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American man, Thai woman killed in Rayong motorcycle crash

By The Nation

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

An American man and a Thai woman were killed when he lost control of his powerful motorbike at a curve on a Rayong road and hit the sidewalk, sending both flying off the bike into a concrete barrier.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1113497-american-man-thai-woman-killed-in-rayong-motorcycle-crash/

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Caucasian man found dead in abandoned Buri Ram building

 

Image: Manager Online

 

A Caucasian man has been found dead in an abandoned building at a university campus in Buri Ram province, with his head was covered in a plastic bag connected to a metal container with gasoline.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1113469-caucasian-man-found-dead-in-abandoned-buri-ram-building-with-plastic-bag-over-his-head/

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World-class snooker for just Bt50

By The Nation

 

Wattana

 

Thailand’s top snooker players are participating in the Sangsom 6 Red Thailand Championship 2019, which kicked off at Fashion Island on Tuesday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1113548-world-class-snooker-for-just-bt50/

 

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Police question net idol over ‘Blue’ movies

By Kornkamon Aksorndech
The Nation

 

 

Net idol and “pretty” products presenter Jirarat “Blue” Chanantho met police on Tuesday to answer questions over her “secret” VIP online chat room, where members paid Bt300-500 a month to watch sexy video clips of her.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1113551-police-question-net-idol-over-‘blue’-movies/

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Tobacco giant pushing for a ‘smoke-free’ future

By Jintana Panyaarvudh
The Nation 

 

Gerald Margolis, managing director of Philip Morris Thailand.

 

Leading cigarette importer Philip Morris Trading (Thailand) is calling on the new government and policymakers to start talking with the tobacco industry, so both sides can work on finding constructive solutions to reduce harm caused by smoking.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1113601-tobacco-giant-pushing-for-a-‘smoke-free’-future/

 

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80 opposition MPs sharpen their claws for policy debate

By THE NATION

 

 

Planning to make the most of the 13 hours allocated to them during the government policy debate on Thursday and Friday, 80 opposition MPs are getting ready to attack Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha and his Cabinet members, opposition whip Suthin Klungsang said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1113602-80-opposition-mps-sharpen-their-claws-for-policy-debate/

 

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Eight provinces on brink of water crisis, as there is still no sign of rain

By The Nation

 

 

The lack of rain has brought eight provinces to the brink of a water crisis

 

Five districts in Nakhon Ratchasima – namely Phimai, Chum Phuang, Non Daeng, Non Sung and Prathai – have been suffering drought for nearly three months now, with up to 20,000 rai (3,200 hectares) of paddy fields left parched for water. The locals are also struggling to find water to survive as their taps have dried up.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1113603-eight-provinces-on-brink-of-water-crisis-as-there-is-still-no-sign-of-rain/

 

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Commerce ministry frets over rice output

By THE NATION

 

 

Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit said on Tuesday he would urgently meet rice exporters and related parties to discuss ways to boost exports once the government has unveiled its policies in Parliament on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1113604-commerce-ministry-frets-over-rice-output/

 

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Chuan warns MPs against unruly conduct during the parliamentary debate on government policy statement

 

 

Members of parliament have been warned by the parliament’s president to be disciplined and to refrain from unruly behavior during the two-day debate on the government policy statement, which begins on Thursday, saying that they will be watched and judged by the people.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1113605-chuan-warns-mps-against-unruly-conduct-during-the-parliamentary-debate-on-government-policy-statement/

 

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Suan Dusit Poll: Public expectations of each Minister in new Cabinet

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - Suan Dusit Poll has conducted a survey on the expectations of the public of each ministry in the new cabinet. If all ministers are fully committed to working for the public, they will bring prosperity to the country and improve people’s well-being they say.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1113606-suan-dusit-poll-public-expectations-of-each-minister-in-new-cabinet/

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Phuket Governor calls in public transport drivers to clarify ‘good service’

By The Phuket News

 

