THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Saturday 30 Mar 2019

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Hot Hot Hot! Bangkok and Isaan to hit 39C as Met Office issues storm warning

 

Image: Daily News

 

Thailand's Meteorological Office has issued a storm warning from Sunday through to Thursday for large swathes of the country. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1092495-hot-hot-hot-bangkok-and-isaan-to-hit-39c-as-met-office-issues-storm-warning/

 

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Thai Road Rage: Women get on a bus and attack driver after he side swipes their car

 

Image: Daily News

 

CCTV footage onboard a Bangkok bus showed two women attack a bus driver with their fists. 

Thai media called them human savages. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1092488-thai-road-rage-women-get-on-a-bus-and-attack-driver-after-he-side-swipes-their-car/

 

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Thai cosplay star banged up abroad for a week for not having a work permit!

 

Image: Sanook

 

A famous Thai cosplay star has blamed the organizers at an event in Malaysia after she was arrested by immigration in Kuala Lumpur for not having a work permit.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1092496-thai-cosplay-star-banged-up-abroad-for-a-week-for-not-having-a-work-permit/

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International Red Cross ready for Venezuela humanitarian aid operation

By Corina Pons and Brian Ellsworth

 

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, who many nations have recognized as the country's rightful interim ruler, speaks during a meeting regarding the condition of the water and electricity systems in Caracas, Venezuela, Venezuela, March 28, 2019. REUTERS/Manaure Quintero

 

CARACAS (Reuters) - The International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said on Friday it was prepared to channel humanitarian aid to Venezuela through an operation that could be similar to one in Syria, potentially helping ease chronic hunger and disease in the South American nation.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1092499-international-red-cross-ready-for-venezuela-humanitarian-aid-operation/

 

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Fresh documents keep up pressure on Canada's Trudeau over scandal

By David Ljunggren

 

FILE PHOTO: Liberal MP and former Canadian justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould testifies before the House of Commons justice committee on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, February 27, 2019. REUTERS/Chris Wattie/File Photo

 

OTTAWA (Reuters) - A former cabinet member at the heart of a crisis that could cost Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau his job on Friday released documents to back up her case that she had been pressured to help a large corporation avoid a corruption trial.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1092500-fresh-documents-keep-up-pressure-on-canadas-trudeau-over-scandal/

 

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Slovakia set to elect anti-graft lawyer as first female president

By Tatiana Jancarikova

 

FILE PHOTO: Slovakia's presidential candidate Zuzana Caputova speaks with journalists after a televised debate with her opponent Maros Sefcovic (not pictured) ahead of an election run-off, at TV Markiza studio in Bratislava, Slovakia, March 26, 2019. REUTERS/Radovan Stoklasa/File Photo

 

BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Riding a wave of public fury over corruption, liberal lawyer Zuzana Caputova looks set to win Slovakia's presidential election on Saturday, bucking a trend that has seen the rise of populist, anti-European Union politicians across the continent.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1092501-slovakia-set-to-elect-anti-graft-lawyer-as-first-female-president/

 

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Pope signs law to prevent child abuse in Vatican and its embassies

By Philip Pullella

 

Pope Francis speaks to the faithful during a visit to the Shrine of Our Lady of Loreto on the feast of the Annunciation, in Loreto, Italy March 25, 2019. REUTERS/Yara Nardi

 

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Friday made it compulsory in law to report the sexual abuse of children within the Vatican and in its diplomatic missions worldwide.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1092505-pope-signs-law-to-prevent-child-abuse-in-vatican-and-its-embassies/

 

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Australia plans tougher social media laws for failing to thwart violent content

By Lidia Kelly

 

FILE PHOTO: Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks during the INPEX Gala Dinner in Darwin, Australia November 16, 2018. David Moir/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

 

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Social media executives could spend up to three years in prison and their firms be fined 10 percent of their turnover if they fail to quickly remove violent material from their platforms, according to a new law proposed by the Australian government.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1092507-australia-plans-tougher-social-media-laws-for-failing-to-thwart-violent-content/

 

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At least 3 dead in gunfight in Comoros after opposition moves to unseat president

By Ahmed Ali Amir

 

