Elon Musk to go to trial in December over 'pedo guy' tweet

Los Angeles district judge ruled jury will decide whether Tesla chief’s statements about British diver amount to defamation

Adam Gabbatt

 

Elon Musk in Los Angeles in June. Musk’s lawyer said: ‘We look forward to the trial.’ Photograph: Mike Blake/Reuters

 

Elon Musk will go to trial in December, after a judge denied his request to throw out a defamation lawsuit by a British man Musk called a “pedo guy”.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1131383-elon-musk-to-go-to-trial-in-december-over-pedo-guy-tweet/

 

"A smart watch that vapes" - three traders arrested for selling e-cigarettes

 

Source: Daily News

 

Police from Taling Chan in Bangkok announced the arrest of three traders who were selling e-cigarettes online.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1131388-a-smart-watch-that-vapes-three-traders-arrested-for-selling e-cigarettes/

 

Video: "Stubborn" the Khao Yai elephant sits on the roof of a car

 

Daily News

 

A video posted on Facebook showed a wild elephant in the Khao Yai national park in central Thailand straddling the roof of a car. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1131397-video-stubborn-the-khao-yai-elephant-sits-on-the-roof-of-a-car/

 

Pattaya: Salon owner goes berserk after trying to strangle his gay lover!

 

Thai caption: Arrest of man on mad rampage

 

Police were called to a Family Mart in Pattaya after receiving reports that a man was wrecking the place. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1131407-pattaya-salon-owner-goes-berserk-after-trying-to-strangle-his-gay-lover/

Video: Granny mown down by fleeing motorcyclist

 

 

A CCTV video posted on the Facebook page of Nuynui Sirinthip showed her grandmother crossing the road to get in her car after a visit to a clinic. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1131412-video-granny-mown-down-by-fleeing-motorcyclist/

 

Lucky cat flees the scene after causing seven vehicle pile up!

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

A driver in Nakorn Sri Thammarat came up with a novel excuse for causing a pile up. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1131416-lucky-cat-flees the-scene-after-causing-seven-vehicle-pile-up/

 

Thailand, Bhutan firm up cooperation in trade, investment and tourism

By THE NATION

 

 

Deputy government spokeswoman, Ratchada Thanadirek on Tuesday reported the results of the third joint trade commission (JTC) between Thailand and Bhutan, which was held in the Bhutanese capital of Thimphu on September 26 and 27.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1131421-thailand-bhutan-firm-up-cooperation-in-trade-investment-and-tourism/

 

Khao Yai National Park warns tourists not to spook wild elephants

By THE NATION

 

 

Staff of Khao Yai National Park, which spans Nakhon Ratchasima, Prachin Buri, Saraburi and Nakhon Nayok provinces, have posted a list of do’s and don’ts on the park’s official facebook page and warned tourists who visit the Park during the winter season to beware of wild elephants, which are often seen walking across and along the roads.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1131422-khao-yai-national-park-warns-tourists-not-to-spook-wild-elephants/

 

PM Prayut, economic ministers discuss US trade preferences

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - Prime Minister and Defense Minister, Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha, has called an urgent meeting with economic ministers on ways to deal with the United States administration’s decision to suspend trade preferences for Thailand under the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP), while claiming that all problems have solutions and can be solved.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1131423-pm-prayut-economic-ministers-discuss-us-trade-preferences/

 

Two motorbike riders die in separate accidents within minutes

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The first accident saw Teerapan Nudam, 44, die after his motorbike struck a pickup truck parked outside a 7-Eleven store on Thpekrasattri Rd in Baan Lipon. Photo: Thalang Police

 

PHUKET: Two motorbike riders died in separate accidents on Thepkrasattri Rd within minutes of each other last night (Oct 29), report Thalang Police.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1131426-two-motorbike-riders-die-in-separate-accidents-within-minutes/

 

Phuket PR clarifies Dec 30 public holiday

By The Phuket News

 

The PR Dept notice announcing the Dec 30 public holiday. Image: PR Dept

 

