AP Sources: VW to pay near $10.2B to settle emissions claims
By TOM KRISHER and MICHAEL BIESECKER

DETROIT (AP) — Volkswagen will spend about $10.2 billion to settle an emissions cheating scandal in the U.S. that has turned into one of the largest cases of corporate deception in the nation's history.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/927209-vw-to-pay-near-102b-to-settle-emissions-claims-ap-sources/

World Trade Center skyscrapers: 3 up, 1 to go
By VERENA DOBNIK

NEW YORK (AP) — The World Trade Center's newest, $2.5 billion skyscraper reached its full 80 stories Thursday — one of three high-rises now up at the site, with one more to go.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/927210-world-trade-center-skyscrapers-3-up-1-to-go/

After Capitol all-nighter, Democrats push on for gun control
By ERICA WERNER

WASHINGTON (AP) — Exhausted but exuberant, House Democrats vowed to fight on for gun control Thursday as they ended their high-drama House floor sit-in with songs, prayers and defiant predictions of success. Republicans offered a dose of political reality, denying House Democratic demands and holding a Senate vote designed to show a bipartisan gun compromise can't pass.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/927212-after-capitol-all-nighter-us-democrats-push-on-for-gun-control/

First results in UK's historic referendum on EU membership

LONDON: -- The first results in the UK's referendum on whether to remain in the European Union are coming in.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/927213-first-results-in-uks-historic-referendum-on-eu-membership/?p=10890299

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Appalachian music patriarch Ralph Stanley dies at 89; Grammy winner helped popularize bluegrass sound.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Asian stocks volatile, Nikkei slides up to 2.9 percent as investors await UK vote results.

UPDATE:

Cabbie fined 5,000 baht for touching a female passenger’s legs



BANGKOK: -- A taxi driver was fined 5,000 baht and had his driving license suspended for six months by the Land Transport Department after he admitted he molested a female passenger, claiming that they knew each other.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/927182-bangkok-cabbie-done-after-putting-hand-on-passengers-leg-and-suggesting-sex/#entry10890630

Marine Dept to require fishing boats gain IMO number



BANGKOK, 24 June 2016 (NNT) – The Marine Department (MD) has prepared to require that fishing boats receive unique, internationally recognized numbers for better control.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/927229-thai-marine-dept-to-require-fishing-boats-gain-imo-number/

UPDATE:

The Latest: 'Leave' side leading as 1/3 of UK results in

LONDON (AP) — The Latest on Britain's referendum on whether to leave the European Union

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/927213-first-results-in-uks-historic-referendum-on-eu-membership/#entry10890823

Two more arrests in Si Racha PTT beating


Image: Thairath

SI RACHA: -- Police have charged two more men with assault in the beating of a man at a PTT pump in Si Racha.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/927236-two-more-arrests-in-si-racha-ptt-beating/

Public invited to take advantage of free HIV tests

BANGKOK, 24 June 2016 (NNT) – The Ministry of Public Health will organize a campaign in July to encourage people to get tested for HIV while reminding that everyone is entitled to two free examinations each year.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/927237-public-invited-to-take-advantage-of-free-hiv-tests/

SET down 26.84 points at opening /Bangkok Post

Robbing Ladyboys Return to Pattaya Streets
Story by Albert Jack



PATTAYA: -- It appears some of the recently arrested thieving ladyboys have been released as Beach Road, Pattaya has, once again, become a danger area.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/927241-robbing-ladyboys-return-to-pattaya-streets/

Robbery in Full View of Police Checkpoint. Taxi Driver the Only Witness
Story by Albert Jack



PATTAYA: -- At 4am on the morning of June 24 a Pattaya Police checkpoint at Kao Pattaya, Nongprue, were informed of a robbery that happened right in front of them.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/927245-robbery-in-full-view-of-police-checkpoint-taxi-driver-the-only-witness/

UK pound plunges as referendum results point to EU exit
RAPHAEL SATTER, Associated Press
JILL LAWLESS, Associated Press

LONDON (AP) — The British pound plunged to a 31-year low Friday as results in the country's European Union referendum gave the "leave" side a small but growing lead.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/927247-uk-pound-plunges-as-referendum-results-point-to-eu-exit/

Racketeers pick the wrong time to extort money - raid was in progress at Nonthaburi shop


Image: Daily News

BANGKOK: -- A wanted group of drug racketeers and extortionists posing as cops and soldiers picked the wrong time to visit a premises in Nonthaburi yesterday. While they came for a payoff a raid by undercover drug agents was in progress and they were all arrested.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/927250-racketeers-pick-the-wrong-time-to-extort-money-raid-was-in-progress-at-nonthaburi-shop/

EU agrees not to use the term “Rohingya”



YANGON: -- The European Union has bowed to a call by Myanmar state counselor Aung San Suu Kyi to avoid the term “Rohingya” to describe prosecuted Muslims in Myanmar.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/927252-eu-agrees-not-to-use-the-term-rohingya/

Malaysian police brace for lone-wolf attacks by IS supporters



KUALA LUMPUR: -- Federal police are bracing for potential lone-wolf attacks by Islamic State supporters in Malaysia as the terror group’s Southeast Asian branch has singled out Malaysia as a nation that must be fought, reported the New Straits Times Online on Thursday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/927254-malaysian-police-brace-for-lone-wolf-attacks-by-is-supporters/

