UPDATE:

 

Game over for Mai at Wimbledon

By The Nation

 

Mai Napatt Nirundorn, left. and her mother

 

The journey of Thai rising star Mai Napatt Nirundorn at Wimbledon was over after the sixteen-year-old girl crashed out in the girls’s singles third round on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1110469-wimbledon-game-set-and-match-for-mai/?do=findComment&comment=14335172

 

One picture - many issues: Family on motorbike gets much comment

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thai Rath published a photograph of a father on a motorcycle with his wife cradling a young child. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111126-one-picture-many-issues-family-on-motorbike-gets-much-comment/

 

Return to Tham Luang - The first time after the Thai cave rescue

By Mikko Paasi

 

Erik Brown, me and Claus Rasmunsen 10.7.2018 "Those who say it can not be done, shouldn't interrupt people doing it" 13 kids all out safe and sound!

 

Now that is has been a year since the successful rescue of the Thai football team and their coach from the Tham Luang cave, I think it would be appropriate to share some footage from inside the cave to show how it looks like after the operation and without the muddy water. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111128-return-to-tham-luang-the-first-time-after-the-thai-cave-rescue/

 

Thirteen year old "Big Bike" rider: Family pay compensation as other charges go to court

 

Thai caption: Compensation paid.  Parents of 13 year old on "Big Bike" have paid compensation to all concerned

 

The family of a thirteen year old boy who caused a serious accident in Chiang Mai while riding a powerful motorbike has agreed to pay compensation to all the victims. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111129-thirteen-year-old-big-bike-rider-family-pay-compensation-as-other-charges-go-to-court/

Phuket’s looming high season water crisis

By The Thaiger

 

 

PHOTOS: Siraphat Kanphonngam

 

Water shortages are almost a certainty for Phuket in the next high season with the rainfall for this year’s wet season well below average.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111130-phuket’s-looming-high-season-water-crisis/

 

Woman's 1000cc BMW ends up hanging in a tree - she's seriously injured in hospital

 

Picture: Channel 3 News

 

Channel 3 News said that there was a serious accident last night in which a female rider called "Kaojai" (a nickname) lost control of her BMW S1000 RR at the Ang Sila bend in Muang district of Chonburi.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111131-womans-1000cc-bmw-ends-up-hanging-in-a-tree-shes-seriously-injured-in-hospital/

 

Pad Thai for 180 baht a plate at a Food Court? Doubts emerge in Aussie couple's claim

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Doubts have emerged over an Australian couple's claim that their life was turned upside down after they ate Pad Thai in Phuket. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111132-pad-thai-for-180-baht-a-plate-at-a-food-court-doubts-emerge-in-aussie-couples-claim/

 

Body of foreign man found floating off Karon

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The man’s body was brought ashore at dusk yesterday (July 10). Photo: Phi Phi na krab

 

PHUKET: Police are trying to identify the body of a foreign man found floating in the sea about 500 metres off Karon Noi Beach.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111137-body-of-foreign-man-found-floating-off-karon/

 

Govt to speed up stimulus spending as growth stagnates

By The Nation

 

Somkid

 

The government will speed up its investment in infrastructure projects to boost the country’s growth rate to 3.5 per cent for the rest of this year, Somkid Jatusripitak said on Thursday after being appointed Deputy Prime Minister on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111152-govt-to-speed-up-stimulus-spending-as-growth-stagnates/

 

BMA’s first hospital for elderly to partially open this year

By The Nation

 

Model of Bang Khun Thien Geriatric Hospital

 

The first hospital for the elderly run by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration will partially open later this year, BMA deputy governor Thaweesak Lertpraphan said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111156-bma’s-first-hospital-for-elderly-to-partially-open-this-year/

 

Chiang Mai to open new 1.44 hectare public park on Charoen Prates Road

 

 

City staff are reported to be working hard on landscape improvements, including the planting of large trees, in an area to be named “Charoen Prates Park” when the renovations are complete. The new park will be opened for public use on July 28th.

 

Source: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111159-chiang-mai-to-open-new-144-hectare-public-park-on-charoen-prates-road/

 

TDRI gives mixed ratings to government’s performance in digital economy policy

 

 

The outgoing government of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has made some achievements and, at the same time, failed in its policy to drive Thailand toward a digital economy over the past five years, according to an assessment by Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111165-tdri-gives-mixed-ratings-to-government’s-performance-in-digital-economy-policy/

 

Convicted Chiang Mai abbot re-arrested on more rape charges

By The Nation

 

 

A 50-year-old monk at a temple in the southern province of Surat Thani’s Khian Sa district was arrested on Thursday over allegations of raping boys years ago while he served as an abbot in the northern province of Chiang Mai.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111167-convicted-chiang-mai-abbot-re-arrested-on-more-rape-charges/

 

The Shard is most expensive view in Europe

 David Buckley

 

 

Going up in the world for the best vantage points is not cheap, survey reveals

 

The view from The Shard tower close to London Bridge is the most expensive in Europe, according to the online comparison and search portal, TicketLens.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111169-king-power-mahanakhon-skywalk-amongst-the-most-expensive-views-in-the-world/

 

Petchmorrakot and Petrosyan face off ahead of ONE: ‘Masters of Destiny’ rematch

By: News

 

 

Giorgio Petrosyan and Petchmorrakot Peytchyindeeacademy faced off in Kuala Lumpur yesterday ahead of Friday night’s rematch at ONE: ‘Masters of Destiny’.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111174-petchmorrakot-and-petrosyan-face-off-ahead-of-one-‘masters-of-destiny’-rematch/

