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Thailand to legalize ride-hailing services by early 2020: ministry

 

 

A Grab logo is pictured at the Money 20/20 Asia Fintech Trade Show in Singapore March 21, 2019. REUTERS/Anshuman Daga

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand has drafted guidelines to regulate ride-hailing companies and aims to legalize the services by March 2020, the transport ministry said on Friday.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1122177-thailand-to-legalize-ride-hailing-services-by-early-2020-ministry/

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Opposition to block UK PM Johnson's early election bid

By Kylie MacLellan and Guy Faulconbridge

 

Flags flutter outside the Houses of Parliament, in London, Britain, September 4, 2019. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/Files

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British opposition parties said on Friday that they would block Prime Minister Boris Johnson's second bid to call an early general election in mid-October, setting up a showdown with the government over delaying Brexit.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1122207-opposition-to-block-uk-pm-johnsons-early-election-bid/

 

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Turkish opposition figure sentenced to nearly 10 years in jail

By Ali Kucukgocmen and Tuvan Gumrukcu

 

A picture of main opposition Republican People's Party's (CHP) Istanbul chair Canan Kaftancioglu is displayed on a screen outside the Justice Palace, the Caglayan courthouse, in Istanbul, Turkey, September 6, 2019. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

 

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A prominent Turkish opposition official was sentenced by a court on Friday to nine years and eight months in prison for insulting the president and spreading terrorist propaganda, a lawmaker from the main opposition party said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1122208-turkish-opposition-figure-sentenced-to-nearly-10-years-in-jail/

 

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Hurricane Dorian swipes North Carolina, Outer Banks island floods

By Amanda Becker

 

The roof of a home is ripped open by a tornado spawned by Hurricane Dorian in Carolina Shores, North Carolina, U.S., September 6, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake

 

KITTY HAWK, N.C. (Reuters) - Hurricane Dorian briefly made landfall on the Outer Banks of North Carolina on Friday, hitting the beach-fringed barrier islands with powerful winds and battering waves days after reducing parts of the Bahamas to rubble.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1122209-hurricane-dorian-swipes-north-carolina-outer-banks-island-floods/

 

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Semenya eyes 'new journey' after signing for South African club JVW

 

 

FILE PHOTO: South African athlete Caster Semenya, who is fighting an IAAF regulation that would require her to take testosterone-lowering medication to defend her 800-metre title at the World Championships in September, speaks at a women's conference in Johannesburg, South Africa August 14 2019. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - Double Olympic champion Caster Semenya could trade her running shoes for soccer boots as early as next year after the 28-year-old signed for South African women's club JVW FC.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1122210-semenya-eyes-new-journey-after-signing-for-south-african-club-jvw/

 

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Bangkok world snooker update: Scots battle for four million baht in the final

 

Scotland's John Higgins (left) and Mark Williams of Wales

 

Scotland's four time world champion John Higgins outlasted three time champ Mark Willams of Wales in the semi-finals of the World Six Red Snooker Championship in Bangkok on Friday afternoon.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1122211-bangkok-world-snooker-update-scots-battle-for-four-million-baht-in-the-final/

 

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Zhang fires double eagles to earn crown

By Lerpong Amsa-ngiam
The Nation

 

Zhang Weiwei

 

China LPGA Tour No 1 Zhang Weiwei completed a wire-to-wire victory following a two shot win over Thai hope Patcharajutar Kongkraphan in the final round of the TRUST Golf Thailand LPGA Masters at the Panya Ram Indra Golf Club on Friday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1122212-zhang-fires-double-eagles-to-earn-crown/

 

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Ex-commerce minister Boonsong gets 48 years in jail over rice-pledging scheme

By The Nation

 

Boonsong

 

Former commerce minister Boonsong Teriyaphirom was on September 6 given an additional six years in prison for the Yingluck Shinawatra-led government’s rice-pledging scheme, bringing his total time in jail to 48 years.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1122214-ex-commerce-minister-boonsong-gets-48-years-in-jail-over-rice-pledging-scheme/

 

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Asean economic ministers approve 4 bills on future development

By The Nation

 

Jurin Laksanawisit (File Photo)

 

Asean Economic Ministers on Friday gave the nod to four bills pertaining to future development of the region and also acknowledged progress of the Asean Economic Community Blueprint 2025, Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1122215-asean-economic-ministers-approve-4-bills-on-future-development/

 

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Origin spearheads smart city project in Rayong

By The Nation

 

 

