Chinese girl, 9, injured after parasail crash on Phuket beach

Darawan Naknakhon

PHUKET: -- A young female Chinese tourist was hospitalised together with a parasail guide when the parasail they were flying crashed landed on Kata Beach at 12:30pm today (May 6).

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Pramon Sutheewong opposes the use of Section 44 to sack city governor

BANGKOK: Independent Anti-Corruption Organisation chairman Pramon Sutheewong has voiced his objection against any suggestion that Section 44 of the Interim Constitution should be invoked to sack Bangkok Governor M.R. Sukhumbhand Paribatra.

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SNP claims third win in Scotland as Labour suffers in UK elections

Nicola Sturgeon’s Scottish National party (SNP) has emerged victorious in Scottish Parliament elections – but without enough seats to form a majority in the devolved government in Edinburgh.

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Turkey won’t change anti-terror laws for EU visa-free travel – Erdogan

Turkey’s president has strong words for the EU saying he would not change anti-terror laws in exchange for visa-free travel to Europe.

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‘We need everything’, Ecuador quake survivor tells euronews

The full consequences of catastrophe in Equador have yet to be realised. The earthquake and aftershocks impacted on nearly two million people, the latest estimates suggest.

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Six days on, survivors are found in collapsed Kenya building

Rescuers in Kenya pulled four more survivors from the rubble on Thursday, nearly a week after a six-storey building collapsed in Nairobi.

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Deadly flare-up in violence as Israel finds Gaza tunnel

A Palestinian woman has died in Gaza amid the worst flare-up of violence there with Israel since the war in 2014.

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UN official calls for inquiry into air strike on Syria refugee camp

An air strike that hit a camp for internally displaced people in rebel-held northern Syria, could ‘constitute a war crime’, says a top UN official.

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‘I dream of a Europe where being a migrant is not a crime’ – Pope receives Charlemagne Prize

Pope Francis has called for Europe to remember its founding values, as he received the Charlemagne Prize for his contribution to European unity.

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Greece grinds to near halt in 48-hour general strike

By Sarah Joanne Taylor | With REUTERS, NEWSWEEK

Greece has ground to a near halt with the start of a 48-hour general strike on Friday morning (May 6).

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Cologne attacks: Algerian man acquitted of attempted sexual assault

A Cologne court has acquitted a 26-year-old Algerian man of a charge of attempted sexual assault on a woman during the German city’s New Year’s celebrations.

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Colombian castaway rescued after two months adrift

A Colombian castaway has been rescued in the Pacific Ocean after two months adrift.

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Turkish journalists sentenced for revealing state secrets

Prominent Turkish opposition journalists Can Dundar and Erdem Gul have been sentenced to five years and ten months and five years respectively for revealing state secrets.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/915449-turkish-journalists-sentenced-for-revealing-state-secrets/

Sadiq Khan set to become London’s first Muslim mayor

It seems London’s getting its first Muslim mayor.

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Police: Federal officer in custody after 3 fatal shootings

BEN NUCKOLS, Associated Press


SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — A federal security officer suspected in three fatal shootings outside a high school, a mall and a supermarket in the Washington, D.C., area was arrested Friday, police said. Three people were also wounded in the shootings.

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Colombia arrests alleged big money launderer from Panama

JOSHUA GOODMAN, Associated Press


BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian authorities have arrested a prominent Panama businessman they're calling the world's most-wanted money launderer and froze assets belonging to dozens of companies linked to him that were allegedly used to hide millions in illegal drug profits.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/915452-colombia-arrests-alleged-big-money-launderer-from-panama/

More big-name Republicans abandon Trump; he just shrugs

ERICA WERNER, Associated Press
STEVE PEOPLES, Associated Press


WASHINGTON (AP) — Big-name GOP leaders piled on Friday against Donald Trump in an extraordinary show of Republican-vs.-Republican discontent over his winning the party's presidential nomination. Trump just shrugged it off, declaring they didn't really matter when compared to all the voters who turned out to vote for him in this year's primary elections.

