Rebellious Democrats disrupt House, stage protest over guns
By MATTHEW DALY

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rebellious Democrats shut down the House's legislative work on Wednesday, staging a sit-in on the House floor and refusing to leave until they secured a vote on gun control measures before lawmakers' weeklong break.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/926927-rebellious-us-democrats-disrupt-house-stage-protest-over-guns/

Islamic State militants push back in Syria, Iraq and Libya
By PHILIP ISSA and SUSANNAH GEORGE

BEIRUT (AP) — Even as internationally backed forces chip away at Islamic State-held territory in Syria, Iraq and Libya, the militants have demonstrated a stubborn resilience this week in the face of recent losses.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/926928-islamic-state-militants-push-back-in-syria-iraq-and-libya/

Trump lambastes Clinton: 'She gets rich making you poor'
By JULIE PACE and JILL COLVIN

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump launched a blistering attack Wednesday on Hillary Clinton's record and character, slamming his presidential rival as a "world class liar" who raked in personal profits from her tenure at the State Department. The billionaire businessman claimed, "She gets rich making you poor."

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/926929-trump-lambastes-clinton-she-gets-rich-making-you-poor/

Responding to Trump, Clinton says he has 'no answers'
By KEN THOMAS and LISA LERER

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Hillary Clinton pushed back against Donald Trump's questions about her religion and her competence Wednesday, casting him as a candidate with not much else to say about how he'd lead the nation.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/926930-responding-to-trump-clinton-says-he-has-no-answers/

British politicians make final appeals in EU vote campaign
By GREGORY KATZ and DANICA KIRKA

LONDON (AP) — With Britain's membership in the European Union on the line, campaigners from the prime minister on down blanketed the country Wednesday trying to convert the undecided on the final day before the crucial vote.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/926931-british-politicians-make-final-appeals-in-eu-vote-campaign/

ST. JOHN'S, Antigua (AP) - Former UN General Assembly Chief John Ashe of Antigua has died, brother says.

Jury could rewrite history of Led Zeppelin's epic 'Stairway'
BRIAN MELLEY, Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A key chapter of rock 'n' roll history could be rewritten by a jury that began deliberating Wednesday over whether Led Zeppelin ripped off a riff for its epic "Stairway to Heaven."

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/926950-jury-could-rewrite-history-of-led-zeppelins-epic-stairway-to-heaven/

Four murders and a bloody battle for land rights in Thailand
BY ALISA TANG

BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Supot Kalasong was driving home one afternoon in April when he heard a bang and assumed he had blown his newly-patched tyre.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/926953-four-murders-and-a-bloody-battle-for-land-rights-in-thailand/

UK goes to polls in EU referendum

LONDON: -- The UK is set to go to the polls in a historic referendum on whether the country should remain a member of the European Union or leave.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/926954-uk-goes-to-polls-in-eu-referendum/

Escaped ISIS sex slave tells Congress of horrors
By Ryan Browne

Washington (CNN)A former ISIS sex slave urged Congress Tuesday to more aggressively fight the terror group and offered her condolences for the massacre in Orlando, saying she's not surprised by it.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/926967-escaped-isis-sex-slave-tells-us-congress-of-horrors/

‘Keep traffic moving’, Phuket underpass contractors told
The Phuket News


Contractors for the three underpass tunnels under construction in Phuket were told to keep traffic moving. Photo: Tanyaluk Sakoot

PHUKET: -- Vice Governor Chokdee Amornwat has ordered construction companies to keep traffic flow a top priority while three underpass tunnels are under construction at Samkong, Bang Khu and Chalong.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/926972-keep-traffic-moving-phuket-underpass-contractors-told/

Medical checkups for teachers aged 40 in Malaysia



KUALA LUMPUR: -- Malaysian school teachers serving under the Education Ministry may soon be required to undergo medical checkup by age 40 to ensure they are in good health, the New Straits Times Online reported on Thursday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/926974-medical-checkups-for-teachers-aged-40-in-malaysia/

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Laser beams concern at Hanoi’s Noi Bai airport



HANOI: -- Laser beams have been reportedly directed at aircrafts approaching Hanoi’s Noi Bai airport , prompting safety concern among aviation security authorities, Thanh Nein News Online reported on Wednesday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/926982-laser-beams-concern-at-hanois-noi-bai-airport/

57 new caves, including one five million years old, found in Quang Binh



HANOI: -- Fifty-seven new caves, including one which could have been formed underwater five million years ago, have been found in Quang Binh province, the home of magnificent caves in central Vietnam, Thanh Nien News Online reported on Wednesday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/926983-57-new-caves-including-one-five-million-years-old-found-in-quang-binh-vietnam/

Thai consideration alive and kicking! Hero biker says: "Everyone should try it!"