Listed property firm Origin Property Plc, an end-to-end developer, has teamed up with public and private partners in the creation of “Origin Smart City Rayong”- a mixed-use community project of Smart tech and Smart Eco under the concept of “Beyond A Living Platform”.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1122216-origin-spearheads-smart-city-project-in-rayong/

 

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Thailand fares badly in business digitalisation: UNCTAD

By Wichit Chaitrong
The Nation

 

 

Singapore and South Korea top the charts when it comes to companies receiving orders online, the Digital Economy Report 2019 released by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) shows.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1122217-thailand-fares-badly-in-business-digitalisation-unctad/

 

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BMW kicks off lithium-ion battery production at JV plant

By The Nation

 

From left to right - Mr. Uwe Quaas managing director, BMW Group Manufacturing Thailand, Khun Jaturon Komolmitr, director and Chief Operating Officer, Grand Prix International PCL, Dr. Prachin Eamlumnow, president, Grand Prix International PCL. Khun Kornphattawee Muangnoy, Deputy Director General, Department of Industrial Works, Ministry of Industry and Mr. Gerhard Irnesberger, Plant Director, DRÄXLMAIER Group.

 

BMW has started up its Bt500-million joint venture facility with Germany's Draxlmaier for the production of lithium-ion batteries.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1122218-bmw-kicks-off-lithium-ion-battery-production-at-jv-plant/

 

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Cash-flow management key to Banpu weathering global volatility

By THE NATION

 

 

Banpu Public Company Limited has said it aims to strengthen cash flow through the management of cash flow from operations, investment and financing to secure financial stability and sustain continuous growth as a “potential cushion against global market volatility”.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1122219-cash-flow-management-key-to-banpu-weathering-global-volatility/

 

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Industry joins with medical, patient groups to tackle rare diseases in Thailand

By THE NATION

 

 

Biopharmaceutical company Takeda has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with medical organisations and patient groups with the aim of improving the study, diagnosis and patient care of rare diseases.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1122220-industry-joins-with-medical-patient-groups-to-tackle-rare-diseases-in-thailand/

 

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Royal Umbrella Rice extends its support to TLGA

By The Nation

 

 

CP Trading Group Co Ltd, the producer and distributor of Royal Umbrella Rice, has reaffirmed its commitment to the development of young athletes in Thailand by extending its support to the Thailand Ladies Golf Association (TLGA).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1122221-royal-umbrella-rice-extends-its-support-to-tlga/

 

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Better justice procedure required to tackle overcrowded prisons: TIJ, NHRC

By The Nation

 

File Photo

 

With nearly 400,000 people behind bars, conditions in Thai prisons are getting so crowded that an inmate does not even have a metre of space to lie down. Hence, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and the Thailand Institute of Justice (TIJ) considered other options for convicts facing jail terms of less than five years at a seminar on Friday (September 6).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1122222-better-justice-procedure-required-to-tackle-overcrowded-prisons-tij-nhrc/

 

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India loses contact with spacecraft on mission to the moon

By Chris Thomas

 

FILE PHOTO: Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) scientists work on various modules of lunar mission Chandrayaan-2 at ISRO Satellite Integration and Test Establishment (ISITE) in Bengaluru, India, June 12, 2019. Picture taken through a green glass window. REUTERS/Chris Thomas

 

BENGALURU (Reuters) - India lost contact with a spacecraft it was attempting to land on the moon on Saturday, the chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said, in a setback to the nation's ambitious plans to become the first country to probe the unexplored lunar south pole.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1122223-india-loses-contact-with-spacecraft-on-mission-to-the-moon/

 

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Thousands try to flee hurricane-devastated Bahamas islands

By Nick Brown

 

A man walks among debris at the Mudd neighborhood, devastated after Hurricane Dorian hit the Abaco Islands in Marsh Harbour, Bahamas, September 6, 2019. REUTERS/Marco Bello

 

NASSAU, Bahamas (Reuters) - Hundreds of people fled the Bahamas island of Great Abaco by boat on Friday and thousands more tried to get on a cruise ship leaving neighboring Grand Bahama to escape the catastrophic aftermath of Hurricane Dorian.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1122224-thousands-try-to-flee-hurricane-devastated-bahamas-islands/

 

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L.A. County resident dies of lung illness, fifth U.S. death possibly tied to vaping

By Manas Mishra and Brendan O'Brien

 

FILE PHOTO: Vaping products are displayed for sale in a shop in Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., February 6, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - A Los Angeles County resident has died from a lung illness possibly tied to vaping, bringing the total number of such U.S. deaths to five, health officials said on Friday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1122226-la-county-resident-dies-of-lung-illness-fifth-us-death-possibly-tied-to-vaping/