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Junta: No Plan to Remove Embattled Bangkok Governor

By Teeranai Charuvastra
Staff Reporter

Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra at Wednesday's news conference.

BANGKOK — Junta chairman Prayuth Chan-ocha will not remove Bangkok Gov. Sukhumbhand Paribatra from office any time soon, his deputy said Friday.

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Thai hit and run driver who killed two year old was high on beer and Ya Ba, say police

KHON KAEN:-- Police in Khon Kaen have announced the arrest of a driver wanted for killing two cyclists and severely injuring another while driving a car last Thursday week.

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Storms wreak havoc in North - Udon and Mae Hong Sorn particularly affected

Image: Daily News

UDON THANI:-- Severe summer storms continued to cause havoc across the north east and north of Thailand Friday.

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Nice views on Phuket beaches yesterday as Miss Thailand hopefuls raise temperatures even more

Image: Daily News

PHUKET:-- Male tourists lucky enough to be down on the beach in Phuket yesterday got the treat of their holidays.

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Oh! Coral! I am but a fool...Chinese tourists behaving badly in Thai national park

Image: Thairath

KRABI:-- Three Chinese tourists should have been loving the coral, instead they were treating coral cruel, a bit like Neil Sedaka's 1958 classic.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/915462-oh-coral-i-am-but-a-foolchinese-tourists-behaving-badly-in-thai-national-park/

'Revenge of the snake-head fish' all over again in Pathum Thani yesterday

Image: Thairath

PATHUM THANI:-- Following in the footsteps of a Thai youth a few days ago who managed to stab himself in the face with a harpoon while out fishin', a 53 year old man repeated the trick yesterday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/915466-revenge-of-the-snake-head-fish-all-over-again-in-pathum-thani-yesterday/

Leicester City to tour Thailand again - despite last year's sex scandal

Leicester City’s Premier League winners will return to Thailand this month, a year after the club’s post-season tour was tarnished by a racist sex scandal.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/915468-leicester-city-to-tour-thailand-again-despite-last-years-sex-scandal/

NCPO spokesman insists the junta always respects human rights

BANGKOK: The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) has always attached importance to human rights, the council’s spokesman Colonel Winthai Suvaree announced on Friday.

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Second successful sea landing for SpaceX

An unmanned SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has made a swift and successful return trip into orbit, a live webcast showed.

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Clearing mines from the ancient site of Palmyra with restoration work ongoing

“Palmyra was under control of the co-called Islamic State for almost a year. During that time, its architectural heritage was partially destroyed. The iconic Bel Temple and the Temple of Baalshamin, built more than 2000 years ago were left in ruins,” reported Euronews’ correspondent Denis Loctier from the ancient site.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/915496-clearing-mines-from-the-ancient-site-of-palmyra-with-restoration-work-ongoing/

Syrian and Russian military deny conducting air strike on refugee camp

The Syrian military has denied it conducted deadly air strikes on a refugee camp near the Turkish border. It comes after the Russian Defence Ministry said no aircraft flew over the camp that day, and suggested rebel group, al-Nusra could have been responsible.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/915497-syrian-and-russian-military-deny-conducting-air-strike-on-refugee-camp/

Hungary’s PM Orban slams plans for migrant quota fines

It’s “outrageous” and a “kick in the stomach.” Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban has slammed EU proposals to fine member states a quarter of a million euros for every migrant they refuse to take, as part of controversial quotas.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/915498-hungarys-pm-orban-slams-plans-for-migrant-quota-fines/

Turkey: journalist speaks out against those ‘targeting’ him after Istanbul shooting

A prominent Turkish opposition journalist was shot at on Friday just moments before a verdict was to be given in his trial on charges of revealing state secrets.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/915500-turkey-journalist-speaks-out-against-those-targeting-him-after-istanbul-shooting/