Phuket Governor Phakaphong Tavipatana felt the need to explain what ’good service’ means. Photo: PR Dept

 

PHUKET: Phuket Governor Phakaphong Tavipatana has called the island’s key players in Phuket’s public transport regime to clarify what “good service” means.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1113607-phuket-governor-calls-in-public-transport-drivers-to-clarify-‘good-service’/

 

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Police silent on probe into student killed by electrocution in public park

By The Phuket News

 

Phuket Vice Governor Prakob Wongmaneerung (2nd from left) and Phuket City Mayor Somjai Suwansupana (3rd from left) pictured at Siriroj International Hospital immediately after the incident on July 14. Photo: Phuket City Municipality

 

PHUKET: Phuket City Police have refused to answer any questions about the investigation into the death of 18-year-student Khaled “Nikki” Nour, who was killed by electrocution from touching a floodlight pole at a public basketball court at Suan Luang (King’s Park) more than a week ago.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1113609-police-silent-on-probe-into-student-killed-by-electrocution-in-public-park/

 

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Two Thai workers killed in road accident in South Korea

 

(Photo) THAIKUKNEWS

 

Two Thai workers were killed in South Korea when their passenger van carrying 16 people of various nationalities skidded off a mountain road en route to a farm, the Korean Times reported on Monday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1113611-two-thai-workers-killed-in-road-accident-in-south-korea/

 

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Thailand’s taxi and tuk tuk scams and annoyances

By The Thaiger

 

 

“Where are you going?”, they shout from across the road. A Tuk Tuk driver wants to help you get to your next destination but the willing smile and lure of a ride in a local jalopy may have switched off your trusty scam-detector.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1113612-thailand’s-taxi-and-tuk-tuk-scams-and-annoyances/

 

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Li Peng, hardline Chinese leader in Tiananmen crackdown, dies at 90

By Michael Martina and Tony Munroe

 

FILE PHOTO: Chairman of the National Congress of the People's Republic of China Li Peng stands next to a Chinese flag in Canberra's Parliament House in Australia September 16, 2002. REUTERS/David Gray

 

BEIJING (Reuters) - Former Chinese Premier Li Peng, reviled by rights activists and many in the Chinese capital as the "Butcher of Beijing" for his role in the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, has died, state media reported on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1113613-li peng-hardline-chinese-leader-in-tiananmen-crackdown-dies-at-90/

 

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Fake goods valued at 11 million baht go up in smoke in Chiang Rai

By The Thaiger

 

 

Chiang Rai Province’s Customs Department in Mae Sai has incinerated illegal and fake items valued at over 11 million baht.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1113614-fake-goods-valued-at-11-million-baht-go-up-in-smoke-in-chiang-rai/

 

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Russia intent on interfering with U.S. elections - FBI Director Wray

By Doina Chiacu

 

FBI Director Christopher Wray arrives to testify before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on "Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation" on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 23, 2019. REUTERS/Eric Thayer

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Russia is determined to interfere in U.S. elections despite sanctions and other efforts to deter such actions before the next presidential election in 2020, FBI Director Christopher Wray said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1113619-russia-intent-on-interfering-with-us-elections-fbi-director-wray/

 

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Scans show changes to brains of 'injured' Havana U.S. embassy workers

By Gene Emery

 

FILE PHOTO: A vintage car passes by the U.S. embassy in Havana, Cuba, March 12, 2019. Picture taken March 12, 2019. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - Advanced brain scans of U.S. Embassy employees who reported falling ill while serving in Havana revealed significant differences, according to a new study published on Tuesday that does little to resolve the mystery of injuries theTrump administration had characterized as a "sonic attack."

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1113621-scans-show-changes-to-brains-of-injured-havana-us-embassy-workers/

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Kabul seeks clarification on Trump talk of wiping out Afghanistan

By Hamid Shalizi

 

U.S. President Trump talks with reporters while meeting with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Khan in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S., July 22, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan called on Tuesday for an explanation of comments by U.S. President Donald Trump in which he said he could win the Afghan war in just 10 days by wiping out the country, but did not want "to kill 10 million people."