Extra budgets for Defence and National Police to upgrade their equipment systems



JAKARTA: -- The National Police and the Defence Ministry of Indonesia will be allocated with additional budget in a revised draft of the 2016 state budget, The Jakarta Post Online reported on Thursday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/927255-indonesia-extra-budgets-for-defence-and-national-police-to-upgrade-their-equipment-systems/

13 Indonesian sailors abducted by suspected Abu Sayyaf terrorists

MANILA: -- Thirteen Indonesian sailors have been abducted by suspected Abu Sayyaf militants from their tugboat off the southern Philippine province of Tawi-Tawi two weeks after four Malaysian hostages were released for ransom, The Manila Times Online reported on Thursday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/927257-13-indonesian-sailors-abducted-by-suspected-abu-sayyaf-terrorists/

Sanders says his revolution is 'just getting started'
By EZRA KAPLAN

NEW YORK (AP) — Bernie Sanders told a roaring crowd of supporters Thursday that his campaign is "just getting started" fighting economic inequality, changing the Democratic Party and bolstering Democrats running for Congress.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/927273-sanders-says-his-revolution-is-just-getting-started/

Police intercept student activists holding activities to remember the June 24 revolution

BANGKOK: -- Several student activists were intercepted and arrested by the police at two locations in Bangkok after they held activities to mark the June 24 revolution that ended the country's absolute monarchy rule in 1932.

New Democracy Group leader Siriwich Serithiwat or “Ja New” and his mother were stopped by police as they tried to join another small group of students reading a statement at the Royal Plaza to remember those joining the revolution that ended the country’s absolute monarchy 84 years ago.

They laid flowers on the floor where the bronze revolution knots were punched 84 years ago by the “Khanaraj” Group revolution leader to mark the June 24 revolution that brought democratic rule to the country.

As Ja New and his team walked up to join, he was stopped by police who were observing the student activities at the Royal Plaza.

But after a brief struggle and negotiation, he was allowed to join.

He laid flowers on the revolution knots to honour the revolution and said these bronze knots changed the Thai history.

They arrived here today to remember the day 84 years ago that the Khanaraj had turned the country to democratic rule, he said.

Meanwhile at Kasetsart University, police also intercepted a small group of students trying to walk out if the campus to a coup cracking monument at Laksi intersection.

They were surrounded by police trying to stop them to hold activities to mark the June 24 revolution event.

No charges were so far imposed on the students but only they were stopped by police to go further to the monument.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/police-intercept-student-activists-holding-activities-remember-june-24-revolution/


-- Thai PBS 2016-06-24

Super algae solution for bleached Phi Phi coral
Phuket Gazette


Red demarcation flags have been set up at coral restoration zones, where swimming and snorkeling is not allowed. Photo: Kritsada Mueanhawong

KRABI: Super algae is to be deployed in the Phi Phi national marine park in a world-first attempt to revive bleached coral.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/927275-super-algae-solution-for-bleached-phi-phi-coral/

EU referendum: BBC forecasts UK votes to leave

LONDON: -- The UK has voted by 52% to 48% to leave the European Union after 43 years in an historic referendum, a BBC forecast suggests.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/927278-eu-referendum-bbc-forecasts-uk-votes-to-leave/

Ministry of Commerce says oversupply of fruit will be short lived

BANGKOK, 24 June 2016 (NNT)-The Ministry of Commerce has instructed its southern provincial offices across the region to develop a plan to keep the supply of fruit under control during the rainy season.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/927280-thai-commerce-min-says-oversupply-of-fruit-will-be-short-lived/

Packed in like Burmese sardines - illegal immigrants arrested after chase


Image: Thairath

KANCHANABURI: -- Immigration officials in Kanchanaburi found 25 illegal Burmese immigrants packed into a specially adapted pick-up truck.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/927282-packed-in-like-burmese-sardines-illegal-immigrants-arrested-after-chase/

Godless Android malware threatens 90 percent of devices and it’s spreading fast
BY STAFF WRITER



A new strain of Android malware called GODLESS has infected almost one million devices around the world, with almost 100,000 devices reportedly infected in Thailand.

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/godless-android-malware-threatens-90-percent-of-devices-and-its-spreading-fast/15880/

Yingluck stands trial for rice scheme amid supporters



BANGKOK: -- Former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra appeared in the Supreme Court today for the 10th hearing of state testimonies against her in the rice-pledging scheme which she was charged with dereliction of duties.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/927283-yingluck-stands-trial-for-rice-scheme-amid-supporters/

British vote on leaving the EU rocks world financial markets
YOUKYUNG LEE, AP Business Writer

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — World financial markets were rocked Friday by Britain's vote to leave the European Union, with stock markets and oil prices crashing and the pound hitting its lowest level in three decades.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/927284-british-vote-on-leaving-the-eu-rocks-world-financial-markets/

Now that Britain has voted to leave the EU, what comes next?
By DANICA KIRKA and FRANK JORDANS

LONDON (AP) — Britons have voted to leave the European Union, their concerns about immigration and what some saw as the ever-increasing power of the 28-member bloc trumping the attraction of being part of a single market of more than 500 million people and a European project forged from the ashes of World War II.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/927285-now-that-britain-has-voted-to-leave-the-eu-what-comes-next/