AP Source: Premier League sells Chinese TV rights for $700m

BY ASSOCIATED PRESS

 

 

LONDON (AP) — The English Premier League has sold its television rights in China for $700 million in its biggest-ever overseas sale, a person familiar with the deal said on Thursday.

 

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96 gamblers arrested in an old warehouse which was turned into a gambling den

 

 

BANGKOK:-- Military personnel arrested 96 gamblers and seized several gambling equipment and cash in a raid of an illegal gambling den in Lat Krabang district, Min Buri province, Friday evening.

 

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Request for zipline operations in Doi Suthep-Pui national park rejected

 

 

The department director-general Mr Thunka Natithamsakul said that zipline is very popular among tourists who prefer something exciting and adventurous, but however, he noted, there were several accidents resulting in injuries. He stressed that the department would not allow these activities to be held in forests under its jurisdiction.

 

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We want our sea back! Fishermen mad after hotel uses Pattaya seaside to build swimming pool

 

Image: Sanook

 

PATTAYA: Fishermen in Pattaya are furious that a hotel in the Jomtien area has built a swimming pool jutting out into the sea.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954434-we-want-our-sea-back-fishermen-mad-after-hotel-uses-pattaya-seaside-to-build-swimming-pool/

Video: Drug dealer escapes after desperate bid for freedom in Rayong traffic jam

 

Image: Daily News

 

RAYONG:-- A video of a drug dealer desperately trying to escape armed officers has been shared across social media.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954437-video-drug-dealer-escapes-after-desperate-bid-for-freedom-in-rayong-traffic-jam/

"We only take cash!" - Cambodian monks show the Thais how it's done

 

Image: Thairath

 

Twenty five Cambodian monks have been arrested and defrocked in Petchaburi after complaints from an abbot and members of the public.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954438-we-only-take-cash-cambodian-monks-show-the-thais-how-its-done/

 

New Zealand's islands moved two metres closer together by tremor

Catherine Hardy

 

 

Hundreds of survivors stranded by a huge earthquake which struck New Zealand have been brought to Christchurch by naval vessel.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954442-new-zealands-islands-moved-two-metres-closer-together-by-tremor/

 

Thai hit and run woman gives herself up  - pressure from society was just too much

 

Image: Sanook

 

BANGKOK:-- The Thai market trader who was caught on video hitting a five year old boy in her pick-up truck has given herself up to Nakorn Pathom police.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954447-thai-hit-and-run-woman-gives-herself-up-pressure-from-society-was-just-too-much/

 

Iraqi troops resume fighting in Mosul

 

 

Iraqi forces are advancing cautiously into the east of Mosul.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954450-iraqi-troops-resume-fighting-in-mosul/

 

'Right to be frozen' ruling for UK teenager triggers concern

 

 

Is it a scientific way of cheating death? Or a ‘false hope’ fantasy for the vulnerable?

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954451-right-to-be-frozen-ruling-for-uk-teenager-triggers-concern/

 

Action on climate change is an "urgent duty" - COP22 delegates

 

 

In theory, the aim of the COP 22 summit was clear: to implement the Paris agreement to limit the rise in temperatures to 1.5 degrees Celsius. But in practice, the international community had to hammer out the details, risking the re-emergence of national interests.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954452-action-on-climate-change-is-an-urgent-duty-cop22-delegates/

 

UN agency lifts Zika emergency, prepares for long-term fight 

JAMEY KEATEN, Associated Press
MIKE STOBBE, Associated Press

 

GENEVA (AP) — Acknowledging Zika is "here to stay," the United Nations health agency on Friday lifted a 9-month-old emergency declaration and prepared for a longer-term response to the mosquito-borne virus that can result in severe neurological defects in newborns whose mothers were infected.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954454-un-agency-lifts-zika-emergency-prepares-for-long-term-fight/

 

Venezuelan 1st lady's 2 nephews found guilty in cocaine case

LARRY NEUMEISTER, Associated Press

 

NEW YORK (AP) — Two nephews of Venezuela's first lady who were charged with conspiring to send drugs to the United States were convicted on Friday by a jury that found evidence of the crime even though the government's star witness came across to at least one juror as "slime."

