THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Saturday 8 Apr 2017

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HOTEL DEALS: Book by April 10th to receive an extra 10% discount on our already great prices!

 

 

Book by April 10th for extra great discounts: Chinatown's very own Shanghai Mansion, the classy Burasari Resort in Patong, and Pattaya's amazing Cape Dara are the properties featured in this week's special deal.

 

Info: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/976915-hotel-deals-book-by-april-10th-to-receive-an-extra-10-discount-on-our-already-great-prices/

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Telecom Association vice president jailed for reckless driving

By The Nation

 

 

Telecommunications Association of Thailand vice president Prasong Reungsirikulchai was found guilty of reckless driving yesterday and jailed for 15 days and fined Bt5,000.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977458-telecom-association-vice-president-jailed-for-reckless-driving/

 

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Five Nos for Songkran revellers

 

 

Bangkok Metropolitan Administration will impose “Five Nos” for revelers during the Songkran festival plus no entertainment activities.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977459-five-nos-for-songkran-revellers/

 

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BMTA union to ask PM to allow the bus operator to accept the NGV buses

 

 

The labour union of Bangkok Mass Transit Authority will ask Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha to invoke Section 44 of the interim constitution to let the city bus operator to take delivery of 292 NGV buses so they can be put into service.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977460-bmta-union-to-ask-pm-to-allow-the-bus-operator-to-accept-the-ngv-buses/

 

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Academics suggest ‘more practical’ road safety moves

By THE NATION

 

 

AUTHORITIES have confirmed the controversial ban on passengers in the cargo bed of pickup trucks and extended cabin space will be implemented after Songkran. But road safety experts said yesterday there were more practical ways to ensure long-term road safety.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977463-academics-suggest-‘more-practical’-road-safety-moves/

 

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Asia: destination of choice for oil producers

By EESHA MUNEEB
SPECIAL TO THE NATION

 

WITH THE first quarter of 2017 under our belt, the oil markets are ruminating over several shifts in the underlying strata of the industry’s modus operandi.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977464-asia-destination-of-choice-for-oil-producers/

 

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Four killed by truck driven into crowd in Swedish capital

By Johan Ahlander

 

People were killed when a truck crashed into department store Ahlens on Drottninggatan, in central Stockholm, Sweden April 7, 2017. TT News Agency/Fredrik Sandberg/via REUTERS

 

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A truck ploughed into a crowd on a shopping street and crashed into a department store in central Stockholm on Friday, killing four people and wounding 15 in what the prime minister said appeared to be a terrorist attack.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977440-three-killed-as-truck-drives-into-crowd-in-swedish-capital-media/?page=2#comment-11779654

 

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Islamic State kills dozens of civilians trying to flee Mosul - witnesses

 

FILE PHOTO: An Islamic State flag is seen in this picture illustration taken February 18, 2016. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

 

ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - Islamic State militants have killed dozens of civilians attempting to flee Mosul in recent days, hanging several dead bodies from electricity poles as Iraqi forces fight to retake the city, witnesses said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977468-islamic-state-kills-dozens-of-civilians-trying-to-flee-mosul-witnesses/

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For some Syrians in U.S., strikes turned Trump from villain to hero

By Steve Friess

 

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers an statement about missile strikes on a Syrian airbase, at his Mar-a-Lago estate in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., April 6, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

 

DEARBORN, Mich. (Reuters) - Syrian-Americans on Friday hailed the U.S. missile attack on a Syrian air base as a blow for human rights, but said they were wary of both President Donald Trump's motives and what comes next.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977470-for-some-syrians-in-us-strikes-turned-trump-from-villain-to-hero/

 

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About 20 wedding guests dead as boat sinks in southwestern Myanmar

By Wa Lone and Shwe Yee Saw Myint

 

YANGON (Reuters) - Some 20 people died and about a dozen were missing on Friday after a wooden boat carrying about 60 wedding guests hit a cargo ship and sank in southwestern Myanmar, local officials said, in the third big marine accident in the country in as many years.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977471-about-20-wedding-guests-dead-as-boat-sinks-in-southwestern-myanmar/

 

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Basque militants ETA to disarm, drawing line under decades of conflict

By Sonya Dowsett and Isla Binnie

 

