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New Google Chrome update brings added security for Mac users

BY STAFF WRITER 

 

 

The impressive Safe Browsing that protects Google Chrome users has now been expanded to cover macOS owners.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/new-google-chrome-update-brings-added-security-for-mac-users/20238/

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U.S. Attorney General Sessions defends reply on Russia contacts

REUTERS

 

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks 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. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Monday defended his conduct at a January confirmation hearing where he denied having contacts with Russian officials during the course of the presidential campaign when he was an adviser to Donald Trump.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972319-us-attorney-general-sessions-defends-reply-on-russia-contacts/

 

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McCain calls on Trump to back up wire-tapping claim

By Richard Cowan and Jeff Mason

REUTERS

 

U.S. Senator John McCain in Munich, Germany, February 17, 2017. REUTERS/Michael Dalder

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator John McCain on Monday called for President Donald Trump to release any evidence supporting his claim the Obama administration wiretapped him while probing Russia's influence in the 2016 election.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972322-mccain-calls-on-trump-to-back-up-wire-tapping-claim/

 

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U.S. military says deploys THAAD anti-missile defence system in South Korea

REUTERS

 

FILE PHOTO - A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptor is launched during a successful intercept test, in this undated handout photo provided by the U.S. Department of Defense, Missile Defense Agency. U.S. Department of Defense, Missile Defense Agency/Handout via Reuters/File Photo

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - The United States has started to deploy the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-missile system to South Korea, U.S. Pacific Command said in a statement on Tuesday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972323-us-military-says-deploys-thaad-anti-missile-defence-system-in-south-korea/

 

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DSI finds Dhammakaya Temple preparing militaristic responses to search

 

BANGKOK, 7 March 2017 (NNT) – Aerial footage collected by the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has revealed that followers within Dhammakaya Temple have set up militaristic formations to obstruct the search for their former abbot. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972280-defiant-dhammakaya-monks-say-they-are-willing-to-be-arrested-rather-than-leaving/?do=findComment&comment=11687125

 

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U.S. Republicans unveil plan to dismantle Obamacare, critics pounce

By Susan Cornwell and Yasmeen Abutaleb

REUTERS

 

FILE PHOTO - The federal government forms for applying for health coverage are seen at a rally held by supporters of the Affordable Care Act, widely referred to as "Obamacare", outside the Jackson-Hinds Comprehensive Health Center in Jackson, Mississippi, U.S. on October 4, 2013. REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Long-awaited legislation to dismantle Obamacare was unwrapped on Monday by U.S. Republicans, who called for ending health insurance mandates and rolling back extra healthcare funding for the poor in a package that drew immediate fire from Democrats.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972325-us-republicans-unveil-plan-to-dismantle-obamacare-critics-pounce/

 

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New report claims iPhone 8 will have a huge 5.8 inch display

BY JONATHAN FAIRFIELD

 

 

The iPhone 8 is going to be the largest iPhone Apple has ever made, according to a new report.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/new-report-claims-iphone-8-will-have-a-huge-5-8-inch-display/20243/

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Predawn fire injures three

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Two residents at a densely populated community in Phra Pradaeng district of Samut Prakarn province were injured after they jumped out of their two-storey house in a bid to escape from the fast raging fire.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972327-predawn-fire-injures-three-in-samut-prakarn/

 

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SET falls 1.22 to 1,552.39 at opening /Bangkok Post

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British woman raped, held hostage for two months in outback Australia - police

REUTERS

 

SYDNEY (Reuters) - A 22-year-old British woman was raped and assaulted a number of times while she was held hostage by a man during a two-month ordeal in the remote outback of northern Australia, police said on Tuesday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972328-british-woman-raped-held-hostage-for-two-months-in-outback-australia-police/

 

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North Korea says it temporarily bans Malaysians from leaving the country

RREUTERS

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Tuesday it has temporarily banned Malaysians from leaving the country to ensure the safety of its diplomats and citizens in Malaysia amid an escalating row over the killing of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's half-brother.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972329-north-korea-bans-malaysians-from-leaving-the-country/

 