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1113623-kabul-seeks-clarification-on trump talk-of-wiping-out-afghanistan/

 

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Giant billboard removed after partial collapse

By The Nation

 

 

Bangkok Metropolitan Administration officials ordered the owner of a giant billboard structure in Don Muang district to urgently take it down after the pole holding it collapsed causing the sign to hang over the road and pose a danger to passing vehicles.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1113624-giant-billboard-removed-after-partial-collapse/

 

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Tourism in northern Thailand decimated: Worst in ten years say hoteliers

 

File Photo//Wikipedia

 

Hoteliers in Chiang Mai are saying that tourism in the north of Thailand is now in its worst place in ten years. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1113626-tourism-in-northern-thailand-decimated-worst-in-ten-years-say-hoteliers/

 

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Drug resistant Malaria massively on the rise in Northern Thailand

 

Picture: The Bangkok Insight

 

Two new studies in the influential and respected The Lancet medical journal indicate that drug resistant strains of malaria are on the rise across parts of SE Asia. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1113629-drug-resistant-malaria-massively-on-the-rise-in-northern-thailand/

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Consumers avoid using credit cards due to slowing economy

By THE NATION

 

 

The Thailand economy's slowing growth has impacted the credit card spending of Bangkok Bank cardholders.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1113630-consumers-avoid-using-credit-cards-due-to-slowing-economy/

 

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Serial burglar said he did it so he could open a hair cutting salon

 

Thai caption: A burglar's dream lies in ruins

 

A burglar responsible for a string of thefts from upmarket houses in the Chonburi area told police that he wanted to get enough money to open a barber's. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1113631-serial-burglar-said-he-did-it-so-he-could-open-a-hair-cutting-salon/

 

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BTS says no open umbrellas on their platforms despite heavy seasonal rain

 

(Photo) by Pantip member number 1447432

 

Bangkok and its suburbs were battered by a heavy, but seasonal thunderstorm on Tuesday afternoon. The rains brought with them the usual traffic chaos during the rush evening hours.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1113635-bts-says-no-open-umbrellas-on-their-platforms-despite-heavy-seasonal-rain/

 

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Thailand plans series of world class cross-country running events

 

 

Thailand’s Prime Minister and Defence Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha is considering the launch of a series of international standard cross-country running tournaments to boost tourism. While the idea is at an early stage of development, the Prime Minister is seeking input from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1113639-thailand-plans-series-of-world-class-cross-country-running-events/

 

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Stick to the roads: BMA to enforce new fine for riding on sidewalks

By The Nation

 

Picture: Daily News

 

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration has instructed its officials to enforce higher fines for motorcyclists who ride and park on sidewalks starting next month.BMA deputy governor Sakoltee Phattiyakul held a meeting with the chief of the BMA’s Regulation Enforcement Department and chiefs of the regulation enforcement divisions in all districts on Tuesday to instruct them to strictly enforce the new fine with effect from August 1.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1113641-stick-to-the-roads-bma-to-enforce-new-fine-for-riding-on-sidewalks/

 

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Second BMA deputy governor resigns

By The Nation

 

The Nation file photo: Thaweesak Lerpraphan

 

Another Bangkok Metropolitan Administration deputy governor resigned Tuesday, the day after another quit his post.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1113643-second-bma-deputy-governor-resigns/

 

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Four killed, two injured in Pattani insurgency attack 

By The Nation

 

 

About 10 insurgents attacked a security checkpoint in Pattani’s Muang district on Tuesday night, killing four and injuring two others.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1113645-four-killed-two-injured-in-pattani-insurgency-attack /

 

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Father gunned down in front of his wife and children in Chonburi

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Daily News reported that a 34 year old Thai man was killed in a hail of bullets as he played with his phone while relaxing with his children and wife yesterday evening. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1113651-father-gunned-down-in-front-of-his-wife-and-children-in-chonburi/