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Meredith to sell Fortune magazine to Thai businessman for $150 million

 

FILE PHOTO: Illustration photo of a Fortune magazine April 26, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas White

 

(Reuters) - U.S. media company Meredith Corp said on Friday it would sell Fortune magazine for $150 million in cash to Thai businessman Chatchaval Jiaravanon, the second time the influential business magazine has changed hands this year.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068003-meredith-to-sell fortune magazine-to-thai-businessman-for-150-million/

 

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Lessons Thailand can learn from Germany

By JINTANA PANYAARVUDH 
THE NATION

 

 

UNLIKE its Thai counterpart, Germany’s Constitutional Court has rarely come under criticism and enjoys the implicit trust of the people, thanks to the faith of the citizens that their rights and liberties will be fully protected by the court, according to a German law expert.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068005-lessons-thailand-can-learn-from-germany/

 

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CP, BTS groups set to bid for airport link high-speed railway

By THE NATION

 

High-speed rail project Source: Eastern Economic Corridor Office of Thailand

 

TWO RIVAL CORPORATE groups – Charoen Pokphand (CP) and BTS Holdings Plc – are expected to submit their bids today for construction of a high-speed rail linking the three main international airports – Suvarnabhumi, Don Mueang and U-tapao – worth a total of Bt220 billion. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068006-cp-bts-groups-set-to-bid-for-airport-link-high-speed-railway/

 

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Asean plans to explore Rohingya repatriation

By Supalak Ganjanakhundee 
The Nation 
Singapore

 

This photo taken on November 10, 2018 shows a woman walking past the national flags of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries at the Suntec City convention and exhibition centre in Singapore./AFP

 

Communique to lay emphasis on ‘voluntary, safe return’ from Bangladesh.

 

Despite concerns of genocide and discrimination, leaders of Asean at their summit this week here will explore the possibilities of early but safe repatriation of Rohingya refugees to Myanmar’s strife-torn Rakhine state.

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068007-asean-plans-to-explore-rohingya-repatriation/

 

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Anxiety mounts over nuclear waste found in Laem Chabang Port

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE NATION

 

Photo from: Laemchabangnews

 

ACADEMICS HAVE urged authorities to fully disclose information about the radioactive waste found at Laem Chabang Port and investigate the shipment’s entire route.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068008-anxiety-mounts-over-nuclear-waste-found-in-laem-chabang-port/

 

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Prawit urges military aid for flood-hit southern provinces

By The Nation

 

 

Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan has instructed military officers and administrative officials to monitor the flood situation in three southern provinces and aid affected residents.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068009-prawit-urges-military-aid-for-flood-hit-southern-provinces/

 

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Hospital under fire as injured woman dies

By KHANATHIT SRIHIRUNDAJ 
THE NATION

 

 

A BANGKOK hospital was accused of sending a 38-year-old woman, who had sustained injuries after her jealous husband splashed acid on her face at 5am on Friday, to another hospital for which she has subscribed to a universal healthcare scheme or “gold card” but the woman reportedly died in the taxi on the way in front of her 12-year-old daughter.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068011-hospital-in-bangkok-under-fire-as-injured-woman-dies/

 

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PM won’t be on campaign trail for anyone, says deputy

By The Nation

 

 

The law prohibits Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha from campaigning for any political party in the run-up to the election, including a party that nominates him to be the next head of government, his deputy, Wissanu Krea-ngam, said on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068012-pm-prayut-won’t-be-on-campaign-trail-for-anyone-says-deputy/

 

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Democrats put their faith in incumbent Abhisit

By The Nation

 

 

Abhisit Vejjajiva was on Sunday elected as leader of the Democrat Party, reflecting the results of last week’s sounding out of party members.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068013-democrats-put-their-faith-in-incumbent-abhisit/

 

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A reversal of fortune

By KAS CHANWANPEN 
THE NATION

 

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BACK IN THE SPOTLIGHT, SUTHEP THAUGSUBAN IS HEARING FAR FEWER CHEERS THAN HE ONCE DID
 

FIVE YEARS ago he found himself at the peak of his political career when leading protests outside Parliament by the anti-government People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC). But today, Suthep Thaugsuban sees his popularity in a slump as he returns to the same streets, though for a different purpose.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068014-suthep-thaugsuban-a-reversal-of-fortune/

 

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SPECIAL REPORT: Parties urged to unite in allowing largest coalition to form govt

By SOMROUTAI SAPSOMBOON 
THE NATION 

 

