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Govt spokesman reassures of safety measures during Songkran holiday

 

 

BANGKOK, 29 March 2017 (NNT) – Safety measures will be strictly enforced during Songkran festival, confirmed government spokesman Lt Gen Sansern Kaewkamnerd. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975879-govt-spokesman-reassures-of-safety-measures-during-songkran-holiday/

 

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Trump tells lawmakers he expects deal 'very quickly' on healthcare

REUTERS

 

U.S. President Donald Trump hosts a reception for Senators and their spouses at the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., March 28, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump told a group of senators on Tuesday that he expected lawmakers would be able to reach a deal on healthcare, without offering specifics on how they would do it or what had changed since a healthcare reform bill was pulled last week for insufficient support.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975881-trump-tells-lawmakers-he-expects-deal-very-quickly-on-healthcare/ 

 

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Italian police foil plot to steal Ferrari founder's body

REUTERS
 

ROME (Reuters) - Italian investigators said on Tuesday they had foiled a plot to steal the body of legendary Formula One racing pioneer Enzo Ferrari and demand a ransom.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975884-italian-police-foil-plot-to-steal-ferrari-founders-body/

 

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IATA criticizes U.S., UK electronics bans as ineffective

By Alana Wise and Nelson Wyatt

REUTERS

 

Flags are seen at the 2016 International Air Transport Association (IATA) Annual General Meeting (AGM) and World Air Transport Summit in Dublin, Ireland June 1, 2016. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne

 

NEW YORK/MONTREAL (Reuters) - The leading international airline trade organization's top official on Tuesday denounced U.S. and British bans on some electronic devices on flights from several Muslim-majority countries, criticizing the policies as a move toward "more restricted borders and protectionism."

 

Full story:  http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975888-iata-criticizes-us-uk-electronics-bans-as-ineffective/

 

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North Korea could be in final stages of nuclear test preparations - report

REUTERS

 

FILE PHOTO - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is pictured at the Headquarters of Large Combined Unit 966 of the Korean People's Army (KPA) in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang on March 1, 2017. KCNA/via REUTERS/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Satellite imagery of North Korea's main nuclear test site taken over the weekend indicates that Pyongyang could be in the final stages of preparations for a sixth nuclear test, a U.S. think tank reported on Tuesday.

 

Full story:  http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975893-north-korea-could-be-in-final-stages-of-nuclear-test-preparations-report/

 

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With new phone due, Samsung dials down on safety message

BY REUTERS

 

Image: REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo

 

SEOUL (Reuters) – After the damaging recall of its fire-prone Note 7 smartphone, you could be forgiven for thinking Samsung Electronics Co Ltd would make a song and dance about battery safety in its new flagship phones, due to be launched in the United States on Wednesday.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/with-new-phone-due-samsung-dials-down-on-safety-message/20647/

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Here is how you can find out when someone deletes you on Facebook

BY JONATHAN FAIRFIELD 

 

 

Perhaps you posted too many selfies, ranted a little too often or shared more than enough photos of what you had dinner, when quite frankly no body cares.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/here-is-how-you-can-find-out-when-someone-deletes-you-on-facebook/20650/

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Facebook adds camera features, moving closer to Snapchat

BY REUTERS

 

Image: REUTERS/Regis Duvignau

 

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc is giving the camera a central place on its smartphone app for the first time, encouraging users to take more pictures and edit them with digital stickers that show the influence of rival Snapchat.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/facebook-adds-camera-features-moving-closer-to-snapchat/20645/

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At U.S. contest, may the smelliest sneaker win

 

Connor Slocombe, from Eagle River, Alaska, holds his trophy with other contestants after winning Odor-Eater's Rotten Sneaker Contest at Ripley's Believe It or Not! in Times Square in New York, U.S., March 28, 2017. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Seven young contestants from around the United States put their best and smelliest shoe forward at the 42nd National Rotten Sneaker Contest in New York City on Tuesday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975894-at-us-contest-may-the-smelliest-sneaker-win/

 

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Five teenagers arrested for allegedly selling meth
By The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- Police arrested five 18-year-olds for allegedly selling methamphetamine in Bangkok’s Udomsuk area late Wednesday’s night.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975898-five-teenagers-arrested-in-bangkok-for-allegedly-selling-meth/

 

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Cabinet approves electric car support, railway extension investment

 

BANGKOK, 29 March 2017 (NNT) – The Cabinet has approved private investment in the 3 phases of the Blue Line rail extension while also pushing through measures aimed at increasing the country’s use of electric cars to up to 30,000 vehicles over the next 5 years. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975900-thai-cabinet-approves-electric-car-support-railway-extension-investment/

 

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SET falls 1.04 to 1,575.68 at opening /Bangkok Post

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Scottish Parliament backs referendum call

 

EDINBURGH: -- Nicola Sturgeon's call for a second referendum on independence for Scotland has been formally backed by the Scottish Parliament.

