Israeli murder: Shimon's wife "very likely" is dead say police as yet another wife comes to give evidence

 

Picture: Manager Online

 

BANGKOK: -- The murky case of the Israeli murderer Shimon Bintan has taken yet another twist.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954035-israeli-murder-shimons-wife-very-likely-is-dead-say-police-as-yet-another-wife-comes-to-give-evidence/

 

Rachayothin residents to face two years of traffic chaos as busy bridge comes down

 

Piccture: Sanook

 

BANGKOK: -- Residents in the northern Bangkok suburb of Rachayothin face years of worsening traffic chaos as authorities prepare to pull down a major flyover.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954036-rachayothin-residents-to-face-two-years-of-traffic-chaos-as-busy-bridge-comes-down/

 

Udon Thani: Find this car - video shows Honda Civic flattening two motorcycles and fleeing the scene

 

Picture: Thairath

 

UDON THANI: -- Netizens have been enlisted to help find the driver of a grey Honda Civic that collided with two motorcycles then drove off at speed.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954039-udon-thani-find-this-car-video-shows-honda-civic-flattening-two-motorcycles-and-fleeing-the-scene/

 

Meet "Uncle Ghost of Pattaya" - caught pimping 15 year old girls

 

Picture: Daily News

 

PATTAYA: -- The man in orange in our picture is a person caught pimping underage girls on the Line application.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954040-meet-uncle-ghost-of-pattaya-caught-pimping-15-year-old-girls/

 

Columbian burglars caught on overstay - now they will be kept here much longer

 

Picture: Daily News

 

BANGKOK: -- Two Columbian men who were caught on overstay have a much more serious problem to face. They were caught with 40 expensive stolen items hidden in their bathroom.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954041-columbian-burglars-caught-on-overstay-now-they-will-be-kept-here-much-longer/

 

Nobel no-show: Dylan not coming to Stockholm to get prize

 

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Bob Dylan won't be coming to Stockholm to pick up his 2016 Nobel Prize for literature at the Dec. 10 prize ceremony.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954042-nobel-no-show-dylan-not-coming-to-stockholm-to-get-prize/

 

Fire breaks out at Pattaya discotheque early Thursday
By The Nation

 

PATTAYA: -- A fire broke out at a popular discotheque on Pattaya walking street early Thursday, sending over 100 Thai and foreign patrons to run for their life.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954052-fire-breaks-out-at-pattaya-discotheque-early-thursday/

 

Giuliani's foreign work complicates candidacy for top post

By STEPHEN BRAUN and CHAD DAY

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rudy Giuliani, President-elect Donald Trump's top candidate for top diplomat, has advised foreign political figures and worked for lobbying and security firms whose clients have had complicated relationships with the U.S. government.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954053-giulianis-foreign-work-complicates-candidacy-for-top-post/

 

UPDATE:

 

Jeremy Clarkson 'flight ban' story comes under scrutiny

 

REUTLINGEN: -- Police in Germany have queried Jeremy Clarkson's claim he was barred from a UK-bound flight by an airport employee because of a 2014 Top Gear controversy.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/953936-jeremy-clarkson-furious-after-argentinian-airport-worker-kicks-him-off-flight/?do=findComment&comment=11337773

 

Experts disagree on authenticity of new Van Gogh sketches

 

PARIS (AP) — Art experts are disagreeing as to whether a book of previously unpublished drawings reported to be by Dutch master Vincent Van Gogh is authentic or fake.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954060-experts-disagree-on-authenticity-of-new-van-gogh-sketches/

 

Korean jumped from 19th floor of Bangkok condo after playing video fight games

 

Picture: Daily News

 

BANGKOK: -- A Korean man jumped from the 19th floor of a Bangkok condo yesterday after he had been playing video games.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954062-korean-jumped-from-19th-floor-of-bangkok-condo-after-playing-video-fight-games/

 

Kanchanaburi chase drama as two hoodlums shot dead by police

 

Picture: Manager Online

 

KANCHANABURI: -- Two men in a Toyota Vios were shot dead by police after a long chase through Kanchanaburi town and the surrounding area.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954066-kanchanaburi-chase-drama-as-two-hoodlums-shot-dead-by-police/

 

Plans to curb House of Lords powers 'dropped'

By Laura Kuenssberg

BBC political editor

 

LONDON: -- Plans to curb the power of the House of Lords have been dropped by the government, sources have told the BBC.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954067-uk-plans-to-curb-house-of-lords-powers-dropped/

 

Facebook apologizes for latest metrics errors

BY ASSOCIATED PRESS 

 

 

NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook says it will work with independent companies like Nielsen and comScore to review more of its metrics after it uncovered new problems with the data it provides to advertisers and publishers that use its network.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/facebook-apologizes-for-latest-metrics-errors/18579/

Clinton reflects on loss, urges backers to 'stay engaged'

By LISA LERER

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Clinton reflected on her devastating defeat on Wednesday evening, acknowledging the difficulty of her loss for her supporters and urging them to persevere through the Donald Trump era.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954070-clinton-reflects-on-loss-urges-backers-to-stay-engaged/

 