Youths prepare a banner on the eve of a demonstration to mark the handover of arms and explosives by civilian middlemen collected from the Basque militant separatist group ETA, in Bayonne, France, April 7, 2017. Banner reads, "Artisans of Peace". REUTERS/Regis Duvignau

 

MADRID (Reuters) - Basque militant group ETA is to surrender its weapons to authorities on Saturday, drawing a line under more than four decades of armed struggle that gained it notoriety as one of Europe's most intractable separatist movements.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977472-basque-militants-eta-to-disarm-drawing-line-under-decades-of-conflict/

 

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In big win for Trump, Senate approves his conservative court pick

By Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung

 

FILE PHOTO - U.S. Supreme Court nominee judge Neil Gorsuch is sworn in to testify at his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. on March 20, 2017. REUTERS/James Lawler Duggan/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-led Senate on Friday gave Donald Trump the biggest triumph of his young presidency, confirming his Supreme Court nominee over stout Democratic opposition and restoring a conservative majority on the highest U.S. judicial body.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977473-in-big-win-for-trump-senate-approves-his-conservative-court-pick/

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EXCLUSIVE - Mexico opens up its heroin fight to U.S., U.N. observers

By Michael O'Boyle

 

FILE PHOTO: A man holds a lanced poppy bulb to show how to extract the sap, which will be used to make opium, at a field in the municipality of Heliodoro Castillo, in the mountain region of the state of Guerrero, Mexico January 3, 2015. REUTERS/Claudio Vargas/File photo

 

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - For the first time in at least a decade, Mexico's army is allowing the United States and the United Nations to observe opium poppy eradication, a step toward deeper cooperation to fight heroin traffickers, three sources in Mexico said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977474-exclusive-mexico-opens-up-its-heroin-fight-to-us-un-observers/

 

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All Thais bow out in Malaysia Open

By Lerpong Amsa-ngiam - The Nation

 

Ratchanok Intanon

 

All Thai representatives including defending champion Ratchanok Intanon were eliminated in the Malaysia Open Super Series quarter-finals on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977484-all-thais-bow-out-in-malaysia-open/

 

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Motive sought for attacks in deep South

By THE NATION

 

Police inspect the scene of an explosion in Pattani’s Mayo district that felled three roadside power poles. Similar attacks, allegedly by insurgents, were carried out in three other border provinces of Yala, Narathiwat and Pattani.

 

Govt probes link between multiple bombings and promulgation of the new constitution on Thursday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977485-motive-sought-for-attacks-in-deep-south/

 

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Wheels up for airport bikers

By Kitchana Lersakvanitchakul
THE NATION

 

An artist’s conception of the new-look Sky Lane, with a fast lane added for professionals.

 

The popular cycling track at Suvarnabhumi is closing for another major revamp

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977487-wheels-up-for-airport-bikers/

 

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Songkran without the carnage

By The Nation

 

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha may have postponed the new regulations prohibiting passengers from riding in the cargo bed of pickup trucks and in the rear of single-cab trucks until after Songkran, but that’s no reason to go wild on the road during the upcoming holiday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977491-songkran-without-the-carnage/

 

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Controls on political parties may stay in lead-up to next election, says Prawit

By THE NATION

 

Prawit

 

TIGHT CONTROLS on political parties and activities – that have been in place since the 2014 coup – may not be lifted even after the four organic laws required to hold the next election are completed.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977492-controls-on-political-parties-may-stay-in-lead-up-to-next-election-says-prawit/

 

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In quest for holistic sustainability

By JINTANA PANYAARVUDH
THE NATION

 

Singh Intrachooto, chief adviser of MQDC's Research and Innovation Sustainability Centre.

 

OVER THE PAST decade, the property industry in Thailand has put more focus on saving energy to enhance sustainability, but Magnolia Quality Development Corporation (MQDC) is concentrating its research on people’s well-being with the hope of developing a model for a truly sustainable home.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977494-in-quest-for-holistic-sustainability/

 

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Shareholders of Thai Oil approve $1-bn bond issue

By SOMLUCK SRIMALEE
THE NATION

 

THAI OIL shareholders yesterday approved debenture issues worth US$1 billion (Bt35 billion) from this year through 2022 to support the company’s five-year investment plan.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977497-shareholders-of-thai-oil-approve-1-bn-bond-issue/

 

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Google finds out what Thais watch on video during Songkran