 

TWO KEY red-shirt leaders are calling for a “social contract” among political parties before they start contesting in the next election, so there are no renewed conflicts, no more loss of lives or damage to the country.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068016-special-report-parties-urged-to-unite-in-allowing-largest-coalition-to-form-govt/

 

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Wedding bells finally ring for Srisaket

By The Nation

 

 

WBC Super Flyweight champion Srisaket Sor Rungvisai finally tied the knot with his fiancee Pornpimon Sarakaew in Chumphon yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068018-wedding-bells-finally-ring-for-srisaket/

 

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Legally, Thailand is free of sexual harassment

By The Nation

 

 

Last week’s protests by Google’s global workforce don’t resonate here, but they should
 

To say sexual harassment doesn’t exist in Thailand doesn’t mean that improper behaviour doesn’t occur. The term is a legal one, though, and in this country the public rarely hears about what happens. Reactions to the occasional incidents that do emerge are flash in the pan at most, and no case has ever gone to court.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068019-legally-thailand-is-free-of-sexual-harassment-editorial/

 

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Migrant workers’ Bangkok brawl leaves one dead

By Kittipong Maneerit 
The Nation

 

 

Police on Sunday morning arrested nine Myanmar migrant workers allegedly involved in a Saturday night brawl in Bangkok that led to one compatriot’s death and injuries to five others.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068020-migrant-workers’-bangkok-brawl-leaves-one-dead/

 

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Teacher probed after Buri Ram boy allegedly beaten

By Surachai Piraksa 
The Nation

 

 

A Buri Ram school has set up a committee to investigate a parent’s allegation that one of its teachers made a Prathom 6 pupil do 50 jumping jacks in the hot sun and struck him 10 times with a wooden stick wrapped in duct tape.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068021-teacher-probed-after-buri-ram-boy-allegedly-beaten/

 

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Hmong men arrested for allegedly transporting 'yaba'

By Thanakorn Wongnang 
The Nation

 

 

Three Hmong men were arrested in the Sam Ngao district of Tak province allegedly along with 2.1 million meth-amphetamine pills or “yaba”, which they had transported from Chiang Rai to Central Thailand, Deputy National Police Commissioner Pol General Chalermkiat Srivorakan told a press conference in Chiang Mai on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068022-hmong-men-arrested-in-tak-for-allegedly-transporting-yaba/

 

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Ex-soldier accused of shooting and injuring girlfriend

By Saichon Noodaeng 
The Nation

 

 

Former Saraburi-based cavalry soldier Corporal Panuwat Pancheun, who was reportedly fired from service three months ago for assaulting his superior, allegedly shot and injured his 28-year-old girlfriend at her family’s home/grocery shop in Prachin Buri province on Sunday morning as he tried to drag her out to his car.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068023-ex-soldier-accused-of-shooting-and-injuring-girlfriend-in-prachin-buri/

 

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Suthep warns not to under-estimate Thaksin’s party branching out tactic

 

 

Palang Prachachart Thai (ACT) party founder Suthep Thuagsuban has warned against under-estimating fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s tactic of branching out the Pheu Thai into several new parties to contest the election.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068024-suthep-warns-not-to-under-estimate-thaksin’s-party-branching-out-tactic/

 

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Sudarat shrugs off desertions of Pheu Thai Party’s members 

 

 

Chief election strategist of Pheu Thai Party Khunying Sudarat Keyuraphan on Saturday shrugged off speculation that several of her key party members are on the verge of deserting the former ruling party.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068025-sudarat-shrugs-off-desertions-of-pheu-thai-party’s members /

 

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Nida poll shows 77 percent of people say they don’t understand electoral system

 

 

More than 95 percent of respondents in an opinion poll said they intended to go to the polls while over 77 percent admitted they didn’t know that they will have to cast only one ballot, according to an opinion poll conducted by the National Institute of Development Administration (Nida).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068026-nida-poll-shows-77-percent-of-people-say-they-don’t-understand-electoral-system/

 

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Anti-graft group supports move requiring university council members to declare assets

 

 

The Anti-Corruption Organization of Thailand (ACT), a non-governmental agency that campaigns against graft, is fully supportive of the ruling of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) that requires the chairs and members of university councils to declare their assets and liabilities.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068027-anti-graft-group-supports-move-requiring-university-council-members-to-declare-assets/

 

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Jealousy may have triggered Bangkok murder

By Kittipong Maneerit 
The Nation

 

 