Image: Daily News

BANGKOK: -- Thai consideration for others is alive and well - a huge outpouring of national pride was reported after a motorcycle rider went out of his way to make a path for an ambulance with its lights flashing on a congested Bangkok road.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/926987-thai-consideration-alive-and-kicking-hero-biker-says-everyone-should-try-it/

Suu Kyi’s trip to a Burmese refugee camp cancelled



BANGKOK: -- Burma’s State Counselor and Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi will not be visiting a Burmese refugee camp at Tham Hin in Ratchaburi province because the local Thai authorities have reportedly cancelled the trip without reason given, The Irrawaddy Online reported on Wednesday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/926988-suu-kyis-trip-to-a-burmese-refugee-camp-cancelled/

New expressway linking Bangkok’s west with inner capital ready to open ahead of schedule



BANGKOK: -- Residents living in the western part of the capital will soon travel to the inner zones of the capital faster as now the new expressway, Si Rat-Outer Ringroad, is 99.2% finished and is expected to open ahead of schedule in August.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/926991-new-expressway-linking-bangkoks-west-with-inner-capital-ready-to-open-ahead-of-schedule/

Forest revival project starts in 13 provinces



BANGKOK, 23 June 2016 (NNT) – The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) have jointly opened a forest revival project.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/926993-forest-revival-project-starts-in-13-provinces/

MOPH confident of containing spread of Zika virus



BANGKOK, 23 June 2016, (NNT) - The Ministry of Public Health is confident that it will be able to contain the spread of the Zika virus.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/926994-thai-health-min-confident-of-containing-spread-of-zika-virus/

Pattaya Drug Dealer Crack Down
Story by Albert Jack



PATTAYA: -- At 11pm on the night of June 22 Banglamung Police announced the arrest of four major drug dealers in Pattaya who were operating across Chon Buri.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/926996-pattaya-drug-dealer-crack-down/

Daring flight removes 2 sick workers from South Pole station
SETH BORENSTEIN, Associated Press
EVA VERGARA, Associated Press

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Two people who fell ill while working at the U.S. research station at the South Pole have been evacuated by a small plane that made the daring rescue flight in Antarctica's harsh winter.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/926998-daring-flight-removes-2-sick-workers-from-south-pole-station/

MOU signed to use B20 biodiesel in heavy trucks



BANGKOK, 23 June 2016, (NNT) - The Department of Alternative Energy Development and Efficiency has signed a memorandum of understanding with Bangchak Petroleum Plc and three transportation and logistics operators to use B20 biodiesel in their vehicles.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/927001-mou-signed-to-use-b20-biodiesel-in-heavy-trucks/

Census: Asians remain fastest-growing racial group in US
By JESSE J. HOLLAND

WASHINGTON (AP) — Asians remain the fastest-growing racial group in the United States, according to new information from the Census Bureau.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/927004-census-asians-remain-fastest-growing-racial-group-in-us/

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Britain waits to see what the future holds on Referendum Day



LONDON: -- It is June 23 2016 and it is decision day. Will the UK public vote to stay in the European Union or leave in today’s defining referendum.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/926954-uk-goes-to-polls-in-eu-referendum/#entry10887473

Dallas skyscraper evacuated after 'upset client' makes bomb threat
BY BNO NEWS

DALLAS: -- The Thanksgiving Tower on Elm Street in downtown Dallas was evacuated after someone made a bomb threat during a conference call, emergency officials say. The threat has since been determined to be a hoax.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/927010-dallas-skyscraper-evacuated-after-upset-client-makes-bomb-threat/

Fighter jets intercept passenger plane over disruptive man
BY BNO NEWS

TUCSON: -- A Delta Air Lines flight has been diverted to Tucson International Airport in Arizona after a passenger refused to sit down and made threatening remarks during a flight from San Antonio to Los Angeles, witnesses and officials say.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/927011-us-f-16-fighter-jets-intercept-passenger-plane-over-disruptive-man/

North Korea mobilizes on 200-day economic speed campaign
By ERIC TALMADGE

WONSAN, North Korea (AP) — The bright red slogans hang from buses, government buildings and even some restaurants and gas stations, urging North Koreans to work harder to make the country's 200-day "speed campaign" a success. "Have you carried out the plan for today?" one poster asks.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/927012-north-korea-mobilizes-on-200-day-economic-speed-campaign/

Interior Ministry calls for drafting of provincial regulations for floating lanterns and rockets



BANGKOK, 23 June 2016 (NNT) – The Ministry of Interior has ordered all provincial authorities strictly control the use of floating lanterns and homemade rockets following an order from the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO).

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/927014-thai-interior-min-calls-for-drafting-of-provincial-regulations-for-floating-lanterns-and-rockets/

MOPH initiates communicable disease plan



BANGKOK, 23 June 2016 (NNT) – The Ministry of Public Health has initiated a plan to protect against the spread of communicable diseases both in Bangkok and the provinces.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/927016-thai-health-ministry-initiates-communicable-disease-plan/