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[PODCAST] What it’s like to play in a European Cup final with Ex-Spurs defender Gary Stevens

 

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Thaivisa.com has teamed up with ex-Spurs and England footballer Gary Stevens for the Final Whistle podcast - a weekly football review show.

 

We’ve got something a little different for you this week.

 

Listen here: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1102118-podcast-what-it’s-like-to-play-in-a-european-cup-final-with-ex-spurs-defender-gary-stevens-ep9/

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Alzheimer's patient forced out of Thailand: Daughter tells Thaivisa they love Thailand but immigration rule changes mean mum must go

 

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Happier times: 77 year old Alzheimer's patient Anna Padgett on a field trip with care home staff

 

A distraught daughter of an ailing Alzheimer's patient has told Thaivisa how her stricken mum is being forced out of Thailand. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1103166-alzheimers-patient-forced-out-of-thailand-daughter-tells-thaivisa-they-love-thailand-but-immigration-rule-changes-mean-mum-must-go/

 

 

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Watch : Tony Jaa alive and kicking despite fake news of his demise 

The Nation

 

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Tony Jaa, the internationally well-known Thai martial arts star, has confirmed he is alive and well, dismissing widespread rumours that he died during the shooting of a Hollywood movie in the United States on Saturday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1103170-watch-tony-jaa-alive and-kicking-despite-fake-news-of-his-demise/

 

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Man electrocuted by wire fence while catching fish, frogs in Nong Bua Lam Phu

By The Nation

 

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A man was electrocuted when he grabbed hold of what turned out to be an electrified fence surrounding a paddy field while hunting for fish and frogs in Nong Bua Lam Phu on Sunday night.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1103172-man-electrocuted-by-wire-fence-while-catching-fish-frogs-in-nong-bua-lam-phu/

 

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Teen killed as unrest in deep South intensifies near end of Ramadan

By The Nation

 

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VIOLENCE continued in the deep South yesterday, despite the authorities stepping up security for the last 10 days of Ramadan.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1103149-urgent-two-dead-four-injured-as-bomb-explodes-at-market/?do=findComment&comment=14185345

 

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Volunteer divers collect 230kg of trash off Phuket

By Waranya Prompinpiras

 

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A team of 50 volunteer divers, Thais and expats, collected 230kg of track off Phuket on Saturday (May 25) and Sunday (May 26). Photo: MNRE

 

PHUKET: A team of volunteer divers assisted the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE) in collecting 230kg of trash from the sea at Koh Mai Thon and Koh Hae in Phuket over the past weekend.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1103174-volunteer-divers-collect-230kg-of-trash-off-phuket/

 

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Democrat party formally invited to join Palang Pracharat coalition

 

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The pro-Prayut Palang Pracharat party’s invitation to the Democrats was extended by party leader Uttama Savanayana and core party members, namely Somsak Thepsuthin, Suriya Juangroongruangkit and party secretary-general Sontirat Sontijirawong, who visited the Democrat party’s head office.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1103175-democrat-party-formally-invited-to-join-palang-pracharat-coalition/

 

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Bhumjaithai party accepts Palang Pracharat’s invitation but sets conditions

 

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Bhumjaithai party has accepted the Palang Pracharat party’s invitation to join their coalition, but with four pre-conditions, party leader Anutin Charnvirakul told the media today.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1103177-bhumjaithai-party-accepts-palang-pracharat’s-invitation-but-sets-conditions/

 

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Pheu Thai-led alliance vows to fight on to end junta’s pursuit for power

 

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The Pheu Thai-led coalition of seven parties today reaffirmed their determination to stop the junta and Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha in their efforts to retain power.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1103178-pheu-thai-led-alliance-vows-to-fight-on-to-end-junta’s-pursuit-for-power/

 

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Gen Prem wanted his life savings donated to the poor

 

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The late statesman General Prem Tinsulanonda made a wish that his life savings, earned throughout his career from army chief to president of the Privy Council, and estimated at about 100 million baht, be donated to help the poor, according to his former close aide, General Phisanu Putthawong.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1103179-gen-prem-wanted-his-life-savings-donated-to-the-poor/

 

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Tourists number projection remains at 40 million

 

