THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Sunday 26 Mar 2017

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Thousands demonstrate in London against leaving the EU

 

Demonstrators hold banners during a Unite for Europe march in central London, Britain March 25, 2017. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Thousands of people marched through London on Saturday to protest against Britain leaving the European Union, just four days before Prime Minister Theresa May launches the start of the formal divorce process from the bloc it joined 44 years ago.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975407-thousands-demonstrate-in-london-against-leaving-the-eu/

 

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With healthcare bill dead, U.S. Republicans turn to taxes

By David Morgan

 

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) speaks with the media as he arrives for the Republican policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 14, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After failing to repeal Obamacare, Republicans in the U.S. Congress quickly pivoted on Friday to President Donald Trump's next priority: overhauling the federal tax code, but their plan has already split the business community.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975409-with-healthcare-bill-dead-us-republicans-turn-to-taxes/

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After healthcare flop, White House seeks help from Congress on tax

By Roberta Rampton

 

President Trump talks to journalist at the Oval Office of the White House after the AHCA health care bill was pulled before a vote, accompanied by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price (not pictured) and Vice President Mike Pence, in Washington, U.S., March 24, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

 

(Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Saturday blamed the U.S. Congress for thwarting a Republican plan to overhaul healthcare law, but acknowledged that the White House will need to work with lawmakers to accomplish its next set of legislative plans.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975412-after-healthcare-flop-white-house-seeks-help-from-congress-on-tax/

 

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Hong Kong chooses new leader amid accusations of China meddling

By James Pomfret

 

A protester holds up a yellow umbrella, the symbol of the Occupy Central movement, as she marches to demand universal suffrage in the Chief Executive election in Hong Kong, China March 25, 2017. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

 

HONG KONG (Reuters) - A small electoral college began voting for a new Hong Kong leader on Sunday amid accusations that Beijing is meddling and denying the Chinese-ruled financial hub a more populist leader perhaps better suited to defuse political tension.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975413-hong-kong-chooses-new-leader-amid-accusations-of-china-meddling/

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EU leaders seek unity in Rome, despite Brexit and protests

By Jan Strupczewski and Isla Binnie

 

EU leaders stand inside Orazi and Curiazi hall during their meeting on the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, in Rome, Italy March 25, 2017. REUTERS/Remo Casilli

 

ROME (Reuters) - Leaders of the European Union met in Rome on Saturday to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the bloc's founding treaty and demonstrate that the EU can survive the impending departure of major power Britain.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975414-eu-leaders-seek-unity-in-rome-despite-brexit-and-protests/

 

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Challenge of finding room for skyscrapers, street vendors

By Curtis S Chin
Special to The Nation
Hong Kong 

 

Communities must be put at the heart of urban development and planners must consider the impact of a city’s design also on inequality and on human lives

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975416-challenge-of-finding-room-for-skyscrapers-street-vendors/

 

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Here’s why you may have to wait a while for the Windows 10 Creators Update

BY STAFF WRITER

 

 

The release of the Windows 10 Creators Update is almost upon us with with the next major update of Windows 10 expected to be launched in early April.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/heres-why-you-may-have-to-wait-a-while-for-the-windows-10-creators-update/20610/

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VIDEO: Who are the gang of foreign thieves brazenly stealing from victim in broad daylight?

 

 

CCTV footage captures the moment a gang of three foreigners are seen stealing the handbag of a woman in the food court believed to be at a popular Bangkok shopping mall.

 

Full story and video: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975464-video-who-are-the-gang-of-foreign-thieves-brazenly-stealing-from-victim-in-broad-daylight/

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