BY THE NATION

 

 

Google has released new insights into how Thais watch video during Songkran, revealing that last year watch time during the festival grew by 78 per cent from 2015.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/google-finds-out-what-thais-watch-on-video-during-songkran/20877/

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Thai Union lowers budget, targets 15% rise in revenue

By SOMLUCK SRIMALEE
THE NATION

 

THAI UNION GROUP targets 15-per-cent revenue growth to Bt150 billion this year as the investments it made in 2016 are consolidated.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977500-thai-union-lowers-budget-targets-15-rise-in-revenue/

 

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Russia warns of serious consequences from U.S. strike in Syria

By Michelle Nichols, Andrew Osborn and Tom Perry

 

U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) fires a tomahawk land attack missile in Mediterranean Sea which U.S. Defense Department said was a part of cruise missile strike against Syria on April 7, 2017. Robert S. Price/Courtesy U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS

 

UNITED NATIONS/MOSCOW/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Russia warned on Friday that U.S. cruise missile strikes on a Syrian air base could have "extremely serious" consequences, as President Donald Trump's first major foray into a foreign conflict opened up a rift between Moscow and Washington.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977505-russia-warns-of-serious-consequences-from-us-strike-in-syria/

 

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Swedish prosecutors says man arrested on strongest level of suspicion for terror crime

 

Damage to the department store Ahlens is seen after the beer truck was towed away after a suspected terror attack on the Drottninggatan Street in central Stockholm, Sweden, April 8, 2017. Maja Suslin/TT News Agency/via Reuters

 

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish prosecutors said on Saturday a man detained in connection with a truck attack in the capital had been arrested on the strongest degree of suspicion of committing a terror crime.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977508-swedish-prosecutors-says-man-arrested-on-strongest-level-of-suspicion-for-terror-crime/

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At U.S.-China summit, Trump presses Xi on trade, North Korea; progress cited

By Steve Holland and Koh Gui Qing

 

President Trump welcomes Chinese President Xi Jinping at Mar-a-Lago state in Palm Beach, Florida. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

 

PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) - President Donald Trump pressed Chinese President Xi Jinping to do more to curb North Korea’s nuclear program and help reduce the gaping U.S. trade deficit with Beijing in talks on Friday, even as he toned down the strident anti-China rhetoric of his election campaign.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977510-at-us-china-summit-trump-presses-xi-on-trade-north-korea-progress-cited/

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Macau billionaire's aide pleads guilty in U.N. bribe case

By Nate Raymond

 

Jeff Yin, an associate of Ng Lap Seng who heads Sun Kian Ip Group, exits the Manhattan U.S. District Courthouse in New York, U.S. April 7, 2017. REUTERS/Ashlee Espinal

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The assistant to a billionaire real estate developer from Macau accused of engaging in a scheme to pay bribes to a former United Nations General Assembly president pleaded guilty to a single tax charge on Friday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977512-macau-billionaires-aide-pleads-guilty-in-un-bribe-case/

 

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Congo's Kabila names opposition figure Tshibala prime minister

By Aaron Ross

 

Democratic Republic of Congo's President Joseph Kabila addresses the nation at Palais du Peuple in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo April 5, 2017. REUTERS/Kenny Katombe

 

DAKAR (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila named a former member of the largest opposition party as prime minister on Friday, a move likely to further divide Kabila's opponents after talks to negotiate his exit from power broke down.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977513-congos-kabila-names-opposition-figure-tshibala-prime-minister/

 

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tretches and suds

By The Nation

 

 

Workout with a glass of beer and yoga poses at Bangkok Beer Yoga Episode 2 on April 22.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977515-stretches-and-suds/

 

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Curtain up for massive Show DC complex

By The Nation

 

Show DC Corp chairman Chayaditt Hutanuwatra, left, and BEC-Tero Entertainment managing director Brian Marcar expect to present 1,000 events a year at the complex.

 

BEC-Tero has unveiled its multi-venue entertainment complex Show DC on Bangkok’s Rama IX Road.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/977518-curtain-up-for-massive-show-dc-complex/

 

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Apple Watch 2 is your best buddy

BY THE NATION

 

 

As an exercise coach, medical aide or private secretary, the series 2 is a handy companion

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/apple-watch-2-is-your-best-buddy/20876/