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Thailand ranks the least miserable country for the third year in a row

 

 

For the third year in a row, Thailand was ranked the least miserable country out of 65 countries assessed by Bloomberg’s Miserable Index for 2017.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972242-thailand-ranks-the-least-miserable-country-for-the-third-year-in-a-row/

 

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Sunny and Searing: Yep, it's officially summer again

By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee, Staff Reporter

 

Land surface temperatures as observed by NASA’s Earth Observatory Team between April 15, 2016, and April 23, 2016. Yellow is hottest. Photo: Reto Stockli / NASA Earth Observatory Team

 

BANGKOK — Stay hydrated and pack a lunch box to avoid roasting under the scorching afternoon sun.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972237-summer-is-coming-prepare-for-43-degree-celsius-weather/

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German's maid service resulted in loss of a diamond watch

 

Picture: Thairath

 

PATTAYA: -- A German mad who took a woman to his room to be his maid soon became a victim of theft.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972272-germans-maid-service-resulted-in-loss-of-a-diamond-watch/

 

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Video evidence to the rescue - taxi driver's story at odds with footage

 

Picture: Thairath

 

BANGKOK: -- A video of a woman's harrowing journey in a Bangkok cab told a different story to that which the driver told police.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972273-video-evidence-to-the-rescue-taxi-drivers-story-at-odds-with-footage/

 

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Video: Impatient driver goes for gap that wasn't there and pays the penalty

 

Picture: Manager Online

 

BANGKOK: -- A ghastly accident video has been posted to Facebook that shows a Toyota pick-up hurtling off the Kanchanapisek expressway (Route 9) on Sunday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972274-video-impatient-driver-goes-for-gap-that-wasnt-there-and-pays-the-penalty/

 

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Ouch - "Russian" woman passes off fake $100 bill then gets change in baht

 

Picture: Manager Online

 

KRABI: -- A western woman bought some spa products from a shop in Ao Nang, Krabi, on Sunday using a fake $100 US bill.

 

Full story:http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972276-ouch-russian-woman-passes-off-fake-100-bill-then-gets-change-in-baht/

 

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Police seek help of foreign divers as hunt for missing Russian woman continues

 

Picture: Thairath

 

KOH TAO: -- Police in Koh Tao spoke to more than twenty foreign dive company owners and individual divers yesterday as the hunt for Valentina Novozhyonova continued.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972277-koh-tao-police-seek-help-of-foreign-divers-as-hunt-for-missing-russian-woman-continues/

 

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Central bank announces new PromptPay’s online money transfer fee rates

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Bank of Thailand has announced the rate of electronic money transfer through PromptPay system between legal entities.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972278-bank-od-thailand-announces-new-promptpay’s-online-money-transfer-fee-rates/

 

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NHSO voted new secretary-general

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Dr Sakchai Kanchanawattana has been voted the new secretary-general of the National Health Security Office (NHSO).

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972279-nhso-voted-new-secretary-general/

 

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Defiant monks say they are willing to be arrested rather than leaving

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Defiant Dhammakaya monks have declared that they will not leave their protest site at Klong Luang market as demanded by the Department of Special Investigation and are ready to get arrested by the authorities.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972280-defiant-dhammakaya-monks-say-they-are-willing-to-be-arrested-rather-than-leaving/

 

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Phuket court fines Russian tourist B1k for feeding fish, woman faces immigration next

Yutthawat Lekmak

 

Chalong Police have yet to present the Russian tourist Olga smirnova to Phuket Immrigation. Photo: The Phuket News/ file

 

PHUKET: -- Olga Smirnova, the 53-year-old Russian woman who spent two nights in police lockup after she was caught feeding bread to fish Racha Yai Island, was today (Mar 6) fined B1,000 by the Phuket Provincial Court for her transgression.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972281-phuket-court-fines-russian-tourist-b1k-for-feeding-fish-woman-faces-immigration-next/

 

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Sangha stonewalls calls to defrock Dhammachayo
By THE NATION

 

 

Council waits for official notice after king strips him of rank on Saturday

 