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954456-venezuelan-1st-ladys-2-nephews-found-guilty-in-cocaine-case/

 

One dead as Phuket-Phatthalung bus slams pickup truck 

Yutthawat Lekmak

 

 

PHUKET: One woman has died after a bus travelling from Phuket to Phatthalung slammed into a pickup truck in Ao Leuk, Krabi, yesterday afternoon (Nov 18).

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954459-one-dead-as-phuket-phatthalung-bus-slams-pickup-truck/

 

Design of Royal urn finished, construction to begin soon

 

 

BANGKOK:-- The Fine Arts Department has finished the design of the royal urn for His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej and now will be allowing members of the public with craftsmanship skills to join its team of 150 artisans to make the urn the most exquisite and unique urn for Royal cremation.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954461-design-of-royal-urn-finished-construction-to-begin-soon/

 

No queue jumping – says PM’s Office Minister

 

 

BANGKOK:-- Prime Minister's Office Minister Suwaphan Tanyuvardhana yesterday assured no jumping of queues by government officials in entering the Grand Palace to pay respect to the beloved King Bhumibol Adulyadej as reported in some news media.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954462-no-queue-jumping-–-says-pm’s-office-minister/

 

Naval fleet mourns the passing of the King at sea

 

 

As the people from across the country flocked Sanam Luang in Bangkok, awaiting for turns to enter the Grand Palace to pay their last tribute to their beloved King in front of the Royal urn, the Royal Thai Navy yesterday also mourned and paid  tribute to His Majesty at sea.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954464-naval-fleet-mourns-the-passing-of-the-king-at-sea/

 

Is your iPhone suffering from Touch Disease? If so, Apple has offered to fix it

BY JONATHAN FAIRFIELD

 

 

Apple has announced the launch of a repair programme aimed at fixing the so called ‘touch disease’ that has blighted iPhone 6 Plus handsets.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/is-your-iphone-suffering-from-touch-disease-if-so-apple-has-offered-to-fix-it/18633/

Rebels kill 3 Indian army soldiers in troubled northeast

WASBIR HUSSAIN, Associated Press

 

GAUHATI, India (AP) — Rebels ambushed two Indian army vehicles early Saturday and killed at least three soldiers and critically wounded four others in the country's remote northeast, police said.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954469-rebels-kill-3-indian-army-soldiers-in-troubled-northeast/

 

Arrest Warrant Out for Anti-Monarchy Exile ‘Aum Neko’

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

Saran Chuichai, aka Aum Neko, speaks to a reporter on Dec. 8, 2013, in Bangkok. Image: Fah SK / YouTube

 

BANGKOK — Police said Friday a court has issued an arrest warrant for a firebrand anti-royalist detractor living in French exile on a charge of insulting the monarchy, a count that carries a maximum penalty of 15 years in jail.

 

The warrant for Saran Chuichai, aka Aum Neko, was approved by the court on Oct. 14, but technology crime police only told reporters about it on Friday, when a hardline royalist went to the cybercrime headquarters to demand a speedy extradition and prosecution of the former student activist.

 

“Our commanders have instructed us to proceed with this case swiftly,” said Lt. Col. Uthai Laosil, an officer at Technology Crime Suppression Division.

 

Full story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/politics/2016/11/19/arrest-warrant-anti-monarchy-exile-aum-neko/

 

 

 

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Myanmar man accused of self-immolation in Australian bank 

ROD McGUIRK, Associated Press

 

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A 21-year-old man accused of injuring 26 bystanders when he set himself on fire with gasoline in a bank branch in Australia's second-largest city was identified on Saturday as a Myanmar asylum seeker who had been waiting three years to be accepted as a refugee.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954472-myanmar-man-accused-of-self-immolation-in-australian-bank/

 

Junta Spokesman Denounces Army Caning of Recruit (Video)

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

 

BANGKOK — A spokesman of the ruling junta said Friday that a drill sergeant seen caning his recruit in a now-viral video will face severe punishment.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/954476-junta-spokesman-denounces-army-caning-of-recruit-video/

 

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