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J&J shares nosedive on report it knew of asbestos in Baby Powder

By Saumya Joseph

 

FILE PHOTO: A Johnson & Johnson building is shown in Irvine, California, U.S., January 24, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - Shares of Johnson & Johnson <JNJ.N> fell 10 percent on Friday and were on track to post their biggest percentage drop in more than 16 years, after Reuters reported that the pharma major knew for decades that cancer-causing asbestos lurked in its Baby Powder.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1073223-jj-shares-nosedive-on-report-it-knew-of-asbestos-in-baby-powder/

 

Irish regulator investigates Facebook over private photo glitch

By Arjun Panchadar and Angela Moon

 

FILE PHOTO: A 3D printed Facebook logo is seen in front of displayed cyber code in this illustration taken March 22, 2016. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - An Irish regulator said on Friday it was investigating Facebook Inc <FB.O> following the company's disclosure that a bug may have exposed private photos of up to 6.8 million users, the latest in a series of Facebook privacy glitches.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1073224-irish-regulator-investigates-facebook-over-private-photo-glitch/

 

Cohen says Trump knew of hush payments, 'doesn't tell the truth'

By Susan Heavey

 

Michael Cohen, U.S. President Donald Trump's former personal attorney, exits the United States Courthouse after sentencing at the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., December 12, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/Files

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump directed the payment of hush money to two women shortly before the 2016 U.S. presidential election and knew that doing so was wrong, his former personal lawyer Michael Cohen said in a television interview aired on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1073226-cohen-says-trump-knew-of-hush-payments-doesnt-tell-the-truth/

 

Fighting breaks out in Yemen's Hodeidah after truce deal

By Mohammed Ghobari

 

A girl walks near her house destroyed in an air strike carried out by the Saudi-led coalition in Faj Attan village, Sanaa, Yemen December 13, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi

 

ADEN (Reuters) - Fighting broke out on the outskirts of Yemen's port city of Hodeidah on Friday, residents said, a day after a ceasefire agreement was reached by the warring parties at U.N.-sponsored peace talks.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1073228-fighting-breaks-out-in-yemens-hodeidah-after-truce-deal/

 

Spain's prosecutor accuses singer Shakira of tax fraud

 

FILE PHOTO: Colombian singer Shakira reacts during her visit to Tannourine Cedars Reserve, in Tannourine, Lebanon July 13, 2018. REUTERS/Jamal Saidi

 

MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish prosecutors filed charges against Colombian singer Shakira on Friday, accusing her of failing to pay 14.5 million euros in tax ($16.3 million) in the country where her Spanish footballer partner plays.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1073229-spains-prosecutor-accuses-singer-shakira-of-tax-fraud/

"Who are you calling 'nebulous'?" May presses testy EU for Brexit help

By Elizabeth Piper and Gabriela Baczynska

 

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May speaks outside 10 Downing Street after a confidence vote by Conservative Party Members of Parliament (MPs), in London, Britain December 12, 2018. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

 

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Friday further assurances on her Brexit deal were possible after European Union leaders told her they would not be renegotiating the treaty and scorned her stilted defence of Britain's departure.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1073230-who-are-you-calling-nebulous-may-presses-testy-eu-for-brexit-help/

 

U.S. says China should free Canadians held after Huawei arrest

By Lesley Wroughton and David Ljunggren

 

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a news conference after the U.S.-Canada ministerial meeting at the State Department in Washington, U.S., December 14, 2018. REUTERS/Jim Young

 

WASHINGTON/OTTAWA (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday said China should free two Canadian citizens who were detained this week after authorities in Canada arrested a senior Chinese technology executive on a U.S. extradition warrant.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1073231-us-says-china-should-free-canadians-held-after-huawei-arrest/

 

Trump taps budget director Mulvaney as acting chief of staff

By Steve Holland

 

