Police grab man climbing Trump Tower in New York City

By EZRA KAPLAN

 

NEW YORK (AP) — A man who wanted an "audience" with Donald Trump spent three hours scaling the glass facade of Trump Tower on Wednesday using large suction cups, climbing as high as the 21st floor before police officers grabbed him and hauled him to safety through an open window.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937198-police-grab-man-climbing-trump-tower-in-new-york-city/

 

Syria conflict: Aleppo medics appeal to Obama for help

 

ALEPPO: -- The last doctors in the rebel-held east of the Syrian city of Aleppo have urged US President Barack Obama to come to the aid of the 250,000 civilians there.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937199-aleppo-medics-appeal-to-obama-for-help/

 

Man Hunt As Throat Slasher Still At Large

Story by Albert Jack
 

 

PATTAYA: -- On Sunday August 7 we reported that forty-year-old Amnuay Kaewmanee was attacked, had his throat slashed and was seriously injured.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937204-man-hunt-as-throat-slasher-still-at-large/

 

Trump accuses Obama of being the 'founder of ISIS'

By JOSH LEDERMAN

 

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Donald Trump accused President Barack Obama on Wednesday of founding the Islamic State group that is wreaking havoc from the Middle East to European cities. A moment later, on another topic, he referred to the president by his full legal name: Barack Hussein Obama.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937207-trump-accuses-obama-of-being-the-founder-of-isis/

 

German woman arrested in Cha-Am for million Euro tax evasion -  but husband is already dead

 

Image: Naewna

 

CHA-AM: Immigration police raided a home in Cha-Am yesterday looking for a couple wanted in Germany in a million Euro tax evasion case.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937210-german-woman-arrested-in-cha-am-for-million-euro-tax-evasion- -but-husband-is-already dead/

 

UPDATE:

 

Duterte’s “gay” remark sparks diplomatic row with the US

 

 

MANILA: -- Tough-talking Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has sparked off a fresh diplomatic row for calling the United States ambassador “gay” in his comments, prompting Washington to summon the Philippine envoy to lodge a complaint, The Manila Times Online reported on Wednesday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937152-philippine-president-calls-us-ambassador-‘gay-son-of-a-whore’/?do=findComment&comment=11040454

 

SET up 1.72 points at opening /Bangkok Post

Asean members urged to adopt common system to “red flag” terror suspects

 

 

KUALA LUMPUR: -- Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamid called on Asean member countries to equip themselves with a common system to effectively “red flag” terror suspects listed in the international police’s database.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937211-asean-members-urged-to-adopt-common-system-to-“red-flag”-terror-suspects/

 

Hanoi to lift midnight curfew

 

 

HANOI: -- Tourists visiting Hanoi will in the near future enjoy longer hours of night life as the city plans to lift is midnight curfew, Thanh Nien News Online reported on Wednesday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937212-hanoi-to-lift-midnight-curfew/

 

2 words keep sick Samsung workers from data: trade secrets 
YOUKYUNG LEE, AP Technology Writer

 

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — As a high school senior, Hwang Yu-mi went to work bathing silicon wafers in chemicals at a Samsung factory that makes computer chips for laptops and other devices. She died of leukemia four years later.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937215-2-words-keep-sick-samsung-workers-from-data-trade-secrets /

 

Car chase ends in death of a motorcycle thief

 

 

BANGKOK: -- A 24-year-old Thai student on a vacation in Bangkok from Hong Kong last night chased a motorcycle robbery gang after they robbed him of an iPhone and cash on Ratchadapisek-Raminthra road, but ended in a crash that left one suspected thief dead.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937217-car-chase-in-bangkok-ends-in-death-of-a-motorcycle-thief/

 

Murder hunt on as Thai mother is shot dead at 7-11 counter in Bangkok

 

Image: Thairath

 

BANGKOK: -- A murder hunt is on after a 34 year old woman was shot dead in a 7-11 in the Ban Khun Thian area of western Bangkok yesterday evening.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937219-murder-hunt-on-as-thai-mother-is-shot-dead-at-7-11-counter-in-bangkok/

 

Car owners on Samui warned - watch out for fraudsters in tourist rental scam

 

Image: Thairath

 

SAMUI: -- Car owners who are attracted by the idea of renting their vehicles out to tourists and getting a good monthly income have been warned to watch out by police.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937220-car-owners-on-samui-warned-watch-out-for-fraudsters-in-tourist-rental-scam/

 

Myanmar migrant stabbed to death on first day at Phuket wood factory

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

A worker at the factory recounts to police how Mr Ar Nai was chased and stabbed in the back. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: --  A migrant worker was stabbed to death on his first day at work at a wood-processing factory on the bypass road last night (Aug 10).