PHUKET: The Phuket office of the Public Relations Department has posted a notice clarifying the extra New Year holiday on Dec 30 announced by Cabinet yesterday

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1131428-phuket-pr-clarifies-dec-30-public-holiday/

 

U.S. GSP cut to cost less than US$1.3bn - Commerce Min

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The United States recently announced the cancellation of Generalized System of Preferences benefits, which used to allow 573 items exported from Thailand to the US to be exempt of import duties. The Ministry of Commerce yesterday announced that the lack of this duty-free status will cost less than 1.3 billion US dollars, with some time available to negotiate for reconsideration by the U.S. after the ASEAN Summit in early November.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1131432-us-gsp-cut-to-cost-less-than-us13bn-commerce-min/

 

No-parking zones at Bali Hai have not caught on yet

 

PATTAYA:--A city crew went to Bali Hai Pier Oct 24 to put up no parking signs and paint wide red and white no parking stripes in front of the automatic parking building in order to try and bring order to the taxi and minibus drivers battling for customers.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1131414-no-parking-zones-at-bali-hai-have-not-caught-on-yet/

 

Heavy work, road closures Oct 28 – Nov 1

 

PATTAYA:--The city has announced that the Provincial Electricity Authority will be undergoing heavy construction Oct 28 – Nov 1 on Sukhumvit Road, Central Pattaya, Pattaya 3rd Road, and Bali Hai.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1131413-heavy-work-road-closures-oct-28-–-nov-1/

Search continues for man missing off Layan beach

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The search for Sarawut Dungsikaew, 38, off Layan Beach continues today (Oct 30). Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: The search continues today for a local man who disappeared in strong waves at Layan Beach last night (Oct 29).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1131455-search-continues-for-man-missing-off-layan-beach/

 

Eating behaviour reveals increased consumption of sugar, salt

By The Nation

 

 

The Economic Intelligence Center (EIC) has published the results of a behaviour analysis of Thais aged six years old and up between 2013 and 2017, which found an interesting change in Thai eating habits.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1131457-eating-behaviour-reveals-increased-consumption-of-sugar-salt/

 

Thailand Post handling eight million parcels a day

By The Nation

 

 

Thailand Post Co Ltd is promoting its EMS delivery service and encouraging customers to ship their goods in the afternoon so they arrive at their destinations the next morning.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1131459-thailand-post-handling-eight-million-parcels-a-day/

 

Digital path the only way forward: PM

By THE NATION

 

PM General Prayut Chan-o cha

 

The government will focus more on harnessing Big Data to draw up budget plans in order to effectively solve the country’s problems and respond to what Thais really want, Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o cha said today (October 30).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1131461-digital-path-the-only-way-forward-pm/

 

Phuket airport underpass completed on time, without fanfare

By Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

Contractor Italian-Thai Development Co Ltd (Ital-Thai) will officially hand over the completed B470-million ‘Underpass at Phuket Airport Intersection’ project to the Phuket Highways Office tomorrow (Oct 31). Photo: Phuket Highways Office

 

PHUKET: The island’s fifth underpass, at the turnoff to Phuket International Airport on Theprkrasattri Rd, has been completed on time – including a four-month reprieve due to factors beyond the contractor’s control – and the project will be officially handed over by the contractor to the Phuket office of the Highways Department tomorrow (Oct 31).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1131463-phuket-airport-underpass-completed-on-time-without-fanfare/

 

PM to assume sole responsibility for Chatree gold mine issue

 

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha told the cabinet on Tuesday that he will take sole responsibility for the decision he made, as head of the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), to close down the Chatree gold mine in Phichit province about three years ago and accepts the consequences resulting from the decision.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1131465-pm-to-assume-sole-responsibility-for-chatree-gold-mine-issue/

 

U.S. set to disappoint Asia with downgraded delegation for Bangkok summits

David Brunnstrom

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross meets with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (not pictured) at the Maximos Mansion in Athens, Greece September 5, 2019. REUTERS/Costas Baltas/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has downgraded its participation in back-to-back Asia-Pacific summits in Bangkok next week, a move bound to disappoint Asian partners worried by China’s expanding influence.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1131469-us-set-to-disappoint-asia-with-downgraded-delegation-for-bangkok-summits/