FILE PHOTO: White House budget director Mick Mulvaney gestures as he holds a press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., January 19, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Friday said his budget chief, Mick Mulvaney, would take over as White House chief of staff on a temporary basis after former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie abruptly withdrew from consideration for the post.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1073233-trump-taps-budget-director-mulvaney-as-acting-chief-of-staff/

 

How beauty breaks down barriers

By Phatarawadee Phataranawik 
The Nation Weekend

 

Nation/Tanachai Pramarnpanich

 

Social-media interest in Miss Universe is doing more than boost Thai fashion and tourism – it’s also spotlighting LGBT issues

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1073234-how-beauty-breaks-down-barriers/

 

Memories of a more gracious time

By Khetsirin Pholdhampalit 
The Nation Weekend

 

The two-level, spacious lobby is punctuated by large round columns supporting the high ceiling shaped like lotus leaves but does not meet today’s energy-saving requirements.

 

Dusit Thani Bangkok ensures its rich heritage is preserved by entering into an agreement with Silpakorn University

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1073235-memories-of-a-more-gracious-time/

 

Fit to LEAD

By JIRAPAN BOONNOON 
THE NATION WEEKEND

 

Songtham Phianpattanawit

 

SONGTHAM Phianpattanawit’s many years on the badminton court taught him the importance of keeping on his toes. And so it was when the aspiring national team representative missed the cut on selection, he made a strategic pivot from the net to the classroom.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1073236-fit-to-lead/

 

Soaring Internet use and Big Data spur boom in data centres

By NOPHAKHUN LIMSAMARNPHUN 
THE NATION WEEKEND

 

 

Data production in Thailand’s fast-paced digital economy and society is forecast to jump four times over the next three years, resulting in massive demand growth for data storage facilities.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1073237-soaring-internet-use-and-big-data-spur-boom-in-data-centres/

 

The distributed passion of a crypto pioneer Insom

By Jintana Panyaarvudh 
The Nation Weekend

 

Sub-lieutenant Poramin Insom

 

A passion for cryptocurrency and blockchain advanced technology drove Sub-lieutenant Poramin Insom to quit his job three years ago at the Royal Thai Armed Forces, where he was in charge of cyberwarfare, to pursue his dream of creating a practical real-life use for digital assets.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1073239-the-distributed-passion-of-a-crypto-pioneer-insom/

 

At the helm

By Pradit Phulsarikij 
Nation Graphics

 

Nation Graphics/Pradit Phulsarikit

 

Since becoming a constitutional monarchy in 1932, Thailand has had 29 prime ministers – 13 of them with a military background. Many of those from the armed forces assumed office after a military coup, while seven premiers staged power seizures.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1073240-at-the-helm/

 

Confession does not win freedom for Tarit

By THE NATION WEEKEND

 

 

DESPITE confessing, former Department of Special Investigation (DSI) director-general Tarit Pengdit’s hopes for more lenient treatment were dashed when the Supreme Court sentenced him on Friday to a year in jail for libel.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1073168-ex-dsi-head-tarit-gets-year-in-jail-for-libelling-suthep/

 

Norwegian woman suffers for two hours waiting for rescue after hotel fall

 

Image: Sanook

 

Sanook reported that a Norwegian woman fell from the fourth floor of a Pattaya hotel early Friday morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1073244-norwegian-woman-suffers-for-two-hours-waiting-for-rescue-after-hotel-fall/

"These illegals are taking our jobs!" - but it's not the Thais who are complaining.