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937222-myanmar-migrant-stabbed-to-death-on-first-day-at-phuket-wood-factory/

 

Violence in Deep South declines by 12%

  

PATTANI, 11 August 2016 (NNT)-The Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) Region 4 has revealed that levels of violence in Thailand’s South have decreased more than 10% this year. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937223-violence-in-deep-south-declines-by-12/

 

Reforestation effort underway in Chiang Mai

  

CHIANG MAI, 11 August 2016 (NNT)-The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) has prepped a team of officials to begin a reforestation process in Chiang Mai’s encroached mountainous areas. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937224-reforestation-effort-underway-in-chiang-mai/

 

Thai police seeks to wiretap suspects without using warrants

By Asian Correspondent Staff 

 

BANGKOK: -- POLICE in Thailand are asking the junta government for approval to wiretap and monitor the movements of criminal suspects without a need for court warrants.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937226-thai-police-seeks-to-wiretap-suspects-without-using-warrants/

 

JIMMY CARR – FUNNY BUSINESS TOUR LIVE IN BANGKOK!! 
 

 

To celebrate our 2nd anniversary The Comedy Club Bangkok is proud to announce Britain’s best-loved comedian and one of the biggest selling live acts in UK comedy, Jimmy Carr will perform in Bangkok for the very first time 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937228-jimmy-carr-–-live-in-bangkok/

 

Australian PM promises 'heads will roll' over census

 

CANBERRA: -- Australia's prime minister has promised "heads will roll" after an online attack left millions of people locked out the country's census website.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937230-australian-pm-promises-heads-will-roll-over-census/

 

Man arrested after knife wielding frenzy at Rama 2 shopping centre

 

Image: Sanook

 

BANGKOK: -- Shoppers and movie goers at a Rama 2 shopping centre scattered in panic yesterday evening as a man with a knife was on the loose.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937232-man-arrested-after-knife-wielding-frenzy-at-rama-2-shopping-centre-in-bangkok/

 

DPM Prawit celebrates 71st birthday

  

BANGKOK, 11 August 2016 (NNT) – Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Gen Prawit Wongsuwan has welcomed civil servants and government officials to his home on the occasion of his 71st birthday, thanking them for working together for the benefit of the nation’s citizens. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937233-dpm-prawit-celebrates-71st-birthday/

 

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Australia to ban Chinese company from leasing Sydney power grid

Doctors at Mumbai's Hiranandani charged in kidney harvesting racket

BY NITA BHALLA

 

NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The chief executive, medical director and three other doctors at a prestigious Indian hospital have been charged with offences related to illegal organ transplants after a kidney trafficking racket was uncovered, a police spokesman said.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937237-doctors-at-top-indian-hospital-charged-in-kidney-harvesting-racket/

 

Welcome to Koh Chang and the Land of Smiles - that will be 320,000 baht please

 

Image: Thairath

 

KOH CHANG: -- Cruise ship staff are furious after they were told they had to pay 320,000 baht for their "high end tourists" to step on Koh Chang yesterday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937238-welcome-to-koh-chang-and-the-land-of-smiles-that-will-be-320000-baht-please/

 

Chiang Rai man donating kidney to mom as present for Mother's Day

  

CHIANG RAI, 11 August 2016 (NNT) - A 28 year old-man has decided to donate one of his kidneys to save his mother as she is suffering from renal failure. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937240-chiang-rai-man-donating-kidney-to-mom-as-present-for-mothers-day/

 

Thai tourists in Shenzhen denied entry as Chinese government bans on-arrival visa

By Coconuts Bangkok 

 

Photo: Thai PBS

 

BANGKOK: -- On-arrival visas for Thai tourists traveling to the Chinese city of Shenzhen have recently been discontinued by the Chinese government though they have yet to officially announced it.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937251-thai-tourists-in-shenzhen-denied-entry-as-chinese-government-bans-on-arrival-visa/

 

Government refutes Yingluck’s distorted facts on PM

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The government today refuted a recent claim by former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra that the prime minister has ordered to bypass justice in assessing damages from her rice pledging scheme.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937255-government-refutes-yingluck’s-distorted-facts-on-pm/

 

UPDATE:

 

One dead in stabbing incident on Bypass Road

Phuket Gazette 

 

         

Staff at the factory discussed with officers about how the event transpired. Photo: Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

PHUKET: -- Phuket City police are searching for two unidentified men, believed to be Myanmar nationals, who stabbed another Burmese man to death on his first day of work at a wood factory on the bypass road last night.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/937222-myanmar-migrant-stabbed-to-death-on-first-day-at-phuket-wood-factory/?do=findComment&comment=11041351

 

This mind blowing optical illusion is driving the internet crazy – can you work it out?

BY STAFF WRITER 

 

 

This optical illusion has left millions of people scratching their heads.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/this-mind-blowing-optical-illusion-is-driving-the-internet-crazy-can-you-work-it-out/16782/

 

Prominent Thai doctor issues health warning about playing Pokemon Go

BY STAFF WRITER

 

Image: Daily News

 

A prominent Thai doctor in Bangkok has warned of dire consequences from playing Pokemon Go.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/prominent-thai-doctor-issues-health-warning-about-playing-pokemon-go/16774/