Thousands light candles for victims of Thailand mass shooting

By Jiraporn Kuhakan

 

A woman holds a candle light as she prays for victims who died in mass shooting, involving a Thai soldier on a shooting rampage, in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand February 9, 2020. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

 

NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Thailand (Reuters) - Thousands of people holding candles attended a vigil in northeastern Thailand on Sunday for the victims of a rogue soldier who killed at least 29 people and wounded 57 before being shot dead.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1147541-thousands-light-candles-for-victims-of thailand mass-shooting/

 

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Soldier kills 29 people in Thailand before being shot

By Panu Wongcha-um and Patpicha Tanakasempipat

 

A member of Thai security forces is carried out after a raid inside the Terminal 21 shopping mall to try to stop a soldier on a rampage after a mass shooting, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand February 9, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Thailand (Reuters) - A soldier angry over a property deal gone sour killed at least 29 people and wounded 57 in a rampage that spanned four locations in and around the northeastern Thai city of Nakhon Ratchasima before he was shot dead early Sunday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1147476-confirmed-thai-mass-shooter-killed-at-shopping-mall/?do=findComment&comment=15044271

 

'Enemy of mankind': Coronavirus deaths top SARS as China returns to work

By Winni Zhou and Dominique Patton

 

A man wearing a face mask walks past the Oriental Pearl Tower lit with messages reading "Stay strong China", on the Lantern Festival, which marks the end of the Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations, following an outbreak of the novel coronavirus in the country, in Shanghai, China February 8, 2020. Picture taken February 8, 2020. cnsphoto via REUTERS

 

SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - China raised the death toll from its coronavirus outbreak to 811 on Sunday, passing the number killed globally by the SARS epidemic, as authorities made plans for millions of people returning to work after an extended Lunar New Year break.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1147543-enemy-of-mankind-coronavirus-deaths-top-sars-as-china-returns-to-work/

 

Sinn Fein demands place in Irish government after electoral 'revolution'

By Padraic Halpin and Graham Fahy

 

Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald looks on as supporters cheer at a count centre, during Ireland's national election, in Dublin, Ireland, February 9, 2020. REUTERS/Phil Noble

 

DUBLIN/CORK (Reuters) - Left-wing Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein on Sunday demanded to be part of the next Irish government after tallies indicated it secured the most votes in an election that leader Mary Lou McDonald described as a ballot box "revolution".

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1147544-sinn fein demands-place-in-irish-government-after-electoral-revolution/

 

Storm Ciara batters Britain, hitting flights, trains and soccer

 

Cars sit in floodwater in Brighouse, West Yorkshire, Britain February 9, 2020. REUTERS/Ed Sykes

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Storm Ciara lashed Britain with heavy rain and winds of more than 90 miles an hour (145 km/hour) on Sunday, forcing the cancellations of flights, train services and sports matches.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1147546-storm-ciara-batters-britain-hitting-flights-trains-and-soccer/

 

Trump to propose $4.8 trillion U.S. budget with large cuts in safety nets - WSJ

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he departs for travel to North Carolina from Washington, U.S. February 7, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will release a $4.8 trillion (3.72 trillion pounds) budget on Monday that will propose steep cuts to social safety net programs and foreign aid, the Wall Street Journal reported https://on.wsj.com/37hXtbj on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1147547-trump-to-propose-48-trillion-us-budget-with-large-cuts-in-safety-nets-wsj/

 

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Korat shooting rampage deaths rise to 30

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By The Nation

 

 

The death toll in the Korat shooting rampage has increased to 30, while 58 people are injured, Thai PBS reported on Sunday evening.

 

The number of people dead was put at 27 when Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha held a press conference earlier in the day.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1147476-confirmed-thai-mass-shooter-killed-at-shopping-mall/?do=findComment&comment=15044271

 

Chulalongkorn research reveals 15 biggest risks on social media

By The Nation

 

 

Most people spend on average three and half hours to eight hours a day online, with the four main activities being entertainment, connection, reading news and work or school matters, Dr Phnom Kleechaya, an assistant professor at the Faculty of Communication Arts at Chulalongkorn University, said based on the results of a study on risks and engagement in online platforms.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1147550-chulalongkorn-research-reveals-15-biggest-risks-on-social-media/

 

NBTC to summon journalists over coverage of Korat killings

By The Nation

 

FILE photo

 

The secretary-general of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC), Takorn Tantasith, said in a Twitter message on Sunday (February 9) that the NBTC would call journalists and press after some of them broadcast live footage of officers preparing operations against the suspect who was holed up in the Terminal 21 department store.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1147555-nbtc-to-summon-journalists-over-coverage-of-korat-killings/

