Hunt narrows for three-metre-long crocodile in Songkhla

By Santiparp Ramasut 
The Nation

 

 

The hunt continued on Friday for a three-metre-long crocodile that was spotted on Thursday in Khlong Wa canal in the Muang Khor Hong Municipality area in Songkhla's Hat Yai district.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1063765-hunt-narrows-for-three-metre-long-crocodile-in-songkhla/

At least 59 killed as train hits crowd in northern India

By Munish Sharma

 

 

AMRITSAR, India (Reuters) - A commuter train travelling at high speed ran through a crowd of people on the rail tracks in northern India killing at least 59 people on Friday, state officials said, making it India's worst rail disaster this year.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1063789-at-least-59-killed-as-train-hits-crowd-in-northern-india/

 

Lotto fever grips U.S. as Mega Millions jackpot hits $1 billion

 

 

(Reuters) - Lotto fever was running high on Friday as the U.S. Mega Millions lottery jackpot soared to a record $1 billion, hours before the drawing for what is also the second-largest lottery prize in U.S. history.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1063790-lotto-fever-grips-us-as-mega-millions-jackpot-hits-1-billion/

 

WikiLeaks' Assange sues in Ecuador for better asylum terms - lawyer

By Alexandra Valencia

 

 

QUITO (Reuters) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has filed a lawsuit in Ecuador against new terms of asylum in the Andean country's London embassy that require him to pay for medical bills and phone calls and clean up after his pet cat, his lawyer said on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1063791-wikileaks-assange-sues-in-ecuador-for-better-asylum-terms-lawyer/

 

Israeli forces wound 130 Palestinians at Gaza border protest

 

 

GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli soldiers shot and wounded 130 Palestinians during protests near the Gaza Strip border on Friday, the enclave's Health Ministry said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1063792-israeli-forces-wound-130-palestinians-at-gaza-border-protest/

 

Saudi Arabia admits Khashoggi died in consulate, fires two senior officials

By Aziz El Yaakoubi

 

 

DUBAI (Reuters) - - Saudi Arabia said on Saturday that Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has died, and said it fired two senior officials over the incident that has provoked an international outcry and strained relations between Riyadh and the West.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1063794-saudi-arabia-admits-khashoggi-died-in-consulate-fires-two-senior-officials/

 

Eyed in Middle East; Australians vote in by-election, government's majority at stake

By Colin Packham

 

FILE PHOTO: The new Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison attends a news conference in Canberra, Australia August 24, 2018. REUTERS/David Gray

 

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Voting began in a Australian by-election on Saturday that could determine how long Scott Morrison's two-month-old premiership lasts, with the outcome keenly watched in the Islamic world after Morrison's brazen bid to woo Jewish voters.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1063795-eyed-in-middle-east-australians-vote-in-by-election-governments-majority-at-stake/

 

Afghans set to vote amid chaos, corruption and Taliban threats

 

 

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghans vote on Saturday in parliamentary elections overshadowed by chaotic organisation, allegations of corruption and the threat of violence after decades of war.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1063796-afghans-set-to-vote-amid-chaos-corruption-and-taliban-threats/

 

Russian charged with conspiring to interfere in U.S. congressional elections

By Nathan Layne

 

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Friday charged a Russian national with playing a key financial role in a Kremlin-backed plan to conduct "information warfare" against the United States, including ongoing attempts to influence next month's congressional elections.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1063797-russian-charged-with-conspiring-to-interfere-in-us-congressional-elections/

 

Hamilton's title hopes boosted by Vettel's grid drop

By Alan Baldwin

 

 

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Lewis Hamilton's hopes of clinching his fifth Formula One world championship at the U.S. Grand Prix were boosted on Friday when Ferrari rival Sebastian Vettel was handed a three-place grid penalty for a practice infringement.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1063798-hamiltons-title-hopes-boosted-by-vettels-grid-drop/

 

Conservationists win reprieve against Phuket marina project

By Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

The small isle in Ao Kung bay features so much coral that it is called Koh Hei, literally ’Coral Island’. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub / file
 

PHUKET: The company that filed the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the B450 million Ao Kung Marina and Sports Complex planned to be built in Pa Khlok, on Phuket’s east coast, has retracted its EIA application, The Phuket News has confirmed today (Oct 19).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1063799-conservationists-win-reprieve-against-phuket-marina-project/

 

'Miscommunication' blamed as woman told to leave hospital

By The Nation

 

 

The deputy director of Sa Kaew's Aranyaprathet Hospital on Friday said that a woman who was told by a doctor to go away “because the hospital is not a convenience store” was caused by miscommunication and an overwhelmed medical staff.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1063800-miscommunication-blamed-as-woman-told-to-leave-hospital/

 

Stampede for the cave drama scoop

By The Nation Weekend

 

The Mu Pa (Wild Boar) football team and their coach attend a ceremony at Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai yesterday, earning merit for the late Lt-Commander Samarn Kunan, the former Navy Seal who lost his life amid efforts to rescue them.

 

Producers of movies, games, and books are queuing to see who gets a share in the Tham Luang story

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1063802-stampede-for-the-cave-drama-scoop/

 

I won’t be ousted, vows Somyot

By Lerpong Amsa-ngiam 
The Nation

 

Somyot Poompanmoung

 

Football Association of Thailand president Somyot Poompanmoung yesterday vowed to keep his job in order to tidy things up despite attempts to overthrow him.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1063803-i-won’t-be-ousted-vows-somyot/

 

One step closer to legalisation

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE WEEKEND NATION

 

A customer shows a marijuana product that he bought after entering a cannabis store on October 17, 2018 in Montreal, Quebec.// EPA-EFE PHOTO

 

As the prime minister ponders allowing marijuana for medicinal use, experts point out the benefits of recreational cannabis.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1063804-one-step-closer-to-legalisation/

 

“I’ve been an idiot”, says Briton facing ten years in jail for Chiang Mai grafiti

 

 

A British man who was arrested earlier this week for vandalising the 800 year old Tha Phae gate in Chiang Mai says he has “been an idiot”.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1063806-“i’ve-been-an-idiot”-says-briton-facing-ten-years-in-jail-for-chiang-mai-grafiti/

 

SPECIAL REPORT: Wildlife forensics gives a new voice to illegally hunted wildlife

By PIYAPORN WONGRUANG 
THE NATION WEEKEND 

 

Dr Kanita at the DNP-WIFOS lab.

