Tradition honoured with elaborate royal procession

By The Nation

 

HM King Maha Vajiralongkorn is carried on a palanquin by royal guards during a procession around the old city, aimed at offering subjects a chance to pay homage to their new monarch. Nation/Wanchai Kraiaoenkhajit

 

For thousands, the King’s stirring ride through old Bangkok offered a first glimpse of the newly crowned monarch

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1098821-tradition-honoured-with-elaborate-royal-procession/

 

Foreigners find royal events ‘mesmerising’

By Kas Chanwanpen 
The Nation 

 

AFP

 

Among the tens of thousands of true-blue royalists massed around Bangkok’s Rattanakosin Island to witness yesterday’s royal procession were hundreds of foreigners, some with different perspectives of the occasion.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1098825-foreigners-find-royal-events-‘mesmerising’/

 

Hopes of a glorious reign

By Pratch Rujivanarom 
The Nation

 

 

THAIS ATTENDING the Royal Coronation ceremony of His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn expressed optimism about the Kingdom’s future during the new monarch’s reign.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1098826-hopes-of-a-glorious-reign/

 

HM grants new titles

By Urisara kowitdamrong 
The Nation

 

Their Royal Highnesses Princess Bajrakitiyabha, Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana and Prince Dipangkorn Rasmijoti gather in a corner of the Amarindra Vinijaya Throne Hall after being granted new titles by their father.

 

King’s mother to be addressed as Her Majesty Queen Sirikit the Queen Mother

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1098827-hm-grants-new-titles/

 

ADB to invest more in private sector

By KHINE KYAW 
THE NATION 
NADI, FIJI

 

ADB chief Takehiko Nakao

 

WITH BROADER insight into new markets, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) plans to pour a larger amount into private sector operations in the next five years, ADB chief Takehiko Nakao said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1098828-adb-to-invest-more-in-private-sector/

 

Asean civil society seeks meeting with leaders

By YIAMYUT SUTTHICHAYA 
SPECIAL TO THE NATION 

 

Chalida Tajaroensak, a member of the Thai Regional Steering Committee, (center) is at a press conference last week

 

ASEAN CIVIL society has expressed hope that an interface with leaders at the summit next month in Thailand would be meaningful in addressing relevant concerns on tough issues such as human rights and democracy, instead of becoming another ceremonial talk shop.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1098829-asean-civil-society-seeks-meeting-with-leaders/

 

Phuket Opinion: Saving the village

By The Phuket News

 

Volunteers at the Koh Siray clean-up.

 

PHUKET: The community project to transform the village at Koh Siray into a clean, self-sustaining “ecosystem” is a formidable challenge, but one worthy of taking note.

 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1098831-phuket-opinion-saving-the-village/

 

Police seize 2 million meth pills following car chase in Chiang Rai

By The Thaiger

 

PHOTO: Facebook/@thaipolice4.0

 

Police are investigating the source of 2 million methamphetamine pills seized on Friday in Chiang Rai, near the Myanmar border. A man had the 2 million speed pills seized from his pickup truck following a chase in Mae Sai district late Friday. One police officer was injured in the incident.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1098832-police-seize-2-million-meth-pills-following-car-chase-in-chiang-rai/

 

Dangerous fake JW Whisky heading for BKK

By The Thaiger

 

FILE PHOTO

 

Excise officials have busted a factory in Thailand’s far south that was mixing up brews of fake Johnny Walker Red and Black label whiskey. Police say the man behind the faux booze is a foreigner.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1098834-dangerous-fake-jw-whisky-heading-for-bkk/

 

Banks to automatically submit savings accounts interest data to RD; interest less than 20,000 baht exempted from tax

 

   

BANGKOK, (NNT) - On discussions regarding savings account interest tax deductions, the Revenue Department (RD) has reached a conclusion requiring all banks to submit savings account interest payment data to the RD, with all interest payments less than 20,000 baht exempted from tax. Account owners wishing that their information not be sent automatically to the RD must inform their bank, whereupon they will be subjected to taxation.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1098835-banks-to-automatically-submit-savings-accounts-interest-data-to-rd-interest-less-than-20000-baht-exempted-from-tax/

 

Forty-one reported killed after Russian passenger plane crash-lands in Moscow

By Maria Tsvetkova and Andrew Osborn

 

A passenger plane is seen on fire after an emergency landing at the Sheremetyevo Airport outside Moscow, Russia May 5, 2019. REUTERS/Nadezhda Polomoshnova

 

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Forty-one people on board a Russian Aeroflot passenger plane were killed on Sunday, including two children, after the aircraft caught fire as it made a bumpy emergency landing at a Moscow airport, Russian investigators said.