 

Image: 77 Jowo

 

A raid on a construction site in Koh Samui netted a number of illegal foreign workers. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1073246-these-illegals-are-taking-our-jobs-but-its-not-the-thais-who-are-complaining/

Foreign husband under investigation as Thai wife falls to her death at Hua Hin hotel

 

Image: Sanook

 

Police are interviewing a foreign husband after a 39 year old Thai woman fell to her death at a hotel in the Khao Phitak area of Hua Hin yesterday evening.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1073247-foreign-husband-under-investigation-as-thai-wife-falls-to-her-death-at-hua-hin-hotel/

Now even 20 baht notes are being counterfeited 

 

Image: Sanook

 

Sanook reported on a convenience store in southern Thailand that received an obvious counterfeit banknote. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1073249-now-even-20-baht-notes-are-being-counterfeited/

Hunt on in Chiang Mai for soldier's son who attacked rival with axe

 

Image: Chiang Mai News

 

A police and social media hunt is on in Chiang Mai for a man who attacked a love rival with an axe.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1073251-hunt-on-in-chiang-mai-for-soldiers-son-who-attacked-rival-with-axe/

Video: Last moments of motorcyclist as 18 wheeler flees the scene

 

Image: Sanook

 

Dash cam footage showed an 18 wheel truck going round a bend at the Sena - Pathum Thani intersection in Ayuthaya.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1073252-video-last-moments-of-motorcyclist-as-18-wheeler-flees-the-scene/

Classical piano soothes old elephants at Thai sanctuary

By Jiraporn Kuhakan and Panu Wongcha-um

 

British volunteer Paul Barton plays piano for sick, abused, retired and rescued elephants in sanctuary along Thailand-Myanmar border in Kanchanaburi, Thailand, December 9, 2018. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

 

KANCHANABURI, Thailand (Reuters) - Lam Duan, a 65-year-old, blind Thai elephant is enjoying her lunch, listening to Silent Night being played on a piano.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1073254-classical-piano-soothes-old-elephants-at-thai-sanctuary/

 

Speed/Alcohol/Helmets - Chiang Mai authorities aim for less accidents at New Year

 

Image: Chiang Mai News

 

Chiang Mai News reported that the authorities in the northern Thai city were concentrating their attention on three areas to try and limit the annual New Year carnage on the roads.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1073255-speedalcoholhelmets-chiang-mai-authorities-aim-for-less-accidents-at-new-year/

Now another "furious aunty" surfaces in Khon Kaen

 

Image: Thai Rath

 

After two famous Bangkok residents took the law into their own hands to damage cars blocking their drive comes news that another "furious aunty" is at work in Khon Kaen. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1073257-now-another-furious-aunty-surfaces-in-khon-kaen/

Teacher survives smash "because he said his prayers"

 

Image: Thai Rath

 

A 58 year old teacher told reporters that he survived a potential horror crash with just a minor injury because he invoked the name of Buddha. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1073258-teacher-survives-smash-because-he-said-his-prayers/

Video: Pattaya top brass says sorry, gives 20,000 baht to Dutch jetski accident victim

 

Image: Manager

 

Pattaya's top brass turned out in force yesterday to visit the woman from the Netherlands who was hit on Jomtien beach by a jetski on Thursday. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1073259-video-pattaya-top-brass-says-sorry-gives-20000-baht-to-dutch-jetski-accident-victim/

Three Hmong men arrested with 300kg of 'ice, 70kg of heroin in Chiang Rai

By The Nation

 

 

Three Hmong men from Tak were arrested in Chiang Rai on Friday night while allegedly attempting to smuggle 300 kilogrammes of crystal meth and 70 kilogrammes of heroin from Myanmar into the kingdom.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1073260-three-hmong-men-arrested-with-300kg-of-ice-70kg-of-heroin-in-chiang-rai/

 

Dolphin carcass found on Samui beach

By The Nation

 

 

A young dolphin was found dead on a beach on Koh Samui in Surat Thani on Friday night.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1073263-dolphin-carcass-found-on-samui-beach/

 

Red-shirt suspect surrenders for alleged murder, bomb attack

By The Nation

 

 

Cambodian police handed over a red-shirt extremist to Thai police after he surrendered to face bomb and murder charges for attacks against Bangkok Shutdown protesters in 2013 and 2014.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1073267-red-shirt-suspect-surrenders-for-alleged-murder-bomb-attack/