 

Full story:  http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975904-scottish-parliament-backs-independence-referendum-call/

 

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Rights activist Veera Somkwamkid halts inspection of border casino as protest surfaces

 

 

BURI RAM: -- Former yellow-shirt activist Veera Somkwamkid called off his planned inspection of the border casino near the Thai-Cambodian border today after some 100 local residents protested his visit.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975802-army-chief-warns-anti-corruption-crusader-over-media-visit-to-border-casino/?do=findComment&comment=11751879

 

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Breeding Indochinese tigers found in Thailand
By The Nation

 

photo credit DNP-Freeland

 

PRACHINBURI: -- In a welcome sign of hope for the endangered tiger, a new scientific survey has confirmed the presence of the world’s second breeding population of Indochinese tigers and provided the first photographic evidence of tiger cubs in eastern Thailand in over 15 years.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975865-18-tigers-caught-by-surveillance-cameras-in-khao-yai-world-heritage-site/?do=findComment&comment=11751904

 

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Army assesses damage after storm 'absolutely smashes' north Australia

By Tom Westbrook and Benjamin Weir

REUTERS

 

A boat is seen smashed against the bank at Shute Harbour, Airlie Beach, Wednesday, March 29, 2017. Cyclone Debbie has hit Queensland's far north coast yesterday as a category 4 cyclone, causing wide spread damage. AAP/Dan Peled/via REUTERS

 

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's army and emergency workers headed to areas of tropical Queensland state hardest hit by Cyclone Debbie on Wednesday, finding roads blocked by fallen trees, sugarcane fields flattened and widespread damage in coastal towns.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975907-army-assesses-damage-after-storm-absolutely-smashes-north-australia/

 

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U.S. Supreme Court rules for Texas death row inmate over IQ claim

By Lawrence Hurley

REUTERS

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Tuesday faulted Texas, the U.S. leader in executions, in a death penalty case for the second time in a month and again ruled in favour of a black inmate, finding the state used an obsolete standard to assess whether he is intellectually disabled and exempt from capital punishment.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975910-us-supreme-court-rules-for-texas-death-row-inmate-over-iq-claim/

 

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Bt400m corruption alleged in South’s Safe School Project CCTV
By Phuchit Pirunlaong
The Nation

 

Samart Chainarong

 

BANGKOK: -- Apparent corruption related to the procurement of CCTV systems for the so called “Safe School Project” in the deep South has cost the state more than Bt400 million, an ongoing investigation has revealed.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975911-bt400m-corruption-alleged-in-south’s-safe-school-project-cctv/

 

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Thaivisa exclusive

South African dad thinks missing Thai wife and "rapist" boyfriend are in Bangkok - slams Thai media

 

Image source: Internet

 

BANGKOK: -- A South African man who suspects that his wife is on the run in Thailand with a convicted US rapist believes the couple are hiding in Bangkok.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975915-south-african-dad-thinks-missing-thai-wife-and-rapist-boyfriend-are in-bangkok-slams-thai-media/

 

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Thais overwhelmingly support Uber, GrabTaxi: survey
By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- More than 70 per cent of respondents in a survey expressed support for the ride-sharing Uber and GrabTaxi apps, saying they could be alternatives that would prompt normal taxis to improve their services.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975918-thais-overwhelmingly-support-uber-grabtaxi-survey/

 

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Young organ donor’s story inspires Thais
By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The story of schoolboy road accident victim Somdech "Nong Bew" Khongnoi – whose donated organs saves lives – has received widespread attention on social media.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975920-young-organ-donor’s-story-inspires-thais/

 

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Midweek rant: Prime Minister points his fingers at Thai's Songkran driving behavior saying "if you want to die break the law"

 

Picture: Sanook

 

BANGKOK: -- Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha has made an exasperated rant against the Thai people for disobeying traffic rules.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975926-midweek-rant-prime-minister-points-his-fingers-at-thais-songkran driving-behavior-saying-if-you-want-to-die-break-the-law/

 

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Top Khon Kaen high school announces outstanding exam results - four students get 100% for mathematics

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

KHON KAEN: -- A top high school in Khon Kaen is being praised after four of its students got 100% on the national O-Net maths tests.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975929-top-khon-kaen-high-school-announces-outstanding-exam-results-four students-get-100-for-mathematics/

 

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Electricity blackout affects vast areas in upper north

 

 

LAMPANG: -- Electricity blackout today in the North has left vast areas in five provinces to be without electricity for almost two hours.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975930-electricity-blackout-affects-vast-areas-in-upper-north/

 

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Ministry holds back rigid driving licences regulation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Ministry of Transport has withdrawn it's ministerial regulation that mandates applicant for driving license to attend a training session of up to 15 hours instead of just 3-4 hours as it is the case now.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975932-thai-transport-min-holds-back-rigid-driving-licences-regulation/ 

 

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Filthy litterers slammed by locals in Chiang Mai as ignored sign says it all!

 

Picture: Daily News

 

CHIANG MAI: -- A sign on a roadside says it all about the flagrant disregard for the law about littering.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975934-filthy-litterers-slammed-by-locals-in-chiang-mai-as-ignored-sign-says-it-all/

 

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Murder suspect ‘assumed’ monk brother’s identity 
By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The suspect in the shooting death of a female official at the Education Ministry on Tuesday had assumed the identity of his younger brother, an ordained in Samut Prakan province, to apply for a driver’s job at the Teachers’ Council of Thailand, a police alleged.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975936-murder-suspect-‘assumed’-monk-brother’s-identity/

 

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Probe into Nakhon Trang building collapse
By Khanitta Sitong
The Nation

 

 

TRANG: -- Nakhon Trang Municipality officials and engineers on Wednesday inspected the under-construction Phraya Ratsadanupradit Art and Culture Centre in Trang's Muang district after it partially collapsed.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975938-probe-into-nakhon-trang-building-collapse/

 

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Summer storms hit 28 provinces, killing three

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Several thousands of homes were damaged, and three were killed after summer storms hit 28 provinces, mostly in the Northeast.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975941-summer-storms hit-28-thai-provinces-killing-three/

 

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Ex-TAT governor Juthamas jailed for 50 years for corruption
By The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- The Central Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases on Wednesday sentenced former Tourism Authority of Thailand governor Juthamas Siriwan to 50 years in prison for demanding and receiving a bribe of more than Bt60 million so an American business couple could manage the Bangkok International Film Festival.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/975942-ex-tat-governor-juthamas-jailed-for-50-years-for-corruption/