 

llegal e-waste mountain triggers health fears

By Thanapat Kijjakosol
The Nation

 

 

While a police probe continues into an illegal waste site in protected forestland of Sa Kaew’s Wang Nam Yen district, local residents say they were left in fear of hazards to their health and the environment.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111176-sa-kaew-illegal-e-waste-mountain-triggers-health-fears/

 

UTTC urges new govt. to spend Bt100 bn. on economic boost

By The Nation

 

 

The University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce is urging the new government to boost the economy by spending Bt100 billion at the grassroots level of the population and the EEC city plan project, with the aim of raising GDP in the second half of 2019 by 3.5-4 per cent.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111177-uttc-urges-new-govt-to-spend-bt100-bn-on-economic-boost/

Grab launches ride-hailing service in Trang

By THE NATION

 

 

Travel in Trang just got a whole lot easier as Grab, the leading super app in Southeast Asia, joins up with the southern province, one of 55 secondary destinations promoted by the Tourism Authority of Thailand, to launch its ride-hailing service.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111178-grab-launches-ride-hailing-service-in-trang/

 

Asean defence chiefs congratulate Prawit

By The Nation

 

FILE photo

 

Defence Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan has been congratulated by his Asean peers for his appointment as deputy prime minister in the new Cabinet.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111186-asean-defence-chiefs-congratulate-prawit/

 

Transport wish list for new minister

By The Nation

 

Chaiwat

 

The Ministry of Transport is preparing a list of proposed projects for approval by the new minister, with most relating to railways in line with the government's policies to improve public transport and cut logistics costs for businesses.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111205-transport-wish-list-for-new-minister/

 

Too much bubble tea 'can give you diabetes'

By The Nation

 

 

The Foundation for Consumers on Thursday warned people to control their consumption of boba/bubble milk tea due to a risk of diabetes.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111207-too-much-bubble-tea-can-give-you-diabetes/

 

Chula lecturer gives PM’s Education appointees average grades

By The Nation

 

 

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha’s choice of Cabinet members for educational affairs got only average grades from a prominent educator.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111208-chula-lecturer-gives-pm’s-education-appointees-average-grades/

 

Seven police officers transferred, probe launched into suspect beating

By The Nation

 

 

Seven police officers from a Bangkok police station have been removed from duty pending investigation after a Facebook page posted a video clip showing some policemen at the station beating a suspect.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111210-seven-police-officers-transferred-probe-launched-into-suspect-beating/

 

Old pub goes up in smoke this morning in Pattaya

By The Thaiger

 

PHOTOS: 77jowo.com

 

The blaze that surprised everyone in Pattaya this morning has been brought under control and the scene identified.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111211-old-pub-goes-up-in-smoke-this-morning-in-pattaya/

 

UK banks can cope with no-deal Brexit and trade war - BoE

by David Milliken, Huw Jones

 

FILE PHOTO: A bus passes the Bank of England in London, Britain August 4, 2016. REUTERS/Neil Hall/File Photo

 

LONDON, (Reuters) - - British banks hold enough capital to cope with a simultaneous disorderly no-deal Brexit and global trade war, the Bank of England said on Thursday as part of its half-yearly assessment of financial risks.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111213-uk-banks-can-cope-with-no-deal-brexit-and-trade-war-boe/

 

UK and U.S. have strong and enduring bond, says trade minister Fox

 

Britain's Secretary of State for International Trade Liam Fox delivers a statement to media regarding the resignation of Kim Darroch from his position as British Ambassador to the United States, in central London, Britain July 10, 2019. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain and the United States have a strong and enduring bond, British trade minister Liam Fox said on Thursday, a day after the country’s ambassador to Washington quit following criticism from Donald Trump.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111215-uk-and-us-have-strong-and-enduring-bond-says-trade-minister-fox/

 

Britain says Iran attempted to block its oil tanker

by William Schomberg

 

FILE PHOTO: A British Royal Navy patrol vessel guards the oil supertanker Grace 1, suspected of carrying Iranian crude oil to Syria, as it sits anchored in waters of the British overseas territory of Gibraltar, July 4, 2019. REUTERS/Jon Nazca/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Three Iranian vessels tried to block the passage of a BP-operated tanker through the Strait of Hormuz but withdrew after warnings from a British warship, the British government said on Thursday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111216-britain-says-iran-attempted-to-block-its-oil-tanker/

 

BREAKING: One killed in Chiang Mai plane crash: See video 

By The Nation

 

 

A crew member is reported to have died in a plane crash in the northern province of Chiang Mai.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111217-breaking-one-killed-in-chiang-mai-plane-crash-see-video/

 

Lady Gaga announces new beauty brand

By CAILLEY CHELLA

 

New beauty brand: Lady Gaga, 33, announced her new makeup line in a video posted to Instagram on Tuesday

 

'The last thing the world needs is a new beauty brand...but that's too bad,' Lady Gaga says in the video announcement of her new makeup line, Haus Laboratories.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111219-lady-gaga-announces-new-beauty-brand/

 

Julio Iglesias loses paternity case as judge rules he is ‘biological father’ of 43-year-old man

by Alicia Adejobi

 

Julio Iglesias is the father, a judge has ruled (Picture: WireImage)

 

Julio Iglesias has lost an ongoing paternity court case after a judge ruled that he is the ‘biological father’ of a 43-year-old man, Javier Sanchez.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1111220-julio-iglesias-loses-paternity-case-as-judge-rules-he-is-‘biological-father’-of-43-year-old-man/