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Ex-Army intelligence analyst Manning jailed for defying grand jury subpoena

By Sarah N. Lynch and Mark Hosenball

 

FILE PHOTO: Chelsea Manning speaks at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, U.S., March 13, 2018. REUTERS/Suzanne Cordeiro/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - Former U.S. Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning was taken to jail on Friday after a federal judge in Alexandria, Virginia, held her in contempt for refusing to testify before a federal grand jury, representatives for Manning and the U.S. Justice Department confirmed.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088454-ex-army-intelligence-analyst-manning-jailed-for-defying-grand-jury-subpoena/

 

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Baby of Islamic State teenager in UK furore dies - group

 

FILE PHOTO: Renu Begum, sister of teenage British girl Shamima Begum, holds a photo of her sister as she makes an appeal for her to return home at Scotland Yard, in London, Britain February 22, 2015. REUTERS/Laura Lean/Pool/File Photo

 

DEIR AL-ZOR, Syria (Reuters) - The baby of Shamima Begum, a teenager who left London to join the Islamic State group in Syria, has died, a spokesman for the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on Friday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088455-baby-of-islamic-state-teenager-in-uk-furore-dies-group/

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Big anti-Bouteflika protest fills Algerian capital

By Hamid Ould Ahmed and Lamine Chikhi

 

Police members stand guard as people protest against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, in Algiers, Algeria March 8, 2019. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

 

ALGIERS (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Algerians packed central Algiers to capacity on Friday to challenge President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's 20-year-old rule in the biggest protests in the capital in 28 years.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088456-big-anti-bouteflika-protest-fills-algerian-capital/

 

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EU's Barnier makes last ditch Brexit offer, Britain 'not impressed'

By Gabriela Baczynska

 

EU Chief Brexit Negotiator Michel Barnier attends a joint news conference with Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz in Vienna, Austria February 28, 2019. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

 

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union can give Britain the unilateral right to leave their customs union after Brexit, chief negotiator Michel Barnier said on Friday in a bid to push their divorce deal over the line in the divided British parliament.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088457-eus-barnier-makes-last-ditch-brexit-offer-britain-not-impressed/

 

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World champion U.S. women's soccer players sue federation for gender discrimination

By Frank Pingue

 

Mar 5, 2019; Tampa, FL, USA; United States forward Tobin Heath (17) and forward Alex Morgan (13) and forward Mallory Pugh (11) celebrate after a goal during the first half against Brazil during a She Believes Cup women's soccer match at Raymond James Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Douglas DeFelice-USA TODAY Sports

 

(Reuters) - The U.S. women's national soccer team sued the U.S. Soccer Federation on Friday with allegations of gender discrimination just three months before they open their World Cup title defence in France.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088458-world-champion-us-womens-soccer-players-sue-federation-for-gender-discrimination/

 

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Venezuela power flickers after worst blackout in decades

By Vivian Sequera and Brian Ellsworth

 

People are seen in a shopping center during a blackout in Caracas, Venezuela March 8, 2019. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

 

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's power supply remained patchy on Friday after the worst blackout in decades paralysed most of the country, exacerbating hardship for millions of people already suffering from hyperinflation and widespread shortages of basic goods.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088460-venezuela-power-flickers-after-worst-blackout-in-decades/

 

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Krungsri and HomePro join forces to utilise Big Data to revamp business

By The Nation

 

 

Krungsri Consumer, the credit card and personal loan business, is joining hands with HomePro, the home solutions and retail construction business, in utilising big data to assess customer demands and revamp the business model.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088461-krungsri-and-homepro-join-forces-to-utilise-big-data-to-revamp-business/

 

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Brother appoints new managing director to help boost growth

By The Nation

 

Teerawut Supapunpinyo, new Managing Director of Brother Commercial (Thailand) Co Ltd

 

Brother Commercial (Thailand) recently promoted Teerawut Supapunpinyo to the post of managing director, giving him the task of strengthening the management team and implementing the company’s concept of “towards the next level” to achieve growth in the current sluggish economy.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088462-brother-appoints-new-managing-director-to-help-boost-growth/

 

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Slow train to history

By Pattarawadee Saengmanee 
The Nation Weekend

 

The 911 Special Train runs from Bangkok’s Hua Lamphong station to Hua Hin’s Suan Son Padipat Station on weekend, with a stop at Phetchaburi.

