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Premier calls on people to take care of elderly at home on Songkran Day

Praphorn Praphornkul

 

 

BANGKOK, 13 April 2019 (NNT) – April 13 is not only Songkran Day but National Elderly Persons Day. The premier called on the people to spend the day bringing happiness to the elderly persons at home.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1095077-premier-calls-on-people-to-take-care-of-elderly-at-home-on-songkran-day/

 

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Bangkok holds Songkran festival at Lumpini park

Praphorn Praphornkul

 

 

BANGKOK, 13 April 2019 (NNT) - Many people in Bangkok and from the provinces have joined in the Songkran festival at Lumpini park where art and cultural performances and a Songkran beauty pageant are being held on Saturday evening.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1095078-bangkok-holds-songkran-festival-at-lumpini-park/

 

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Songkran is set to boost economic sentiment

 

 

After Thai consumer confidence in March recorded the first drop in three months, businesses pin their hope that Songkran will boost the spirit of spending.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1095081-songkran-is-set-to-boost-economic-sentiment/

 

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Multiple people shot outside nightclub in Australia

 

A Victoria Police personnel works at the scene of a multiple shooting outside Love Machine nightclub in Prahran, Melbourne, Australia April 14, 2019. AAP Image/Ellen Smith/via REUTERS

 

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Multiple people have been shot outside a nightclub in the Australian city of Melbourne, police said on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1095085-multiple-people-shot-outside-nightclub-in-australia/

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North Korea's Kim Jong Un gives U.S. to year-end to become more flexible

By Josh Smith and Joyce Lee

 

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during the 4th Plenary Meeting of the 7th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) in Pyongyang in this April 10, 2019 photo released on April 11, 2019 by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). KCNA via REUTERS

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the breakdown in talks with the United States has raised the risks of reviving tensions, and he is only interested in meeting President Donald Trump again if the United States comes with the right attitude, state media KCNA said on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1095086-north-koreas-kim-jong-un-gives-us-to-year-end-to-become-more-flexible/

 

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Pelosi hits Trump over use of 9/11 images to criticize Muslim lawmaker

By Jan Wolfe

 

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) addresses the North America's Building Trades Unions (NABTU) 2019 legislative conference in Washington, U.S., April 9, 2019. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon

 

(Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi criticized President Donald Trump on Saturday for a Twitter post that used 9/11 imagery while suggesting Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, a Muslim, was dismissive of the New York attacks.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1095087-pelosi-hits-trump-over-use-of-911-images-to-criticize-muslim-lawmaker/

 

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Brit accused of kicking Thai wife to death when she refused him sex found dead in prison

By Phoebe Cooke

 

 

A BRITISH man accused of kicking his Thai wife to death when she refused him sex was found with fatal injuries in prison, the Foreign Office has confirmed.

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1095134-brit-accused-of-kicking-thai-wife-to-death-when-she-refused-him-sex-found-dead-in-prison/

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