 

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Apple says Uighurs targeted in iPhone attack but disputes Google findings

By Stephen Nellis

 

FILE PHOTO: A woman looks at the screen of her mobile phone in front of an Apple logo outside its store in Shanghai, China July 30, 2017. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - Apple Inc on Friday confirmed that China's Uighurs, a mostly Muslim minority group considered a security threat by Beijing, had been the target of attacks due to iPhone security flaws, but disputed rival Alphabet Inc's description of the effort to track users of the smartphone in real time.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1122227-apple-says-uighurs-targeted-in-iphone-attack-but-disputes-google-findings/

 

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Israeli troops kill Gaza teens during border protests: medics

 

 

A relative of a Palestinian who was killed at Israeli-Gaza border fence, reacts at the hospital in the northern Gaza Strip September 6, 2019. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

 

GAZA CITY (Reuters) - Israeli forces shot and killed two Palestinian teenagers including a 14-year-old during protests along the Gaza-Israel border on Friday, Palestinian health officials said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1122228-israeli-troops-kill-gaza-teens-during-border-protests-medics/

 

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Mongolian pickpocket gang arrested after preying on tourists on the BTS

 

 

Image: Naew Na

 

The chief of immigration Lt-Gen Sompong Chingduang announced the arrest of three Mongolians who were preying on tourists on the BTS in Bangkok. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1122232-mongolian-pickpocket-gang-arrested-after-preying-on-tourists-on-the-bts/

 

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South Korean fraudster on the run for 10 years found in Thailand

 

 

Image: Naew Na

 

A South Korean man who ripped off his country folk ten years ago was found to be staying at a Bangkok condo.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1122233-south-korean-fraudster-went-on-ten-year-odyssey-but-found-in-thailand/

 

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South Korean gang leader arranged for compatriots to smuggle drugs in their undies

 

 

Image: Naew Na

 

The leader of a three man South Korean drug gang has been arrested by immigration in Thailand.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1122234-south-korean-gang-leader-arranged-for-compatriots-to-smuggle-drugs-in-their-undies/

 

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Video: Python drops into class to learn calculus!

 

 

Caption: I wanna learn too!!!

 

Students learning calculus at Thammasat University were shocked when a huge python dropped through the ceiling onto the professor's table at the front of the class.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1122236-video-python-drops-into-class-to-learn-calculus/

 

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Scam? Monks get their alms then hand them back to the traders for resale!

 

 

Caption: Real or fake monks?

 

Netizens were commenting in droves after a post about monks sitting down appealing for alms at the Asoke market in downtown Bangkok was put on Facebook. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1122237-scam-monks-get-their-alms-then-hand-them-back-to-the-traders-for-resale/

 

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Phuket’s Katathani resort land investigated amid The Peaks Residences condo row

By The Phuket News

 

Amnuay Pinsuwan of the Phuket Provincial Land Office revealed that the Katathani resort land was being investigated. Photo: PR Dept
 

PHUKET: Amnuay Pinsuwan of the Phuket Provincial Land Office yesterday (Sept 6) revealed that his office is investigating the land on which the Katathani Phuket Beach Resort is located at Kata Noi, on Phuket’s west coast.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1122238-phuket’s-katathani-resort-land-investigated-amid-the-peaks-residences-condo-row/

 

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Baggage handler arrested after 20,000 baht cash theft from tourist's luggage at Suvarnabhumi

 

 

Caption: Another scandal

 

A South Korean woman took the precaution of photographing her Thai holiday money before putting it in a wallet in checked luggage on her flight. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1122240-baggage-handler-arrested-after-20000-baht-cash-theft-from-tourists-luggage-at-suvarnabhumi/

 

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New Zealand officials announce largest seizure crystal meth hidden in motors from Thailand

 

 

Image: New Zealand Customs Service

 

Officials in New Zealand have announced the seizure of 469 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine, which was hidden inside a shipment of electric motors from Thailand.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1122243-new-zealand-officials-announce-largest-seizure-crystal-meth-hidden-in-motors-from-thailand/

 

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California boat fire victims likely died of smoke inhalation

By Dan Whitcomb

 

FILE PHOTO: Vans carry the victims of a pre-dawn fire that sank a commercial diving boat off the coast of Santa Barbara, California, U.S., September 2, 2019. REUTERS/Kyle Grillot

 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The 34 people killed when a dive boat caught fire and sank off the California coast likely died from smoke inhalation and may have been dead before flames consumed their bunk area, the local sheriff said on Friday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1122244-california-boat-fire-victims-likely-died-of-smoke-inhalation/