 

A new eco-cultural tour takes day-trippers from Bangkok back in time to the unspoilt town of Phetchaburi

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088463-slow-train-to-history/

 

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EXCLUSIVE: Dump the habit of plastics

By NOPHAKHUN LIMSAMARNPHUN 
THE NATION WEEKEND

 

Plastic floats along with marine animals in the seas and lands ashore. Photos courtesy of WWF.

 

WWF CALLS FOR END TO SINGLE-USE PLASTIC, WHICH HARMS NOT ONLY THE ENVIRONMENT BUT HUMAN WELLBEING TOO

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088464-exclusive-dump-the-habit-of-plastics/

 

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Thailand to start testing medical marijuana on patients

 

Credit: CC0 Public Domain

 

Thailand is poised to start its first tests of cannabis oil on patients, a health official said Friday, as excitement swirls around a new industry that could create money-making avenues for entrepreneurs while offering relief for suffering patients.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088465-thailand-to-start-testing-medical-marijuana-on-patients/

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Phuket police launch manhunt for cabbie over alleged murder

By Salinee Prap 
The Nation

 

 

The Phuket provincial court has issued an arrest warrant for taxi driver Paradorn Phuchaiyan, 49, for allegedly murdering a fellow taxi driver in Phuket’s Kathu district on Thursday, Patong precinct superintendent Pol Colonel Anothai Jindamanee said on Friday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088466-phuket-police-launch-manhunt-for-cabbie-over-alleged-murder/

 

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ANALYSIS: Farmers’ rights must be priority in next try at rice bill

By PIYAPORN WONGRUANG 
THE NATION WEEKEND

 

Farmers in several areas turn to traditional rice practices and local rice varieties in an attempt to build up immunity against modernisation.

 

FOLLOWING growing pressure over its intention to help farmers, the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) this past week decided to amend the bill one last time in an attempt to reach compromise. But still, the bill’s content was tied up with complicated plant varieties and plant variety protection Acts, and so was viewed by those who opposed it as putting farmers at a disadvantage.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088468-analysis-farmers’-rights-must-be-priority-in-next-try-at-rice-bill/

 

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Junta gets list of Senate candidates to choose from

By THE NATION WEEKEND

 

File photo: Deputy Prime Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan

 

FOUR HUNDRED Senate candidates have been shortlisted – with an Army source saying a significant number of them are military officers.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088469-junta-gets-list-of-senate-candidates-to-choose-from/

 

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Weightlifters withdrawn from Olympics after failed drug tests

By Lerpong Amsa-ngiam 
The Nation Weekend

 

Sukanya Srisurat

 

Thailand’s biggest gold-medal sport won’t be entered in Tokyo

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088470-weightlifters-withdrawn-from-olympics-after-failed-drug-tests/

 

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Elon Musk's SpaceX capsule splashes down off Florida coast

By Joey Roulette

 

An unmanned capsule of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft splashes down into the Atlantic Ocean, after a short-term stay on the International Space Station, in this still image from video, in the Atlantic, about 200 miles off the Florida coast, U.S., March 8, 2019. Courtesy NASA/Handout via REUTERS

 

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - An unmanned capsule from Elon Musk's SpaceX splashed into the Atlantic Ocean on Friday, successfully completing a mission crucial to NASA's long-delayed quest to resume human space flight from U.S. soil later this year.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088471-elon-musks-spacex-capsule-splashes-down-off-florida-coast/

 

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Prison authorities say they are investigating 'pharma bro' Shkreli

By Brendan Pierson

 

Former drug company executive Martin Shkreli exits U.S. District Court after being convicted of securities fraud, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, U.S., August 4, 2017. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Bureau of Prisons said on Friday it was investigating former drug company executive Martin Shkreli's conduct in prison after the Wall Street Journal reported he was still helping run his old company using a contraband cellphone.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088472-president-bhandari-extends-condolences-to-thailand-over-kings-demise/

 

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U.S. Senator McSally, an Air Force veteran, says she was raped by a superior officer

By Eric Beech

 

U.S. Senator Martha McSally (R-AZ) speaks during a Senate Armed Subcommittee hearing on preventing sexual assault where she spoke about her experience of being sexually assaulted in the military on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 6, 2019. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Martha McSally, the first female combat pilot in the U.S. Air Force, said on Wednesday she had been raped by a superior officer but did not report it because she blamed herself and did not trust the system.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088473-us-senator-mcsally-an-air-force-veteran-says-she-was-raped-by-a-superior-officer/

 

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Premier League investigates Man City over FFP allegations

 

