj Rotreuang Na Nongkhai (centre), 54, paid homage to the Phuket Heroines before starting his duties as Phuket Vice Governor. Photo: PR Dept

 

PHUKET:-- Phuket’s newest Vice Governors have arrived on the island and presented themselves as ready to start performing their duties.

 

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Runway reopened at Suvarnabhumi, jumbo jet retrieved after skidding in heavy rains

By The Nation

 

 

One of the Suvarnabhumi Airport runways, which was the scene of a Thai Airways international flight from China skidding off course while landing in heavy rain on Monday night, was reopened and traffic resumed at 5pm today.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1061379-runway-reopened-at-suvarnabhumi-jumbo-jet-retrieved-after-skidding-in-heavy-rains/

 

In Remembrance of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej

By The Nation

 

 

The Kingdom’s great films, soap operas, music and arts will be highlighted at “The Supreme Thai Arts of the Reign of King Rama IX” exhibition, which opens on October 12 at Siam Paragon’s Hall of Fame.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1061380-in-remembrance-of-his-majesty-king-bhumibol-adulyadej/

 

Man wanted over Bangkok shootout that killed Indian tourist surrenders

By THE NATION

 

 

ONE OF the young men allegedly involved in a Sunday shootout that killed an Indian tourist and injured four people in Bangkok has surrendered, while police are now seeking arrest warrants for nearly 20 suspects, national police deputy chief Pol General Chalermkiat Srivorakan said on Tuesday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1061382-man-wanted-over-bangkok-shootout-that-killed-indian-tourist-surrenders/

 

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Thailand Live Wednesday 10 Oct 2018 
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