Google teaches machines to become more fluent translators

BY ASSOCIATED PRESS 

 

 

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is promising that its widely used translation service is now even more fluent, thanks to an advance that’s enabling its computers to interpret complete sentences.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/google-teaches-machines-to-become-more-fluent-translators/18581/

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‘Black Mirror’ reflects a high-tech world with wicked style

BY ASSOCIATED PRESS 

 

 

NEW YORK (AP) — William Shatner’s bumpy flight. Burgess Meredith’s smashed eyeglasses. The fateful misinterpretation of the phrase “to serve man.” Even after a half-century, these memes can still deliver a jolt of recognition.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/black-mirror-reflects-a-high-tech-world-with-wicked-style/18585/

Rohingya advocates say Myanmar deaths exceed 100 

 

BANGKOK (AP) — Advocates for Myanmar's Muslim ethnic Rohingya community said Wednesday that more than 100 members of the minority group have been killed in recent government counterinsurgency sweeps in the western state of Rakhine.

 

Full story:   http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954071-rohingya-advocates-say-myanmar-deaths-exceed-100 /

 

Phuket police confirm 63 arrested in connection with Thalang riots

Supatra Sutham

 

Thalang Police Chief Col Somphong Thiparpakul. Photo: Supatra Sutham

 

PHUKET: -- An officer from Thalang Police Station has confirmed to The Phuket News that a total of 63 people have been arrested in connection with last year’s Thalang riots. He also confirmed that a further 23 suspects are still at large.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954073-phuket-police-confirm-63-arrested-in-connection-with-thalang-riots/

 

Farmers urged to adopt large scale farming method

 

BANGKOK, 17 November 2016 (NNT) - The Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives set up a farming efficiency center to teach farmers how to grow crops more effectively to boost their incomes. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954074-thai-farmers-urged-to-adopt-large-scale-farming-method/

 

Bang Krachao, Bangkok’s green lung, will be rehabilitated

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Bang Krachao, known as the green lung of Bangkok, will be rehabilitated to preserve its greenery to fulfill the wish of the late King to preserve it as the lung of Bangkok and Samut Prakarn provinces.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954075-bang-krachao-bangkok’s-green-lung-will-be-rehabilitated/

 

Traffic around Victory Monument lighter since relocation of passenger vans

 

BANGKOK, 17th November 2016 (NNT) - Traffic conditions around Bangkok’s Victory Monument have eased since authorities relocated the passenger van pickup points to other areas. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954076-traffic-around-victory-monument-lighter-since-relocation-of-passenger-vans/

 

Royal Thai Police spokesman dismisses reports of possible change of police chief

 

BANGKOK, 17th November 2016 (NNT) - A spokesman for the Royal Thai Police has dismissed reports of a possible change in the occupant of the police chief’s office. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954077-thai-police-spokesman-dismisses-reports-of-possible-change-of-police-chief/

 

PTT says hotel in petrol station project is still on plan

 

 

BANGKOK: -- PTT Plc, a state-owned SET-listed oil and gas company, announced to go ahead with its earlier announced plan to make its PTT petrol stations a place where hotel facilities will be available for motorists driving a long trip.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954078-ptt-says-hotel-in-petrol-station-project-is-still-on-plan/

 

China bans 'fatty' Kim Jong Un nickname on websites 

 

FILE - In this May 10, 2016, file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waves at parade participants at the Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea. Chinese websites are censoring "Kim Fatty the Third," a nickname widely used to disparage Kim, after officials from his country reportedly conveyed their displeasure in a meeting with their Chinese counterparts. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

 

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese websites are censoring "Kim Fatty the Third," a nickname widely used to disparage North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, after officials from his country reportedly conveyed their displeasure in a meeting with their Chinese counterparts.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954080-china-bans-fatty-kim-jong-un-nickname-on-websites /

 

 

Just a parking problem - but Thai man kicks phad Thai seller in the head in anger

 

Picture: Thairath

 

BANGKOK: -- It was just a minor dispute over a parking space. But a 58 year old Thai man would not let the matter rest.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954084-just-a-parking-problem-but-thai-man-kicks-phad-thai-seller-in-the-head-in-anger/

 

PM orders authorities to get tough on online pirates

 

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BANGKOK: -- The prime minister has ordered intellectual property agencies and communications organizations to crack down on fake products being sold online.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954086-pm-prayut-orders-authorities-to-get-tough-on-online-pirates/

 

Duterte believes Trump will be fair to illegal immigrants

 

 

MANILA: -- Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said he trust US President-elect Donald Trump’s judgement that he would be fair in the treatment of illegal immigrants, the Philippine Inquirer Online reported on Thursday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954088-duterte-believes-trump-will-be-fair-to-illegal-immigrants/

 

Whining judge in viral videos found dead in her home

By Coconuts Bangkok 

 

Chidchanok Paensuwan was filmed yelling at bystanders at the Department of Land Transport on Jan. 20, 2016. 

 

BANGKOK: -- The mentally ill judge who was filmed throwing tantrums at two different governmental offices earlier this year died at her home in Bangkok's Sena Nikhom area yesterday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954090-whining-judge-in-viral-videos-found-dead-in-her-home/