Soccer Football - Premier League - AFC Bournemouth v Manchester City - Vitality Stadium, Bournemouth, Britain - March 2, 2019 Manchester City's Oleksandr Zinchenko celebrates with manager Pep Guardiola after the match REUTERS/Dylan Martinez

 

(Reuters) - The Premier League said on Friday it had opened an investigation into alleged Financial Fair Play (FFP) breaches by champions Manchester City after UEFA had begun its own probe into the allegations.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088474-premier-league-investigates-man-city-over-ffp-allegations/

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Maradona to legally recognise three children he has in Cuba - Argentine lawyer

By Lucila Sigal

 

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Ascenso MX - Semifinals Second Leg- F.C. Juarez v Dorados - Benito Juarez Stadium, Ciudad Juarez, Mexico -November 24, 2018. Dorados coach Diego Maradona attends a news conference. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez/File Photo

 

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's 1986 World Cup soccer winning captain Diego Maradona has three children in Cuba and will travel to the country to legally recognise them, his lawyer told Argentine media.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088475-maradona-to-legally-recognise-three-children-he-has-in-cuba-argentine-lawyer/

 

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Boy, 7, receives 15 stitches after monkey attack at Prachuap Khiri Khan fair

By The Nation

 

 

A seven-year-old boy was severely injured when he was bitten by one of three pig-tailed macaques that were being used to prevent long-tailed macaques from looting shops at the fair in Prachuap Khiri Khan's Muang district.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088482-boy-7-receives-15-stitches-after-monkey-attack-at-prachuap-khiri-khan-fair/

 

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Top cop: Absolutely no DUI - but we'll go easy on riding in pick-ups at Songkran

 

Image: Daily News

 

Thailand's deputy commissioner of police has said that the force will come down hard on drink drivers at the upcoming Songkran celebration in April. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088485-top-cop-absolutely-no-dui-but-well-go-easy-on-riding-in-pick-ups-at-songkran/

 

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Video: Land of Smiles! Grinning American in custody after theft from Chiang Mai store

 

Image: Channel 7 TV news

 

Channel 7 TV news reported on the case of a 54 year old American man caught stealing from a convenience store in Chiang Mai. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088484-video-land-of-smiles-grinning-american-in-custody-after-theft-from-chiang-mai-store/

 

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Video: "U-turn of Death" temporarily closed as woman motorcyclist said she didn't know the way

 

 

A U-turn in Nan in Thailand's north that has been dubbed the "U-turn of Death" has been temporarily closed following a series of fatal accidents and injuries. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088487-video-u-turn-of-death-temporarily-closed-as-woman-motorcyclist-said-she-didnt-know-the-way/

 

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What a kerfuffle! Cockroach in the beer at Pattaya Terminal 21 has everyone frothing!

 

Image: Daily News

 

Everyone darted for cover like a startled cockroach after one of the insects was found in a customer's beer at an outlet in the recently opened Terminal 21 in North Pattaya. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088489-what-a-kerfuffle-cockroach-in-the-beer-at-pattaya-terminal-21-has-everyone-frothing/

 

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Lady boy molestation at hospital: "Hey, we're both men - I didn't know it was illegal"

 

Image: Sanook

 

A Thai man told police that he had no idea that it was illegal to fondle a lady boy. He offered a "wai" after a bit of a grope and he thought that was the end of it. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088491-lady-boy-molestation-at-hospital-hey-were-both-men-i-didnt-know-it-was-illegal/

 

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Populist policies dominate election campaigning

 

Representatives of five political parties taking part in an election debate organized by Thai PBS Wednesday night on the issue of state welfare.

 

Populist polices in one form or another seem to be dominating the debate for the upcoming general election. And a welfare state appears to be most common catchword.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088492-populist-policies-dominate-election-campaigning/

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Gen Prawit allays coup rumors

 

 

The retired general, who is in charge of national security, also dismissed concerns that the spat between Seri Ruam Thai party leader Pol Gen Seripisut Temiyavej, a former national police chief, and Army Commander-in-Chief General Apirat Kongsompong might spiral out of control and culminate in yet another coup.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088495-gen-prawit-allays-coup-rumors/

 

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BOI to welcome South Korean investors

Praphorn Praphornkul

 

 

BANGKOK, 7th March 2019 (NNT) - The Board of Investment (BOI) will welcome a group of 30 South Korean investors who are invited to visit Thailand to study the country’s economic potential and business opportunities.They will also seek business partners in the automotive and machine industries and sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to push forward joint investments with Changwon city, South Korea.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088496-boi-to-welcome-south-korean-investors/