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Farang Flag Defacers: Police find two Italians that tore down Thai flags in Krabi (VIDEO)

By Laurel Tuohy 

 

 

KRABI: -- In a clip that made the internet rounds this weekend, two foreign men are seen on CCTV defacing Thai flags in Krabi.

 

Full story:  http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/962639-video-hunt-on-for-foreigners-who-disrespected-thai-flag/?do=findComment&comment=11502907

 

 

TrueVisions insists it has provided sufficient remedy for cancellation of HBO channels

By The Nation

 

TrueVisions insisted Monday that it has provided sufficient remedy for the cancellation of six HBO channels from its subscription TV network since January 1.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/962719-truevisions-insists-it-has-provided-sufficient-remedy-for-cancellation-of-hbo-channels/

 

New mall 'SHOW DC' opens with durian room and shower for tourists

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

 

Another new shopping mall, SHOW DC, recently opened their doors near RCA. They hope to serve as the city’s tourist hub by offering basic facilities that all travelers need — such as a shower.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/962722-new-mall-show-dc-opens-with-durian-room-and-shower-for-tourists/

 

City officials are to be sent to police for questioning over exam cheat

 

 

Bangkok Governor Aswin Kwanmuang announced on Monday that the city administration was ready to send some of its employees implicated in an examination cheating racket to the police for interrogation.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/962733-city-officials-are-to-be-sent-to-police-for-questioning-over-exam-cheat/

 

Tourist injured in old school bar fight at Bangla Road

Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

PHUKET:-- An Indian tourist was injured after a friendly banter with bouncers turned into an argument on Bangla Road on Saturday night.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/962734-tourist-injured-in-old-school-bar-fight-at-bangla-road/

 

Court reduces sentences for 2007 red-shirt protest at Prem’s residence

By The Nation

 

The Court of Appeal Monday sentenced red-shirt leaders to two years and eight months in jail for their involvement in a 2007 incident at the residence of Privy Council President Prem Tinsulanonda.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/962735-court-reduces-sentences-for-2007-red-shirt-protest-at-prem’s-residence/

 

Japanese Man Reported Missing From Khaosan Road

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

Image: Tama Tsuboi / Facebook

 

BANGKOK — The family of a Japanese tourist is pleading for information concerning his whereabout after they lost contact with him three weeks ago while he was traveling in Bangkok.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/962743-japanese-man-reported-missing-from-khaosan-road/

 

Kremlin says U.S. hacking allegations are 'reminiscent of a witch-hunt'

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov speaks during the annual end-of-year news conference of Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia, December 23, 2016. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin

By Maria Tsvetkova and Christian Lowe

 

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Allegations that Russia tried to influence the U.S. election in favour of Donald Trump amount to a witch-hunt, the Kremlin said on Monday, in its first reaction to the release of a U.S. intelligence report on the alleged Russian operation.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/962745-kremlin-says-us-hacking-allegations-are-reminiscent-of-a-witch-hunt/

 

U.S. Navy destroyer fires warning shots at Iranian vessels - U.S. officials

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Navy destroyer fired three warning shots towards four of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps vessels on Sunday after they closed in at a high rate of speed in the Strait of Hormuz, two U.S. defence officials told Reuters on Monday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/962746-us-navy-destroyer-fires-warning-shots-at-iranian-vessels-us-officials/

 

European shares fall, sterling dives on Brexit comments

By Nigel Stephenson

 

A worker shelters from the rain under a Union Flag umbrella as he passes the London Stock Exchange in London, Britain, October 1, 2008. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - The dollar edged up on Monday, boosted by robust U.S. wage growth data that strengthened the case for more U.S. interest rate rises, while Britain's pound fell on comments by Prime Minister Theresa May seen as pointing to a "hard" Brexit.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/962748-european-shares-fall-sterling-dives-on-brexit-comments/

 

FA chairman suggests gay players could come out together

FA Chairman Greg Clarke during the launch Action Images via Reuters / Tony O'Brien

 

LONDON (Reuters) - The chairman of the English FA says he has spoken to gay players about providing more support and helping them to come out as a group.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/962749-fa-chairman-suggests-gay-players-could-come-out-together/

 

More Britons want greater control of immigration than EU free trade - poll

 

UK Border control is seen in Terminal 2 at Heathrow Airport in London June 4, 2014. REUTERS/Neil Hall/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Greater control of immigration is more important for Britons than access to free trade with the European Union during negotiations for the UK's departure from the bloc, according to a poll on Monday.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/962752-more-britons-want-greater-control-of-immigration-than-eu-free-trade-poll/

 

Trump hits back at Meryl Streep, calls actress 'overrated'

 

 

(Reuters) - Donald Trump hit back at Meryl Streep on Monday, calling her an overrated actress after the three-time Oscar winner condemned the U.S. President-elect's imitation of a disabled reporter.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/962754-trump-hits-back-at-meryl-streep-calls-actress-overrated/

 

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