Italian, U.S. police make arrests as Mafia clan looks to regroup

By Wladimiro Pantaleone

 

Palermo Police Chief, Renato Cortese talks during a news conference after a coordinated crackdown with U.S. police against major crime families looking to rebuild their mafia powerbase in Palermo, Sicily, Italy, July 17, 2019 REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane

 

PALERMO, Italy (Reuters) - Italian and U.S. police have launched a coordinated crackdown on a Sicilian Mafia family that was seeking to rebuild its power base after years of exile in the United States, Italian investigators said on Wednesday.

 

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Police assure quick repairs to lethal light pole will not affect investigation

By The Phuket News

 

Workers have already repaired the lethal light pole at the Suan Luang basketball courts. Photo: Phuket City Municipality

 

PHUKET:-- Phuket City Police Chief Col Sompong Thiparpakul told The Phuket News today that he is not concerned about the quick repairs to the basketball court light pole in Suan Luang (King’s Park) that electrocuted to death an 18-year-old student on Saturday affecting the police investigation into possible negligence causing death.

 

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Fast and Furious 9 filming brings Krabi ‘low season’ boon

By The Phuket News

 

Filming at an old quarry near a protected forest began on Monday and will remain in production there until July 27. Photo: PR Dept
 

PHUKET:-- The filming of Fast and Furious 9 in Krabi, across Phang Nag Bay from Phuket, has delivered a B50 million boost to the province, Krabi Governor Pol Lt Col (Rtd) ML Kitibodee Pravitra has announced.

 

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Poisonous e-waste dump cleared, leaving stench of corruption

By Thanapat Kijjakosol
The Nation

 

 

Piles of industrial and electronic waste dumped in protected forest in the eastern province of Sa Kaew were cleared on Wednesday, making way for the Pollution Control Department to soon move in to check whether toxic residues would endanger the health of local residents.

 

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Apirat says his threat to opposition is fake news

By The Nation

 

Royal Thai Army commander-in-chief General Apirat Kongsompong

 

The Army chief declared on Wednesday that he has become a victim of fake news, as he denied ever issuing a threat against opposition parties.

 

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No immediate increase in daily wage, workers told

By THE NATION

 

Nation Photo by Kunlaphun Siripimamporn

 

Labour Minister Chatu Mongol Sonakul said on Wednesday that raising the minimum daily labour wage to Bt400 as promised by some coalition parties could not be implemented immediately but would first need to be considered by the tripartite national wage committee.

 

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Expect to pay less income tax, says new finance minister

By The Nation

 

 

The new finance minister is likely to bring down the rate of personal income tax, and has said that his party will discuss the implementation of tax cuts with coalition parties. 

 

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Miss Thailand contestants add beauty to beauty spots

By Tanachai Pramarnpanich
The Nation

 

The beauty contestants take in the great outdoors of Nakhon Ratchasima province and get up close to a hydropower station amid a day of diverse activities on Wednesday.

 

Contestants in the Miss Thailand World 2019 pageant put some of the traditional glamour aside when they went for the hard hat look in a tour of Nakhon Ratchasima.

 

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Dame Helen Mirren slams 'heartbreaking' move to axe free TV licences for over-75s

 

Dame Helen Mirren is one of 20 celebrities calling for a reversal of the move

 

Dame Helen Mirren has joined the fight to save free TV licences for all over-75s - describing the decision to axe the provision as "heartbreaking".

 

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The FaceApp age challenge is giving us a glimpse into the future as celebs share their twilight pictures

By Sofia Petkar and Nicola Methven

 

Will your favourite celebrity look as good down the line?

 

Ever wondered what some of today’s stars will look like when they’ve reached their twilight years?

 

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Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol is most-played song on UK radio this century

By Ben Beaumont-Thomas

 

‘Beautiful moment’ … Gary Lightbody, frontman of Snow Patrol. Photograph: Aaron Chown/PA

 

Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol has been named the most-played song on British radio this century.

 

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