 

US embassy offers deepest condolences to victims and families

 

 

The US Embassy in Thailand has expressed condolences to the victims and families injured and killed in the shootings in and around Terminal 21 shopping mall in Thailand’s north-eastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima, which began on Saturday night and ended with the gunman’s death early Sunday morning.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1147556-korat-mall-shooting-us-embassy-offers-deepest-condolences-to-victims-and-families/

 

Unpaid brokerage fee believed to be behind Korat mass shooting

 

 

An unsettled brokerage fee from real estate deal is believed to be the motive behind Sgt. Maj Jakrapanth Thomma’s shooting rampage, according to a Thai PBS investigation.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1147558-unpaid-brokerage-fee-believed-to-be-behind-korat-mass-shooting/

 

Tourism Ministry considers collecting tourism fees

 

   

BANGKOK(NNT) - The Ministry of Tourism and Sport has introduced the idea of collecting fees from international visitors for the renovation of tourism attractions and natural resources, as well as providing insurance benefits specifically for tourists.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1147559-thai-tourism-ministry-considers-collecting-tourism-fees/

 

TCG to help guarantee 80,000 new SMEs this year

 

   

BANGKOK(NNT) - In an effort to help SMEs have better access to capital, the Thai Credit Guarantee Corporation (TCG) is this year offering credit guarantees of some 150 billion baht in loans taken out by new SMEs from financial institutions, as well as providing a refinance service for SMEs in trouble.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1147560-tcg-to-help-guarantee-80000-new-smes-this-year/

 

Swiss voters back anti-homophobia law, projection shows

 

FILE PHOTO: A poster in favour of the change of the penal code is pictured ahead of a referendum on anti-homophobia law in Geneva, Switzerland, February 6, 2020. The poster reads : "Stop the hatred, yes". Picture taken February 6, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

 

VIENNA (Reuters) - A Swiss referendum on Sunday cleared the way for the country to close a loophole in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights by extending anti-racism laws to cover sexual orientation, a widely used projection showed.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1147562-swiss-voters-back-anti-homophobia-law/

 

Briton in French Alps may have spread coronavirus to others across Europe

By Kylie MacLellan and Jessica Jones

 

Passengers from China disembark from a plane at RAF Brize Norton near Oxford, Britain, February 9, 2020. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls

 

LONDON/MADRID (Reuters) - A British man who contracted the new coronavirus while attending a conference in Singapore may have led to seven other people catching the disease when he stopped off at a chalet in a French mountain village on his way home, health experts said on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1147565-briton-in-french-alps-may-have-spread-coronavirus-to-others-across-europe/

 

U.S. warns Israel against 'unilateral' West Bank moves

By Dan Williams

 

A demonstrator holds a Palestinian flag as the Jewish settlement of Modiin is seen in the background, during a protest against the U.S. President Donald Trump's Middle East peace plan, in the village of Bilin in the Israeli-occupied West Bank February 7, 2020. Picture taken February 7, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman

 

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A U.S. envoy warned Israel on Sunday not to declare sovereignty over West Bank land without Washington's consent, pushing back against calls for immediate action by ultra-nationalists within Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1147566-us-warns-israel-against-unilateral-west-bank-moves/

 

Heavy rain douses Australia's east coast bushfires

 

Pedestrians brave strong wind and rain in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, February 9, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott

 

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australian authorities issued evacuation orders as heavy rain lashed Sydney and the east coast of the state of New South Wales (NSW) on Monday, bringing chaos to the country's largest city while dousing bushfires that have raged since November.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1147567-heavy-rain-douses-australias-east-coast-bushfires/

 

On the 2020 trail: Sanders blasts Buttigieg for taking billionaire bucks

By Jarrett Renshaw and Simon Lewis

 

Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders arrives to speak to canvassers and campaign volunteers in Concord, New Hampshire, U.S., February 8, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar - RC2MWE9IQFN8

 

NASHUA/PLYMOUTH, N.H. (Reuters) - Democratic presidential contenders Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg traded jabs over money and message on Sunday, two days before New Hampshire voters pick their choice to take on Republican President Donald Trump in November.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1147568-on-the-2020-trail-sanders-blasts-buttigieg-for-taking-billionaire-bucks/

Trudeau raises issue of detained Canadians with Egypt's Sisi

 

FILE PHOTO: Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada February 3, 2020. REUTERS/Blair Gable

 

(Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Sunday that he raised the cases of Canadians being detained in Egypt with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1147569-trudeau-raises-issue-of-detained-canadians-with-egypts-sisi/

 