 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1098836-forty-one-reported-killed-after russian-passenger-plane-crash-lands-in-moscow/

 

Death tolls rise in surging Israel-Gaza fighting

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Jeffrey Heller

 

Palestinians gather around a building hit by an Israeli air strike, in the southern Gaza Strip May 5, 2019. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

 

GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Rockets and missiles from Gaza killed four civilians in Israel while Israeli strikes killed 19 Palestinians, more than half of them civilians, in surging cross-border fighting on Sunday, according to Gazan officials and the Israeli military.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1098837-death-tolls-rise-in-surging-israel-gaza fighting/

 

In shift, Trump vows tariff hike on Chinese goods ahead of next trade talk round

By Jeff Mason and Timothy Gardner

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump answers a question during an Oval Office meeting with Slovakia’s Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini at the White House in Washington, U.S. May 3, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Sunday dramatically increased pressure on China to reach a trade deal by announcing he will hike U.S. tariffs on $200 billion (152 billion pounds) worth of Chinese goods this week and target hundreds of billions more soon.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1098838-in-shift trump vows-tariff-hike-on-chinese-goods-ahead-of-next-trade-talk-round/

 

Brunei says it won't enforce gay death penalty after backlash

 

FILE PHOTO: Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah attends the retreat session during the APEC Summit in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea November 18, 2018. REUTERS/David Gray/File Photo

 

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Reuters) - Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah on Sunday extended a moratorium on the death penalty to incoming legislation prohibiting gay sex, seeking to temper a global backlash led by celebrities such as George Clooney and Elton John.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1098839-brunei says-it-wont-enforce-gay-death-penalty-after-backlash/

 

UK's May presses Labour to reach Brexit deal, but leaks jeopardise talks

By David Milliken and William James

 

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May speaks at the Scottish Conservative conference in Aberdeen, Scotland, Britain May 3, 2019. REUTERS/Russell Cheyne

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May on Sunday stepped up calls for Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn to agree a cross-party deal to leave the European Union, following poor results for both parties in local elections on Thursday.

 

Full story:  https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1098840-uks-may-presses-labour-to-reach brexit deal-but-leaks-jeopardise-talks/

Taliban kill 13 in attack on police headquarters in northern Afghanistan

By Abdul Qadir Sediqi and Rupam Jain

 

Smoke rises from the site of an attack in Pul-e-Khumri city, Baghlan province, Afghanistan May 5, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.

 

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan forces battled for hours against Taliban insurgents who stormed a police headquarters in the northern city of Pul-e-Khumri, after a suicide bomber blew up his explosive-laden car, killing at least 13 people, officials said on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1098842-taliban kill-13-in-attack-on-police-headquarters-in-northern-afghanistan/

 

Airbus considers legal action against Germany over Saudi ban: sources

 

FILE PHOTO: The Airbus logo is pictured at Airbus headquarters in Blagnac near Toulouse, France, March 20, 2019. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau/File Photo

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - Airbus is considering suing the German government as its freeze on arms exports to Saudi Arabia means the company is unable to complete a border security system for the Gulf state, two people familiar with the matter said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1098843-airbus-considers-legal-action-against germany over-saudi-ban-sources/

 

Hold your horses! Chinese medicine doctor puts brakes on "pig vomit" valuation at 19 million baht

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Pig farmers in Chonburi have claimed that "pig vomit" (uak moo) stones they found in their animals are worth 19 million baht to Chinese doctors. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1098850-hold-your-horses-chinese-medicine-doctor-puts-brakes-on-pig-vomit-valuation-at-19-million-baht/

 

U.S. deploying carrier, bombers to Middle East in warning to Iran - Bolton

By Matt Spetalnick

 

FILE PHOTO: White House national security adviser John Bolton takes questions about the political unrest in Venezuela after violence broke out at anti-government protests near Caracas, outside the White House in Washington, U.S., April 30, 2019. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is deploying a carrier strike group and a bomber task force to the Middle East to send a clear message to Iran that any attack on U.S. interests or its allies will be met with "unrelenting force," U.S. national security adviser John Bolton said on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1098851-us-deploying-carrier-bombers-to-middle-east-in-warning-to-iran-bolton/

 