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Sex fiend lured victims with promise of food supplements

 

Picture: Daily News

 

BANGKOK: -- A Thai sex fiend lured his young female victims with the promise of cheap food supplements. But when he had invited the women through Facebook to his room he gave them aphrodisiacs and sleeping pills.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972330-sex-fiend-lured-victims-with-promise-of-food-supplements/

 

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Revenue eyes on e-commerce, entertainment venues to generate more tax incomes

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Revenue Department (RD) is eyeing on online business, pubs, discotheques, and restaurants to generate more tax income after tax collection this year falling six billion baht short of target.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972337-revenue-eyes-on-e-commerce entertainment-venues-to-generate-more-tax-incomes/

 

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Pattaya raids continue - now district chief targets E-cigarettes

 

Picture: 77Jowo

 

PATTAYA: -- Banglamung district chief Naris Niramaiwong found a new target for his department at the weekend - people openly selling E-cigarettes in the Thepprasit market.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972341-pattaya-raids-continue-now-district-chief-targets-e-cigarettes/

 

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Transport fines 18 Uber Taxi drivers in a single day

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Eighteen Uber Taxi drivers were fined, and sent to attend attitude adjustment courses for three hours in one day after transport officials, police and soldiers launched a joint campaign to clamp down on private car providing taxi service without official license.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972345-thai-transport-fines-18-uber-taxi-drivers-in-a-single-day/

 

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Parent says daughter, 4, sexually molested by kindergarten classmate

 

Picture: Sanook

 

BANGKOK: -- A mother of a four year old girl has claimed that her daughter was molested by a male classmate at kindergarten. But now there are fears an adult may be involved.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972350-parent-says-daughter-4-sexually-molested-by-kindergarten-classmate/

 

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MOPH prohibits sales of individual cigarettes

  

NONTHABURI, 7 March 2017 (NNT) – The Ministry of Public Health has prohibited the sales of individual cigarettes to deter youths' access to tobacco. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972352-thai-govt-prohibits-sales-of-individual-cigarettes/

 

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Suvarnabhumi investigates after passengers say their suitcases were raided

By Coconuts Bangkok 

 

Photo: Wei Jen Chang/ Flickr

 

BANGKOK: -- Suvarnabhumi International Airport is investigating the claims by passengers that airport staff went through their bags without permission in late February.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972353-suvarnabhumi-investigates-after-passengers-say-their-suitcases-were-raided/

 

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Supreme Court upholds 2-year jail sentence for Jeng Dokjik

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Supreme Court today upheld the two-year jail sentence for former core member of the red-shirt movement Yossawarit Chuklom, alias Jeng Dokjik, after agreeing with the rulings of the first and the second courts for lese majeste.

 

After the ruling, he was immediately escorted by warden to Bangkok Remand Prison to serve the jail sentence with no suspension of jail term.

 

Jeng Dokjik was earlier sentenced to serve two years in prison with no suspension of jail term after both the Criminal Court and the Appeals Court found him guilty on lese majeste after he addressed a protest rally of the redshirt supporters on March 29, 2010.

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/supreme-court-upholds-2-year-jail-sentence-jeng-dokjik/

 

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Rottweiler attack: Civil case settled for 140,000 baht. Criminal case pending

 

Image: Thairath

 

BUENG KAN: -- The family of the Bueng Kan man mauled to death by three Rottweiler dogs has settled the civil case with the owner for 140,000 baht.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972355-rottweiler-attack-civil-case-settled-for-140000-baht-criminal-case-pending/

 

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Phuket Immigration frees Russian ‘fish-feeding’ criminal, no blacklist required

Yutthawat Lekmak

 

Olga Smirnova, the 53-year-old Russian woman arrested for feeding fish at Koh Racha and detained for two days in police detention cells because she could not raise the B100,000 bail required, has been been freed by Phuket Immiragtion and not added to Thailand’s immigration blacklist. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: -- Chalong Police have confirmed to The Phuket News that Olga Smirnova, the 53-year-old Russian woman arrested for feeding fish at Koh Racha and detained for two days in police detention cells because she could not raise the B100,000 bail required, has not been added to Thailand’s immigration blacklist.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972281-phuket-court-fines-russian-tourist-b1k-for-feeding-fish-woman-faces-immigration-next/?do=findComment&comment=11687734

