Residents, hotels blamed for Nai Yang canal pollution

By Waranya Prompinpiras

 

Photos posted on Facebook show wastewater in the canal running through Sirinath National Park. Photo: Seang Prachachon Kon Phuket
 

PHUKET: Sirinath National Park Chief Vitoon Dechpramualpol responded to online complaints over polluted, stinky canal running through Nai Yang area and threatening to empty into the sea.

 

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Man arrested for allegedly killing wife, daughter

By The Nation

 

 

A former ranger was arrested on Saturday for allegedly murdering his wife and daughter at their house in a valley in Nan province, police said.

 

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Navy to seize seastead as evidence in criminal case

By The Nation 
Phuket

 

 

The Third Naval Area Command is on Saturday scheduled to remove the floating seastead structure off Phuket seashore belonging to an American bitcoin investor.

 

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Thunderstorm disrupts power supply in Chiang Rai

By The Nation

 

The Mae Lao district of Chiang Rai province suffered a partial blackout on Friday night after a thunderstorm toppled 16 power poles in two tambon.

 

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Newborn found abandoned beside garbage bins

By The Nation

 

A newborn baby was found abandoned near garbage bins in Chon Buri province early on Saturday.

 

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Husband kills himself after suicide threat on Line to estranged wife

By The Nation

 

A man hanged himself in his house in Samut Sakhon province on Friday evening after making a suicide threat to his estranged wife via a Line chat message, police said.

 

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Patong police, taxi drivers meet to discuss service, behaviour

By Waranya Prompinpiras

 

"We want public transport drivers in Patong area to be good and welcoming hosts for tourists,” Col Anotai said following the meeting. Photo: Patong Police
 

PHUKET: Patong Police and officials from relevant government offices held their first meeting with taxi drivers to talk about drivers’ behaviour and find ways to improve service quality in order to “make tourists more impressed”.

 

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Adele splits from husband Simon Konecki

 

Adele and Simon Konecki married in secret in 2016

 

Adele has separated from her husband Simon Konecki, representatives for the singer have confirmed.

 

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Rapper Kodak Black arrested in New York on drug, weapons charges

By Rich McKay

 

2017 MTV Video Music Awards – Arrivals – Inglewood, California, U.S., 27/08/2017 - Kodak Black. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok/Files

 

(Reuters) - Rapper Kodak Black was released from custody by the New York State Police on Thursday after being arrested on drug and gun charges while coming across the Canada-U.S. border near Niagara Falls, police said.

 

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Gunmen attack Afghan communications ministry in Kabul

By Abdul Qadir Sediqi and Rupam Jain

 

Rescued children are carried from the building of Ministry of Communication and Information Technology in Kabul, Afghanistan April 20, 2019.Reuters/Mohammad Ismail

 

KABUL (Reuters) - Gunmen attacked the communications ministry in the centre of Kabul on Saturday, interrupting months of relative calm in the Afghan capital and underlining security threats that have continued despite efforts to open peace talks with the Taliban.

 

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Northern Ireland leaders urge calm as police arrest two over journalist's killing

By Clodagh Kilcoyne

 

FILE PHOTO: Journalist Lyra McKee poses for a portrait outside the Sunflower Pub on Union Street in Belfast, Northern Ireland May 19, 2017. Jess Lowe Photography/Handout via REUTERS

 

LONDONDERRY (Reuters) - Two men have been arrested in Northern Ireland over the killing of a journalist during a riot, police said, with politicians calling for calm after the shooting added to concerns about the stability of the region's 21-year-old peace deal.

 

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India's Supreme Court chief justice denies sexually harassing assistant

 

FILE PHOTO: Ranjan Gogoi, a Supreme Court judge, gestures as he addresses the media at a news conference in New Delhi, India January 12, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

 

MUMBAI (Reuters) - The chief justice of India's Supreme Court, Ranjan Gogoi, on Saturday denied allegations that he made unwanted sexual advances towards a junior court assistant who worked in an office at his home and that she was subsequently victimised.

 

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Gunmen kill 13 at Veracruz bar in one of worst Mexican slayings this year

 

People react next to police officers guarding a crime scene where unidentified assailants opened fire at a bar in Minatitlan, in Veracruz state, Mexico, April 19, 2019. REUTERS/Angel Hernandez

 

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Gunmen shot dead 13 people at a bar in the city of Minatitlan in the Mexican Gulf coast state of Veracruz, authorities said on Friday, in one of the worst slayings to hit Mexico since President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador took office.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1096229-gunmen-kill-13-at-veracruz-bar-in-one-of-worst-mexican-slayings-this-year/

 

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