Thai kindness: Local lady saves the day as tourists get to Barcelona

 

Image: TNA

 

TNA reported on a wonderful act of kindness from a Thai woman who posted all about her experience on Facebook.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1093747-thai-kindness-local-lady-saves-the-day-as-tourists-get-to-barcelona/

Brexit: UK passports issued without 'European Union' label

 

 

British passports are being issued without the words 'European Union' on the cover, despite the delay to Brexit.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1093749-brexit-uk-passports-issued-without-european-union-label/

 

Being Polite: Army to teach Patong tuk-tuk, taxi drivers manners after vicious beating of tourists 

By Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

Army personnel speaks with tuk-tuk drivers on Patong’s beachfront road. Photo: The Phuket News / file
 

PHUKET: Royal Thai Army soldiers based in Phuket will call in tuk-tuk and taxi drivers in Patong for an “attitude adjustment” briefing after two tourists were viciously beaten in the tourism town last week.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1093752-being-polite-army-to-teach-patong-tuk-tuk-taxi-drivers-manners-after-vicious-beating-of-tourists/

 

Over 30k meth pills, gun and ammunition seized 

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

30,884 meth pills, a .32 homemade pistol and 77 bullets were seized. Photo Eakapop Thongtub
 

Police seized 30,894 methamphetamine (ya bah) pills, a firearm and ammunition from a Thai man on Thursday evening (April 4) after a tip-off from an undercover police officer.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1093754-over-30k-meth-pills-gun-and-ammunition-seized/

 

83 motorcyclists arrested, 79 bikes seized in road racing clampdown

By The Nation

 

Police arrested 83 motorcyclists and seized 79 motorcycles on Friday that were found to have been illegally modified for road racing.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1093756-83-motorcyclists-arrested-79-bikes-seized-in-road-racing-clampdown/

 

Baby elephant rescued from unused cesspool in Bueng Kan

By The Nation

 

 

A baby elephant was rescued from an unused cesspool in Bueng Kan's Boongkla district on Saturday morning.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1093758-baby-elephant-rescued-from-unused-cesspool-in-bueng-kan/

 

Six customers arrested for drug use after raid in Bangkok pub

By The Nation

 

 

Six customers were arrested on drug charges early on Saturday after troops and police, led by the Internal Security Operations Command, raided a Bangkok pub.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1093761-six-customers-arrested-for-drug-use-after-raid-in-bangkok-pub/

 

Myanmar man found with millions of baht in Indian rupees on bus in Ayuthaya

 

Image: Sanook

 

A man from Myanmar is helping police with their inquiries after he was found in possession of millions of baht in Indian rupees. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1093763-myanmar-man-found-with-millions-of-baht-in-indian-rupees-on-bus-in-ayuthaya/

 

U.S. to designate elite Iranian force as terrorist organization

By Phil Stewart, Lesley Wroughton and Steve Holland

 

Members of the Iranian revolutionary guard march during a parade to commemorate the anniversary of the Iran-Iraq war (1980-88), in Tehran September 22, 2011. REUTERS/Stringer/Files

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is expected to designate Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards Corps a foreign terrorist organization, three U.S. officials told Reuters, marking the first time Washington has formally labelled another country's military a terrorist group.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1093767-us-to-designate-elite-iranian-force-as-terrorist-organization/

 

Thailand's rising political star charged with sedition

By Patpicha Tanakasempipat

 

A supporter of Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, leader of the Future Forward Party, holds up a placard as she reacts during his arrival at a police station in Bangkok, Thailand, April 6, 2019. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - The leader of a new party that has challenged Thailand's military government was charged on Saturday with sedition, the latest legal action facing the rising star after a disputed March election.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1093768-thailands-rising-political-star-charged-with-sedition/

 

May's Brexit talks with Labour stall, delay request fails to convince EU

By Alistair Smout and Gabriela Baczynska

 

British Prime Minister Theresa May is seen outside Downing Street in London, Britain, April 3, 2019. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls

 

LONDON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Britain's opposition Labour Party said on Friday that talks with the government on a last-ditch Brexit deal had made no progress, as EU leaders said Prime Minister Theresa May had not convinced them that they should let Britain delay its departure next week.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1093769-mays-brexit-talks-with-labour-stall-delay-request-fails-to-convince-eu/

 

Israeli becomes world's oldest player

 

Isaak Hayik, 73 years old, celebrates as he breaks the Guinness World Record for oldest living football player after a game with Israel's Ironi Or Yehuda soccer club, in Or Yehuda, Israel April 5, 2019. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

 

OR YEHUDA, Israel (Reuters) - Darting between the goal posts with his striking white hair, 73-year-old Israeli Isaak Hayik set a new world record on Friday as the oldest person to play in a professional soccer match.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1093770-israeli-becomes-worlds-oldest-player/

Fight begins over Trump's taxes, lawyer slams Democrats' request

By Karen Freifeld

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump talks to reporters as he departs for travel to the U.S.-Mexico border from the White House in Washington, U.S., April 5, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

 

(Reuters) - An attorney for President Donald Trump on Friday blasted U.S. House Democrats' request for six years of Trump's tax returns as "a misguided attempt" to politicize the tax laws, accusing lawmakers of harassment and interference in IRS audits.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1093772-fight-begins-over-trumps-taxes-lawyer-slams-democrats-request/

 

BREAKING: Rumors abound! Has Big Joke been transferred to RTP headquarters?

 

Image: Sanook

 

Thai media is in turmoil today as various outlets are apparently reporting that immigration chief and poster boy of the Thai police Lt -Gen Surachate "Big Joke" Hakparn as been transferred to RTP headquarters.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1093775-breaking-rumors-abound-has-big-joke-been-transferred-to-rtp-headquarters/

Police chief orders Big Joke transferred to inactive post

 

Surachate Hakparn - file photo

 
Thai media has reported that immigration chief Lt-Gen Surachate Hakparn has been ordered transferred to an inactive post.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1093812-police-chief-orders-big-joke-transferred-to-inactive-post/

Chicago will sue actor Jussie Smollett after he refuses to pay for police overtime

By Dan Whitcomb

 

Actor Jussie Smollett arrives at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., March 14, 2019. REUTERS/Kamil Krzaczynski/Files

 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Chicago will sue actor Jussie Smollett for the costs of police overtime spent investigating his claims that he was the victim of a hate crime, which prosecutors say were false, a city official said on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1093842-chicago-will-sue-actor-jussie-smollett-after-he-refuses-to-pay-for-police-overtime/

 

Bill Cosby settles defamation lawsuit brought by seven women

By Barbara Goldberg

 

Actor and comedian Bill Cosby is seen in this booking photo released by Montgomery County Correctional Facility, Maryland U.S., September 25, 2018. Courtesy Montgomery County Correctional Facility/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

 

(Reuters) - Convicted sex offender Bill Cosby on Friday settled a federal defamation lawsuit brought by seven women who said the former actor and comedian sexually assaulted them and wrongly called them liars when they went public with their charges years later.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1093847-bill-cosby-settles-defamation-lawsuit-brought-by-seven-women/

 

Mick Jagger says he is on the mend after heart surgery

 

FILE PHOTO: Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones performs during a concert of their "No Filter" European tour at the Orange Velodrome stadium in Marseille, France, June 26, 2018. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger said on Friday he was "on the mend" after undergoing surgery that caused postponement of the band's planned North American tour.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1093848-mick-jagger-says-he-is-on-the-mend-after-heart-surgery/

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