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BANGKOK (NNT) - The University of the Thai Chambers of Commerce’s Center for Economic and Business Forecasting is still positive the total number of visitors to Thailand this year will reach 40 million from campaigns promoting tourism in local cities and the extension of VISA on Arrival fees waiver.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1103180-tourists-number-projection-remains-at-40-million/

 

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Austrian parliament sacks Kurz as video sting crisis rolls on

By Francois Murphy

 

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VIENNA (Reuters) - Austrian conservative Chancellor Sebastian Kurz suffered the biggest setback of his meteoric career on Monday as parliament voted the 32-year-old's government out of office in the wake of a video sting that blew up his coalition with the far right.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1103181-austrian-parliament-sacks-kurz-as-video-sting-crisis-rolls-on/

 

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Divided pro-EU leaders open talks after tense election

By Robin Emmott and Alastair Macdonald

 

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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Parties committed to closer European Union integration began bargaining over jobs and policy on Monday after an election to the EU parliament which fragmented the centre but gave only limited gains to nationalists.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1103182-divided-pro-eu-leaders-open-talks-after-tense-election/

 

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Trump presses Japan over trade gap, expects 'good things' from North Korea

By Jeff Mason and Linda Sieg

 

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TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump pressed Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday to even out a trade imbalance with the United States and said he was happy with how things were going with North Korea despite its recent missile and rocket launches.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1103184-trump presses japan over-trade-gap-expects-good-things-from-north-korea/

 

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Romania's ruling party chief jailed for corruption

By Luiza Ilie and Radu-Sorin Marinas

 

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BUCHAREST (Reuters) - The leader of Romania's ruling Social Democrats Liviu Dragnea began a three-and-a-half year prison sentence on Monday after the Supreme Court upheld a graft conviction one day after his party lost a European election to centrist groupings.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1103185-romanias-ruling-party-chief-jailed-for-corruption/

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Thai hat-trick on cards: tour CEO

By LERPONG AMSA-NGIAM 
THE NATION 

 

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Ladies European Tour boss Mark Lichtenhein predicts a Thai may win the home LET Thailand Championship for the third straight year when it is staged at the Phoenix Gold Golf and Country Club in Pattaya next month.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1103191-thai-hat-trick-on-cards-tour-ceo/

 

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Police suspect murder in hanging death of retired Dutch teacher
 
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Daily News reported that a retired Dutch teacher found hanged from a chicken coop next to a luxury house in Kamphaeng Phet in northern Thailand might have been murdered. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1103195-police-suspect-murder-in-hanging-death-of-retired-dutch-teacher/

 

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Video: A family's terror: Crazy beggar with sword jumps on car

 

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A Sakon Nakorn family was left terrorized after a Thai man armed with what appeared to be a sword jumped on their car as they went for a Sunday afternoon drive. 

 

Source: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1103205-video-a-familys-terror-crazy-beggar-with-sword-jumps-on-car/

 

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Junta bloc takes big step

By  THE NATION

 

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FORWARD TO FORM GOVT PHALANG PRACHARAT EXTENDS INVITATIONS TO DEMOCRAT AND BHUMJAITHAI, BUT NO CLEAR ANSWER YET 

 

THE DEMOCRAT and Bhumjaithai parties yesterday were formally approached by the pro-junta Phalang Pracharat Party to form a coalition government after Parliament opened on the weekend and elected the house speakers.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1103207-junta-bloc-takes-big-step/

 

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"Ice" the Grab Car driver had nothing to do with drug running passengers - police lock him up all the same 

 

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A Korat woman is appealing for justice for her husband after he was thrown in the cells following a drugs bust.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1103210-ice-the-grab-car-driver-had-nothing-to-do-with-drug-running-passengers-police-lock-him-up-all-the-same/

 

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Tax-evasion lawsuit to proceed against Philip Morris

By The Nation

 

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PUBLIC Health Minister Piyasakol Sakolsatayadorn assured yesterday that a lawsuit against a leading tobacco firm over tax-evasion charges would continue as normal.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1103217-tax-evasion-lawsuit-to-proceed-against-philip-morris/

 

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DSI to look into disputed land on Koh Kradan

By The Nation

 

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THE DEPARTMENT of Investigation has joined prosecutors in inspecting some 10 plots of land, which were seized by the Department of National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP)’s Phaya Sua taskforce a few years ago for overlapping the Chao Mai National Park.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1103219-dsi-to-look-into-disputed-land-on-koh-kradan/

 

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