Big Brother is watching you brush past your fellow man

Even some of the most suspicious people would accept that there are at least some benefits in the proliferation of CCTV cameras throughout the world. But the very tool that authorities cite as so useful in bringing offenders of all descriptions to justice is very much a double edged sword.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa....our-fellow-man/

Weekend Fun - 10 Strangest Things Ever Sold on eBay

Foreigner hit by bus in motorbike crash in Phuket’s popular Muay Thai street

Darawan Naknakhon

The man, believed to be Russian, reportedly struck a car and then fell into the path of an onciming bus. Photo: Ruamjai Rescue Foundation

PHUKET: A foreign man is in hospital after reportedly crashing his motorbike into the back of a car, then falling onto the road into the path of an oncoming bus in Soi Ta-iad, the popular Muay Thai training hub, this morning (Apr 30).

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/913977-foreigner-hit-by-bus-in-motorbike-crash-in-phukets-popular-muay-thai-street/

Dino Eye giant wheel catches fire

BANGKOK: Fire broke out at Ferris wheel inside the Dinosaur Planet theme park on Sukhumvit 22 this afternoon but nobody was hurt as it happened while the giant wheel was temporarily put out of service.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/913976-dino-eye-giant-wheel-catches-fire/

Bangkok Battered by Summer Storm (Photos)

BANGKOK — Thunder and lightning and buckets of rain opened up on the capital as storms hit much of the nation Saturday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/913975-bangkok-battered-by-summer-storm-photos/

Fill 'n' run leaves gas attendant fuming

Kritsada Mueanhawong

The gas attendant now has to cover the cost of the delinquent, which she says is a lot of money for her and her children. Photo: Kritsada Mueanhawong.

KRABI: A gas station attendant was forced to pay for a man who filled the tank of his pick-up truck and then drove off without paying yesterday morning.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/913973-fill-n-run-leaves-gas-attendant-fuming/

Naiyang beach cleanup draws in crowds

Darawan Naknakhon

Divers collected fishnets, fishing tools and other rubbish that accumulated on top of coral reefs.

PHUKET: More than 90 people, including professional divers from four Andaman provinces, are joining Phuket International Airport (PIA) and Sirinath National Park officials from today (Apr 30) for a two-day event for the “Phuket [Heart] Coral” campaign to collect rubbish from the sea and try to restore the marine ecosystem along the coral reef at Naiyang Beach.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/913972-naiyang-beach-cleanup-draws-in-crowds/

Government remains confident in economic recovery

BANGKOK: The government remains confident of economic recovery this year although its growth projection has been trimmed to 3.3% from 3.7%.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/913970-government-remains-confident-in-economic-recovery/

Iraq: al Sadr supporters storm Green Zone and parliament

Hundreds of supporters of Shi’ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr stormed Baghdad’s Green Zone on Saturday and some entered the Iraqi parliament in protest at MPs’ failure to convene for a vote on overhauling the government.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/913967-iraq-al-sadr-supporters-storm-green-zone-and-parliament/

Germany: hundreds arrested as anti-immigrant AfD congress starts

German police arrested some 400 protesters trying to block access to a conference being held by an anti-immigrant party on Saturday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/913965-germany-hundreds-arrested-as-anti-immigrant-afd-congress-starts/

Ireland: Minority government deal breaks political deadlock

Nine weeks of political paralysis in Ireland have been broken with a landmark deal between its two big rival parties.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/913963-ireland-minority-government-deal-breaks-political-deadlock/

Trump jokes about protest in California

Hundreds of demonstrators attempted to disrupt a Republican convention in California on Friday where presidential candidate Donald Trump was due to appear.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/913961-trump-jokes-about-protest-in-california/

Air strikes and shelling cause more deaths in Aleppo

Aleppo sustained another day of air strikes and shelling on Friday. A week of fierce fighting in Syria’s second city has seen at least 200 people killed and many more injured.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/913960-air-strikes-and-shelling-cause-more-deaths-in-aleppo/

Kenya burns over a hundred tons of elephant tusks and calls for a worldwide ban on ivory sales

Kenyan authorities were preparing to burn a stockpile of over a hundred tons of elephant tusks on Saturday as a message to the world over the threat to animals from poaching.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/913957-kenya-burns-over-a-hundred-tons-of-elephant-tusks-and-calls-for-a-worldwide-ban-on-ivory-sales/

Chaotic scenes in Kenyan capital

By Catherine Hardy

A six-storey building has collapsed in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/913955-chaotic-scenes-in-kenyan-capital/

Barcelona beats Betis, moves closer to Spanish league title

TALES AZZONI, AP Sports Writer


MADRID (AP) — Barcelona scored two second-half goals to defeat 10-man Real Betis 2-0 on Saturday and move closer to winning the Spanish league title.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/913988-barcelona-beats-betis-moves-closer-to-spanish-league-title/