 

Young wildlife researcher Kanita Ouitvon was shocked when she first saw the number of animal species, many unknown to her, that were up for sale at a local market in the North some years ago, when she had just joined the National Parks Department (DNP).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1063808-special-report-wildlife-forensics-gives-a-new-voice-to-illegally-hunted-wildlife/

 

Suicide: the silent killer

By Pradit Phulsarikij 
Nation Graphics

 

 

On average, a person takes their own life every 40 seconds somewhere in the world. In Thailand, six people attempt suicide every hour and one succeeded every two hours last year.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1063809-suicide-the-silent-killer/

 

Burgers with that British factor

By Khetsirin Pholdhampalit 
The Nation Weekend

 

Moshi Moshi

 

Western comfort food arrives in downtown Bangkok with the opening of Papa’s Kitchen Metro

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1063813-burgers-with-that-british-factor/

 

Driving skills put to the test

By Kingsley Wijayasinha 
The Nation Weekend

 

 

Chang Circuit provides perfect venue for Mercedes-Benz’s 2018 training event

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1063815-driving-skills-put-to-the-test/

 

 

Messages in their art

By Khetsirin Pholdhampalit 
The Nation Weekend 

 

Komkrit Tepthian’s three-metre-tall fibreglass sculpture “Giant Twins” is at Wat Arun. /Nation:Tanachai Pramarnpanich

 

From comments on sex workers to those who toil in the fashion industry and polka-dotted pumpkin balloons, the Bangkok Art Biennale has something for everyone

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1063818-messages-in-their-art/

 

 

Migrant caravan halted on Mexico-Guatemala border, pressure to turn back mounts

By Delphine Schrank

 

 

TECUN UMAN, Guatemala (Reuters) - Hundreds of people in a caravan of migrants that crossed from Honduras into Guatemala tried unsuccessfully to breach the Mexican border on Friday, as local governments began making preparations to disperse the convoy.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1063822-migrant-caravan-halted-on-mexico-guatemala-border-pressure-to-turn-back-mounts/

 

Macedonian parliament approves country's name change

By Kole Casule

 

 

SKOPJE (Reuters) - Macedonia's parliament on Friday approved a proposal to change the country's name, bringing a decades-old dispute with Greece one step closer to being resolved.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1063823-macedonian-parliament-approves-countrys-name-change/

 

New York witches aim hex at Supreme Court's Brett Kavanaugh despite death threats

By Gabriella Borter

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh speaks during his ceremonial public swearing-in, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., October 8, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Melissa Madara was not surprised to receive death threats on Friday as her Brooklyn witchcraft store prepared to host a public hexing of newly confirmed U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh this weekend.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1063826-new-york-witches-aim-hex-at-supreme-courts-brett-kavanaugh-despite-death-threats/

 

African billionaire abducted in Tanzania returns home safely

 

DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Africa's youngest billionaire, snatched a week ago off the street outside a luxury hotel in Tanzania, has returned back home safely, the family company that he runs said on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1063827-african-billionaire-abducted-in-tanzania-returns-home-safely/

 

Brazil election battle rages over Facebook's WhatsApp

By Jake Spring and Ricardo Brito

 

Presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro attends a news conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil October 11, 2018. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes/File Photo

 

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Facebook Inc's WhatsApp messaging service became the frontline in Brazil's bitter presidential campaign on Friday, as front-runner Jair Bolsonaro angrily denied accusations he had encouraged widespread misinformation campaigns on the platform.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1063828-brazil-election-battle-rages-over-facebooks-whatsapp/

 

Vietnam dissident 'Mother Mushroom' describes prison hunger strikes

By Alex Dobuzinskis

 

(Reuters) - A Vietnamese dissident known as "Mother Mushroom" went on hunger strike three times during her imprisonment before Hanoi released her, she said on Friday after arriving in the United States.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1063829-vietnam-dissident-mother-mushroom-describes-prison-hunger-strikes/

 

Scientists prepare for expedition to the world's deepest depths

 

 

(Reuters) - For the first time, humans will visit the deepest part of each of the five oceans, plunging to the sea floor using a two-person craft designed to withstand the intense pressures more than 5.5 miles (9 km) below the surface.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1063831-scientists-prepare-for-expedition-to-the-worlds-deepest-depths/

 

59 Thai tourists abandoned at Suvarnabhumi Airport

By The Nation

 

 

A group of 59 Thai tourists filed complaints with police on Friday after they were abandoned at Suvarnabhumi Airport when their tour package to Hokkaido, Japan, was postponed indefinitely without explanation.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1063832-59-thai-tourists-abandoned-at-suvarnabhumi-airport/

 

Close call for 15 passengers as train crashes into van in Suphan Buri

By The Nation

 

 

A passenger train driver is being credited with saving the lives of 15 Thai tourists after he braked at the last minute and slowed down before hitting a passenger van at a railway crossing in Suphan Buri late on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1063833-close-call-for-15-passengers-as-train-crashes-into-van-in-suphan-buri/