 

Hong Kong braces for Halloween havoc as protesters target party district

By Farah Master, Nick Macfie

 

University students wearing Guy Fawkes masks pose for a photoshoot of a graduation ceremony to support anti-government protests at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, in Hong Kong, China October 30, 2019. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

 

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong is bracing for a rowdy and possibly hugely dangerous Halloween on Thursday, when thousands of pro-democracy protesters, many wearing banned face masks, plan to combine with fancy-dress clubbers in the party district of Lan Kwai Fong.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1131473-hong-kong-braces-for-halloween-havoc-as-protesters-target-party-district/

 

Swedes use ropes, towels to save Briton who lost foot to shark in Australia

 

 

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - A Swedish couple on holiday in Australia were hailed for saving a British man whose foot was bitten off and another who was injured in a shark attack off a popular tourist beach.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1131475-swedes-use-ropes-towels-to-save-briton-who-lost-foot-to-shark-in-australia/

 

More welfare benefits on the way, says Uttama

By The Nation

 

Uttama Savanayana

 

Finance Minister Uttama Savanayana has announced that holders of state welfare cards can expect more benefits soon.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1131476-more-welfare-benefits-on-the-way-says-uttama/

 

Ministry sets up teams to help farmers cope with chemical ban

By The Nation

 

Chalermchai Srion, Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives

 

State organisations and teams have been tasked with coming up with guidelines to help farmers affected by the ban on three toxic pesticides, Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives Chalermchai Srion said on Wednesday.  The ministry’s permanent secretary will be getting in touch with the cultivators of sugarcane, cassava, oil palm, rubber, corn, and fruit orchards who were likely to be most affected by the ban.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1131477-ministry-sets-up-teams-to-help-farmers-cope-with-chemical-ban/

 

Northeast sitting on oversupply of homes, says GHB official

By THE NATION

 

Vichai Viratkapan

 

Thailand currently has 220,000 residential units waiting to be sold, some sitting unoccupied for a considerable length of time, an official of the Government Housing Bank said at a seminar on the situation in the Northeast on Tuesday (October 29).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1131478-northeast-sitting-on-oversupply-of-homes-says-ghb-official/

 

For Yazidis, Baghdadi's death 'doesn't feel like justice yet'

By Raya Jalabi

 

Yazidi displaced students from the minority Yazidi sect walk at the Sharya camp, in Duhok, Iraq October 29, 2019. REUTERS/Ari Jalal

 

SHARYA CAMP, Iraq (Reuters) - Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's death will mean nothing to 19-year-old rape victim Jamila unless the Islamic State militants who enslaved her are brought to justice.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1131482-for-yazidis-baghdadis-death-doesnt-feel-like-justice-yet/

 

It’s like losing a limb, says Stephen Morris who left £250k violin on train

By Tom Ball

 

Stephen Morris said that he realised his mistake the next morning and felt an increasing sense of dreadWALTON/YOUTUBE

 

A classical violinist feels like he has “lost a limb” after leaving his 310-year-old violin worth £250,000 on a train.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1131484-it’s-like-losing-a-limb-says-stephen-morris-who-left-£250k-violin-on-train/

 

Jennifer Aniston is “working on something” with her ‘Friends’ cast members

By Sam Moore

 

Jennifer Aniston Credit: Getty

 

The actress has previously hinted that the cast of the sitcom are keen on a reunion.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1131485-jennifer-aniston-is-“working-on-something”-with-her-‘friends’-cast-members/

 

Schoolgirl who took her own life had 'entered dark rabbit hole on Instagram'

By Adam Aspinall

 

Molly Russell who took her own life in November 2017 (Image: PA)

 

A schoolgirl who took her own life after viewing harmful images on Instagram had entered a "dark rabbit hole of depressive suicidal content", her father said.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1131486-schoolgirl-who-took-her-own-life-had-entered-dark-rabbit-hole-on-instagram/