BANGKOK: -- THE secretariat of the Sangha Supreme Council (SSC) has dodged calls for it to defrock Phra Dhammachayo, despite him having been stripped of his monastic rank. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972282-sangha-stonewalls-calls-to-defrock-dhammachayo/

 

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Media chiefs barred from regulatory council: Kanit
By THE NATION

 

Kanit

 

Govt says people wanting to be on new body should step down beforehand

 

BANGKOK: -- HEADS of professional media organisations will be prohibited from sitting on a controversial council to be set up under a new law aimed at regulating the mass media.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972283-media-chiefs-barred-from-regulatory-council-kanit/

 

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PM wishes sick veteran journo Yuwadee speedy recovery
By The Nation

 

Experienced journalist Yuwadee Tunyasiri

 

BANGKOK: -- Exchanges between Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and experienced journalist Yuwadee Tunyasiri may have seemed occasionally rough. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972284-pm-prayut-wishes-sick-veteran-journo-yuwadee-speedy-recovery/

 

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Unemployment edging up, NESDB says
By WICHIT CHAITRONG 
THE NATION

 

BANGKOK: -- ALTHOUGH unemployment was still quite low in 2016 at 0.99 per cent, it has been relentlessly climbing, with rates of 0.8 per cent in 2013 and 0.9 per cent in 2014 and 2015.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972285-unemployment-edging-up-thai-nesdb-says/

 

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Central Dept Store earmarks B1 bn over 5 years to grow online presence
By KWANCHAI RUNGFAPAISARN
THE NATION

 

 

BANGKOK: -- CENTRAL Department Store Co, a unit of Central Group, yesterday announced it would invest about Bt1 billion over the next five years on information technology and online systems in a strategic expansion of its digital platforms.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972286-central-dept-store-earmarks-b1-bn-over-5-years-to-grow-online-presence/ 
 

 

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EDITORIAL

World scorns Thai lies on rights, democracy
By The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- The US State Department’s latest report on our post-coup backsliding adds to a gathering storm of condemnation

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972287-world-scorns-thai-lies-on-rights-democracy/

 

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NLA President suggests government to hear public opinions before proposing new laws

 

BANGKOK, 7th March 2017 (NNT) – The President of the National Legislative Assembly is suggesting that the government hold public hearings before proposing any new laws, to prevent future problems. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972290-nla-president-suggests-government-to-hear-public-opinions-before-proposing-new-laws/

 

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New Order to Protect Mae Kha Canal From Unchecked Pollution

 

 

CityNews – The Provincial Governor of Chiang Mai, Pawin Chamniprasart, has ordered that all buildings, both commercial and residential must now have grease traps and filters that catch stones, sand, gravel and other large waste before waste water enters the Mae Kha Canal.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972291-new-order-to-protect-chiang-mais-mae-kha-canal-from-unchecked-pollution/

 

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Trump signs revised travel ban in bid to see off legal challenges

By Steve Holland and Julia Edwards Ainsley

REUTERS

 

Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly (L), Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (C) and Attorney General Jeff Sessions, deliver remarks on issues related to visas and travel after U.S. President Donald Trump signed a new travel ban order in Washington, U.S., March 6, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump signed a revised executive order on Monday banning citizens from six Muslim-majority nations from travelling to the United States but removing Iraq from the list, after his controversial first attempt was blocked in the courts.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972293-trump-signs-revised-travel-ban-in-bid-to-see-off-legal-challenges/

 

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Germany rejects Erdogan's 'absurd' Nazi comparison, calls for calm

By Andrea Shalal

REUTERS

 

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan greets the audience during a conference in Istanbul, Turkey, March 3, 2017. Yasin Bulbul/Presidential Palace/Handout via REUTERS

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany rejected as "absurd" on Monday Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's comparison of its ban on several rallies to the Nazi era, but it also stressed the importance of ties between the two NATO allies in an attempt to defuse an escalating war of words.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972294-germany-rejects-erdogans-absurd-nazi-comparison-calls-for-calm/

 

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U.S.'s Kelly says considering separating women, children at Mexico border

REUTERS

 

Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly delivers remarks on issues related to visas and travel after U.S. President Donald Trump signed a new travel ban order in Washington, U.S., March 6, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly said on Monday he was considering a proposal to separate women and children who cross the U.S. border with Mexico illegally.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972295-uss-kelly-says-considering-separating-women-children-at-mexico-border/

 

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France's Fillon wins party backing after Juppe rules out election bid

By Sophie Louet and Claude Canellas

REUTERS

 

Francois Fillon, former French prime minister, member of the Republicans political party and 2017 presidential election candidate of the French centre-right reacts after delivering a speech in front of small business leaders in Puteaux, France, March 6, 2017. REUTERS/Charles Platiau

 

PARIS/BORDEAUX (Reuters) - Francois Fillon fought off a rebellion that had threatened to end his candidacy for the French presidency on Monday as party leaders swung behind the centre-right former prime minister despite allegations that he had misused public funds.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972296-frances-fillon-wins-party-backing-after-juppe-rules-out-election-bid/

 

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Leaders of euro zone's biggest economies back multi-speed Europe

By Elizabeth Pineau

REUTERS

 

French President Francois Hollande welcomes German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy (2ndR) and Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni (L) during arrivals for a Franco-German-Italian-Spanish summit ahead of upcoming EU Summit, in Versailles, near Paris, France, March 6, 2017. REUTERS/Martin Bureau/Pool

 

VERSAILLES, France (Reuters) - The leaders of the euro zone's four biggest economies threw their weight behind a multi-speed Europe on Monday as the European Union ponders a future without Britain.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972297-leaders-of-euro-zones-biggest-economies-back-multi-speed-europe/

 

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Ireland may widen inquiry after 'appalling' discovery of baby remains

REUTERS

 

FILE PHOTO: The entrance to the site of a mass grave of hundreds of children who died in the former Bons Secours home for unmarried mothers is seen in Tuam, County Galway, Ireland, June 4, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

 

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland will widen an inquiry into former Church-run homes for unmarried mothers if needed, Prime Minister Enda Kenny said on Monday, calling the discovery of long-dead babies at one home "truly appalling".

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972299-ireland-may-widen-inquiry-after-appalling-discovery-of-baby-remains/

 

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New Israeli law bars entry to foreigners supporting Israel boycott

REUTERS

 

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's parliament on Monday passed a law barring foreigners who publicly support an anti-Israel boycott from entering the country.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972300-new-israeli-law-bars-entry-to-foreigners-supporting-israel-boycott/

 

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U.S. military deploys forces in Syria's Manbij in new effort

REUTERS

 

A road sign that shows the direction to Manbij city is seen in the northern Syrian town of al-Bab, Syria March 1, 2017. Picture taken March 1, 2017. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military has deployed a small number of forces in and around the Syrian city of Manbij as part of a new role to ensure that the different parties in the area do not attack each other, a Pentagon spokesman said on Monday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972301-us-military-deploys-forces-in-syrias-manbij-in-new-effort/

 

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Poland lacks backing in quest to unseat EU's Tusk

By Gabriela Baczynska

REUTERS

 

European Council President Donald Tusk looks at Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan after a meeting in Brussels, Belgium February 27, 2017. REUTERS/Yves Herman

 

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A push by Poland's eurosceptic government to remove fellow-countryman Donald Tusk from one of the top jobs in the European Union failed to win any public support on Monday as EU foreign ministers met to discuss it in Brussels.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972304-poland-lacks-backing-in-quest-to-unseat-eus tusk/

 

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Lawmakers call on U.S. Marines to investigate nude photo network

REUTERS

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senior U.S. lawmakers on Sunday condemned the suspected distribution of nude photographs of femaleMarines to military personnel and veterans via a social media network that promotes sexual violence, and called on the Marine Corps to fully investigate.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972313-lawmakers-call-on-us marines to-investigate-nude-photo-network/

 

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Facebook suspends location-sharing feature after Italian copyright suit

BY REUTERS 

 

REUTERS/Stephen Lam/File Photo

 

MILAN/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Facebook Inc has suspended its location-sharing feature in Italy after a Milan court ruled last year that the social networking giant had violated competition and copyright laws by effectively copying a similar app from a local start-up.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/facebook-suspends-location-sharing-feature-after-italian-copyright-suit/20236/