Lyon and Monaco level on points in Champions League pursuit

DANIELLA MATAR, Associated Press


Lyon and Monaco remained level on points in the fight for second spot in the French league after victories on Saturday, setting up an enticing match between the two teams in the penultimate round.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/913987-thailand-live-sunday-01-may-2016/?p=10698167

Udinese still in danger after 5-1 thrashing by Torino

DANIELLA MATAR, Associated Press


MILAN (AP) — Udinese remains uncomfortably close to the relegation zone after being thrashed 5-1 at home to Torino in Serie A on Saturday, while Fiorentina's miserable run continued with a goalless draw at Chievo Verona.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/913990-udinese-still-in-danger-after-5-1-thrashing-by-torino/

With spotlight on top, Newcastle moves out of EPL drop zone

ANDY DATSON, Associated Press


LONDON (AP) — Less than 24 hours before the global soccer spotlight falls on Leicester in its bid to win the top tier for the first time, Newcastle came out best in the scrapping at the other end of the English Premier League on Saturday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/913991-with-spotlight-on-top-newcastle-moves-out-of-epl-drop-zone/

Newcastle beats Palace to keep alive hopes of EPL survival

NEWCASTLE, England (AP) — A stunning free kick from Andros Townsend gave Newcastle a 1-0 win over Crystal Palace on Saturday and boosted its hopes of survival in the English Premier League.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/913992-newcastle-beats-palace-to-keep-alive-hopes-of-epl-survival/

Arsenal edges past Norwich in 1-0 win on day of fan protest

FRANK GRIFFITHS, Associated Press


LONDON (AP) — Substitute Danny Welbeck's second-half goal helped Arsenal to a 1-0 victory Saturday over relegation-threatened Norwich in the Premier League on a day of protests and division among the home fans.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/913993-arsenal-edges-past-norwich-in-1-0-win-on-day-of-fan-protest/

Bayern's Bundesliga title celebrations put on ice after draw

CIARAN FAHEY, Associated Press


BERLIN (AP) — Bayern Munich was held 1-1 at home by Borussia Moenchengladbach on Saturday as Borussia Dortmund kept the Bundesliga title race alive with a 5-1 rout of Wolfsburg.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/913994-bayerns-bundesliga-title-celebrations-put-on-ice-after-draw/

West Ham wins to keep EPL top 4 hopes alive

BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — West Ham kept its top-four hopes alive by downing West Bromwich Albion 3-0 in the English Premier League on Saturday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/913996-west-ham-wins-to-keep-epl-top-4-hopes-alive/

Cuts in EU mobile roaming charges come into effect

By Alasdair Sandford

The shock of discovering a surprisingly inflated mobile phone bill after travelling abroad within the EU should be a thing of the past from now on.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/913966-cuts-in-eu-mobile-roaming-charges-come-into-effect/

Football results and league tables from Saturday 30 April

See all the results and tables here: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/914000-football-results-and-league-tables-from-saturday-30-april/

Sweden celebrates 70th birthday of King Carl XVI Gustaf

Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf may be young compared to Britain’s Queen Elizabeth – he’s 70’s, she’s just turned 90 – but he celebrated his birthday in style on Saturday, surrounded by fellow royals from across Europe.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/913998-sweden-celebrates-70th-birthday-of-king-carl-xvi-gustaf/?p=10698220

Ton-hitting Ding is 1st Asian player in world snooker final

SHEFFIELD, England (AP) — Ding Junhui became the first Asian player to reach the final of the World Snooker Championship, beating Scotsman Alan McManus 17-11 at the Crucible on Saturday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/914008-ton-hitting-ding-is-1st-asian-player-in-world-snooker-final/

33 rescued lions arrive in South Africa in airlift

STUART GRAHAM, Associated Press


JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The roars of lions filled the cargo section of Johannesburg's OR Tambo International Airport Saturday evening as 33 lions rescued from South American circuses landed in South Africa where they will be released into a bush sanctuary for big cats.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/914010-33-rescued-lions-arrive-in-south-africa-in-airlift/

Almost 100 street racers tossed in jail in huge Cha-Am/Hua Hin swoop

Image: Daily News

HUA HIN:-- In a move sure to please road users police and army teams swooped on a huge group of illegal street racing youths and threw them all in jail Saturday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/914011-almost-100-street-racers-tossed-in-jail-in-huge-cha-amhua-hin-swoop/

Dog snatchers caught within days after Facebook CCTV alert

Image: TNAMCOT

CHANTABURI:-- A husband and wife performed an unusual crime reenactment in downtown Chantaburi yesterday - how they stole a Pomeranian.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/914015-dog-snatchers-caught-within-days-after-facebook-cctv-alert/