Bangkok police have arrested a suspect in the murder of a young mathematics tutor.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068028-jealousy-may-have-triggered-bangkok-murder/

 

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With Trump sitting nearby, Macron calls nationalism a betrayal

By Luke Baker

 

French President Emmanuel Macron is flanked by U.S. President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, as he delivers a speech before a lunch at the Elysee Palace, during commemorations for Armistice Day, 100 years after the end of World War One, in Paris, France, November 11, 2018. Jacques Demarthon/Pool via REUTERS

 

PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron used an address to world leaders gathered in Paris for Armistice commemorations on Sunday to send a stern message about the dangers of nationalism, calling it a betrayal of moral values.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068030-with-trump-sitting-nearby macron calls-nationalism-a-betrayal/

 

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Poland's eurosceptic leaders, far right mark independence centenary at mass march

By Joanna Plucinska and Pawel Florkiewicz

 

People carry flags of Italian far-right party Forza Nuova and Polish far-right movement National Radical Camp (ONR) during a march marking the 100th anniversary of Polish independence in Warsaw, Poland November 11, 2018. Agencja Gazeta/Kuba Atys via REUTERS

 

WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's eurosceptic leaders marked a century of national independence on Sunday as more than 200,000 people marched through the capital in a parade involving far-right groups and neo-fascist activists from Italy.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068031-polands-eurosceptic-leaders-far-right-mark-independence-centenary-at-mass-march/

 

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Trump discussed Khashoggi response with Turkey's Erdogan - White House official

By Steve Holland

 

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan arrives to attend a visit and a dinner at the Orsay Museum on the eve of the commemoration ceremony for Armistice Day, 100 years after the end of the First World War, in Paris, France, November 10, 2018. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

 

PARIS (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump and his Turkish counterpart, Tayyip Erdogan, discussed how to respond to the killing last month of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a White House official said on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068032-trump-discussed-khashoggi-response-with-turkeys-erdogan-white-house-official/

 

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Finland's GPS was disrupted during NATO war games and Russia could be responsible - PM

 

FILE PHOTO: A V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft makes a pass during NATO's Exercise Trident Juncture, seen from Trondheim, Norway October 30, 2018. NTB Scanpix/Gorm Kallestad via REUTERS

 

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland's GPS signal was intentionally disrupted during NATO war games in the Nordic countries over the past few weeks and the culprit could be Russia, Prime Minster Juha Sipila said on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068033-finlands-gps-was-disrupted-during-nato-war-games-and-russia-could-be-responsible-pm/

 

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Change tack or face defeat, Brexit critics tell British PM May

By Elizabeth Piper

 

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May is seen after the ASEM leaders group photo opportunity during a summit in Brussels, Belgium October 19, 2018. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May was under growing pressure on Sunday to change her plan for Britain to leave the European Union to avoid defeat in a parliamentary vote.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068034-change-tack-or-face-defeat-brexit-critics-tell-british-pm-may/

 

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Alibaba Singles' Day tops $30 billion but growth rate plunges

By Cate Cadell

 

Alibaba Group co-founder and Executive Chairman Jack Ma gestures during Alibaba Group's 11.11 Singles' Day global shopping festival in Shanghai, China, November 11, 2018. REUTERS/Aly Song

 

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd cashed a record 213.5 billion yuan ($30.70 billion) in sales on Sunday during its 24-hour online retail frenzy Singles' Day, but the event's annual growth dropped to its slowest-ever rate.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068035-alibaba-singles-day-tops-30-billion-but-growth-rate-plunges/

 

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Israeli fire kills six during Gaza raid targeting Hamas commander - Hamas

 

FILE PHOTO: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu waves as he arrives at the Elysee Palace after the commemoration ceremony for Armistice Day, 100 years after the end of World War One, in Paris, France, November 11, 2018. REUTERS/Reinhard Krause/File Photo

 

GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli forces killed at least six Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Sunday in an undercover raid targeting a Hamas commander and air strikes that provided cover for the troops to escape back into Israel by car, Hamas said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068036-israeli-fire-kills-six-during-gaza-raid-targeting-hamas-commander-hamas/

 

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May says Britain open to 'different relationship' with Russia

 

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May speaks to the media as she arrives at the European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium October 18, 2018. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May will say on Monday Britain is "open to a different relationship" with Russia if Moscow takes a new path and stops "attacks" that undermine international treaties and security.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1068038-may-says-britain-open-to-different-relationship-with-russia/