FILE PHOTO: Comoros President Azali Assoumani sits in a chair reserved for heads of state before giving a speech to the United Nations General Assembly in New York, September 27, 2018. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo

 

MORONI (Reuters) - Comoros said its security forces killed at least three gunmen in a shootout at a military base in the capital on Thursday after renegade soldiers broke out of prison and the opposition announced a plan to unseat the president.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1092508-at-least-3-dead-in-gunfight-in-comoros-after-opposition-moves-to-unseat-president/

 

 

 

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Patong underground cable project hits delays

By Waranya Prompinpiras

 

I.M.P Consortium has until Mar 5, 2020 to complete the work, which comprises installing power lines and communications cables, including a fibre-optic main, underground along three kilometres of the Patong beach road. Photo: Tanyaluk Sakoot
 

PHUKET: A lack of information provided by state-owned internet and communications company CAT Telecom has forced the project to install power and communication cables along the Patong beachfront to be delayed.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1092510-patong-underground-cable-project-hits-delays/

 

 

 

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REPORT: Sustainable solution sought to human-elephant conflict

By PIYAPORN WONGRUANG 
THE NATION WEEKEND 

 

Fah Sai recieved treatment befire she died. Photos courtesy of DNP and Dr. Pattarapol.

 

Fah Sai was only a month old when veterinarians from the National Parks Department found her trapped in a snare set on the edge of the Ang Rue Nai wildlife sanctuary in Rayong province in mid December.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1092511-report-sustainable-solution-sought-to-human-elephant-conflict/

 

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State of emergency urged as air pollution hits 'disastrous' levels in North

By Pratch Rujivanarom 
Nisanart Kangwanwong 
The Nation

 

 

An academic has called on the government to declare a state of emergency as Chiang Mai and most Northern Provinces face 'disastrous' levels of PM2.5 smog.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1092515-state-of-emergency-urged-as-air-pollution-hits-disastrous-levels-in-north/

 

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Appeal for N95 face masks in smog hit Chiang Mai

By Nisanart Kangwanwongse 
The Nation

 

Chiang Mai airport this morning.//Tanachai Pramarnpanich

 

Chiang Mai authority on Saturday appealed for urgent donations of N95-grade face masks as the air pollution in the province worsened. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1092532-appeal-for-n95-face-masks-in-smog-hit-chiang-mai/

 

 

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Two killed in Songkhla after attackers sprayed bullets on their pickup

By Santiparb Ramasuta 
The Nation

 

 

A man and a woman riding on a pickup were killed on Saturday morning when a group of assailants opened fires on them in Songkhla’s Sabaiyoi district.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1092536-two-killed-in-songkhla-after-attackers-sprayed-bullets-on-their-pickup/

 

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British rock, female artists dominate Rock Hall of Fame induction

By Gina Cherelus

 

Inductee Stevie Nicks performs during the 2019 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., March 29, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Segar

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Musicians and fans gathered in New York City on Friday for a night of British band nostalgia mixed with calls for more inclusion of women as Janet Jackson, Stevie Nicks and The Cure were inducted into the 34th Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1092578-british-rock-female-artists-dominate-rock-hall-of-fame-induction/

 

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Liam Neeson apologises for revenge remarks: 'I missed the point'

 

FILE PHOTO: Actor Liam Neeson arrives for the world premiere of Widows at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in Toronto, Canada, September 8, 2018. REUTERS/Mark Blinch

 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Liam Neeson on Friday issued an apology for what he called an "impulsive recounting" last month of an incident 40 years ago when he wanted to kill a black man in response to the rape of a friend.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1092581-liam-neeson-apologises-for-revenge-remarks-i-missed-the-point/

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Agnes Varda, grande dame of French cinema, dies aged 90

 

FILE PHOTO: 9TH Governors Awards – Arrivals – Los Angeles, California, U.S., 11/11/2017 - Director Agnes Varda. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo

 

PARIS (Reuters) - Agnes Varda, the Belgian-born grande dame of French cinema and an influential force behind the New Wave movement, died at her home in Paris on Friday. She was 90 years old.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1092583-agnes-varda-grande-dame-of-french-cinema-dies-aged-90/

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Thailand Live Sunday 31 Mar 2019

 

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