 

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Mr Wang goes home today without his necklace

 

Picture: Pattaya News

 

PATTAYA: -- A Chinese tourist will not forget his last night in Pattaya yesterday. As Mr Wang was walking back to his hotel with friends a lone Thai man on a motorcycle came up from behind and ripped off his gold necklace.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972357-pattaya-mr-wang-goes-home-today-without-his-necklace/

 

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Search continues this morning for missing Russian girl at Koh Tao

 

 

KOH TAO: -- Thai authorities started the search of the missing Russian female tourist and diver Ms Valentina Novozhenova for the fifth consecutive day this morning after she went missing from her hotel room on February 15.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972277-koh-tao-police-seek-help-of-foreign-divers-as-hunt-for-missing-russian-woman-continues/?do=findComment&comment=11687817

 

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Phuket approved new wastewater treatment plant for Patong

The Phuket News

 

Bangkok officials have approved a new wastewater-treatment plant for Patong that is expected to cover 70% of the town area. Photo: The Phuket News / file

 

PHUKET: -- A new wastewater treatment centre has been approved for Patong that is expected see 70% of wastewater from within Patong Municipality to be treated before being released into the sea.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972359-phuket-approved-new-wastewater-treatment-plant-for-patong/

 

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Bangkok's Dusit Thani Hotel gets date with wrecking ball

By Sasiwan Mokkhasen, Staff Reporter

 

Photo : Dusit Thani Bangkok Hotel

 

BANGKOK — A shopping mall, condos, green space and more are coming to replace a 47-year-old landmark on the corner of Silom Road, which will be redeveloped into a mixed-use property, the Dusit Thani Group announced Monday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972364-bangkoks-dusit-thani-hotel-gets-date-with-wrecking-ball/

 

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DSI suspects Dhammajayo hiding in newly fortified hospital

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

  

Representatives of Wat Dhammakaya cross one of the moats Tuesday as they make their way to a news conference.

 

PATHUM THANI — Just north of the sprawling Wat Dhammakaya complex is an unfinished hospital called Boonraksa. Soldiers tried to search it weeks ago, but were pushed back by a crowd of monks and the faithful.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972369-dsi-suspects dhammajayo-hiding-in-newly-fortified-hospital/

 

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Heavy crackdown looms on Uber, ride-sharing apps
By The Nation

 

File photo of Land Transport Department deputy director-general Nanthapong Cherdchu

 

BANGKOK: -- The Land Transport Department is planning to propose the use of Article 44 of the interrim charter to close the Uber app as well as other ride-sharing apps.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972345-thai-transport-fines-18-uber-taxi-drivers-in-a-single-day/?do=findComment&comment=11688060

 

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DSI accuses monks and followers of building new defence line

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) today accused followers and monks at Wat Dhammakaya of putting up new defence line to intercept authorities to enter the temple from this side to search for the defiant Phra Dhammachayo who was earlier stripped off his monastic rank by His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972369-dsi-suspects dhammajayo-hiding-in-newly-fortified-hospital/?do=findComment&comment=11688077

 

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Police, city officers tasked with expediting help for vagabonds

 

 

BANGKOK, 7 March 2017 (NNT) – The Ministry of Social Development and Human Security has assigned police and Bangkok officials to continue screening homeless people and beggars in an effort to urgently provide them with assistance. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972376-bangkok-police-city-officers-tasked-with-expediting-help-for-vagabonds/

 

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Iraq security forces take Mosul's main government complex, museum building

REUTERS

 

An Iraqi special forces soldier fires at a drone operated by Islamic State militants Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq, March 4, 2017. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

 

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Elite Iraqi security forces dislodged Islamic State militants from the main government buildings in Mosul on Tuesday, their last major city stronghold in Iraq, an Iraqi spokesman said.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/972378-iraq-security-forces-take-mosuls-main-government-complex-museum-building/