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Fight against neglected tropical diseases needs Big Pharma push: WHO

By Stephanie Nebehay

REUTERS

 

Bill Gates, co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, speaks during a news conference on Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) in Geneva, Switzerland, April 18, 2017. REUTERS/Pierre Albouy

 

GENEVA (Reuters) - Progress has been made in tackling diseases that blind, disable and disfigure millions of poor in tropical areas each year, but drug companies need to step up donations of medicines, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/979150-fight-against-neglected-tropical-diseases-needs-big-pharma-push-who/

 

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Sturgeon: May election move 'huge miscalculation'

 

Nicola Sturgeon has described Theresa May's plans for a snap general election as a "huge political miscalculation".

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/979152-sturgeon-may-election-move-huge-miscalculation/

 

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Indonesians vote in Jakarta poll marred by religious divisions

By Fergus Jensen and Agustinus Beo Da Costa

REUTERS

 

Incumbent Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama casts his vote in the Jakarta governor election in North Jakarta, Indonesia April 19, 2017. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside

 

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesians lined up on Wednesday to vote in an election to choose between a Muslim and a Christian candidate to govern Jakarta, after a bruising campaign marred by religious tensions in the capital of the world's third-largest democracy.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/979154-indonesians-vote-in-jakarta-poll-marred-by-religious-divisions/

 

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Phuket’s new Chalong Hospital hits halfway

The Phuket News

 

Construction of the new Chalong Hospital is past halfway and the facility is on target to open before the end of next year. Photo: Shela Riva

 

PHUKET: -- The new Chalong Hospital, which has been under construction since mid-2016, is now “50- 60%” complete, Dr Lersak Leenanithikul, the head of emergency department at Vachira Phuket Hospital, has confirmed.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/979157-phuket’s-new-chalong-hospital-hits-halfway/
 

 

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German man killed himself with charcoal fire in toilet, say police

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

CHAING MAI: -- Police in Chiang Mai think a German man killed himself by locking himself in a toilet at his house and lighting a charcoal burner.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/979158-german-man-killed-himself-with-charcoal-fire-in-toilet-say-police/

 

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Or Tor Kor Market ranked fourth among world’s best fresh markets
By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Bangkok’s Or Tor Kor Market, well-known for its premium fresh fruit, vegetables and foods, has been selected by CNN as one of the world’s 10 best fresh markets.

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/979159-bangkok’s-or-tor-kor-market-ranked-fourth-among-world’s-best-fresh-markets/

 

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Cabinet approves Bt2bn to build Futurium science, tech learning centre
By The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- The Cabinet has approved a budget of Bt2.076 billion to build a science and technology learning centre called the Futurium.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/979161-thai-cabinet-approves-bt2bn-to-build-futurium-science-tech-learning-centre/

 

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Power pole drama as man goes walkabout on the high wires

 

Picture: Daly News

 

HAT YAI: -- Hundreds watched in horror as a Thai man sat on top of a power pole for an hour then went walkabout on the wires before falling to the ground.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/979162-power-pole-drama-as-man-goes-walkabout-on-the-high-wires/

 

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SET falls 0.68 to 1,573.74 at opening /Bangkok Post

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Srisuwan released from military custody, vows to press for probe into missing plaque
By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Activist Srisuwan Janya has vowed to continue his campaign to seek an investigation into the disappearance of the historic plaque, or Mud Khana Ratsadon, after being detained for 12 hours by the military.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/979166-srisuwan-released-from-military-custody-vows-to-press-for-probe-into-missing-plaque/

 

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Phuket request for Patong nightllife 4am closing shrouded in silence

The Phuket News

 

Revellers on Phuket's main party street Bangla Rd in Patong. Photo: Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

PHUKET: -- Provincial officials and leading nightlife operators in Patong have reported that they have no idea on how the formal request by former Governor Chockchai Dejamornthan to allow entertainment venues along Bangla Rd to stay open until 4am is progressing.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/979167-phuket-request-for-patong-nightllife-4am-closing-shrouded-in-silence/

 

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Pattaya police asked to check on Peter Chong’s abduction claim

 

 

KUALA LUMPUR: -- Malaysian police are waiting for feedback from Thai police in Pattaya on Peter Chong’s claim that he was abducted in Thailand, New Straits Time Online reported on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/979168-pattaya-police-asked-to-check-on-peter-chong’s-abduction-claim/

 

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What value for a young woman's life? Negligent "foam party" organizer goes to dead woman's parents to beg forgiveness as bargaining begins

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

UDON THANI: -- The man who organized a Songkran foam party in Udon Thani where a 25 year old woman was electrocuted last week has gone to beg her parents for forgiveness.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/979171-what-value-for-a-young-womans-life-negligent-foam-party-organizer goes-to-dead-womans-parents-to-beg-forgiveness-as-bargaining-begins/

 

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Phuket parked tour bus rolls off, crunches pickup, shopfront

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The parked tour bus rolled some 80 metres from where the Chinese tourists were dropped off at the jewellery store before crunching to a halt into the merit-making supplies shop. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: -- A runaway Phuket tour bus that was left parked and unattended after dropping off Chinese tourists at a jewellery store rolled some 80 metres before crashing into a parked pickup truck, which shunted a motorbike and then crunched into tables set up in front of a merit-making supplies shop in Chalong yesterday afternoon (April 18).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/979177-phuket-parked-tour-bus-rolls-off-crunches-pickup-shopfront/

 

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Citizens file police complaint over missing plaque
By Wasamon Audjarint
The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- A group of citizens on Wednesday filed a complaint at Dusit Police Station over the disappearance from the Royal Plaza of the historic plaque that marked the 1932 Siamese Revolution. The plaque was found to be missing last week, and a new one installed in its place with different wording.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/979179-citizens-file-police-complaint-over-missing-plaque/

 

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U.S. VP Pence says working with allies to put pressure on North Korea

By Roberta Rampton

 

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence waves to U.S. and Japanese service members on the flight deck of the USS Ronald Reagan, a Nimitz-class nuclear-powered super carrier, at the U.S. naval base in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, Japan April 19, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

 

TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said on Wednesday that Washington would work with its allies and China to put economic and diplomatic pressure on North Korea but added that America would defeat any attack with an "overwhelming response".