U.S. Justice Department receiving information on Bidens from Giuliani - Senator

By David Morgan

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump welcomes Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) to speak at an event to celebrate federal judicial confirmations in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., November 6, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department is receiving information on former Vice President Joe Biden and his businessman son, Hunter Biden, from President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, a top Trump ally in the Senate said on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1147571-us-justice-department-receiving-information-on-bidens-from-giuliani-senator/

 

Tees Valley confronts Thailand over future of Redcar steelworks

Mayor Ben Houchen wants to force three Thai banks to sell crucial plot on mothballed site

Helen Pidd North of England editor

 

The site has stood rusting on the North Sea coast for more than four years. //FILE photo

 

A David v Goliath battle will begin in the north-east of England on Tuesday as the mayor of the Tees Valley (population 700,000) faces off with the government of Thailand (population 69 million) over the future of the former Redcar steelworks.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1147573-tees-valley-confronts-thailand-over-future-of-redcar-steelworks/

 

Iranian 'Victory' satellite fails to reach orbit

By Parisa Hafezi and Babak Dehghanpisheh

 

FILE PHOTO: People gather around a model of a satellite-carrier rocket displayed during a ceremony marking the 37th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, in Tehran February 11, 2016. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi/TIMA

 

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran unveiled a new short-range missile called Thunder on Sunday and launched a satellite named Victory which failed to reach orbit.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1147576-iranian-victory-satellite-fails-to-reach-orbit/

 

Korat shootings: Harrowing tales of bravery and tragedy

 

Thai caption: Farewell to a father, mother and child

Picture: Sanook

 

Thai media is full of harrowing tales of bravery, sacrifice and tragedy in the wake of the horrific shootings at Terminal 21 in Korat at the weekend when a soldier went on the rampage. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1147578-korat-shootings-harrowing-tales-of-bravery-and-tragedy/

 

WHO team heads for China as coronavirus toll hit daily record

By Ryan Woo

 

FILE PHOTO: Passengers wearing masks walk at the Shanghai railway station in China, as the country is hit by an outbreak of the novel coronavirus, February 9, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song

 

BEIJING (Reuters) - An advance team of international experts led by the World Health Organization (WHO) has left for Beijing to help investigate China's coronavirus epidemic, which authorities said on Monday had now claimed 908 lives on the mainland.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1147579-who-team-heads-for-china-as-coronavirus-toll-hit-daily-record/

 

Leading from the front! National Thai police chief praised on the ground role as bullets fly in Korat

 

Thai caption: #Big Peh's team (Gen Chakthip Chainjinda's team)

Picture: Sanook

 

Those who think that senior Thai policemen sit behind their desks and issue orders may need to think again. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1147581-leading-from-the-front-national-thai-police-chief-praised-on-the-ground-role-as-bullets-fly-in-korat/

 

Mercury dips in upper Thailand, more rains in the South

By THE NATION

 

 

The westerly trough moving to cover the North and the high-pressure system from China covering the upper Northeast and the South China Sea will bring cool to cold weather and a fall in temperature by 2-4 degrees Celsius in the North and the Northeast, the Thailand Meteorological Department forecast on Monday (February 10).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1147583-mercury-dips-in-upper-thailand-more-rains-in-the-south/

 

Government Savings Bank offers help to Korat shooting victims

By THE NATION

 

 

The Government Savings Bank (GSB) on Monday (February 10) announced financial assistance for victims of the mass shooting in Nakhon Si Thammarat province over the weekend that resulted in 30 deaths and left 58 injured.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1147586-government-savings-bank-offers-help-to-korat-shooting-victims/

 

How did shooter get weapons used in deadly Korat shooting?

 

Picture: Naeww Na

 

Naew Na publish a picture of the weapons used by Jakrapanth Thomma during the shootings at Terminal 21 at the weekend. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1147587-how-did-shooter-get-weapons-used-in-deadly-korat-shooting/

 

Female uni undergraduate killed as van driver loses it on a bend

 

Picture: INN News

 

Police and rescue services in Kanchanaburi in western Thailand were called after a van taking students to a university on Sunday overturned on a bend. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1147590-female-uni-undergraduate-killed-as-van-driver-loses-it-on-a-bend/

 

Plastic bag ban leads to trouble! Store demands 30,000 baht after Thai woman left scratches on the tiles

 

Thai caption: Scratches on the store's tiles

Picture: Sanook

 

A furious Thai woman went on Pantip to complain after she said that a store is forcing her to pay damages for scratching some tiling. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1147593-plastic-bag-ban-leads-to-trouble-store-demands-30000-baht-after-thai-woman-left-scratches-on-the-tiles/