Prachuap: Hospital calls for urine tests for staff in wake of ICU drug drama

 

Picture: NewTV

 

The director of Prachuapkhirikhan Hospital has said that staff will be urine tested for drugs and other measures will be carried out after narcotics were found stashed in a locker in ICU. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1098854-prachuap-hospital-calls-for-urine-tests-for-staff-in-wake-of-icu-drug-drama/

 

Macron's party falls behind Le Pen's far right in EU election poll

 

France's far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National) party leader Marine Le Pen attends a joint news conference in Brussels, Belgium May 5, 2019. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

 

PARIS (Reuters) - The party of far-right leader Marine Le Pen will top the upcoming European Parliament elections with 22 percent of the vote, just ahead of President Emmanuel Macron's REM party, an Ipsos poll released on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1098855-macrons-party-falls-behind-le-pens-far-right-in-eu-election-poll/

 

Jeweler admits involvement in armed 5 million baht pawn shop heist in Bangkok

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Police have made one arrest after a near five million baht armed robbery of jewelry from a pawn shop in Bang Khae in western Bangkok. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1098857-jeweler-admits-involvement-in-armed-5-million-baht-pawn-shop-heist-in-bangkok/

 

Philippines cybersex crackdown sparks concern over care for child victims

By Matt Blomberg

 

 

MANILA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Chang has no desire to go home to her parents, at least not yet.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1098858-philippines-cybersex-crackdown-sparks-concern-over-care-for-child-victims/

 

Sea turtle rescued on Kamala beach

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

PHOTOS: Niruj

 

 

A sea turtle has been rescued after being washed up on the shores of Kamala beach.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1098859-sea-turtle-rescued-on-kamala-beach/

 

Now how did he get there? "Drunk" man goes for a spin on unfinished Bang Pa-In - Korat road 

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Pictures on the Sanook site showed the aftermath of an accident when a 61 year old man drove his Toyota Hilux pick-up on the Bang Pa-In - Korat elevated road that is still under construction. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1098861-now-how-did-he-get-there-drunk-man-goes-for-a-spin-on-unfinished-bang-pa-in-korat-road/

 

Boeing did not disclose 737 MAX alert issue to FAA for 13 months

By Tracy Rucinski and David Shepardson

 

FILE PHOTO: A Boeing 737 MAX 8 sits outside the hangar during a media tour of the Boeing 737 MAX at the Boeing plant in Renton, Washington December 8, 2015. REUTERS/Matt Mills McKnight/File Photo

 

CHICAGO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Boeing Co did not tell U.S. regulators for more than a year that it inadvertently made an alarm alerting pilots to a mismatch of flight data optional on the 737 MAX, instead of standard as on earlier 737s, but insisted on Sunday the missing display represented no safety risk.

 

Full story:  https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1098863-boeing-did-not-disclose-737-max-alert-issue-to-faa-for-13-months/

 

Brake failure: Thirty eight tourists injured as tram crashes at Chiang Mai Night Safari

 

Caption: Tram brake failure at Chiang Mai Night Safari

 

Officials at Chiang Mai Night Safari have been quick to play down an incident when two trams collided on Saturday night. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1098864-brake-failure-thirty-eight-tourists-injured-as-tram-crashes-at-chiang-mai-night-safari/

 

Gunfight at popular pub: Two security guards dead, man injured and in police custody

 

Caption: They went to prevent trouble but got killed

 

Two security guards were killed and a shooter who allegedly started the incident is injured and in police custody after a shootout outside a Petchaburi pub on Saturday night. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1098866-gunfight-at-popular-pub-two-security-guards-dead-man-injured-and-in-police-custody/

 

Patience is the name of the game on Day 4 of the 2019 Top of the Gulf Regatta

By Agencies

 

Fujin on her way to a win in IRC Racing 2. Day 4 of the Top of the Gulf Regatta 2019. Photo by Guy Nowell.

 

Pattaya – When the wind doesn't play ball, it's a tough day on-the-water and today was one of those days.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1098868-patience-is-the-name-of-the-game-on-day-4-of-the-2019-top-of-the-gulf-regatta/

 

He's alive! But questions remain as five year old boy found naked in Chiang Rai woods

 

Caption: He's been found 

 

A five year old boy whose disappearance sparked a large police and neighborhood search in northern Thailand has been found alive in a Chiang Rai orchard. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1098870-hes-alive-but-questions-remain-as-five-year-old-boy-found-naked-in-chiang-rai-woods/