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/979182-us-vp-pence-says-working-with-allies-to-put-pressure-on-north-korea/

 

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New report claims Apple will launch THREE new iPhones this year

BY JONATHAN FAIRFIELD

 

 

Just days after leaked schematics claimed to show the final version of the iPhone 8, a new report claims Apple is preparing to release three iPhones later this year.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/new-report-claims-apple-will-launch-three-new-iphones-this-year/21093/

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Bangkok Railway Station placed under close watch for drug trafficking 

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Bangkok Railway Station was today placed under close surveillance for drug trafficking in another effort to stop the smuggling of drugs on trains to Bangkok from the North and Northeast.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/979183-bangkok-railway-station-placed-under-close-watch-for-drug-trafficking/

 

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Phuket’s Songkran road-death toll spurs Governor action

Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

A nurse loads a motorbike accident victim into an ambulance during the Songkran Seven Days of Danger road-safety campaign. Photo: Kathu Municipality

 

PHUKET: -- Governor Norraphat Plodthong has vowed to take action to correct Phuket motorists’ wild driving habits in the hope of reducing the death and carnage on the island’s roads.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/979190-phuket’s-songkran-road-death-toll-spurs-governor-action/

 

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Phuket firefighters douse Patong massage parlour blaze

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Firefighters were quickly at the scene, a massage parlour on the Patong beach road. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: -- Six fire trucks were called to contain a fire that broke out at a massage parlour along the Patong beach road this morning (April 19).

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/979201-phuket-firefighters-douse-patong-massage-parlour-blaze/

 

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Four suspects arrested with meth pills, 'ice'
By The Nation

 

UBON RATCHATHANI: -- Rangers and police arrested four suspects after they were allegedly found in possession of 114,000 methamphetamine pills and 300 grams of crystal meth or “ice” in Ubon Ratchathani province early on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/979203-four-suspects-arrested-with-meth-pills-ice/

 

 

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Day after law banning street food in Thong Lor takes effect, streets are a ghost town (PHOTOS)

By Laurel Tuohy

 

Photos: Laurel Tuohy/Coconuts

 

BANGKOK: -- We took a walk on Soi Thong Lor (Sukhumvit Soi 55) last night to see how many vendors were observing the new law banning street food in their ‘hood.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/979205-day-after-law-banning-street-food-in-thong-lor-takes-effect-streets-are-a-ghost-town/

 

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Appeal prompts action in gang-rape probe
By The Nation

 

 

SUPHAN BURI: -- Police have arrested two suspects in the gang rape of a 14-year-old Suphan Buri girl last November and are seeking arrest warrants for two more people, including a 20-year-old woman.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/979206-appeal-prompts-action-in-gang-rape-probe/

 

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Probe reveals pilot intended  to unhook net with a black  bear inside to avoid  crash 

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Investigation into a black bear which fell to its death from a helicopter on February 11 showed it was the intention of the pilot to release the net to the ground to avoid crashing on a cliff while flying in Khao Yai national park.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/979209-probe-reveals-pilot-intended- to-unhook-net-with-a-black- bear-inside-to-avoid- crash/

 

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Adnan Lotia: ‘Fun-loving’ web entrepreneur from London is killed on first day of Thailand trip

DANIEL O’MAHONY, JOHN DUNNE 
The Evening Standard

 

Motorbike crash: Adnan Lotia was on the Thai holiday island of Koh Phangan when he died

 

An entrepreneur was killed in a motorcycle crash a day after arriving on a holiday island in Thailand.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/979215-adnan-lotia-‘fun-loving’-web-entrepreneur-from-london-is-killed-on-first-day-of-thailand-trip/

 

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Authorities cancel forum on 99-year leases for foreign investors
By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Authorities have ordered that an academic seminar scheduled for Sunday be postponed because it would feature criticism of the government’s policy to lease land to foreign investors for 99 years.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/979217-authorities-cancel-forum-on-99-year-leases-for-foreign-investors/

 

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Drunk driver repents after working in mortuary
By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- A convicted drunk driver on Wednesday was sent to a hospital mortuary to work as a cleaner as part of his probation conditions.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/979218-drunk-driver-repents-after-working-in-mortuary/

 

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122 authentic Cambodian passports mysteriously left at Sa Kaew border checkpoint
By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- A customs officer found 122 Cambodian passports left in front of the Klong Luek border checkpoint in Sa Kaew’s Aranayaprathet district on Wednesday morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/979222-122-authentic-cambodian-passports-mysteriously-left-at-sa-kaew-border-checkpoint/

 

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Invading monitor lizard scares homeowner
By The Nation

 

 

SAMUT PRAKARN: -- A distraught homeowner called for help when a two-metre-long monitor lizard invaded her townhouse in Samut Prakan on Tuesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/979223-invading-monitor-lizard-scares-homeowner/

 

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PM denies plans for economic reshuffle
By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has denied that he had plan to reshuffle ministers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/979225-pm-prayut-denies-plans-for-economic-reshuffle/